Very enjoyable!
In spite of not liking difference games, I loved the art style and story enough to keep progressing. I like that there was some order to the pictures. Nice job.
Reviews for "DifferenceGames - Dreams"
Wonderful experience!
This is unlike many of the Spot The Difference games!
I liked how you had the choice of clicking on one screen or the other, and you'll get results based on which screen you clicked. For example, if there was a mole on the left screen but not on the right screen, and you clicked the mole on the left screen, it will disappear. Clicking on the spot where the mole should be on the right screen, and the mole will appear. Pretty cool. It also means that you won't have some marker there saying "difference found" or whatever; it's just one difference less to find, and that's all it is.
I also liked how you incorporated the music and made the pictures into one story of sorts. Better marks for the game.
The hints function is rather unique, although I think it kicks in rather early. Maybe add a scroll timer in the options? I get the feelings of a "teehee" moment for some reason whenever you get those subtle "what was that" changes in the images. All in all, the hints in this game are way better than having some circle telling you where to find a difference, as it acts as a sort of radar/Geiger counter telling you how close you are to finding the difference, and it's also not obstructing the picture.
My chief complaint was that it's a bit easy. This isn't entirely bad though. You have the right idea in making the differences rather objective instead of subjective ("oh, that patch of black is suppose to be blacker"), and I applaud you for making this decision.
I'm definitely going to remember this game, and not just for the artistry too!
DifferenceGames responds:
Hey Fooliolo, Thanks for the wonderful review! This is one of my favorite parts after working on a game so long to read something like this. ;) Thanks for the nice smile this evening!
I love how you noticed the mechanics on the how it matters what side you click. We have some interesting things planned with that in future releases.
The difficulty you mentioned is interesting. I've done several versions of the game but generally we have found that its better to be a little to easy (and keep things flowing) then making it to hard. If you check DifferenceGames.com you can play some harder games. [and they will make their way to NG in the future]
There are actually 6 or 7 differences shown on each scene but you don't have to find them all to advance. Note, if you play the game again you will find that most of the differences have changed. Its really interesting if you are competing for the high score where you get a big bonus based on your speed. You would have to play the game many many times to know where all the potential differences are.
Thanks again for the taking the time to leave us such detailed feedback.
Best wishes!
Adam
This game is ..............its okay...............
You are using an external loader, and i can not access this game. No wonder it's 9.7KB.
But i think its okay.................
Beautiful
A very good game.
26th place. :D
great game. the art is fantastic. but it seems the girl looks different every time. whether it be her glasses, hippie head band, or uniform. great game otherwise. i love the story hidden with the actual game. good job. there could be other ideas so i would give it an 8 but since it is riddled with creativity ill give it a 9. hope you make more.