- V O I D - by AtomFox0213

You are a formless entity in the void between worlds. Escape by finding and using items around the dark, dreary void in order to find a body in an outside world.
Click on objects to use and interact with them.
| Youtube | https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/739591 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/v-o-i-d |
Ratings
| Overall | 221th | 3.808⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 509th | 3.327⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 729th | 2.96⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 395th | 3.538⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 251th | 4.019⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 29th | 4.269⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 20🗳️ | 1🗨️ |
Aside from that, I completed the whole thing. It wasn't too hard, considering the game isn't really long in the first place, but it really could use some user experience features, mostly when it comes to hinting that some part of the screen is actually interactible (especially that void shard spike, that unlike other background spikes was actually collectible). Many adventure games like that also provide some tiny arrows around the screen borders, to kindly inform the player that they can move that way to another area. In general, the game involved a bit too much blind clicking and trial and error for my taste.
As much as I feel the void as the place of distortions and darkness and eeriness and monochromes etc. is somewhat overplayed, the game does a great job using these aesthetics here. The ending was a bit underwhelming, but the gameplay portion in terms of mood was pretty well executed (though I guess it still could be improved by some kind of background animation or something).
Overall, a game with a well-set mood and a gameplay that relies a bit too much on blind clicking and guessworking. ^^'
The game feels a bit short, when you finally understand what can be interacted with you piece together the puzzle pretty quickly, the main challenge being the vagueness of what can be interacted with and what cannot, rather than thoughtful investigation unfortunately.
Still a good experience, congrats!
After figuring out by randomly clicking everywhere :sweat_smile: and obtaining a shard, it was pretty easy and turned into quite a short game lol. But enjoyed! :smile: