Is this game too dark intentionally?

[Momo]

I'm playing this game and I'm currently on level 11 and I've realized this game is super dark i can barely see the obstacles. the background of the game is bright but every object/obstacle is black and sometimes the background is also black so I have no idea what im doing.

Wondering if this is intentional to make the game hard or not because it's really bothersome.

[Hoogs]

Pretty sure it's not supposed to be so dark. I realized I had this problem when I watched a level walkthrough on YouTube and could actually see what was going on.

[Momo]

Originally posted by Hoogs:

Pretty sure it's not supposed to be so dark. I realized I had this problem when I watched a level walkthrough on YouTube and could actually see what was going on.

i'm gonna check a lets play and see..

[alucard.gaming@*****software.com]

Yeah for some reason the game seems to be too dark.

Here's an image I found on YouTube of the level I am on http://imgur.com/Mu4O1bP

vs what I see in the same level http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=722800863

Did anyone manage to fix it? Its pretty difficult to play it in this state.

UPDATE: It seems to be caused by HD graphics being enabled. After turning it off in the graphics menu it looks like this http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=722810458

[Hoogs]

Originally posted by Brooks:

Yeah for some reason the game seems to be too dark.

Here's an image I found on YouTube of the level I am on http://imgur.com/Mu4O1bP

vs what I see in the same level http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=722800863

Did anyone manage to fix it? Its pretty difficult to play it in this state.

UPDATE: It seems to be caused by HD graphics being enabled. After turning it off in the graphics menu it looks like this http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=722810458

This fixed it, thanks! Can't believe I didn't already try that.

[Wok]

I cannot believe it! I thought it was due to the levels starting at dawn and then going to noon and dusk! What a misleading game!

If you deactivate HD graphics, the game does not look 1080p anymore but gets brighter. However, if you deactivate HD graphics, restart the game, reactivate HD graphics, restart the game, you have BOTH 1080p and brighter backgrounds.

Also, see:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=722009277

[∩∩4r|<]

Originally posted by Wok:

Also, see:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=722009277

Exactly! Can't believe this has never been fixed! I'm playing without the HD graphics now, but what a difference...

[etneveL]

If you restrarting the levels when you failed,and continue playing,there is a low chance,when this happening.The only fix i can know is restart the game,and hope you won't get this problem again.

[∩∩4r|<]

Originally posted by KexeK:

If you restrarting the levels when you failed,and continue playing,there is a low chance,when this happening.The only fix i can know is restart the game,and hope you won't get this problem again.

Yeah! It turned out that even turning off the HD graphics wasn't the solution after all, a restart was; but works temporary! I've played with a lower gamma and brightness, but it s*cks :/

[etneveL]

Originally posted by RayoMz:

Originally posted by KexeK:

If you restrarting the levels when you failed,and continue playing,there is a low chance,when this happening.The only fix i can know is restart the game,and hope you won't get this problem again.

Yeah! It turned out that even turning off the HD graphics wasn't the solution after all, a restart was; but works temporary! I've played with a lower gamma and brightness, but it s*cks :/

Yeah i know that feel,but this is the only solution that i know.It's suck,when i try to finish the levels quickly,and then i need to restart,because of this...lot of my runs died,because this problem.

[∩∩4r|<]

Originally posted by KexeK:

Yeah i know that feel,but this is the only solution that i know.It's suck,when i try to finish the levels quickly,and then i need to restart,because of this...lot of my runs died,because this problem.

This game has so much potential, but I just don't like LUCK-BASED games that much; the fact that everything's too dark by default, makes it even more a luck-based game; close your eyes and play some? No way! There are some really great challenges to accept if you want a 3-star rating all the time, but this doesn't motivate me. I normally write a review to all games that I've played, but I couldn't for this one; some neutral vote if I sum up all things...

[etneveL]

Originally posted by RayoMz:

Originally posted by KexeK:

Yeah i know that feel,but this is the only solution that i know.It's suck,when i try to finish the levels quickly,and then i need to restart,because of this...lot of my runs died,because this problem.

This game has so much potential, but I just don't like LUCK-BASED games that much; the fact that everything's too dark by default, makes it even more a luck-based game; close your eyes and play some? No way! There are some really great challenges to accept if you want a 3-star rating all the time, but this doesn't motivate me. I normally write a review to all games that I've played, but I couldn't for this one; some neutral vote if I sum up all things...

It's true this game is really luck based,i don't like either.When i start speedrunning this game from 10 attempts,3 always buggy(Dark Background,Crash)and i don't like either...but somehow i can't hate this game,i don't know why,maybe because of the good memories that game bring to me.I hope If Frogmind fix these and this game can be really good in Speedrunning.

[∩∩4r|<]

Originally posted by KexeK:

It's true this game is really luck based,i don't like either.When i start speedrunning this game from 10 attempts,3 always buggy(Dark Background,Crash)and i don't like either...but somehow i can't hate this game,i don't know why,maybe because of the good memories that game bring to me.I hope If Frogmind fix these and this game can be really good in Speedrunning.

Well, the game is unique and has amazing art, but I'm just not motivated enough to fully complete it. I mean, I finished all regular levels and therefore the game, but I didn't get that 100% nor will be motivated to get there.
I don't know if this game is good enough for speedrunning, because the real good runners are confident and will score well, but there are too many surprises in this game to make it worth speedrunning.

[ein]

You're supposed to watch way up ahead, and piece together the looming problems in your mind by picking out their elements as they pass through well-lit sections of background, which usually allow you to glimpse them for a moment.

Think of it as similar to how we walk outdoors. We don't look right below us at what we're about step on or trip over. We pick it out a few dozen paces ahead of us, then mostly ignore it when we get there. By that time we're scanning the next stretch of path or sidewalk up ahead.

I never gave this much thought until I had to teach a child how to walk sensibly in the city. I always assumed it was just something we do naturally. I also sucked at Badland. I still suck at it, but now I know why, and occasionally I can figure out what to do about it.

[Renegade Lard]

Same problem on my computer, the foreground and background will most of the time be the same pitch black so you cant tell where the obstacles are. restarting it fixes it until a new level starts, so if I want to play I have to restart every time I play a new level

[∩∩4r|<]

Originally posted by Renegade Lard:

Same problem on my computer, the foreground and background will most of the time be the same pitch black so you cant tell where the obstacles are. restarting it fixes it until a new level starts, so if I want to play I have to restart every time I play a new level

Yeah, and that makes it even more a trial-and-error game. It has so much potential, but didn't do it for me now.