Well I can see that this game is suppose to be more artistic, and the fact that it as well represented loneliness I would make it 4/5 star but as a point of entertainment, 1/5.
Reviews for "Abyss"
I really like the art, and the idea of trying to make people feel things with games is great, but where this falls flat for me is the complete lack of any interaction. I understand it's trying to make the player feel lonely, and so too much interaction would defeat that, but as it is the player really doesn't have anything to do. In a game like Loneliness, for instance, other characters "interact" with you by moving away when you get close to them- so, it's the same idea, but you can see that you're being ignored, or even avoided, more clearly, and it's far more powerful. Also, that game has an actual ending, which draws the ideas of the game together. As it is, it can be hard for the player to tell whether they're meant to feel lonely or if the game's just not finished. Also, if you move the mouse around wrong the anglerfish spins around madly. Keep at it!
Its so evil to make "light" look like other "ugly" fish.. but when you realise its just a light... it make you even more loneliner :P Good Job
a decent idea but its poorly constructed . no offense.
a few hazards like glowing jelly fish that trap small fish you could eat and kill you if you run into them drifting around would be nice and maybe a slowly depleating stamina bar afecting the lure max glow. it might seem even more empty if your not lucky enough to eat being darker
move in the direction of the mouse cursor if the mouse if not over the lure of the angler fish but when it flips mirroring the image it looks bad you should do a turning animation.
its almost all tweening it seems .a few frames for fish swimming would go a long way. maybe a 4 frame swim loop and a 6 frame turning it would look nice
if you can do a smooth transition for the lures glow pulsing it would help aswell
Well one thing I liked about this game was the music very haunting and you got the loneliness thing going for sure. But it did not feel like a game to me it really did not go anywhere and I think its more like an interactive screen saver than a game so in my honest opinion I don;t think it belongs on the site yet but you can definitely do something with it in the future if you bring more too it like a story line or a goal you should complete.