Vicious Cycle by ryzy27

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made by ryzy27 for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

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IMPORTANT: When turning on full-screen mode press Left Mouse Button in the game window. Otherwise your input will not register.

Game was tested and is meant to be played in 1366x768.

Please use headphones for best experience.

Game made for Ludum Dare 45 by szupinek and ryzy27.

Vicious Cycle is a puzzle game that is best played without any explanation.

Play, explore and, hopefully, have fun!

Ratings

Overall 545th 3.47⭐ 84🧑‍⚖️
Fun 942th 2.768⭐ 84🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 409th 3.395⭐ 83🧑‍⚖️
Theme 551th 3.317⭐ 84🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 224th 4.079⭐ 84🧑‍⚖️
Audio 219th 3.642⭐ 83🧑‍⚖️
Humor 376th 3.088⭐ 76🧑‍⚖️
Mood 171th 3.87⭐ 83🧑‍⚖️
Given 50🗳️ 81🗨️

Feedback

Kormarun
08. Oct 2019 · 10:00 UTC
Love the art style and your great story telling.
paragonraptors
08. Oct 2019 · 10:10 UTC
This was absolutely phenomenal! Extremely impressive end-product for such a short amount of time. I love that the gameplay was so simple, yet I felt complicit in everything as a player. I ran into some issues trying to get it to play right in full screen on my laptop, but definitely going to bookmark this to play on my desktop later. Fantastic job!
Chocolat-Endive
08. Oct 2019 · 10:19 UTC
I'm not sure I've understood everything but I really like the mood and audio is top. Not sure about the gameplay. That's quite experimental, I like it but I feel that it need something more interactive.
Sleepyhippie
08. Oct 2019 · 15:58 UTC
So genuine!
Fredbernardo
08. Oct 2019 · 15:58 UTC
I really like the mood and story! But got lost on the language puzzle.. the game difficult increased too quickly hehe
shadow30
08. Oct 2019 · 16:22 UTC
The graphic was very nice, good job! I loved the story until the language stuff. There I tried out many thing, but nothing worked at all. Maybe you can give us a hint, what we should do here.
HolyBlackCat
08. Oct 2019 · 16:23 UTC
I liked the graphics, and it looked like there is some deep lore going on. :P
I've reached the 'chat in alien language' thing, and I wasn't sure what to do next. Repeating the messages I got didn't seem to do anything. I assume that's the end of the game?..
jordanvang
08. Oct 2019 · 16:47 UTC
Yeah, I want to say, what got me were the visuals and the audio. It's very stunning work I would expect to see in a final product, done in such short time! It was enjoyable to progress through the history of the world in such a funny and quirky way, and it leaves me wondering what the alien thing was... The game however kept freezing up, but I don't know if that's my connection or not. I think adding in more feedback when you pressed space would go a long way--everytime I pressed space, I didn't know if I was doing anything, so I just spammed it. But it was a really cool experience!
theufo
09. Oct 2019 · 08:46 UTC
Very interesting game. It feels so different from another ones, I've seen on LD45. Maybe I'd be better if there were some comment for each scene: era or year. Storytelling is very good, but I think I hadn't understood it completely after the scene, when the alien asked me to press spacebar for the second time. Good work!
Martin Sellmair
09. Oct 2019 · 11:28 UTC
Great Atmosphere, but I too got lost at the language part, to be honest, I didn't feel like deciphering the script :/ maybe that means I just don't deserve to see the ending... Anyway, cool little game
NachtWitch
09. Oct 2019 · 11:35 UTC
Atmosphere is amazing, story is perfect, art is well crafted, this is one of the best games in this jam, love your entry
OWC
09. Oct 2019 · 11:36 UTC
Very interesting entry. Looks more like art project then game. Anyway good entry. Congrats :)
Wevel
09. Oct 2019 · 11:38 UTC
Cool game, the art works well, and the alien writing looks really good. Well done.
WhoMakeWorse
09. Oct 2019 · 11:42 UTC
Your game is very good, you miss some steps of the evolution ;).
But good work!!!
PurpoAppo
09. Oct 2019 · 11:50 UTC
Simple controls and great pixel art, good job!
Florian Oster
09. Oct 2019 · 12:08 UTC
Cool graphics but i don't know if i was at the end or not.
Vhalenn
09. Oct 2019 · 13:55 UTC
A really cool experience ! Loved the pixelart, audio, the mood isgreat !
RealityCheck
09. Oct 2019 · 16:15 UTC
Awesome atmosphere and nice art. Sound was a little bit low for my liking, but I cranked up the volume a bit. The first part was really easy, but the language screen had me stumped. I had a few letters down, but ended up always missing one piece of the puzzle. I'm a little tired right now, so I might give it a shot later when I can remember more letters at at time ;)

