Bleak by ajahks

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made by ajahks for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

In a world of nothing, you have a power that's truly something.

Not everyone's a fan.

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CONTROLS: - Click to begin game. - WASD to MOVE. - F/Left Mouse to Use POWER. - Spacebar/Right Mouse to REPEL. - Escape to close game.

TIPS: - This world of nothing does not take kindly to change. Your POWER will be used against you. - DISRUPTIONS must first be REPELLED before your POWER can be used on them.

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Music/SFX sounds much better on the standalone versions.

Created by @LongStoryStudio. To see more of our work, check us out at longstorystudios.com!

Ratings

Overall 505th 3.5⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Fun 858th 2.91⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 239th 3.628⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Theme 305th 3.679⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 520th 3.577⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Audio 266th 3.551⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Humor 602th 2.621⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Mood 372th 3.564⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Given 39🗳️ 32🗨️

Feedback

syedadam007
07. Oct 2019 · 07:08 UTC
![tenor.gif](///raw/9cf/92/z/26dd6.gif)
Fictions
07. Oct 2019 · 08:27 UTC
I was playing the game for a while to find something and didn't even recognize there were enemies xD But I like the reveale mechanic :)
Kanonix
07. Oct 2019 · 08:34 UTC
I played for about 10 minutes so here's my impression :
- At first I was like "Wtf ? My right click power doesn't do anything"
- But then after only right clicking I noticed it pushed away "Unrevealed" blocks + hurting enemies. So I was like "Ok this is cool, but what's the goal ?"
- Then after some times, there was too much enemies and I felt really oppressed XD

So overall, I like the evolution of the feelings given by this game. At first we feel alone and then we would love to be alone again at the end :D

Good job overall !
iozsaygi
07. Oct 2019 · 08:37 UTC
I played this game for like solid 5 minutes. Idea is unique it made me felt like i am the creator of some kind of small world. Enemies were fun. Graphics were minimalist and cool looking. Music was nice also!
It is solid entry!
Infraxion
07. Oct 2019 · 14:31 UTC
Reveal mechanic is really interesting, but I couldn't find anything to do other than repel and freeze enemies, there wasn't a clear goal to me. I loved the little artworks on all the blocks though and I spent some time going through them and revealing all the artwork!
Julien Kuhn
07. Oct 2019 · 18:40 UTC
Really cool game ! I liked the die/revive transition, well played !
RoboDoig
08. Oct 2019 · 03:49 UTC
Fun! The simple art style combined with the reveal power was really satisfying. Felt like it took too long for the disruptions to start appearing, but once they did it got interesting.
BOOtak
08. Oct 2019 · 09:47 UTC
Simple, nice and atmospheric! I like it!
5 Pyr
08. Oct 2019 · 10:25 UTC
Neat little game where you create you own enemies.
Alazarius
08. Oct 2019 · 11:40 UTC
At the beginning I was like euuuu ok I don't know what I'm doing but after 5 minutes there was so much ennemies that it became a survival game x). Good sound and nice graphics good job ^^
soyrandom
08. Oct 2019 · 12:31 UTC
its fun an simple, i liked it :P
ELBIDEV
08. Oct 2019 · 13:25 UTC
fun to play but didn't realise there where enemies for a while
Cybikitty
08. Oct 2019 · 13:48 UTC
Really love the mechanic of this, I've never seen anything like it! Great job :D
Danferb
08. Oct 2019 · 13:51 UTC
Well, I've played it for a small bit, controls work perfectly and audio was really nice. Graphics are cool too, but I don't really get what we, as players, are supposed to do. Just revealing entities, repelling the aggresive ones and converting them ad infinitum? It's cool, but kinda repetitive. Maybe with some objective or sense of progression it would do better. Anyway, for a Jam game is really nice, so keep up the good work! :dog:
vincentvincent
08. Oct 2019 · 14:18 UTC
I like the idea of reveal things by lights, the visual's effect is very cool! Like it!
Aj Jones
09. Oct 2019 · 04:37 UTC
I really liked the visual style and mood of this game
Raivk
09. Oct 2019 · 07:46 UTC
The mood is really nicely done ! It starts calm and cool, and slowly becomes... creepier and creepier. You feel overpowerd at first, then you progressively feel weaker and weaker... it's really cool !
Siarhei Pilat
09. Oct 2019 · 18:47 UTC
Not bad, not bad. Atmospheric. Took a while to figure it out though, needs to give more feedback to the user.
jelch
10. Oct 2019 · 15:57 UTC
First time through, I was running around, didn't see any enemies, but I assume I ran into one and the game restarted. Second time, I assume I beat it, and it faded to black and that was it. I would have like some amount of feedback/goals. Some mystery is a plus, too much mystery can be confusing and/or frustrating.

Overall, I liked the visuals and the mood, and the push/reveal mechanic was neat. Good entry!
nsadie
10. Oct 2019 · 16:01 UTC
Nice look and feel. Very atmospheric but I am not sure if I missed something because it wasnt really fun.
Conduit
25. Oct 2019 · 00:35 UTC
What an unbelievable take! I really enjoyed the entire idea of your creation turning against you. The lighting effects were absolutely stunning as well. Amazing entry!!