I AM THE SUN by primaerfunktion

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made by primaerfunktion for LD33 (JAM)

Ratings

Coolness 28% 1981
Overall(Jam) 3.48 303
Audio(Jam) 3.76 101
Fun(Jam) 2.66 823
Graphics(Jam) 4.59 31
Innovation(Jam) 2.81 676
Mood(Jam) 4.36 21

Feedback

guoboism
25. Aug 2015 · 01:07 UTC
Interesting visual. The mosaic on the face, the bird. Hard work during these days,
hexagore
25. Aug 2015 · 01:24 UTC
Well this is incredibly mysterious and beautiful. I don't think I'll ever find out if there's an end to this but I must admit I'm intrigued!
Manou
25. Aug 2015 · 07:22 UTC
Very artistic! I'm sure I had a nightmare like this in my childhood. Top5.
Vaida
25. Aug 2015 · 07:22 UTC
Looks amazing, the jagged audio fits the game well, and the text is stylised in a pleasing way. The pixelated face is a nice touch. Great work! :)
pereubu
25. Aug 2015 · 08:48 UTC
I'd like to be that good at "minimalistic visuals with really fancy effects"
Polyganz
25. Aug 2015 · 09:08 UTC
Looks pretty but there isn't much in terms of gameplay sadly.
randomhuman
25. Aug 2015 · 09:17 UTC
Very atmospheric, beautiful graphics and audio. Could do with respawning a bit closer to the action.
sydream
25. Aug 2015 · 09:25 UTC
The visual artistry is great, love that. Everything else I'm quite puzzled by as I don't understand what's the goal of the game, don't have any reference on my health or enemies or anything else. I don't think it quites align with the theme either, at least not knowing what's going on... But nice visual/ambience exercise :)
chuckeles
25. Aug 2015 · 10:45 UTC
Great aesthetics and mood. The sounds add to that too. However, I came to the arena some other way the enemies did not start spawning. So at first I didn't know what to do (and walked through those houses).

So from a gameplay perspective, it's OK. From aesthetics, it is freaking awesome!
SeaDads
25. Aug 2015 · 10:51 UTC
Ambiance and visuals are awesome, love the little effects and very satisfying cutting through those guys! Not sure if I understand how it relates to theme but otherwise great. :)
Rocketship
25. Aug 2015 · 12:11 UTC
Excellent mood and aesthetic. Loved the harrowing feeling in the game. Stylish all around.
local minimum
25. Aug 2015 · 13:19 UTC
Very consistent how the audio and visuals work together. The controls where sort of hard in terms of staying alive. But I expect that was not the point of the game. I really enjoyed it. Must have been a lot of work going into it. I would have liked to encounter more story parts than just what I got from the bird and the death. I think the game could be really awesome if the story evolves over the course of one dying and dying and dying. Anyways, very beautiful and inspiring game.
conormn
25. Aug 2015 · 13:27 UTC
You win best title screen. Excellent atmosphere, I really enjoyed being in that world. Thanks for making it!
BoaHeck_ArtGent
25. Aug 2015 · 14:15 UTC
It's extremely artistic and seems to have a lot of thought put into it for 3 days. I watched your progress on twitter and downloaded this as soon as possible after the jam.
Lane
25. Aug 2015 · 14:55 UTC
9/10, couldn't kill the birds.
HiVE interactive
25. Aug 2015 · 14:56 UTC
Praise the sun!
tmpxyz
25. Aug 2015 · 15:13 UTC
The visual is great, and have a style, though I didn't get what to do yet.
Dejvo
25. Aug 2015 · 15:46 UTC
Another one of theese Artsy games. I don't get them really but well made i guess.
Kai20
25. Aug 2015 · 16:07 UTC
THe Game is really intresting but the long run to the middle was not so much fun and the camera is a bit strange
Tuism
25. Aug 2015 · 16:38 UTC
Looks and feels incredible. The shader work is amazing - are they standard unity shaders (the cool new free ones are great!) or did you write them yourselves? They were super well curated - the face mosaic effect was an excellent touch.

Had to run the game in 640 x 480 or it would lag. Well done :P

However there's not much of any game there, I couldn't find anything that I could do other than fall into the water and die. And I clipped through everything, the big shiny door - clipped through, the down arrow - clipped through.

The long tedious walk was also a bit of a downer, especially since there was... Not much at the end of it...

