Start with "nothing" by sommerlilie

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made by sommerlilie for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

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Content Warning: Suicide

Have you ever asked yourself what could ever hide behind the word “nothing”? There are many ways in this game to explore the secrets of something unknown. If you combine everything in a smart way you will see what you get from … nothing.

You simply play this game by clicking via drag and drop on different words and objects. We are a nice, charismatic and sexy team of 7 and a half people. We hope you will enjoy this little game!

Cheers!

Ratings

Overall 401th 3.598⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Fun 348th 3.54⭐ 64🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 83th 3.992⭐ 64🧑‍⚖️
Theme 31th 4.29⭐ 64🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 539th 3.54⭐ 64🧑‍⚖️
Audio 436th 3.233⭐ 62🧑‍⚖️
Humor 235th 3.426⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Mood 471th 3.443⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Given 73🗳️ 34🗨️

Feedback

pinosaur
07. Oct 2019 · 23:40 UTC
Linux only download :( would have loved to play.
soyrandom
07. Oct 2019 · 23:44 UTC
I really liked this one!
BTW, your link says linux, change it to web
Himusoka
07. Oct 2019 · 23:47 UTC
Thanks for playing and the info! Changed it now so it should be right
carloso
07. Oct 2019 · 23:52 UTC
This is pretty fun! It's really innovated. There are some rough edges (IE things get stacked on top of each other really easy), but its great!
Spieß
08. Oct 2019 · 00:03 UTC
Pretty nice idea! But now I'm bored with doing nothing.
Hartvichio
08. Oct 2019 · 12:03 UTC
The Things are cute :D couldn't help but think they are filled with ground up meeseekses
goudagames
08. Oct 2019 · 12:06 UTC
I really enjoyed this one!
Eryph
08. Oct 2019 · 12:10 UTC
Amazingly cool ! Mood is great and art style really worked for me. Good job ! Would get a brain to be bored again.
MadEasterBunny
08. Oct 2019 · 12:15 UTC
I liked the puzzles you made for this game! I hope you make more content like this!!!
namnam
08. Oct 2019 · 12:26 UTC
Not sur to understand, I try many but i could just made bored and dead thing, I must miss something, I would love to see a walkthrough because the game is good looking and the concept seems interesting.
Dimoon_LY
08. Oct 2019 · 12:39 UTC
Amazing Game! Kind of puzzled when first touching the game, but found it very interesting after some time gaming. BTW, maybe the BGM can be changed a little bit that not be so noisy and annoying when there are several objects summoned?
NightVision65
08. Oct 2019 · 13:46 UTC
The concept is amazing! Didn't figure out what to do at the beginning so I just tried to put every word on every object and interesting things happened XD.
Matthew Engurasoff
08. Oct 2019 · 13:50 UTC
Fantastic game
Dizzy Dalvin
08. Oct 2019 · 14:59 UTC
Great idea! Reminded me of Scribblenauts. Couldn't beat it, though. At first the things were shooting themselves when I gave them the gun, then for some reason they stopped doing that and were just ignoring it.
arkinrev
08. Oct 2019 · 18:21 UTC
Awesome work on the "Nothing" take. The combinations were interesting and I kept hoping to find more of them.
Excy
08. Oct 2019 · 18:35 UTC
Reminds me of doodle god games with experimenting, I couldn't tell how far I actually got but it's really fun, I love games like this
hiro.e
08. Oct 2019 · 18:59 UTC
I don't quite understand what needs to be done :(
dk5000p
09. Oct 2019 · 01:05 UTC
I couldn't find any combinations to move forward but I really liked the artwork. I figured out how to proceed but not sure if I made it to the end.
MaxyMax
09. Oct 2019 · 07:37 UTC
LOVE it! I saw this a couple weeks ago and mentioned it to my partners, but we didn't have any design ideas for it!

