But You Wake Alone by wgemigh
'But You Wake Alone' is an abstract game about being alone and how that's both good and bad. The levels are randomly generated so although there are 8 unique thoughts, you can play as long as you're able!
Controls: WASD or arrows keys to move; space to get some temporary perspective
There is music but no mute button. Sorry, no time!
Controls: WASD or arrows keys to move; space to get some temporary perspective
There is music but no mute button. Sorry, no time!
| Web | http://www.studiocypher.com/but-you-wake-alone/ |
| Source | http://www.studiocypher.com/wp-content/ld22/src.zip |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-22/?action=preview&uid=8239 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 50% | 3 |
| Overall | 2.92 | 238 |
| Audio | 3.16 | 85 |
| Community | 2.79 | 227 |
| Fun | 2.23 | 405 |
| Graphics | 2.69 | 316 |
| Humor | 1.50 | 473 |
| Innovation | 3.04 | 148 |
| Mood | 3.29 | 89 |
| Theme | 3.31 | 139 |
That said I like the mood and feel a lot. It starts to get a little frustrating when the difficulty ramps up but over all a pretty neat idea that fits very well with the theme.
The problems I had with this mostly seemed like byproducts of the 48 hour deadline. A lot of stuff seemed haphazard-- I felt like there was a lot of text and I didn't really get to read any of it, I had to keep my eye on the character at all times so I couldn't look at the bottom of the screen. Except for a couple levels where I got swarmed right at the beginning and there was a bit of strategy in quickly locating an "empty" area, there didn't seem to be much happening, it was basically run dodging yellow things until you get the sound effect saying you can go on. (Since the crowds couldn't hurt you the "now go for the exit" bit, though it looked cool, seemed unnecessary). It was frustrating to not be sure either how close you had to get to a yellow dot to start losing memory, or what it is you even do that causes you to hit the "no need to remember" lose condition. The actual moment-to-moment process of dodging yellow dots was quite fun but since it was the only mechanic it got repetitive kinda quick. It was fun while it lasted tho
Sorry about the source code. I left out an 'http' in the field when I submitted, so it didn't show up at the top.
I liked the idea of remembering the thought/dream/memory to continue, although eventually I started just waiting for the next word to appear in order to progress and I think I stopped taking in any actual meaning. I think I got through about 9-10 rooms before getting game over.