Again, looks amazing :) Wish there were more game!
sararyCow
25. Aug 2015 · 17:20 UTC
Beautiful and intriguing game. Hard to say if it is related to the topic but I enjoyed the experience.
hate-marina
25. Aug 2015 · 20:48 UTC
Great camera, DOF, overall post-processing and I'm high now because of sound :D Not sure about gameplay though.
Yaroslav Kravtsov
26. Aug 2015 · 07:14 UTC
Nice work with overall art and characters animation. This is a rare gem on LD.
Jimjam
26. Aug 2015 · 07:24 UTC
Lovely atmosphere and graphics, but the one-hit kills and difficult attack timing, along with having to restart down that long pier, made it frustrating.
headchant
26. Aug 2015 · 11:48 UTC
Hey, this looks amazing. Love the long pier and the bird. Combat is hard but that's ok. Thick athmosphere and really nice sounds as well.
qkerguelen
26. Aug 2015 · 16:08 UTC
I don't know if there is an ending, but if there is I didn't find it. But it is a very mysterious game with a unique mood, it feels like there is a lot to learn about this guy and this world and i would love to see a more complete game of this!
Obvious_San
26. Aug 2015 · 16:54 UTC
Really artistic and great mood! Atmosphere is top notch, I just could not figure out what I should do with these towers. But great game after all! :]
ManuelGF
27. Aug 2015 · 08:08 UTC
Gameplay is nice, but graphics and ambient are perfect. If you develop it out more, I want to see it!
DesignerNap
27. Aug 2015 · 09:33 UTC
I really like the tone and atmosphere in this entry. Audio is great, reminds me of the signal in the film "mission to mars". Would have liked more of a conclusion or end event but great work nonetheless
Chris Olsen
27. Aug 2015 · 09:35 UTC
Nice little intriguing piece. Not really sure what's up but I was engrossed nonetheless.
Fantasieleben
27. Aug 2015 · 12:10 UTC
Enjoyed the atmosphere! First time I went to town nothing would spawn. Drowned myself and went there again to see some action.
tMalicet
27. Aug 2015 · 13:42 UTC
Looks incredible!
Literal Games
27. Aug 2015 · 15:31 UTC
Funny kind of "end" if that's what the final text was. Nice graphics and made me think, very impressive
Dikkop
27. Aug 2015 · 15:44 UTC
pretty cool, but weird, but cool, but weird game...
BeardoGames
27. Aug 2015 · 20:54 UTC
Very moody and graphically interesting, and the audio matches perfectly! It brought to mind Killer 7 in more than a few ways. Very nice!
RobotHoboDanceParty
28. Aug 2015 · 09:52 UTC
Simple yet very effective graphics. I love this, its in my top five favorites so far! Keep up the great work, I look forward to future projects!
inbetweengames
28. Aug 2015 · 16:48 UTC
That was very disturbing. I liked it a lot.
OadT
28. Aug 2015 · 18:46 UTC
Fantastic atmosphere! Graphics and audio is perfect. I get to the end, well at least I think so...
Gamepopper
28. Aug 2015 · 18:57 UTC
There is a really good atmosphere in this game, it's very eerie and the audio static adds a good level of distortion. I wish there was a bit more of a description of what to do.
theholychicken
28. Aug 2015 · 21:24 UTC
Gorgeous minimalist style! Intrigues the player to understand but frustrates all attempts to do so. Art of the absurd.
wdebowicz
29. Aug 2015 · 10:49 UTC
I like the graphic style and how it make the mood. It would be nice to have some checkpoint when the battle begin. Also I feel lack of possibility to move the camera with my mouse.
DAT.NOT.MY.GAME!
29. Aug 2015 · 11:15 UTC
Great visual!
Shackhal
30. Aug 2015 · 01:26 UTC
The game have nice graphics with a nice aesthetic focus. The music is jagged, but it doesn't feel annoying.

But the camera doesn't help too much with the action and I don't have any idea to how it ends. Maybe the bird gives you a hint of that.

Overall, the game passes.
Hjalte500
30. Aug 2015 · 13:28 UTC
I loved the mystery and style of this game. And that bird was cool. I dont even know it was just great. Only wish that I could control the camera more but somehow it still fit. Also dem particles. It was great good job!
Beau Lamb
30. Aug 2015 · 14:18 UTC
Love the visuals :) the sound makes it super creepy
Schrodinger Games
30. Aug 2015 · 14:21 UTC
So pleased to see that kind of entries! Congrats!
nomand
30. Aug 2015 · 19:09 UTC
Very well put together aesthetic. Visuals, sound, camera work really well. I like the typography as well. Well done!
FireTwin
31. Aug 2015 · 12:07 UTC
Really unique mood to this game. Makes me very curious to find out more about it. I actually feel like this graphical style would be great for and adventure game with a really unique story to it.
Grhyll
31. Aug 2015 · 16:49 UTC
Wow, beautiful, and nice feelings! The sound is both irritating and perfect.
General
03. Sep 2015 · 14:38 UTC
I liked fencing with the enemies. But for me, as for some other commenters, the camera position was uncinvenient.

My video review: http://youtu.be/S-puJwH9Sq0
Your game is at 25:20
crucknuk
13. Sep 2015 · 15:57 UTC
fallin'in a dream.
Graphics and atmosphere are amazing. A mysterious game that intrigued me. You did an hard and good work
Jupiter_Hadley
17. Oct 2015 · 18:15 UTC
Really nice atmosphere. I included it in my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/gLe7oOEiGe0