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Agent Thursday

By ilo

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Graphics814.14
Mood943.78
Humor1973.13
Overall2213.56
Audio3943.00
Innovation5553.07
Fun6492.92
Theme6763.13

Comments

awanegenebayo 2014-04-28 03:49

Can't move anymore if i press x just after the end of the beggining talk

ilo 2014-04-28 07:31

Ouch, not the start I had in mind! Thanks for catching that - I had to remove a bit of nonsensical code.

gikdew 2014-04-28 11:51

The visuals are awesome, and it has a really good mood (5 stars), I really enjoy playing it!

fserb 2014-04-28 11:54

I wish there was a way to speed up the dialogs. But very good graphics! :)

split82 2014-04-28 11:54

I would appreciate if the dialogues could be skipped. I'm reading much faster than sentences appear. Otherwise I love the graphics and the mood.

casteclipse 2014-04-28 11:56

Great work! But the dialogue is a bit slow, in my opinion. Please check out my game! http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=34910

voxel 2014-04-28 13:35

I'd also like to be able to hurry the dialogue along a little and the music got old pretty fast, but I loved everything else. Definitely my favourite game so far

apoorvaj 2014-04-28 13:36

Dialogue speed up would've made it smoother, but great work on the art, music and puzzle design.

mrexcessive 2014-04-28 14:03

Great look and feel, talked to everyone and found clues, didn't get it right though. So hard to balance dialogue pace and making sure everyone gets to see the info.

zedutchgandalf 2014-04-28 14:45

This looks really good! Shame that the dialogue is slowing everything down so much...

themorfeus 2014-04-28 14:47

I hate the fact that you have to wait for the text to finish before moving

hexabeast 2014-04-28 15:25

Really AWESOME!
The game is complete, long, graphics are cool, audio is great, and that's really fun to play! I did not finish it because each time you are wrong, you need to re-find ALL the clues and it's really long, and the theme doesn't seems to be respected except if the guy we're searching is beneath the surface... I did not finish the game so I won't rate the theme but the rest of the game is fantastic! :)

ilo 2014-04-28 16:04

I had a feeling not including a skip dialogue button would come back to haunt me. :p

@hexabeast: You only need to find the 5 items to make an accusation. It was to stop people accidentally bypassing the puzzles, but I understand that it could be frustrating.

@TheMorfeus: Yeah, in hindsight, there's no reason it should be that way. Down to laziness on my part more than anything.

korwegian 2014-04-28 17:33

Very nice mystery.

burgerdare 2014-04-28 20:20

The controls feel a little clunky and sluggish, but the overall game was quite funny and charming in it's offbeat, quirky kind of way.

trueyomic 2014-04-29 04:53

Mostly great! I wish I had time to finish it, but having to hunt down all the clues from scratch again with slow dialog (which isn't a problem the first time around) is really tedious. I did get to the third scenario. Very fun; you get some good ratings from me.

lightsoda 2014-04-29 06:01

I like the look. It's a slow moving game, like others have said, a dialogue speed up or skip would've been nice. Overall a pretty good puzzle game, good job.

xhunterko 2014-04-29 08:30

Even with the bug of 'i need to get closer' when I'm standing right on top of the guy on the toilet having talked to everyone and not being able to accuse the person bug it's a nice game.

edibletoaster 2014-04-29 08:35

Pretty cool.

mekuri 2014-04-29 20:09

Played the original version to give a fair rating :) The conversations is a bit slow, but aside from that the mood and graphics in this game are nice. Well done.

raulincze 2014-04-30 13:46

It's a bit annoying that you cannot skip through the text (especially if you're reading it for the second time).

It's still a great game you have here, I was really sucked in. Good job!

benmcnelly 2014-04-30 17:06

I think the theme is intact from the get go, I mean you are very literally looking for clues, and things are hidden under the surface, no one is who they seem...

teamincharge 2014-04-30 20:36

It is proper old school! Awesome. I also thought about doing an undercover game... you pulled it off! :)

madmaw 2014-05-01 01:02

Any game with a guy on the crapper is a good game

teambrookvale 2014-05-01 02:56

As others said the dialogue is somewhat slow but hey it's a full proper game! Loved the graphics and atmosphere. Awesome

bukaneerz 2014-05-01 21:10

This is a good work !
impressive graphics !

iambored2006 2014-05-01 21:14

I haven't played a detective game in years! Only in LD can you find this stuff. Anyway, I'll come back to it later to finish it.

grooveman 2014-05-02 16:10

Hooray for mystery games! I enjoyed interrogating the bar staff and collecting clues, but it sometimes felt like the conclusions it tried to draw you to were vague. I would have expected a more sombre piano jam, considering the aesthetics, too.

degtyarev 2014-05-02 20:16

great mood and visuals! pretty awesome, congrats!

mark-feaver 2014-05-03 02:06

Too slow!

cakencode 2014-05-04 10:14

I think it took too long to get from the intro to the actual action and there was a bit too much dialogue that took too long but the game itself has real potential, I'd love to see it get an even more post-post-compo version!

thorig 2014-05-04 19:00

Too bad you can not skip the text, but a nice game.

javadocmd 2014-05-04 20:37

Very fun and you accomplished a great deal in the time constraints. Well done! The art and character design is beautiful. As for the mystery itself, I was a bit surprised to have to think so far outside of the box on the last puzzle, but it was rewarding once I figured it out. I did have to brute force the second stage, I think mostly because there's a lot of conflicting information to deal with. But in the end it was very enjoyable. Going to go try the Post-Compo version now!

penguincat 2014-05-05 04:39

This was pretty good, except I don't like how you lose control over the character when dialogue is popping up (even in the Post-Compo version). Also sometimes the game stops responding to my input. But overall this was well put together, nice work!

mustaine 2014-05-07 01:13

Love the atmosphere and the exploration parts of this game. Lots of keys to memorize, put the game keys on the HTML page so people can remember without mashing the wrong button.

Player monologue sometimes blocks movement, frustrating.

bombjack 2014-05-07 09:58

I like the ambiance

arrogant-gamer 2014-05-07 20:53

Great mood, and lots of really fun and funny clues. I wasn't able to solve anything, though: in the first two rooms I got two under-cover cops. I wasn't feeling great about my chances, so I gave up before the third room.

Also, great use of the theme! Really unexpected.

ilo 2014-05-08 06:56

There's nothing wrong with your solving skills, arrogant.gamer, you got the right guys!

That they are undercover is part of the story. I tried to make it a little clearer in the post-comp version.

matt_j 2014-05-08 21:24

Controls were a little annoying. I like the style, however. Certainly needed an ability to jump through dialogue.

paperblurt 2014-05-12 14:23

Such noir!
Very fun.
Good gameplay.
No need to say more!

ryan-up-in-here 2014-05-12 16:22

5 stars all the way. You win.

crowbeak 2014-05-19 00:42

I like how the game gives you everything you need but doesn't just hand you the answer. I suspected the culprit from early on, though, so it was nice to be right. I also like the fact that you have a pianist going behind the piano music.

taocayo 2014-05-20 00:41

Lots of stars on the mood, graphics and humor. Specially on the graphics. Liked how the story wraps on itself with the liars and health records.