I'm sure you'll love this, too
https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/dcc9hu/how_to_turn_a_pineapple_into_an_apple_pie/
Mikethehuman
09. Oct 2019 · 10:10 UTC
Cool concept! I like the moody music too.
toad
09. Oct 2019 · 10:12 UTC
Really awesome and creative take on the theme! Really well done!
Steffo
09. Oct 2019 · 10:14 UTC
I won... nothing!

I'm curious about the full list of words... Are there more than the ones I discovered?
Ryano
09. Oct 2019 · 10:15 UTC
Great concept. Really enjoyed trying the different combinations to get to the end. Well thought out and charming little game. Well done.
Hare Software
09. Oct 2019 · 17:04 UTC
This is such a cool concept that was executed very well. The graphics are cute and the way that the game progresses motivated me to keep going to find more words. Well done to the team!
bryvox
10. Oct 2019 · 02:13 UTC
This game is really cool! Took me a minute to fully understand all the different combinations,, but it was rewarding when experimenting further. The art style and music were great too. Awesome use of the theme :)
Farlandwinter
10. Oct 2019 · 23:31 UTC
Best game I ever played in Ludum Dare 45! It's innovative and fun! Love the idea, art and music, and the little puzzles in game are interesting (though it took me some time to figure out not+dead=zombie lol, it makes sense) Very cool mechanic!
selkkie
11. Oct 2019 · 12:33 UTC
This was awesome! I adored the concept, I would love to see it expanded upon- it ended all too soon!
It was a bit tricky at first, until I tried using not twice in a row- super creative and a satisfying discovery. Well done!
Imphenzia
11. Oct 2019 · 22:28 UTC
I am not quite sure what I was playing =) I summoned some things, zombies, and brains were eaten, but I failed to make many conclusions of what the objective was - if there is one? I scored it higher on innovation though as it was more innovative than my brain would comprehend at this time!
Taddl
12. Oct 2019 · 12:45 UTC
Nice concept, feels like a mix between Scribblenauts and Alchemy like games. The art also is really nice and goes well with the feel of the game.

It would be nice to have the option to continue after you reach the end to see what else you can unlock and the second time I ran it for some reason the things stopped getting bored or interacting with anything in general which made it impossible to finish the game, though I have no idea what triggered that bug.
Keppu
12. Oct 2019 · 18:14 UTC
This is an unique take on the theme. Intro transition to the game was superb. :smile:

Dynamically changing music was nice. Reacting to player choices. Often the music got a bit distorting when there was lot of zombies and things at once..

Graphics are nice and use of colors is well though of.

I like how things evolve and that there is quite a bit of humor involved. I laughed when my things decided to shoot themselves in their boredom. But at least computer games were born out of that boredom!

Well done team!
Welliton
13. Oct 2019 · 16:35 UTC
I liked how you can add words on those things and evolve them, unlocking new possibilities. Its a pretty unique concept. It felt for me like a MUD game with a Hud! Awesome job!
Weine
14. Oct 2019 · 17:59 UTC
Very cute and clever. There is nothing quite like it!
Geckoo1337
14. Oct 2019 · 19:12 UTC
Neat and clever. Well done ++
johnnysix
14. Oct 2019 · 20:03 UTC
Wow, this wasa surprise! I was about to close it , thinking it was just random words, but glad I didn't. Excellent work with the evolution / word play. Bonus points for the musical themes - the similar / related themes for the characters ( not giving spoilers ) were very well done.

Great stuff.

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burakkurkcu
16. Oct 2019 · 10:11 UTC
one of the greatest interpretation of theme I saw, congrats! packed with lots of surprises, but most effective thing on me is that I jumped in the thought train after seeing people got boredom and do things out of boredom.
ploy
17. Oct 2019 · 18:17 UTC
Good game) The first puzzle is harder than others :D
nordicebear
18. Oct 2019 · 14:04 UTC
interesting concept but in a good way. it took a while to figure out first part but after that, it wasn't that hard.