Pretty cool game, nice story. Ending is a bit of a cop out though.
Reviews for "Captain Robert"
open the door and it took me to the start screen, spoil the whole thing
ok story, the atmosphere defenitely helped drive the game... but I can't help but wonder if there's supposed to be 2 possible endings? there's a thing of interest in a location I just could not figure out how to get to... but following what was told to do by the storyline, I never got to it, so...
also, when I picked up the purple key, the music stopped... at first, I thought this was intentional, because the best way to foreshadow something ominous about to happen, to me, is to make it completely silent... but nothing. so maybe, it was a bug instead? it didn't have any music for the rest of the game after that point.
also... I am really failing to see how this had a theme of '10 seconds' ... you might have had a reference to 10 seconds... once... in the entire game, and not even a major part of the story either...
I also have to give a big thumbsup to a small thing you did... by the end of the game... you don't even know if you are you...
koe415 responds:
Haha you can definitely get to that final note but it's not easy by any means. Sorry about the confusion with the game and what your goals were. The music was half intentional/half buggy and with regards to the theme, it was way more prominent in the earlier designs. The compressed schedule of the competition made making a staple/fun game the priority and so the theme took to the back burner. Thanks for the review and I'm glad you saw past these issues to enjoy the game!
A nice, short game. I don't know if metroid was an influence while making this, but I definitely get a "metroidvania" vibe while playing this (in a good way, of course).
UGH WHY IS THERE NO ENDING!
I have to say, out of the 48 hours challenge games on here, this is the best one i have played so far. I HATE that there is no ending though. is there an alien in the room, is the captain actually the alien but just doesn't remember?
I THINK THE CAPTAIN IS THE ALIEN! he mutates like the alien (swollen arm) and there was a note that said the alien "had their memories but not quite." so maybe that's why he can't remember.