Comments on: Under the Moon (MNWS)

By: nobody

nobody — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:02:19 +0000

That’s definitely a fair distinction. But I wonder where you’d then place something like “Don’t Look Back”? (I also wonder if you’d not mind NONDEVICER’s less grounded midpoint shift if the open-world half felt more directed/intentionally-structured?)

By: zaratustra

zaratustra — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:09:35 +0000

Actually I did enjoy the puzzle-switch in Corrypt for instance, but that was a case where the change built on what existed (both scenery and gameplay) instead of creating what amounts to a different game entirely.

By: zaratustra

zaratustra — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:46:51 +0000

I didn’t feel it in NONDEVICER and still don’t feel it. You need more points of comparison!

By: Phack

Phack — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 04:05:50 +0000

Great game. Notice that it uses the sprites from NONDEVICER?

By: seven

seven — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:56:53 +0000

I would Highly Recommend this game.

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By: David T. Marchand

David T. Marchand — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:48:52 +0000

Too late, you just made it happen. Tomorrow we’ll be hearing things like “when implemented, the gameplay turned out to be much more boring than we expected. But we’re confident a little halfway-switching will make it work. GAME DESIGN!”

By: nobody

nobody — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:45:43 +0000

This is good (and, for what it’s worth, much easier than his previous games).

I wonder if there’s something inherently satisfying about a game structure that switches up halfway through. (And I hope naming this as a thing isn’t enough to turn it into a cliche. It seems like a really fruitful design strategy!)

By: 400cats

400cats — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:03:13 +0000

The music is phenomenal. I didn’t know 8bit tracks could sound like a haunted church organ. It creates the perfect atmosphere for this game.

By: zaratustra

zaratustra — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:48:16 +0000

cloakydude’s canon becomes increasingly more tangled