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Hell Manager

By atta

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Humor2602.85
Theme4433.01
Innovation5472.63
Audio5622.47
Graphics5912.78
Mood6592.41
Fun6962.19
Overall7242.33

Comments

shalskar 2014-04-29 01:22

Pretty funny and the graphics and sound were cool, make it longer though!

eerongal 2014-04-29 01:24

Seems like it could be fun if there was some element working against you (time or something). I enjoyed the graphics, but I like pixely artwork.

What was the purpose of the empty platform on the right?

atta 2014-04-29 01:30

We wanted to make more torture devices, but my friend did not have time :( And this is the main reason why it's so little.

kumokairo 2014-04-29 01:30

uh, I thought it was a bug that the game stuck at one screen. Figured it out 1 second before leaving hehe.

thenmal 2014-04-29 01:31

So edgy....
http://i.imgur.com/zmjb1TY.png

snicklodocus 2014-04-29 01:32

Good first entry! I found a small bug that the game would not send down the final sinner if two people were in the cage. My only other complaint was the sound was a bit loud.

givemeallyourcats 2014-04-29 01:33

Most points for inovation and you could have scored more on fun if it was a bit longer! Good concept and was worked out good! (maybe next time add bgm too?)

therrato 2014-04-29 01:33

Funny for sure, i do really like the pixel art, but i would like to be able to torture them more after their bar is filled

evildan 2014-04-29 01:35

PUNISH HIM

paps 2014-04-29 01:54

haha, loved the voice acting.
fun game a bit short though (and don't know what the third platform is for)

andrewjamesadams 2014-04-29 14:08

cool idea

gamertaters 2014-04-29 14:08

Nice art. Audio created a nice disturbing mood.

javifugitivo 2014-04-29 14:10

I think that the game is fun, but too simple. With more elements and tools to "play", the game would be awesome, but nice game, good graphics and it has an original gameplay.

fullmontis 2014-04-29 14:14

I love the sound effects, but gameplay is a little barebones.

darkengineer 2014-04-29 15:42

Prety nice game and sound!

atta 2014-04-29 16:22

@fullmontis
@javifugitivo
I know it's too simple, but we didn't have time. Unfortunately, you can't edit game.

degtyarev 2014-04-30 09:37

It seems the most effective way to punish is to just drop sinners into lava.
Could be a nice game with variety and it had more gameplay to it.
Also did not like usage of stereotypes for sinners. There are so many things you could have come up to punish people for and you chose what you did. A bit disappointing.

solifuge 2014-04-30 09:38

Hi, this is Vector from the Victory Garden team! (posting under Solifuge's account)

This is a neat idea, and the graphics are great! I guess the main thing I'd ask is why you'd have the bar need to be filled up by repeatedly using different machines, instead of putting a person in a machine and having the bar fill automatically.

Maybe consider leaving out the racism and other such things (you know what I'm talking about) next time. You can make a great game without them.

atta 2014-04-30 10:35

@Solifuge
Because we have few people, and filling bar automatically would make our game even shorter.
There's no racism! And of course I'm not a racist. I hate them. Normal sins would be boring. Just chill out, guys :)

gmaker 2014-04-30 11:49

great job =)

jeffalisk 2014-04-30 12:16

Not exactly subtle, but nice graphics.

simonld 2014-04-30 17:28

Congrats on your first LD entry!

terraco 2014-04-30 23:03

Well there you go

jacob-peltola 2014-05-01 10:28

Nice idea, executed perfectly, and I see a creeper face in the rocks xD

thegreentie 2014-05-02 17:14

Fun.

thinkster 2014-05-02 17:18

There is a good idea in here somewhere, needs more interaction with the punishments though to make me want to play longer. Like to see where you could take the idea.

But I don't like the stereotypes either, pretty lame design choice!

teamflare 2014-05-02 17:34

No real gameplay,but hey, it's funny and a bit weird :)

conormn 2014-05-02 18:43

Very nicely done. Funny entry :)

bereuge 2014-05-02 18:45

I SOOO wish there were more torture tools... when the fat guy broke the machine I laughed! Nice work :D

gazok 2014-05-02 19:51

These stereotypes are not acceptable. Even stepping past how offensive they are, the use of any stereotype is only a substitute for humour or originality. The sad thing is, this had the potential to be funny, had you attempted to subvert stereotypes instead of enforcing them.

I won't validate this by rating it, but I hope that you learn from the negative reactions and make better games in future.

You might benefit from reading
http://www.shakesville.com/2006/07/off-limits-humor.html
http://wolfdrone.tumblr.com/post/70277781287/working-within-transgression
http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Sexist_humor

arcturusdeluxe 2014-05-02 22:11

It's an ok game. Pretty nice graphics. Gameplay is a little lacking, but the general concept could be fun. Wasn't too offended by the stereotype humour but it did seem a bit, well, dumb, to be honest. Not bad overall.

georgebroussard 2014-05-03 06:01

Could have a fun little game here with some more gameplay.

The "kfc" and "watermelon" stuff was not ok. Do some research as to why.

catman 2014-05-03 07:19

Aha! I had this same exact idea once, and it is on my 'games to do when I have time' list, so props for making it a reality! :D

supermini_man 2014-05-03 23:01

The game concept (being Hell's manager) is interesting, too bad about the stereotypes.

scgrn 2014-05-05 07:22

It was a cool concept until I encountered the shoddy gameplay and weird, racist stereotypes.