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Making Bellwoods, a Generative Art Game in 13 Kb

125 points by mattdesl 8y ago

tomcam 8y ago
A beautiful piece of work in every sense. The blog entry is elegantly written, the game concept and design are refreshing, and as a bonus the game plays on my iPad. Thrillingly executed all the way around.
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tantalor 8y ago
This game is pretty bland. What's the point?
- alanfalcon 8y ago
  Do you have sound off?
- sushid 8y ago
  He mentions the motivation for his game at the beginning of the blog post.
calt 8y ago
Really beautiful. A nice little palate cleanser of a game. Well done! My only comment/complaint is that I wish I could turn off the rankings display. I understand that it provides the "level up" mechanic, but I long for the Zen of exploring for exploring sake... I suppose that longing is very anti Zen though. Haha
- mattdesl 8y ago
  Thanks for your feedback! Nice to hear some people just enjoy the aimless aspect of it. I've added a "Zen Mode" that disables UI: https://bellwoods.xyz/?z https://bellwoods.xyz/?z
  - calt 8y ago
    That was fast. Thanks. Also, the music and the birds are a nice progress indicator anyway.
gimmeThaBeet 8y ago
It's incredible how organic it feels for something so compact. The interaction with the grass is just so right. You never cease to amaze at turning code into, just exquisite design. Thanks for all your work.
arayh 8y ago
This is a truly inspiring project. It's surprisingly intuitive for its minimalist design. The exploration aspect is rather quite poetic. Thanks for sharing!
vardump 8y ago
Feels a bit similar to PS3/PS4 game, Flower. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPZU6NeGf30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPZU6NeGf30
nineteen999 8y ago
Nice. I got a similar feeling looking at this to the old Flash game "Flow" http://cognitivelabs.com/flow/flOw_widescreen.swf http://cognitivelabs.com/flow/flOw_widescreen.swf
- sp332 8y ago
  That got made into a PS3 and then a PS4 game too. Edit: also vardump mentioned Flower, that had the same game designer, Jenova Chen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenova_Chen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenova_Chen
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kevinwang 8y ago
Love it

125 points by mattdesl 8y ago

A beautiful piece of work in every sense. The blog entry is elegantly written, the game concept and design are refreshing, and as a bonus the game plays on my iPad. Thrillingly executed all the way around.

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tantalor 8y ago

This game is pretty bland. What's the point?

alanfalcon 8y ago
Do you have sound off?
sushid 8y ago
He mentions the motivation for his game at the beginning of the blog post.

calt 8y ago

Really beautiful. A nice little palate cleanser of a game. Well done! My only comment/complaint is that I wish I could turn off the rankings display. I understand that it provides the "level up" mechanic, but I long for the Zen of exploring for exploring sake... I suppose that longing is very anti Zen though. Haha

mattdesl 8y ago
Thanks for your feedback! Nice to hear some people just enjoy the aimless aspect of it. I've added a "Zen Mode" that disables UI: https://bellwoods.xyz/?z https://bellwoods.xyz/?z
- calt 8y ago
  That was fast. Thanks. Also, the music and the birds are a nice progress indicator anyway.

gimmeThaBeet 8y ago

It's incredible how organic it feels for something so compact. The interaction with the grass is just so right. You never cease to amaze at turning code into, just exquisite design. Thanks for all your work.

arayh 8y ago

This is a truly inspiring project. It's surprisingly intuitive for its minimalist design. The exploration aspect is rather quite poetic. Thanks for sharing!

vardump 8y ago

Feels a bit similar to PS3/PS4 game, Flower. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPZU6NeGf30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPZU6NeGf30

nineteen999 8y ago

Nice. I got a similar feeling looking at this to the old Flash game "Flow" http://cognitivelabs.com/flow/flOw_widescreen.swf http://cognitivelabs.com/flow/flOw_widescreen.swf

sp332 8y ago
That got made into a PS3 and then a PS4 game too. Edit: also vardump mentioned Flower, that had the same game designer, Jenova Chen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenova_Chen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenova_Chen

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kevinwang 8y ago

Love it