Dude, this was amazing. Honestly, a few times I was stumped and basically tearing my hair out. In the end, I couldn't figure the last one out, so my friend had to tell me. I'm kicking myself for it right now. Very good job!
Reviews for "Playing With Letters"
LucidShadowDreamer responds:
Omg yes Silver Fang is like the best thing ever!!!
Heh, congratulations on beating the game; tell your friend I said hi! ;)
Thank you for the positive review :D
Easily my new favorite game on NG. Noel and I have a lot in common - our minds make the Poughkeepsie Tapes and August Underground look like kindergarten! At least that's what my teddy bear told me. ^_^
LucidShadowDreamer responds:
Wow o.O
That's an incredibly generous compliment! Thank you :3
Hahha, scary stuff...
Please stay away from me :s
this was the best game i have ever played on newgrounds and that was an unexpected ending(the secret one) i hope you make a sequel to this it would be awesome
LucidShadowDreamer responds:
That's an insanely nice compliment you're giving there! Thank you :'3
I will eventually make a sequel :)
I really enjoyed this. It was slightly difficult but deff. worth sticking around and actually using brain power lol
LucidShadowDreamer responds:
Why Thank you :3
I'm glad you didn't give up ;)
Great! The story is very interesting and was well-conveyed - it didn't seem pasted together if you know what I mean. The music at one point has a really interesting ear-static effect. It sounds very similar to bubbling foam in your ear (like that earwax removal liquid when poured in your ears). The music wasn't really my cup of tea but that effect was interesting. I had a lot of fun with this, and I actually was able to solve all of the challenges except for the riddle one (and the secret ending; I also looked up a word).
I usually have trouble with riddles and puzzles because I seem to miss the obvious answer and over-analyze it (or maybe my mind works differently from the authors'). I'm still kicking myself over missing the answer to the riddle challenge, but all the answers made perfect sense. Oh, and thanks for adding that bit about the, err, ungrammatical foreign language there (trying not to spoil it here). That was a thoughtful touch, because it would've bugged me otherwise. :D
I look forward to a sequel sometime in the future.
LucidShadowDreamer responds:
Thanks a lot for the nice review, and for playing!
Yeah, the story is really what gave me the idea for the game anyway. The first "puzzle" I came up with, was the final one. I was just lying down in my bed one night, and got the idea. I thought it was a really cool concept, but I wasn't sure if it'd actually work, or if people would get or even like this kind of game at all. Imagine my surprise when it did so well here on NG!
As for the music, I understand that it's not for everyone. The static sound was made in Native Instruments' Reaktor 5 (I altered one of the presets, somewhat similarly to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yPZdq9hb4o).
Great job for beating most of it on your own! My sister actually made that riddle, in 5 minutes. It fit the game perfectly, so I incorporated it right away.
And yeah, I have a habit of explaining things in detail, sometimes quite extensively too :p
Luckily, I've found that many people actually think it's fine, if not good, even.
I'm actually hoping I can start working on the sequel in a month or so! Now that summer is here - more or less - I can feel that it is time...