mind-circus.org
Games
point and click adventure
SHOW HN2018
341points
98comments
#60of 2,155 in 2018
Top 3%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
16 positive, 26 neutral or asking, 12 mixed, 9 critical, out of 63 comments about the project. Thread score +0.14.
Design: 3 for, 4 againstExecution: 2 for, 4 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Art style and atmosphere praised as impressive and consistent
From 4 comments
Seems very macabre for a 12 year old mind. There's a consistent, creepy mood throughout all the screens that I saw, and I think it's very well done. The quality of the artwork /…
tejohnso on HNFirst off, this is wonderful. I have a 2 year old daughter. A little too young to be coding but I look forward to seeing if she gets into it. The art is pretty great too. My only…
throwaway2016a on HNDoes she like Tim Burton? Jokes aside, I'm really digging this sketchy art style.
westmeal on HNAs an adventure game lover, I think this is a great little game! I love dark, macabre adventure games and I'm really digging the art style here. The mood is very consistent and…
kernelbandwidth on HN
Impressive coding and design for a 12-year-old
From 3 comments
Really loving the art style. I'm also impressed with the code quality. Way above what I would expect a 12 year old would be capable of. I've seen college students that would…
jugg1es on HNpretty good for a 12 yr old.
sharemywin on HNNice data structure. No classes, just objects. Which makes it faster to iterate. Feedback: Throw in a bunch of throw's for sanity checks like if(!room) throw new Error("room=" +…
z3t4 on HN
Objections
Puzzle logic is unclear and hard to follow without hints
From 3 comments
too difficult for me...
R4FKEN on HNFigured it out. I feel so dumb. there's nothing I can do in this game. so frustrating. HELP!
singularity2001 on HNVery cool. I finally beat the game, although I did need to look at the source code. The most confusing thing to me was that you need to find the items in order. I kept clicking…
chatmasta on HN
Clickable items are not signposted
From 3 comments
Excellent game. Very well done! Small suggestion: If items were intentionally made not to look like clickable, it's fine. Otherwise, a simple 'cursor: pointer' on doors and items…
8x8squares on HNFirst off, this is wonderful. I have a 2 year old daughter. A little too young to be coding but I look forward to seeing if she gets into it. The art is pretty great too. My only…
throwaway2016a on HNGood work! It would be nice when you mouse over clickable items that their outlines glow or something :)
darepublic on HN
Does not fit on mobile portrait screens
From 2 comments
Doesn’t fit on portrait iPhone 6 screen I expected it wouldn’t be perfect and I’d have to wrangle left and right, but about an inch is missing off the left of the page even when…
aetherspawn on HNfirst of all congratulations and as someone already said it doesn't fit in the iPhone, also the click area of items is too small, finally the tutorial could have a previous button
sudouser on HN
Bugs with inventory and interactions
From 3 comments
Bug reports: After you stab the girl in the back of the head with the knife, the knife magically finds its way back to the kitchen. When you get to the TV color photo thing in…
BugsJustFindMe on HNThere are some bugs in that part. I saw the knitting hint and clicked on bella's knitting pin. But it didn't appear in the inventory for a loooong time. After about 5 minutes of…
dingo_bat on HNThis was such a cool little game! I agree with the comment that assets should be preloaded. For some reason the only item image that ever showed up in my inventory was the nails.…
emmacastor on HN
Requests
Add hover or cursor cues on clickable items
From 3 comments
Excellent game. Very well done! Small suggestion: If items were intentionally made not to look like clickable, it's fine. Otherwise, a simple 'cursor: pointer' on doors and items…
8x8squares on HNGood work! It would be nice when you mouse over clickable items that their outlines glow or something :)
darepublic on HNFirst off, this is wonderful. I have a 2 year old daughter. A little too young to be coding but I look forward to seeing if she gets into it. The art is pretty great too. My only…
throwaway2016a on HN
Allow collecting multiple items in inventory
From 2 comments
Nice adventure, but I got mad at "1-item-at-time" picking rule. I'd rather prefer all of them being collectable, instead of putting an ordering that forces you resorting every…
ai_ja_nai on HNBug reports: After you stab the girl in the back of the head with the knife, the knife magically finds its way back to the kitchen. When you get to the TV color photo thing in…
BugsJustFindMe on HN
Preload assets and optimize images for slow connections
From 2 comments
I think it might be necessary to preload the game resources, otherwise the game becomes unplayable on a slow connection with a round-trip > 500 ms (and I guess the server is…
yorwba on HNOne more thing, I guess. I didn't have any trouble with the server at all, but those images can definitely be optimized. The total savings would be small, but percentagewise the…
BugsJustFindMe on HN
Questions
Whether the game's dark content is appropriate for a 12-year-old
From 2 comments
Hey OP, how did you feel when your 12 year old said she wanted to make a game that starts with the phrase "Aaron deserves to die"? Some people would be concerned, but clearly…
BugsJustFindMe on HNSeems very macabre for a 12 year old mind. There's a consistent, creepy mood throughout all the screens that I saw, and I think it's very well done. The quality of the artwork /…
tejohnso on HN
Which tools a kid would use to make point-and-click games
From 1 comment
Yeah it reminds me a lot of the HyperCard games me and my friends would make as kids. What tools are kids using these days to make point-and-click style games like this?
kalleboo on HN
Alternatives named
Crimson Room and Viridian Room Flash games
From 1 comment
Reminded me of Crimson Room & Viridian Room from back in the Flash Player days. http://escaperoom.net/page-top100.html
alpb on HN
The Secret of Monkey Island
From 1 comment
Start with 'The Secret of Monkey Island'. £2.37 on Steam [0]. I spent hours on my Atari ST wondering how to get past the governor's dogs. With no WWW to look for cheats I ended…
jimnotgym on HN