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The segment with the space jumps was really good, despite it being a bit challenging for me personally. The first level felt a somewhat slow for my taste. It would be cool if players could move while reading the introduction text, rather than having to wait. Overall, though, it was an enjoyable experience!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1132011,"author_name":"Sam Gorman","author_uid":"sam-gorman","epoch":1744130168,"text":"I like the idea of exploring abstract 3D dreamscapes, but I found the gameplay disconnected from the theme. The game is also really slow and tedious, which was made worse by some pretty significant performance issues. There's some potential here, but I think you'd need more engaging puzzles and much sharper pacing.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1132604,"author_name":"Sarah Upton","author_uid":"sarah-upton","epoch":1744134394,"text":"i like your take on depths, its very creative \n","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1134898,"author_name":"infecsean","author_uid":"infecsean","epoch":1744150940,"text":"Mood feels good and it already feels established at the start. But for me the text was a bit weird.\n![mindlayer.png](\/\/\/raw\/0b1\/f3\/z\/6b8fd.png)\n\nAlso, idk if it's just me but the game seems to lag when i tried to jump off at the start there and respawning crashed my game.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1151749,"author_name":"Silas Reinagel","author_uid":"silas-reinagel","epoch":1744686212,"text":"I love the atmosphere! The music, sound and visuals set up a really cool world and mood.\n\nThe pacing of the game could use a little evolving. I like the concept of the puzzles, but the walking\/jumping sections seemed to be very long without offering much experience or novelty. An elegant puzzle lets you, once you have solved it, move on swiftly to the next section\/part with minimal entry. Here, even once the puzzle is conceptually solved, some of the puzzle required significant time to enter (jumping puzzle, four-color combination lock). My favorite puzzle with the four pillars with the symbols. I like that it contained everything needed to solve right there, and also that one of the natural first guesses, is not actually the answer. I liked that one. I also like the non-linear approach of requiring the player to counter-intuitively jump in a deep hole. That is a good kind of mental puzzle.\n\nI love what you're started here. Would love to play an evolve copy of this. I'm a massive fan of first-person puzzle games... and the mood you've set here is truly unique and beautiful!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1154053,"author_name":"oeueGHa","author_uid":"oeuegha","epoch":1744951698,"text":"Too long distances here, i'd like to have a sprint.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1155203,"author_name":"HolyBlackCat","author_uid":"holyblackcat","epoch":1745157844,"text":"Doesn't work in Wine sadly. Gets stuck with black screen on startup most of the time. When I get past that, the shaders bug out (see below). The text seems to be clipped by the bottom of the screen too.\n![1.png](\/\/\/raw\/3d1\/z\/6c5a1.png)\n\n\nI get a lot of the following warnings in the terminal:\n```\n0214:fixme:d3d:wined3d_context_gl_bind_shader_resources Shader 0000711008B52230 needs 40 samplers, but only 32 are supported.\n0214:fixme:d3d:wined3d_context_gl_bind_shader_resources Shader 0000711008B6B550 needs 39 samplers, but only 32 are supported.\n0214:fixme:d3d:wined3d_context_gl_bind_shader_resources Shader 0000711008B80970 needs 37 samplers, but only 32 are supported.\n0214:fixme:d3d:wined3d_context_gl_bind_shader_resources Shader 0000711008B96060 needs 42 samplers, but only 32 are supported.\n0214:fixme:d3d:wined3d_context_gl_bind_shader_resources Shader 0000711008BAF890 needs 45 samplers, but only 32 are supported.\n0214:fixme:d3d:wined3d_context_gl_bind_shader_resources Shader 0000711008BD0DC0 needs 42 samplers, but only 32 are supported.\n```","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1155318,"author_name":"ImNotVegan","author_uid":"imnotvegan","epoch":1745173799,"text":"@holyblackcat linux build is in itch.io link","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1155327,"author_name":"HolyBlackCat","author_uid":"holyblackcat","epoch":1745175179,"text":"That works, thanks. Will take a better look at the game tomorrow...","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1155349,"author_name":"Igor Korobeinikov","author_uid":"igor-korobeinikov","epoch":1745177711,"text":"Like the graphics of a first level\nAnd the rest of the game too","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1155998,"author_name":"benjamm","author_uid":"benjamm","epoch":1745304866,"text":"Well done! I really like the atmosphere and visuals. Some sections felt a little long when you're running\/walking but I must say this a great take on the theme.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1157268,"author_name":"I_POTS","author_uid":"i-pots","epoch":1745512163,"text":"Interesting game! Very cleverly combined with the theme\uff01","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1157909,"author_name":"Joror","author_uid":"joror","epoch":1745610153,"text":"Excellent visuals and mood, was drawn in immediately. The levels are pretty smooth and aesthetically very pleasing. Excellent job!\nI can see people getting stuck and becoming frustrated a bit, but I was very zen through it all. \ud83d\ude4f I'll take the next step.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld57\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1L2fZny0-3O9XOCKTFdBtYcqQ_h7Erhwn\/view?usp=drive_link","text":"Unity project"},{"url":"https:\/\/megabot2.itch.io\/mindlayers","text":"itch.io"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"97915","g_author":"1396629","g_event":"LD57","g_eventkey":"111","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"450483","g_title":"Mindlayers","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"770","g_commentcount":"18","g_site2_node_id":"413656","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"413656","n_urlkey":"450483","n_parent":"406845","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/57\/mindlayers","n_slug":"mindlayers","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"396629","n_created":"1744072776","n_modified":"1776718649","n_version":"1304831","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD57","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":396629,"body":"# Mindlayers\n\n**A journey through the deepest folds of your own mind.**\n\nYou were called by something within \u2014 a voice long ignored.\nNow, you've stepped inside.\nEach level is a layer of your psyche. 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