Hey! I got this game in the Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality (woop woop!) and did a lets play for it on my channel. It was weird and fun and I'm glad we got to do a playthrough.
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Thanks so much for checking out my little game! I was so happy to be in that bundle and let Wondee do some good. Your video was awesome, I really really enjoyed it. I'm gonna check out more of your vids, love the enthusiasm.
I made Wondee to learn how to make games and get them onto Steam. I heard that 3D was hard so maybe I should start with 2D games. I thought, well maybe I can make a 1D game and that will be even easier! Thematically it was going to be about more about perspectives and other dimensions. I ended up just making a Pac-Man game.
I'm terrible at game art so all the characters are basic shapes like spheres, cubes, pyramids, etc. That does have the beneficial side effect that you can play it if you have a color deficiency. Wondee's eyes are derpy to mimic the eyes on Minecraft characters. The wink was the only animation I could think of with Wondee's limited look.
I'm so glad you guys were locked into the flow of the game and forgot about the goals. Designing goals is something I struggled with the whole game and never got right. Maybe in a sequel. Also you were so into it you didn't notice the Dark Mode at the end of your play through where everything moves backwards.
You should also check out another game I worked on, Manifold Garden (manifold.garden) . Coincidentally, also about dimensions and cubes.
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Oh my gosh Dark Mode sounds terrifying! Also I think the concept of "3D is hard... 2D is better... 1D must be great!" is hilarious and wonderful. Good on you figuring out something that worked for you. It's very creative.
Also Manifold Garden looks INCREDIBLE!! Holy cow, congrats on such a step up. When will it be on Steam?
Manifold Garden is a game by William Chyr that I worked on for a year. I helped with general programming, audio, UI, physics, etc. Right now it's on the Epic store, Apple Arcade and just shipped to Switch, PS4 and Xbox. It is planned for Steam in October (I also worked on the Steam support). I wouldn't be surprised if it comes to itch.io too since we did the beta testing on itch. (Itch rules for betas)