Fog and Glass by Alex bezuska

Read me first
This is a linear story game, there is no real "game" and not much interaction, just use right arrow key to advance the story, left arrow key to go back.
Created with pixijs
By Alex Bezuska and Cara Smith
- Play on the web: https://alexbezuska.itch.io/fog-and-glass
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/fog-and-glass |
Ratings
| Overall | 735th | 2.545⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 779th | 1.471⭐ | 19🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 729th | 2.19⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 513th | 3.182⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 555th | 2.952⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 403th | 2.789⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 668th | 1.231⭐ | 15🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 501th | 3⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 0🗳️ | 0🗨️ |
The atmosphere and the mood is definitely there. I think I get what it's about, and even recognise it a bit, but it's not blatantly obvious and I cannot know for sure whether I've interpreted it correctly, and I assume that's a bit of the point: a way for you to get something out, possibly attracting those who are able to catch the drift, and not necessarily anybody else.
Combination of great presentation and mood but lack of much of a game. An interesting entry. Well done!
It was a bit hard to understand what was happening in this sort of glass ball...
Cool entry none the less.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P7M7EgUphM
Actually, my one complaint: when the game loads up, there is no text at first; for me, it took almost 30 seconds for any text to appear. I was pressing right and left as the instructions said, trying to figure out if I was having any effect on the displayed graphics (it didn't seem like it). If that's intentional, I'd recommend against
it. If it's not, and it's not just some weird issue with my browser (which it most certainly could be), then you might want to start with some sort of "loading" message; I almost quit before it even actually started. That said, it's entirely possible it's a problem on my end that no one else run into, in which case, please ignore the preceding paragraph.
Even if it is a "not-game" it still has its place here. I really like the mood it generates through the audio.