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Cessabit by AdultLink

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made by AdultLink for LD 43 (JAM)

INSTRUCTIONS INSIDE

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“If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery–isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you’ll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you’re going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It’s the only good fight there is.”

― Charles Bukowski, Factotum

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Windows https://adultlink.itch.io/cessabit
macOS https://adultlink.itch.io/cessabit
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/cessabit

Ratings

Overall 698th 3.214⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 977th 2.45⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 735th 2.881⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 859th 2.905⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 60th 4.435⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 103th 3.952⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 14🗳️ 5🗨️

Feedback

tpamir
04. Dec 2018 · 14:18 UTC
This is astonishing! Sacrificing gameplay impressive!
Derko666
04. Dec 2018 · 14:20 UTC
It was sooo relaxing that I fell asleep. In work... Nice job, guys :D
xenop
04. Dec 2018 · 14:22 UTC
Very very cool graphics and mood is great :) could see making cool mechanics in this. Nice job
Ancalagon
04. Dec 2018 · 14:30 UTC
I would be curious to see what was your original gameplay idea, if you had one, haha ! At least you took your lack of time with humor which is great. Keep up the great job with your graphics, this universe looks super cool.
🎤 AdultLink
05. Dec 2018 · 20:57 UTC
@ancalagon I can't neither deny nor confirm there was an original gameplay idea, but I might take this a step further in the future hehe :D
🎤 AdultLink
05. Dec 2018 · 21:03 UTC
@tpamir @derko666 @xenop Thank you! Hope you had a good time despite the complex mechanics! :D
HermesEs
06. Dec 2018 · 18:20 UTC
Loved the experience!! Liked the way that the world is created, by using physics xD really amazing, and the art style is great! I'm a big fan of low poly art styles.
It reminds me a little to the artstyle that we used in our game, but ours is more simple.
Very cool!
HDugmag
24. Dec 2018 · 01:03 UTC
This was a really neat calming experience; the mood, audio, and art style were just excellent! I think you could also say that you could sacrifice some hardware power for visual aesthetics as a part of the theme implementation :thinking: :sweat_smile:
![Screenshot (1).png](///raw/a67/81/z/1fc6b.png)
🎤 AdultLink
24. Dec 2018 · 23:50 UTC
@hdugmag Oh man you shouldn't have pushed it that much, I can feel the slugginess just from that screenshot haha :D
Franciszek Pyrć
27. Dec 2018 · 19:18 UTC
Very relaxing. I don't like playing games and this was just fantastic.
jk5000
27. Dec 2018 · 20:11 UTC
I don't know what I really feels about this game. Okay it is a relaxing "game" and the graphics is really good. I also love the idea of sacrificing something in the game development. The idea of removing the gameplay is not bad, and instead focus on graphics and mood is an interesting idea.

But when I am looking at your twitter profile, it is focusing very mush on graphics and on creating interesting atmospheric environments. Perhaps for you a more interesting and challenging sacrifice would have been to make a game with no graphics and no sound at all, and only focus on gameplay.

It perhaps sounds like I don't like what you have made, but this is not the case, I do like it. I just think you could have made a more interesting sacrifice. And if the game had ended up being a bad ugly game, this is only a game jam, and you tried something new and interesting.
Jeffrey Newton-Evans
28. Dec 2018 · 16:37 UTC
I know it's late, but any chance of getting a mac version? I'd love to give this a shot!
🎤 AdultLink
29. Dec 2018 · 11:02 UTC
@jeffrey-newton-evans Ah I'm so sorry. I'm out right now and soonest I could build a Mac version would be in ~32 hours, but I'll do it! :)
Psychedelia
29. Dec 2018 · 13:43 UTC
This was a very cool experience. The worldbuilding is enjoyable to watch. The first person view seems a bit too close to the ground for me. It feels more like I am swimmming (but why not!).
I very much like the fact that you incorporated the theme in such a way! Great sport! What mechanics did you have in mind that you sacrificed? (If you have plans to implement them, I would love to not know and be surprised :) )
🎤 AdultLink
30. Dec 2018 · 20:56 UTC
@jeffrey-newton-evans Mac build is up if you're still interested! I have no way to make sure everything is working properly, so if you run into issues let me know! :)
yopox
31. Dec 2018 · 13:08 UTC
![Capture d’écran 2018-12-31 à 14.08.05.png](///raw/741/8/z/1fe07.png)
"Can't open the app Cessabit" :sob: :apple:
🎤 AdultLink
31. Dec 2018 · 13:20 UTC
@yopox Uh-oh... Is that all the info you get when you try to open it? I'll try building again
🎤 AdultLink
31. Dec 2018 · 13:45 UTC
@yopox Hey, I've uploaded a new build, check it out :) Remember it's a zip file so you'll need to extract the .app first.
Game-mon
31. Dec 2018 · 14:38 UTC
Nice creation (: Graphics look nice and the mood is really relaxing. Sacrificing gameplay is a funny idea. Congrats!
jeroenpx
31. Dec 2018 · 14:39 UTC
Had some fun messing around and inspecting some of the effects. Nice graphics!

I am not sure how, but I think I broke some of it... :smile:
![BrokeIt_small.png](///raw/4f9/3/z/1fe08.png)