lightness of being by nesis

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made by nesis for LD29 (COMPO)
Beneath the surface, is it worth it all?

Ratings

Coolness 57% 3
Overall 3.21 517
Audio 2.62 633
Fun 2.84 724
Graphics 2.53 963
Humor 2.23 710
Innovation 3.50 260
Mood 3.45 225
Theme 2.76 927

Feedback

minism
28. Apr 2014 路 03:09 UTC
Really hard but creative, i like it. Is this supposed to be eternal recurrence?
馃帳 nesis
28. Apr 2014 路 03:16 UTC
Thanks for checking out my entry - a lot of this game's metaphor emerged during development. Amongst other things, the thought of it mimicking eternal recurrence did cross my mind!
Joseph Miller
28. Apr 2014 路 03:42 UTC
Fun to play, the frantic gameplay mixes well with the simple but loaded words. I like the general feeling of the game.
馃帳 nesis
28. Apr 2014 路 04:21 UTC
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it! Frantic gameplay + an easy to understand message was exactly what I was going for with this game :)
nonentheless
28. Apr 2014 路 08:42 UTC
Had problems with starting the game but I like the idea. Nice job.
馃帳 nesis
28. Apr 2014 路 09:54 UTC
Was it issues loading the game to start with? I've noticed that with Unity web :( Thanks for checking it out though!
CayoDaves
28. Apr 2014 路 14:02 UTC
Wow. very cool. Great concept and great implementation. The theme is definitely subtle, but in there, which works really well with the message I got from the game.The audio was pleasant. Though I was being hurt, the sound was too soothing, haha. It would work better for when you spelled things right. Because there was no feedback, when I rushed to spell another word, I wouldn't see that I misspelled the one I just typed. Other than that, very well done!
Sergraz
28. Apr 2014 路 17:23 UTC
Wow, I like both the idea and its implementation. One of these things you keep thinking about after finishing it.
馃帳 nesis
29. Apr 2014 路 01:13 UTC
Thanks for checking out my game guys, I'm glad you liked it!

Feedback on typing a word right would be a good idea.
Xangotrick66
29. Apr 2014 路 06:29 UTC
I've always been a sucker for typing games ><. I liked it very much, but know that I am biased!
Jupiter_Hadley
29. Apr 2014 路 11:35 UTC
Sweet typing game! I really love it! I included your game in part 1 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you'd like to check it out! http://youtu.be/2Ja__FAtoAQ
davidwparker
29. Apr 2014 路 15:52 UTC
Neat idea. Kind of reminded me of Notch's game about life and death, but I liked the learning aspect of it.
kristof
29. Apr 2014 路 16:21 UTC
Nice game.But hard. Different difficulty levels would be cool.
nonentheless
30. Apr 2014 路 10:43 UTC
@nesis play wouldn't work for some reason until I clicked few times on the text underneath the title. But today it works flawlessly so I assume it was some problems on my end
馃帳 nesis
30. Apr 2014 路 12:24 UTC
@nonentheless Thanks for giving it another try. As far as I can tell, it's an issue with Unity web player in some browsers - you need to resize the browser, which somehow refreshes the player and gets it to start receiving input and start updating the game properly.
NoorStudios
30. Apr 2014 路 14:01 UTC
I feel my touch skills increase by the second I play this game. very hard though, or maybe my typing is just really slow ;)
OddballDave
01. May 2014 路 08:54 UTC
I t y p e t o o s l o w l y t o b e a b l e t o p l a y t h i s g a m e . :(
馃帳 nesis
01. May 2014 路 09:50 UTC
Mmm, I definitely need to add different difficulties. Drop the speed words fall at, and make them appear less frequently. Thanks for playing and for the feedback!
joe40001
04. May 2014 路 16:13 UTC
Innovative game, if this is what you feel is beneath the surface of life, then that's kinda cynical. :P But I think that was kinda the premise for the game.
elefantopia
10. May 2014 路 04:38 UTC
Interesting take on the theme, very thought-provoking.
Brian Stegmann
17. May 2014 路 19:21 UTC
Really deep game... especially as it becomes more and more frantic balancing different things as you get older. Enjoyed this one, kudos. I lived to 74, not bad.