Overall, I liked the entry and enjoyed the weirdness of it. Great entry.
Caberu
09. Oct 2019 · 18:23 UTC
That was really interesting and the art was good! You should maybe add more immediate feedback when the space button is pressed
ToxicComputer
09. Oct 2019 · 21:38 UTC
Great graphics and story telling. Good job :)
Andreas Roschal
09. Oct 2019 · 23:52 UTC
The mood and presentation in this game is definitely very unique compared to any other entry I've played yet. While I'm not completely sure what I just played, I still think it was very interesting. Well done.
Marmeladki
10. Oct 2019 · 08:17 UTC
Love the mood ant the feeling that I'm making the World history ha-ha. Good job!
velvetlobster
10. Oct 2019 · 13:49 UTC
What an interesting idea, unfortunately though I had already read some comments before reading “better played with no explanation” And perhaps you are truly right, it would be better not have any info before só folks don’t read the comments and go straight for the game for its a very worthy experience, congrats for your work on it! Hope to play some more for a more accurate feedback later tonight
Death_Is_Cold
10. Oct 2019 · 16:55 UTC
This seems like it could be a life changing game but I've spent multiple hours on the language cycle bit and I can't seem to get anywhere, even with all the letter deciphered. I get that it's supposed to be repeating things back that you just typed. I tried "sike" but that just starts me back from square one. Is this all there is? The atom's text about how this is it and you can go now makes me think there should be more but for the life of me I can't figure it out. Potential is super there, and I really like what i've seem so far, but I'd give the player something else to work with. Good job guys.
🎤 ryzy27
10. Oct 2019 · 18:48 UTC
@death-is-cold We applaud your dedication! To be honest we didn't think anyone would spend their time to decipher the messages. It was added as something extra, a "Thank you" to dedicated players, like you. Thank you so much, your comment moved us deeply.
Goldenglade
11. Oct 2019 · 06:40 UTC
Visually interesting, though not very interactive, it may have worked better as a visual piece that didn't require any spacebar input. In addition, it would have been better to indicate that the language section at the end was optional. However, impressive work for such a short time period, especially with the amount of animation.
Rhoka
12. Oct 2019 · 00:38 UTC
Interesting entry. I understand you were going for more of a minimalist/ visual story type thing but a bit more interactivity would've been good. I think there was more game that I didn't get to but I got stuck on a black screen with a single alien letter on it? It seems like spacebar was the only key you can press and if that's not the case it wasn't obvious. As has been said in other comments more immediate feedback when you press a button would be nice. Didn't really feel like I was interacting with it at all. Great job on the art though!
Franciszek Pyrć
12. Oct 2019 · 09:22 UTC
This was cool. It seemed like I was watching a movie.
Martynas
12. Oct 2019 · 18:26 UTC
Love the pyramid part
Excy
12. Oct 2019 · 19:52 UTC
I admit I may have spent too long deciphering the language too haha, great game.
F1Krazy
13. Oct 2019 · 16:49 UTC
I like the art style, and the general idea, but I feel like there's not much of a "puzzle" to it. You just press Space and that's it. Then you get to the part with the alien language, and just like everyone else, I had no idea what to do or how to decipher it. It's very atmospheric, but I feel like it underused its potential somewhat.
Marcel Oyuela-Bonzani
14. Oct 2019 · 01:36 UTC
Love the mood and action of splitting the atom
mrerdalural
15. Oct 2019 · 12:56 UTC
This game reminds me of Monty Python. Any inspiration from there?

Thank you for the game! Graphics and the audio was very cool! Did I get the game? I don't think I did! hahaha! But it was still nice. I enjoyed it a lot!
HumphreysMedia
15. Oct 2019 · 17:47 UTC
Audios and visuals were great, the scene with the knight was my favourite! However, some scenes were a little difficult to understand what was going on, such as the flying car and the chemstry class. Other than that, loved the journey you put me through!
Purrseus
15. Oct 2019 · 18:10 UTC
Incredible journey that makes you feel things. I'm not fully sure ewhat things and I am a bit confused, but it touched something inside. I will ruminate on this. I was not dedicated enough to decipher the strange language in the end, but I got "nothing" and "ludum dare" out of it, so it might have been the credits? Anyway, great job, great presentation!
karrar home student
15. Oct 2019 · 18:59 UTC
nice but beginning is too boring
Derek Volker
15. Oct 2019 · 19:01 UTC
Im not sure if i understood what exactly was going on. I just pressed space and the scenes went on.

Well, the graphics and sounds were great.

Good, uh, experiment?
samh
15. Oct 2019 · 20:32 UTC
![review.png](///raw/9b9/1/z/299f9.png)
Storrs Steelers
17. Oct 2019 · 18:53 UTC
really interesting and engaging.Bit hard to review as it is meant to be a mystery but having a bit of a little hint of a sense of direction would draw more people in as it is hard for a game like this to draw an audience.but overall a really interesting game
jkniest
28. Oct 2019 · 19:34 UTC
The pixel art is really impressive. Nice job on that! Especially the animations looked very great!

In terms of gameplay it's super simple but I really was interested what comes next. I really like the idea
o2o
29. Oct 2019 · 11:03 UTC
Cool style game
elysiagriffin
30. Oct 2019 · 02:25 UTC
Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my livestream! I played it today in the last few hours of voting :)

If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/501424047?t=1h9m34s

Hope you got some valuable feedback on your game and looking forward to seeing you next LD jam if I dont catch you before then! :D

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