The way you managed to integrate the story and make it feel believable through elements of reality is, to say the least, brilliant! I really liked the concept of the five-second delay in space, and I’d say it was applied excellently throughout the entire context of the scene.

Focusing on silhouettes instead of details was a smart choice—it makes the story more engaging by allowing us to fully focus on it without getting distracted by details that could break immersion. And what can I say about the voice acting? It was fantastic!

Honestly, I have nothing to complain about regarding the scene; everything fit together very well for me. The scene truly has a strong “game introduction” feel, which opens up possibilities for reusing it at some point, if that’s something you’d like to do.

The only point where I might suggest an improvement is the subtitles. While they do their job well, I felt they stray a bit from the overall aesthetic. Perhaps using black text with soft white outlines and a background box with around 50% opacity or less could help them blend better with the rest of the elements.

Overall, though, it was an incredible piece of work. Keep it up, and I wish you the best of luck in the jam!

My first 5/5 audio. With voice acting, what did you expect? XD

I have a question though. Yes we do see into the past, but so would they right? How did they know we were about to fire? Does their communication travel faster than light?

Overall, very enjoyable and an unexpected take on the theme.

This was a really fun watch, awesome entry! Could see it working very well as an opening cutscene. The story has good pacing, giving each plot point enough time to breath without repeating itself of dwelling too long. The twist of the asteroid being 5 seconds further away than they thought due to the effects of space on light/time was super cool and a great take on the theme. The art style works and has a nice consistent minimalist vibe throughout. The voice acting was a nice touch. Like another comment said the dialogue presentation could be improved. It feels a bit rushed, and the font/colors/presentation don't really fit the rest of the cutscene. But it was still good to have subtitles. I also appreciated the slight screenshake when pressing the volume keys, fun detail. Keep up the good work!

simple but functional cutscene... really nice but if I can give a piece of advice I would say to change the font type and color, for the rest excellent work keep it up

nice entry. I liked the art style and loved the scientific explanation! It was overall really good.

If you haven't already, please try mine too!

a great work! a perfect intro to a game, and it even hides the main mechanic inside it! what i got from it (to a scientist): from asteroids reference frame, they open the mirror before earth fire laser. so they have the ability to predict future. so they leave some human alive on purpose, so they do this for a reason... like they are cursed by knowing in all? they are floating in space looking for sth new? so human/player need to find real unpredictable moves that the player cannot know the concequences. mechanic would be predict the unpredictable, control the random... a great cutscene

really good story, and love the connection to the theme!

There is a lot to like here, but you really hit the right spot for me, when there was a equation with the lightspeed showing the five second time!

As for the rest? The audio part was great. The sound focuses you from the start, and keeps you till the end. Also- I always appreciate voice acting in jam games, so there's that :)

The graphics? The minimalist silhouettes work fine. It's how the camera work presents the plot, and how you use every second of the time limit, where your submission shines! I could easily see this as an intro to an x-com style game! 

Great work!

You are a legend

its an real intro for a game!!

Very nice take on the theme, I think you found a unique storytelling point. Peaceful voice fits nicely with your way to tell the story - piece by piece, stating facts, lack of emotions. 

What hooks me most are transitions - there are so many of them. When I watch again, I can notice even more smart transitions, which is great. 

First, I didn't believe you are working with real math, so I googled, and hell - you are :D 

The storytelling and theme really shines in this cutscene. Kudos to you for including the science/math behind it.

A very strong sequence that could easily serve as the intro to an action game. The interpretation of the theme is also interesting and certainly unique.

Cinematography:
The interesting transitions make this scene stand out. The transitions begin right from the menu, and especially the brief cut to LIVE TV when the laser is fired is fantastic and very cleverly done. I’m impressed—this is a really intelligently structured scene.

Visuals:
The Visuals are simple but effective. They remind me a bit of Flashgames. The angular art style adds to the piece’s uniqueness.

Audio:
The voice acting felt somewhat too emotionless to me at times. It came across more like a report than a narrative. However, the sound effects supported the narration quite well. In addition to the drums, I could have imagined a deep horn or generally a bit more music overall (for example, something Inception OST–like). In my opinion, the audio could have been refined a bit more.

Storytelling and Theme:
This is where the piece truly shines! It’s an absolutely creative interpretation of the theme, and I really enjoyed the storytelling.

Overall, a great contribution with distinctive transitions, solid narration, and an interesting interpretation of the theme.

1.5 million kilometers!

thats farther then the moon! (384,400 kilometers)

i love how you added real world science into this

the voice kinda sounds ai but that fine

Pretty good ! I loved this but i was sad about the things that it isn't a game