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Void Light by nusan

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made by nusan for LD 43 (COMPO)

Void Light is a short experimental game around dreams and memories.

The game use only procedural geometries to create mysterious landscapes to wander. You may need a decent graphic cards or to lower the resolution if it's too heavy. Everything is made in shaders using raymarching.

To go to the next scene, you have to find and reach the white light that glow through walls. Or you can press "N" on the keyboard if you are too lost.

Controls: Keyboard: arrow keys to rotate camera, space to go forward, shift to go backward, N to skip the level. Gamepad: left stick to rotate camera, A to go forward, B to go backward

Tools: Unity, Sonic-Pi

Here is a walkthrough of the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oPxxiRa_m4

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Windows https://nusan.itch.io/void-light
Linux https://nusan.itch.io/void-light
macOS https://nusan.itch.io/void-light
HTML5 (web) https://nusan.itch.io/void-light
Source code http://lezanu.fr/LD43/LD_43_src.zip
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/void-light

Ratings

Overall 165th 3.607⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Fun 430th 2.679⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 82th 3.679⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Theme 500th 1.923⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 3th 4.607⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Audio 13th 4.074⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Mood 4th 4.375⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Given 12🗳️ 11🗨️

Feedback

MadreDeDios
03. Dec 2018 · 10:44 UTC
Damn the mood is brilliant! Anyone please don't give up until you reach level 3. What a brilliant level
Valden
03. Dec 2018 · 10:46 UTC
Really nice contemplative experience. The graphics are very polished and kinda relaxing, and the music helps set the mood. The performance was quite poor on my laptop however, and the controls were a little bit clunky. Still a really good submission !
Akros
03. Dec 2018 · 16:28 UTC
This is beautiful. I am going to check the source files because these environments are just stunning! Music together with the animation creates this mood like you are in a dream, loved it! not sure about the theme though, but it's alright! :D
legulysse
04. Dec 2018 · 12:37 UTC
Stunning visuals and good music, perfect for an ambiance game.
Last level is very intimidating o/
Kerdelos
04. Dec 2018 · 12:41 UTC
Excellent atmosphere ! The only downside are the controls. I found it quite awkward to control the camera. Also, sometimes i was badly oriented in a level and could only see black so i though the level was still loading. Everything was very enjoyable even though I wasn't able to find the bright light in the forest level.
Linheha
04. Dec 2018 · 21:03 UTC
Super original ! Hypnotisant, parfois j'étais totalement désorientée c'est hyper perturbant, mais ça colle parfaitement avec l'univers du rêve, et la musique participe vraiment à notre immersion (elle est cool, au passage !)
EliasCizl
04. Dec 2018 · 21:47 UTC
Interesting idea but I would not call this a game. It's an experiment. As for the controls: remember that innovative does not mean unlogical. I would have had much better experience with classic keys to move and mouse to look.
shubart
04. Dec 2018 · 23:03 UTC
You re crazy
Sean S. LeBlanc
05. Dec 2018 · 05:35 UTC
Super cool! The graphics are fantastic; I was excited to see a raymarching entry!

As other folks have mentioned, the controls are definitely one of the weaker points. Using the keyboard for turning felt very awkward. I think it would have been better if it used mouse-look and 6DoF controls instead.

There are also some minor typos/grammar errors in the text, and the text itself is a bit plain (especially in contrast with the environments), but a cool entry overall!
elliotek
05. Dec 2018 · 09:31 UTC
brilliant.
Lucien Catonnet
05. Dec 2018 · 12:14 UTC
Yes, I definitely did understand everything about this game, it's crystal clear...
Weiiswurst
05. Dec 2018 · 15:44 UTC
This game is absolutely amazing!
Vivien Fargette
05. Dec 2018 · 16:14 UTC
Great sounds and graphics even if the light was hurting a the eye when it was too much in front of the camera
Geckoo1337
05. Dec 2018 · 17:09 UTC
Stunning visuals and weird mood. As usual, you did something great, totally unusual and really interesting in technical terms. It reminds me Captain Blood on my old Atari 520st. I didn't know anything about Sonic-Pi. It seems to me really useful - amazing. Thank you ++
Matank
05. Dec 2018 · 20:32 UTC
Really cool graphics experiment! It's awesome that it's all generated and written with shaders.
samh
06. Dec 2018 · 00:02 UTC
Impressive visuals and variety, you’re becoming very skilled at that exercise! You’ll be happy to know that the rendering works fine on my integrated Intel GPU, even though it’s a bit slow from time to time (especially the forest).
blinry
09. Dec 2018 · 10:04 UTC
Super neat graphics and audio! Makes me think of demo parties, are you somehow involved with the scene? Movement feels kind of slow, and I'm not sure how this fits the theme. But everything else is just brilliant, thanks for making this!
mrjoshuamclean
11. Dec 2018 · 23:40 UTC
More of an experience than a game, but you did add the "get to the light" bit so at least there's something.

But seriously, the whole thing is impressive. Although, could use a warning for the flashing lights bit. XD

Here's my play: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/345392409?t=01h29m04s
bitsandcrafts
27. Dec 2018 · 15:37 UTC
oh yeah! Love it. Had a great time playing the game. Going to play your other games soon they look 'fun', keep it up.