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Detective Shadow

By mandraw

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness362
Humor4241.87
Mood4532.44
Audio4851.70
Graphics5242.38
Theme5302.48
Innovation5472.25
Fun5782.00
Overall5932.21

Comments

mrblade 2013-08-26 16:54

This game is alright, I guess. I got stuck once I got the key, got in the house, went in the right door and went right. With the forks, and bowl...Puking or something? 4/10.

mandraw 2013-08-26 17:04

hey first game and i'm reading along the manual...anyways , im almost donbe with the old kitchen...

psychomonster 2013-08-26 22:28

Maniac Mansion like :D Found the key... died in a hole at the left room ^^

tigerj 2013-08-26 23:16

I played a little on Wine running on linux. I like how you mixed the artwork. for your first game it's an accomplishment to just finish.

Keep up the good work and you'll earn a lot of experience in the process.

my first game was some REALLY WEIRD geometry shooter in flash.

tanser 2013-08-27 11:55

The art is a bit of a mess, you could of put some mysterious soundtrack too. Also - arrow keys and mouse? Recipe for disaster! Put WASD atleast.
Although it is not that bad, keep on working and you can show great work! :)

mekuri 2013-08-27 12:03

For a first game this is not bad. It was awfully short though, at least I think. I managed to get 2 endings, after jumping into the hole.

pixelfan 2013-08-28 10:59

no music, no sounds, but nice idea. Good work

matrixbai 2013-08-28 11:03

The female scream scared me...

mandraw 2013-08-28 18:21

To answer some of you : I didnt want to put wasd , I have a non-qwerty keyboard and i always hazd probems playing games...arrow keys are on every keyboard and if you dont have to use others keys(like ctrl , alt, shift...) they are not bad...

I'm bad at art...music is worse , so until i find

mandraw 2013-08-28 18:28

To answer some of you : I didnt want to put wasd , I have a non-qwerty keyboard and i always hazd probems playing games...arrow keys are on every keyboard and if you dont have to use others keys(like ctrl , alt, shift...) they are not bad...

I'm bad at art...music is worse , so until i find someone who can help me with it...

there is a third ending but i couldnt include it :/
It was to be at least 10 rooms , but midway i choose to completely change the art, it was really bad :/

Actually the screamer is a boy , but i cannot blame you for thinking otherwise XD

senseidav 2013-08-29 19:38

This is one of the few graphic adventures has appeared in this contest, so that I give you good points.

Art its good, althought you you are bad i think not.. I think a little of music has had encouraged the party too..

Good work, keep on.

otus 2013-08-30 23:40

I think this has a nice premise, and can be worked further upon!

As an advice, do try to follow control conventions: arrow keys and mouse is a little strange combination.

Keep working on your games! :)

haloflooder 2013-08-31 18:30

The room with 2 doors were confusing because they both said it was wrong. I had to click on one door a few times and it let me in. I didn't get the puzzle there. lol.

mandraw 2013-09-02 20:02

That because you must go in before some seconds : if you don't go quick , the monster is waiting behind the door

gmaker 2013-09-05 09:55

not bad!! great idea! good job!

binary_gambit 2013-09-05 15:22

Good work on your first game! Cant wait to see what you do in the next Ludum Dare

grooveman 2013-09-10 13:18

A mouse and arrow-keys feels rather finnicky and imprecise (mostly because I wasn't sure whether I should be clicking on my character, the item, or what). Mapping investigate to something like the space bar, and having a visual indicator (like a ! above the character's head) would make this much clearer.

mandraw 2013-09-11 09:39

Yeah that would have bee better , but I was a little in a panic/frenzy between the fact I never used gamemaker , the fact I never made a game and the fact that I wasn't sure if What I was doing was worth putting online... in the end I learned how to use gamemaker , and I finished a game(cool!) and friends encouraged me (they said they would kick my ass if I didn't put it online XD) anyways I'll keep all of your advices for next time !

lordjosephdeburg 2013-09-15 16:23

Hey this is my first LD and first time with game maker also... nice game mandraw, I thought the visuals were actually good and also that demon really caught me by surprise lol