Ascenion by kreischweide

made by kreischweide for LD26 (COMPO)

Minimalism from a religous perspective. Try to control the fate and hope for the best.

This went quite okayish for the first LD, not used any of my tools seriously before or even finished anything with them. Not sure about the "fun" itself, that might be seriously lacking. I wasted so much time fidling with the basics of the language that I forced myself to drop a better gaming approach.

You only need the cursor keys.

Tools: Unity3D, Photoshop, Audiotool

Windows	http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3963769/ludumdare/ascension_win86.zip
OS/X	http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3963769/ludumdare/ascension_macosx.zip
Linux	http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3963769/ludumdare/ascension_linux.zip
Web	http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3963769/ludumdare/ascension_web/ascension_web.html
Source	http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3963769/ludumdare/ascension_source.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=21493

Ratings

Coolness	49%	1236
Overall	2.58	1120

Audio	3.41	159
Fun	1.88	1284
Graphics	2.94	623
Humor	2.78	242
Innovation	3.30	411
Mood	3.70	83
Theme	3.85	277

Feedback

mortus

29. Apr 2013 · 11:44 UTC

Maybe I don't get it, is there a way to affect one's destiny or can we just watch and hope?

ncgames

30. Apr 2013 · 18:15 UTC

great mood and presentation, love the quick cycling through different lives. poor susan, at least she had the best party ever before she killed someone, lived on the streets, got enslaved and died.

psychomonster

01. May 2013 · 00:53 UTC

Don't know how to find out, with choice is the best... is there is special system to find out? 8 of 10 people died while i played this game ;)

Super Hamster

01. May 2013 · 15:50 UTC

It has alot of potential. But there should be a way to see if it's going to be good or bad(unless I don't get it) because otherwise it is just guessing over and over again. Making it have about a 4% chance that you will actually make it have a perfect life.

Thijsku

01. May 2013 · 15:52 UTC

I like the concept, although I´m not sure how to find out which choice is right. It´s just a gamble, right?

Congrats with finishing your first LD. ;)

Khaldrin

01. May 2013 · 15:53 UTC

Great visuals and sound - contributed a lot to the atmosphere. Did not really understand my part as a player though: was I supposed to memorize some patterns or is it just "hope for the best"? Interesting entry :)

SirJson

01. May 2013 · 15:56 UTC

Weird game. My humans always had bad luck ^^

Sebastian

01. May 2013 · 15:57 UTC

Got betrayed, accidentally killed someone, had a daughter, then skipped school and died...
Sheesh.

MRvanderPants

01. May 2013 · 16:10 UTC

Interesting concept, great atmosphere. Everybody got arrested though, but at least they all had daughters :D

Sylvain.p

01. May 2013 · 16:58 UTC

The ambiance is wonderfull, good job, but I don't understand if the player can found a strategy or if it's just random.

TheSarcastic

01. May 2013 · 21:43 UTC

Wow. Really haunting :O I just didn't get it when there was a good choise to make...

Dohan

01. May 2013 · 21:55 UTC

The 75% odds of getting a bad event for your human make the game a bit sad. The sound design was pretty good.

shotiris

02. May 2013 · 00:11 UTC

Awesome! Almost as fun as torturing a potato :)

ShellfishGames

02. May 2013 · 11:00 UTC

Good atmosphere and somewhat original, but as most people here I don't quite get what my job as a player is. Still a pretty ~immersive experience.

protensity

04. May 2013 · 20:17 UTC

Excellent atmosphere - glad I played it.

EggDestroyer

07. May 2013 · 10:55 UTC

Sadly, I didn't get it at all

TurboDindon

11. May 2013 · 19:24 UTC

Very interesting entry. It has a lot of potential.
It might be more fun with a few other features.
Great atmosphere.

- SEPHY (@sephyka)

Dietrich Epp

12. May 2013 · 05:53 UTC

It's very cool, and I like all the generated names and events, but I can't figure out what effect my actions have on the outcome (i.e., is this actually a game?)

GeorgeBroussard

20. May 2013 · 20:33 UTC

Good presentation and mood (music/sfx). I wasn't sure how to play and the directions seemed random? The most I did was 4 or so without failing. Good job on first LD. Work on the fun now :)