Noctisa by Hellper

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made by Hellper for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

Where are you ?

You do not remember ?

Noctisa is a (really) tiny narrative game where the player has to make some choices to advance. There are 3 différent endings.

You play using the keys X and C during the whole game.

Noctisa.png

It has been made in 10 around hours. It is published for the jam instead of compo due to some problems that forced me to do that way. Anyway the game is there.

Ratings

Overall 1018th 2.833⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1099th 2.289⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1034th 2.447⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1035th 2.474⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 858th 2.947⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 500th 3.105⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 578th 3.316⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 16🗳️ 23🗨️

Feedback

vfabien21
07. Oct 2019 · 19:36 UTC
Hey ! I can't rate, because I haven't published a game. But, for such a short time the game is cute, and reaches its point.
However, even if I understand the link with the theme, I fell that it is a bit too streched. Maybe a sentence or 2 somewhere could be altered to make it stronger.

I enjoyed it though.
HapaX
08. Oct 2019 · 17:10 UTC
Actually really enjoyable, the graphics are amazing, but the music can get a bit repetative
Reblys
08. Oct 2019 · 17:13 UTC
That was...Intriguing ! I really liked the mood of the game, there's something mysterious and mystical between the minimalist graphics and sound and the story told.
I think I kind of understood how you tried to stick to the theme (You start with nothing : No memories), that's an interesting interpretation. Good luck for your future projects !
sver
08. Oct 2019 · 17:14 UTC
Nice job, I like the rudimentary Graphics and Sound. They create a nice atmosphere
pierallard
08. Oct 2019 · 17:35 UTC
Even if this game is "minimalist", I had fun playing to find one of the endings.
Even if I'm old, I never played this type of games of lot, but like the idea.
Some improvements for the next one:
- the keys X and C are unusual and very close
- the text is not easily readable
Nice entry!
🎤 Hellper
09. Oct 2019 · 11:47 UTC
Thank you a lot for your feedback! I probably will do a post-ld game to imporve the game ^^
Viktya
10. Oct 2019 · 10:39 UTC
nice graphics! the text is a bit confused on the trees, but i like the atmosphere you created ^^
LoneWolfDev
11. Oct 2019 · 12:03 UTC
Short but cool, I really like that has different endings:) Just that the letters should be on a different color, or not above the trees, so is easier ro read them. Congrats for the game!
NinjaCatz
11. Oct 2019 · 12:52 UTC
It is not very convenient to read the text, because It merges with the background. Otherwise, everything seems to be fine ^^
Inferture
11. Oct 2019 · 20:35 UTC
It's always good to have some narrative games for a game jam ^^ and I like the minimalist approach :)

**spoiler**
Something I would do a little different is varying the buttons for doing a "good" or a "bad" actions, because you quickly realise that one means good and the other one means evil (roughly) and that can (in my subjective opinion) affect the player's engagement because they don't have any effort to do to figure out what choice to make according to the way they want to play - Then again, maybe making it clear for the player is what's intended, so I guess that depends on your approach ^^

It's been a pleasure to play it regardless !
🎤 Hellper
12. Oct 2019 · 06:39 UTC
@inferture Yeah I think it would be better to "randomise" the choices so you don't end up spamming only one button x) But the fact that, due to the problems I encountered I could only start coding 7 hours before the deadline so I made the system as simple as possible to be sure I could finish it on time x)
Euler Moises
15. Oct 2019 · 01:33 UTC
So cute! I want to make a game like this: that choices lead to different endings. Who knows next LD. I really enjoyed the script and the finals.
Congratulations!

This is our game:
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/soundscapes