VOID by Kyanoss

made by Kyanoss for Ludum Dare 59 (COMPO)

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V O I D

This is my first time participating in Ludum Dare!

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Control: Left mouse button.

I wanted to create a game that captures the feeling of wandering through vast and dark space, searching for signals represented as light within the game.

Unfortunately, I didn’t have enough time to finish the meta gameplay loop, so the game currently takes place in a single endless level.

I hope you enjoy it!🐱! 屏幕截图 2026-04-19 231211.png

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itch.io	https://kyanosss.itch.io/void
GitHub	https://github.com/kyanosss/VOID
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/void

Ratings

Overall	261^th	2.881⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Fun	259^th	2.619⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	171^th	3.262⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Theme	232^th	3.05⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	127^th	3.575⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Mood	131^th	3.5⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Given		20🗳️	19🗨️

Feedback

Apr 20th · 11:48 UTC

Intense visuals, great athmosphere. Love the simplicity of the controls. It felt a bit aimless but a strong foundation for a great game.

LDJam user 179040

Apr 20th · 13:43 UTC

The propulsion movement and visuals in this are so nice, and it just goes to show what you can do with creative lighting and a different approach to controls. Definitely want to see this developed into a full game with either a player goal or maybe even a narrative; you wouldn't need extra code to just place some text that shows a short story or poem (or whatever!) that is revealed by the changing lights. Just a thought! Very cool foundation.

Apr 20th · 14:53 UTC

@mrwarranty thank you so much for experiencing my game and giving this detailed and encouraging comment! I have rated your game as well!

Apr 20th · 14:53 UTC

@pfeyffer thank you! I will rate your game right now

Apr 20th · 15:44 UTC

The movement reminds me a bit of good old Osmos, but inverted. Not bad, props for getting something done. :)

Apr 20th · 15:47 UTC

I didn't understand what's happening, but something cool was happening

Apr 20th · 15:48 UTC

This is great. It's fast and fluid. The atmosphere is so mysterious and alien. The effect when you're on a signal is really cool. I encountered a bunch of them at the same time and it was so bright all of a sudden. This is a solid proof of concept.

Apr 20th · 15:58 UTC

The interplay of light and shadow is impressive, as is the smoothness of the movement. I would really want to see a meta gameplay loop!

Apr 20th · 15:59 UTC

Interesting visual, I like the idea. Good job

Apr 20th · 16:11 UTC

everybody have already told you that and I'm gonna tell you this one more time: stunning visuals! Artstyle is absolutely amazing. I wish you had more time to complete this game. Good luck!

Apr 20th · 16:35 UTC

@skale haha thats what i expect most of people would feel :D im already satisfied to at least creating the atmosphere, and i do apology for not having time to make it more detailed and easy to understand

Apr 20th · 16:37 UTC

@pincushion thank you for experiencing! im glad you get the feeling i was trying to convey

Apr 20th · 16:38 UTC

@mathemagics thank you! im very likely to complete the game with the meta loop because of everyone's encouragement and compliments!

Apr 20th · 16:39 UTC

@tweekus thank you very much!

Apr 20th · 16:41 UTC

@beareye im glad everyone likes the graphic! due to the limit of time i thought it would be a good choice to keep it abstract and focus on the atmosphere, which also saves me time to create detailed assets. thank you for playing and your comment!

Apr 20th · 16:45 UTC

@crocidb didnt know the game but i will check it out. thank you for playing!

Apr 21st · 09:41 UTC

Simple controls and really nice visuals! Looks like it could make a fun game.

Apr 21st · 13:57 UTC

@jed thank you!

Apr 21st · 21:12 UTC

I have no idea what is going but I love the look of it. Use of negative/positive space and the flipping contrast makes you feel like you are in an immense space. Some good sound design would really send this out of the world!

Apr 21st · 23:47 UTC

@shoalmuse thank you for getting my design :D yes audio is def a missing part for the atmosphere and i'll try my best to make it happen

Apr 22nd · 23:49 UTC

Great idea. I hope it'll be turned into the full-fledged game.

Apr 23rd · 13:29 UTC

@ne-aquilon thank you!!

Apr 30th · 11:18 UTC

Nice graphics and interesting mechanic! I hope you'll make a more complete game out of it.

Apr 30th · 20:28 UTC

Beautiful graphics and mechanics. What kind of goals/objectives for a gameplay loop did you have in mind?

May 01st · 14:53 UTC

@mibi88 thank you!

May 01st · 14:59 UTC

@tesseract thank you! the simplest way to make the meta loop in my mind is to make it a spaceship game navigating through planets, and change these basic shapes into silhouette to indicate narrative elements. Although i can sense that there are a lot more possibilities could be developed based on this mechanics

LDJam user 371030

May 01st · 16:17 UTC

I just tried your game and need to say this is a neat play with lighting! I would have loved to hear some void-y sound effects! It would have been such a great contribution to the overall look-and-feel. Congrats on getting to this state, although some game goals would make it a full-fledged game. Examples: even some goal on the "map" where you need to reach a target like a "black hole" or sth to get to the next level. I imagine an arrow indicator for the general direction - and the beautiful signals to light up your way to it. : )))

Many possibilities. Anyway, good effort! Love the movement and lighting.

May 05th · 20:07 UTC

@aweskybear thank you for your comment! i completely agree that audio would be very helpful with the atmosphere, and yes a game goal to make a complete meta loop is def needed. I will check out your game as well!

May 06th · 15:01 UTC

Great idea!

I like how it make me feel to try going in the dark hoping to find a light to attach to!

The inertia of the character (space ship?) make me think you wanted something difficult to control too, and maybe you'll want to reward/punish the player for going fast vs bumping on objects?

As mentionned before me, some ambiant sounds would have been really nice, I never have time for it (even if I want every time) so lately I force myself to stop the dev at least 2 hours before the deadline, it gives me the time to make basic stuff but it helps a lot with the fun and mood of the games.

Congrats for your entry! :clap:

May 08th · 02:13 UTC

@deformhead thank you so much for your comment! im very happy that you kinna understand what I want to creat and how I plan to polish it further in the futrue basically the same way I'm thinking! (eg yes i was planning to make the controlled object a space ship, and trying to create the sence of tension of trying to avoid bumping into unknown object in dark) This kind of connection feels awesome :D
And also thanks a lot for your advice about time arrangement, i'll def try to make a better schedule next time!