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First, You Take A Potato

By kevinzuhn

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Theme224.20
Graphics154.52
Humor24.45
Mood74.26
Coolness293
Overall263.95
Audio283.95
Innovation1023.51
Fun1513.23

Comments

kinzata 2013-04-29 15:19

HAHAHAHA! I love the humor here :) Great short little story :D

floatingghost 2013-04-29 15:22

Wat. Did I just win by doing nothing?

vikingjonathan 2013-04-29 15:23

It's a very well made game, good job.

gama11 2013-04-29 15:24

Haha, this is awesome. Love the humour, the graphics, the atmosphere and the music. Can't really say it doesn't fit the theme, either.

The ending / what happened when I stopped playing to write this comment really surprised me. Really like the message there. Awesome! :D

Gameplay-wise, I think it'd been more entertaining / kept me playing for longer if the messages you get as a "reward" weren't randomized (of course that'd have to be done once you run out of messages). That way, it'd feel like there's actually some sort of progression.

heychinaski 2013-04-29 16:08

I had to read the comments to realise that there was an alternative to taking a potato. Very clever and suitably minimal. Gorgeous graphics too.

devo 2013-04-29 16:25

Great animation and story. [SPOILERS] I love these post-simon-says games. Is there a genre-name for them I'm missing? Mondo Medicals, Simony, Pop, etc. are all great critiques of simon says.

cloudiestnights 2013-04-30 02:31

XD That is all 5/5

ryusui 2013-04-30 23:33

That was brilliant. I loved the way the voice on the radio got more upset each time you stopped work.

onzephyr 2013-05-01 00:21

great idea and story. Well done

lathomas64 2013-05-01 00:23

NO YOU take a potato! haha ^_^

thebenjaneer 2013-05-01 00:24

This game has some serious charm. I love the take on minimalism both with the design and the win-game-scenario.
Fantastic story.

kibertoad 2013-05-01 00:25

Excellent art and great mood, thumbs up!

cniangel 2013-05-01 00:40

Fun game. I love how you win in this. Graphics are beautiful and the humor was great.

adventureislands 2013-05-01 12:16

This was really well done, okay it's short and there isn't much to do, but it was hilarious!

cherrynukacola 2013-05-02 14:53

Gorgeous. Sometimes the biggest changes come from refusing to participate any longer. Thank you!

tyro 2013-05-02 14:58

Never before has taking potatoes been so wonderfully pixeled.

mortl8324 2013-05-02 15:09

VERY funny game. Loved it.

grambler1 2013-05-02 15:09

Yaaayy graphics :DD
Also.. YOU take a potato!

thecze 2013-05-02 15:33

Great game one of the best I've seen so far.

kddekadenz 2013-05-02 15:47

The screen after the loading bar stays white when running on Linux using Wine. That always happens for me trying games made with Gamemaker - is yours made with it?

kevinzuhn 2013-05-02 16:18

To kddekadenz, yes we used Gamemaker, and I'm very sorry that it isn't working for you.
To everybody, thank you for the comments and feedback! We're glad you liked it, short as it is.

kannas 2013-05-02 19:27

TAKE. A. POTATO. This game was ....well....not exactly a game... but it was one of the best i played so far on the Ludum Dare! (wat?) It was a very smart use of the theme and the non-theme. Also, i easily fall in love with peoples that do amazing pixel art. So you just earned a new fan ;D

kyyninen 2013-05-02 19:52

I'd make a comment about beautiful animation but first I have to take this potato.

boiuna 2013-05-03 00:08

WOW! What a message, uh? The game surprised me a bit. Good job.

axcho 2013-05-03 07:07

Very nice. I should mention that for a long time I saw the text as coming from the other robot in the middle of the screen. But it didn't really detract from the experience.

Were you intentionally going for a "notgame" approach? :)

idovoodoo 2013-05-03 08:09

Hahaha, this is awesome. Jubilation XD well done!!

jlauener 2013-05-03 08:10

Deep gameplay with so many choices. This is awesome :)

orni 2013-05-03 14:27

I love it - one of my favourites this LD !

very well done guys :D

daanvanyperen 2013-05-03 19:19

Nice gritty atmosphere. Kinda wish to know what happens if I reach 1000. @_@ TAKE POTATO. TAKE POTATO. TAKE POTATO.

sonnybone 2013-05-03 20:24

Perfect use of the theme. The only game so far where doing absolutely nothing gets you the victory. ULTIMATE MINIMALISM!

zkenshin 2013-05-03 22:34

Really nice job. :)

studioarmix 2013-05-03 22:55

The humor is this game is astoundingly brilliant. I love how people such as yourself still seriously considered the theme "Potato" when developing for "Minimalism". Awesome stuff; would be cool if you added some audio though, and perhaps made a Mac port, because I played through an emulator (I let nothing stop me from playing this game!)

sudorossy 2013-05-04 21:03

Good game. Simple and fun. It took me 8 potatoes before I realised.

funbyjohn 2013-05-05 15:46

Graphics and music were both awesome, and really fitting!

Jeremias 2013-05-07 19:39

Oh yeah, that was awesome! The atmosphere, the use of both themes, the visuals and music. Just great. Sadly that you can't track how many potatoes every player took... that would be an interesting statistic.

benjamin-soule 2013-05-12 15:39

Hey super nice design and story. I just regret the lack of interractivity even if It was the core idea I guess. Maybe a small escape sequence from the factory would have been enough.

minionstudios 2013-05-13 03:30

Masterful!

vdz 2013-05-19 17:33

Short, simple and impactful. Great graphics and audio, too.

kevinzuhn 2013-05-21 03:53

Thank you everybody for playing and voting! We're happy that you liked our potato-taking adventure, and Chris and I hope to bring you more great games in the future!