Spílaio
by Lilac Lynxes
About the Game
Spílaio - "Cave" in Greek
Plato's Allegory of the Cave
Windows version = less bugs
Scores
Theme
Enjoyment
Aesthetics
Innovation
Bonus
Overall
Voter Comments
Theme
Narratively did fit but felt like kind of a stretch. Mechanically didn't see any resemblance
Never seen Plato's allegory in this sort of game form before.
exploring a cave full of shadow monsters fits i think
Cave suits the theme
great theme!!
Pretty good interpretation with a cave and light mechanics
Enjoyment
Very, VERY, VERY slow acceleration. Didn't enjoyed it till end
Character controller felt a bit floaty in terms of horizontal movement and jumps felt hard to control. Level design also made some jumps kind of pixel perfect which is usually a bad thing in platformers.
Good video about character controls in platformers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWi0jgghGcI
The light mechanic seemed cool but was only used once
Friction on ceilings was bad, I was able to walk off the map in the end.
I liked the gameplay! Simple but well done. Movement was a bit hard.
a nice fun little platformer
Maybe if I put more focus on playing, I would have understood the gameplay better but I lost my desire in the process because I didn't know what is my goal
no acceleration
Couldn't get past the second enemy
nice platformer
Aesthetics
Very nice art. I like the whispers at the end.
Generally looked nice, the player shadow looked really out of place.
Light (visual not the mechanic) was a bit overused and made stuff look weird.
The music absolutely killed it
the voices were good
Strong aesthetics, some things need work, but still enjoyable and clear.
Cool music
the soundtrack was amazing reminded me of Nier soundtrack
Lighting is alright, assets and music are great too!
Pretty art
Cool looking sprites
Innovation
The very first section indicated that this is a puzzle game, but then it is just a normal platformer
Light mechanic was interesting, should have used it more
Hard to platform, couldn't make it further up, but it was still nicely made.
the light killing the enemy after moving the box
cool light mechanics
Cool light mechanic
Bonus
Liked the game a lot, mostly because of the music
I really liked the human sounds at the beginning! Adds a lot of "realness" and uniqueness to game.
i liked the soundtrack :)
Interesting selection of a main character, nice work!
The thematicism is amazin, wish the mechanical execution was better.
graphics are really nice, level design is good!
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