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Scary Ugly Face
By jonochrome
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| Category | Rank | Score | Count |
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| Humor | 11 | 4.22 | | |
| Coolness | 1 | 100 | | |
| Overall | 32 | 4.03 | | |
| Mood | 35 | 4.05 | | |
| Audio | 69 | 3.74 | | |
| Fun | 86 | 3.75 | | |
| Graphics | 100 | 4.01 | | |
| Theme | 147 | 3.77 | | |
| Innovation | 255 | 3.51 | | |
Comments
Holy crap that was amazing. It wasn't great on theme, but it was very entertaining and fun in a way that few games with the simple mechanics of this one can manage to pull off. The graphics were perfect for what the mood of the game is, and the detail of walking backwards was a great touch. The music represented the theme very well. Overall this is a very good story, I am wary to say it is a good game, even though it is entertaining, as it doesn't ever present a challenge. I would easily say this is worthy of being called a game if you had to escape the robber instead of being told that you did.
HAHAHA XD oh my god dude this is hilarious, I could see the whole " beneath the sir-face" coming from a mile away and it was still funny. Really well job. The theme isn't the best here, but the rest of the game truly makes up for it. Great work :)
It was pretty entertaining. I appreciated the humor, and the backward bit.
hyperbox
2014-04-28 04:17
Near-perfect score from me. Highly entertaining narrative style, and pretty funny at times.
boodog
2014-04-28 04:18
Funny game! I loved it! Audio, and graphics were awesome!
minism
2014-04-28 04:22
Man, I absolutely love the animation, music and dialog. It would be nice if the platforming sections were a little faster / smoother, but it doesnt detract too much. Nice job.
shyupuff
2014-04-28 04:23
Theme manipulation was fantastic. Story was interesting, didn't really get why the burglar had the mirror though. Funny when it needed to be, scary when it needed to be. Switching of roles was awesome. So good!
Bahaha, excellent writing and a very twisty narrative. Graphics and animation were all spot on. Very enjoyable.
jerick
2014-04-28 05:44
Games like these are the gems I'm looking for in the giant list of games. I loved everything about it, but the art was my favorite part about it.
jrap
2014-04-28 05:49
FUNNY. GORGEOUS. THOUGHTFUL. ENTERTAINING. GENUINELY CLEVER. 11/10.
pythong
2014-04-28 05:52
holy what??! Sir Face gave me a good scare, and kudos on the drawings!
I could imagine this as an introduction to an even bigger story with even more challenges (the quick-time-event not being shot was unfortunately the only one)
Have you ever played Phantom Trick - Ghost Detective? The storytelling reminded me of that
That was seriously funny and entertaining to watch play out. I'm not sure the 'game' parts of it added anything, but they didn't hurt either.
nanolotl
2014-04-28 05:57
Brilliant.
Really made me laugh.
Spotline
2014-04-28 14:57
Great story :D
It's amazing how much personality and character fits into this little game. Excellent!
jlay
2014-04-28 18:23
I enjoyed playing this game! I really liked the sound. Sir Face, very creative. Are all the graphics hand drawn?
Clicking with the mouse and controlling with the keyboard was rough at first, but I got used to it and made the game very interesting.
neosam
2014-04-28 19:35
Great Game and amazing animations!
terraco
2014-04-29 08:59
I didn't plan on sleeping tonight
zdonkeyx
2014-04-29 10:48
Simply amazing, I loved every second of it.
tomski
2014-04-29 10:50
Ahahahaha, what a game. I was waiting for the twist at the end, "You were the mirror the whole time".
Great stuff, loved the audio and aimations, very funny too. Well done!
robber
2014-04-29 11:00
coolest combination between story and platforming! seriously funny
spotco
2014-04-29 11:14
That was a ridiculous amount of content for 48 hours!
(Really great art, music & story)
Also well played, pulling in everything together :)
That was really really entertaining.
Sure, simple gameplay and you kind of forced the theme in, but the narrative was really funny. The drawings were as well. Good one.
WOW! Best game so far! This game going to take really high position!
"you kind of forced the theme in" Come on now, that hurts :( If anyone's interested, I have an explanation on my site regarding my game's relation to the theme: http://www.jonochrome.com/tangents/2014-04-27.html
And I've said this elsewhere, but I haven't said it here yet. Everyone who's commented, thanks so much! Your feedback is very encouraging and it makes me glad to have taken part in Ludum Dare and become sort of a part of the community.
Had to play all the way to the end! Intriguing :)
best one ive played so far.. loved the story and the animation was great .. good job man :)
martijn
2014-04-29 18:44
not much of a game, but damn enjoyable to play
conormn
2014-04-30 02:34
Absolutely lovely :)
I really enjoyed that! Amazing amount of stroy for a LD project, and well finished. I guess it was more an interactive story than a game. I was totaly engaged for the whole experience. Good script. Nice one!
this is my favourite!! loved the stortelling and the artwork.
Delightful! My favourite part was the sound effect of the face flying away at the end.
Can't believe the first commenters said "not great on theme". Idiots, man... idiiiots! Fuckin great game - I would pay cash to have this expanded in to a bigger event.
:)
Really love it
oye-beto
2014-05-01 05:51
I'm surprised. I didn't expect such a deep story. It was creative and fun.
Very polished game in every category, good job.
ellian
2014-05-01 10:26
Okay, it clearly lacks gameplay...
BUT DAMN, THAT WRITING. That's really, really good. And the art is super fun, the humourous tone is perfect, the story was cool and it was nice to be reminded not to be an ass full of prejudices.
Incredible work here.
I don't have words to describe what I just played, I only know that I like it! The absolute nonsense humor matched perfectly with the sounds and animation. Excelent job, five stars!
ruerob
2014-05-02 01:50
That was a really interesting game. I like the visuals and the story. Was really fun to play. I really like Sir Face, what a name.
I wasn't expecting that.
Nice take on the theme, and good job with the story. It's a shame there is no narrative section in the rating, I don't know where to put all my stars.
petrih
2014-05-02 12:18
Absolutely brilliant!
Really funny and great interpretation of the theme.
miwuc
2014-05-03 22:06
Great game! Really nice animations, I'm impressed by everything you've managed to accomplish in 48h.
It's never too much to say that this game is purely awesome from every aspect!
gfm
2014-05-04 00:39
OMG! This was amazing!
When the game started it seemed to be just good... but as the story progressed it got better and better.
The animations were funny, and I really liked the graphics and the music.
Impressive game the story is amazing and everything fits well.
This plot is better than the last 20 movies i've watched. THAT SUSPENSE!
I can't believe you made it in 24h only... this is just amazing
5/all
freezx
2014-05-04 20:35
So awesome :D
dector
2014-05-04 21:43
Cool, cool, cool.
The writing was amazing... it really pulls you in. It's funny and kind of moving, with the lesson at the end. The graphics were a bit jarring, but I think it fits the tone of the writing. I liked how you guided the player to click on things by highlighting the items. Great job!
goerp
2014-05-08 16:09
With Flash 8? Well done.
It looks good and has some nice twists.
Funny scenes and enough nice sound.
All in all quite an original experience (maybe not really a game, but who cares?)
ltpats
2014-05-15 22:41
Wow, this was great! I really liked the storytelling, funny and a good message as well. Like others stated the gameplay wasn't super interactive but I didn't mind it, I wanted to play just so I could see what happens next!
On a side note, did the face do a quick upside-down flip at the last second of the game!? I'm tempted to play the entire game again just to see if I'm not crazy.
how could you think about this kind of story? So interesting and moving.