Comments on: Shadowplay: Somnia

By: Campin Carl

Campin Carl — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:52:25 +0000

Is it bad that I read Shadowplay: Somalia?

By: Lucky Main Street

Lucky Main Street — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:16:23 +0000

This sounds a bit like a PSP game called CRUSH.

By: Steve Swink

Steve Swink — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:49:24 +0000

Luke: Alex did show of the precursor prototype to this, which had no name at the time but which was essentially the same minus the art, at the Experimental Gameplay Sessions ~ two years ago.

This year (4 months ago) was Shadow Physics – our game – which is, despite the obvious similarity of being about shadows, a different concept with different implementation :).

I really love how this turned out, especially the awesome surreal artwork. Great job you guys! Want more!

By: krazyman

krazyman — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:58:00 +0000

@madhaha I had the same problem on IV. Otherwise this was a great puzzler.

By: Vandelay

Vandelay — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:33:34 +0000

Nice idea, but is a little bit fiddly. In puzzle 2 and 4 I was thinking that there was an aspect of the mechanics that I wasn’t quite grasping and no matter what I tried I seemed to be failing. Then randomly I suddenly get them both (helped slightly by someone on here mentioning a slingshot using the light on 4, but I don’t think I was doing anything different on 2.) But I would be interested in the rest of the puzzles. I was certainly disappointed when the game faded out so suddenly.

TB0N3 – I don’t think I ever used a light block?

I second Melf_Himself’s recommendation of Shift. There are a fair few of them (I think they are on 4 now) and each offers a new twist on the simply idea. I wouldn’t say it shares very much with this game, but certainly worth a play if you haven’t before.

By: Melf_Himself

Melf_Himself — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:57:49 +0000

There is an excellent flash game that operates on a similar sounding principle (2D):

http://armorgames.com/play/751/shift

Check it out, it is quite entertaining.

By: pimorte

pimorte — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:00:06 +0000

It’s an interesting idea, but the actual switching from 3D to 2D is too fiddly for me to enjoy the game.

By: GibletHead2000

GibletHead2000 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:50:15 +0000

Unfortunately there’s no “invert y”, so I just keep walking around staring at the ceiling or floor, and bumping into things. I’m sure it’s interesting though.

By: Jim Rossignol

Jim Rossignol — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:28:49 +0000

Luke: no, this is quite different to Shadow Physics, which was actually shown just four months ago.

By: robrob

robrob — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:18:45 +0000

T-B0N3: Walk on it in the 3D view.

By: T-B0N3

T-B0N3 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:34:52 +0000

meh, how to operate the light block? :(

By: Luke

Luke — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:54:59 +0000

Already seen. There was an identical prototype (at IGF?) years ago, called simply Shadow game, but maybe the developer is the same.