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Zanlings Match - Connected Worlds

By franklins-ghost

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Humor403.76
Graphics2773.56
Mood3643.22
Theme5343.29
Innovation5693.14
Audio5922.66
Fun7302.85
Overall7802.99

Comments

jas7229 2014-08-25 07:11

Though I wasn't a huge fan of the audio/sound, it seems like a neat little quiz game. Cute take on "connection" (:

mrexcessive 2014-08-25 07:22

Hi. I like your art style and the humour is also great. Good to see a novel approach.

franklins-ghost 2014-08-25 07:38

Thanks jas7229 & mrexcessive.

Definitely find audio my weakness and wish I'd had time to do voiceovers for the characters and a proper theme.

tannernetwork 2014-08-25 07:44

Great audio, it makes very mystery mood.

incd021 2014-08-25 07:46

Love the humor :)

cmayhem 2014-08-25 08:22

Very cool graphics and great humor.

franklins-ghost 2014-08-25 09:31

Glad you liked the audio Tanner and thanks INC$D021 & cmayhem, tried to make it humorous so nice to know I got that across.

dustystylus 2014-08-25 11:25

Fantastic humour, went back to check all the responses. :) I actually really liked the audio! Thought it fit very well.

zoomyzoom 2014-08-25 11:26

Wow man, I hope I was supposed to find this really creepy XD I is however really well made :D

hypnohustla 2014-08-25 12:15

Such a weird game! The audio added a really creepy mood to it. I also liked your color choices! :)

lafleur 2014-08-25 12:31

Great art style! Fun little game!

franklins-ghost 2014-08-25 13:23

Cheers everyone, glad some people are liking the audio and that some of the humour and creepy weirdness is getting across.

p4nurge 2014-08-25 14:02

The audio is so at odds with the dating show vibe that it gives the whole thing a weird otherworldly feel which is really nice. Quirky, funny and nicely stylised, I checked all three endings and would love to see this expanded.

gafblizzard 2014-08-26 03:21

Great drawings! The background sounds were scary. ;_;

I also ended up marrying a giant blob monster and I'm not sure how to feel about this.

franklins-ghost 2014-08-26 08:36

Thanks panurge the more time that passes since I completed it and the more I'm liking the idea. Have been thinking of expanding it later on. Want to add more characters, dialogue and voiceovers.

GAFBlizzard if only you knew what he was actually saying you might be more worried :)

snoother 2014-08-26 13:18

I'm loving the style and use of theme! As another guy said, the ethereal audio set against the dating show mechanic produces something really unique. The graphics and colour scheme are fabulous too. I'm stumped trying to think of criticisms -- well, besides the obvious desire for the game to be expanded. I think these kind of peculiar, creative games are the reason LD is so much fun.

franklins-ghost 2014-08-26 13:55

Thanks Snoother and definitely agree with you about LD helping with these types of games. Can't actually imagine having come up with this game and making it if it wasn't for LD.

fumiko 2014-08-26 18:34

Sweet game. And the most creative and fitting idea for the theme. i like it pretty much. The soundeffects in the beginning were disturbing and weird gave of the vibe of a saladfingers episode. Actually sounds and music for the mainpart of the game would have come a long way to making it more enjoyable. I didnt quite got to the characters though - guess that's why i ended up with froopal. But hey - good food is always nice. :)
Oh yeah and nice art also.

lissar 2014-08-27 01:51

First dating game I've been creeped out by!

jomomomo 2014-08-27 02:59

Dude that's hilarious...

franklins-ghost 2014-08-27 03:30

Really happy people are enjoying it and been great to get such positive feedback. Definitely makes me want to expand on the idea and already have lots of ideas I wanted to include and improve.

ponk 2014-08-27 18:19

Superb graphics and animations
Funny game !

binarypie 2014-08-27 19:04

Cool interpretation of 'connected'.

jharler 2014-08-27 19:19

Haha, I enjoyed this. The audio got to be a little much, but other than that, well done. Very interesting take on the theme.

aaants 2014-08-27 19:36

Freaky... in a good way :)

tbamberg 2014-08-27 20:02

Hilarious, great to look at, and fun to play. I had to get all the endings!

miziziziz 2014-08-27 23:02

Hahaha! I loved this!
The dialogue was so good; top notch humor here.
I want to see more!

kigurumidevs 2014-08-27 23:29

lol, awesome, funny idea. i like the style and the music. i am just missing a little bit more gameplay.

mase 2014-08-27 23:34

The setting is appealing but needs more detail.

zillix 2014-08-28 03:44

so weird. that's a fantastic. I love to see wacky ideas in LD!

oxeren 2014-08-28 04:57

Nice atmosphere.

jukimv1986 2014-08-28 19:32

Great take on the theme, though I could only make a connection with the human girl hahaha

saguaro 2014-08-29 02:58

I like the way you think.

ragepaint 2014-08-29 05:32

Liked the artwork and your take on the theme. Good humor

ghostinthesoft 2014-08-29 17:30

Nice idea, like the way you approch the theme :) Like the strange sounds at start

artamus 2014-08-29 18:42

Nice and funny game, congrats!

jod 2014-08-29 18:53

That made me laugh quite a bit! Loved Tranzion so much!

alexdjones 2014-08-29 23:49

One of my fav games of LD so far - Unfortunately though the audio didnt seem to work for me. Still, great work!

catonmars 2014-08-30 11:39

This is so funny lol
Well done!

pierrec 2014-08-30 14:12

I think it's an AWESOME idea, but I really really regret we actually knew who was answering (even if the colors weren't here, it would have been easy to know who had answered what) isn't the goal of these dating game to NOT know who answered?

I really would like to play the exact same games with more bachelors and without guessing their answers.

Graphics and Sounds are great

grooveman 2014-08-31 21:18

Dating shoes are already kinda creepy, so having ethereal music laid on top was wonderfully appropriate. In a way, it'd be good if you didn't know which response belonged to whom until the ending; but considering the, um, disparate speech styles, there's not much can be done about that.

Went with Tranzton, tho. Fuck yeah Tranzton.

franklins-ghost 2014-09-01 14:07

Thanks everyone, nice to see more people are playing.

And thanks Pierrec and GrooveMan for pointing out that maybe you shouldn't know who's answering. Been coming up with some possibilities for this feature today and have also started to plan some other contests. I want the expanded version to have about 100 characters and each to feel unique with their own style. Got some new ones I'm happy with and can't wait to start filling in their personalities.

Found this article which mentioned Zanlings Match so that was a nice surprise. http://www.joystiq.com/2014/08/26/play-all-of-the-connected-world-ludum-dare-30-games/?ncid=rss_truncated

kaa 2014-09-02 19:07

In my opinion, this is a good example of art in game design. Impressive sound!

lokarunith 2014-09-10 15:17

Great Humour, really fun concept and all the characters are well modeled. My favourit is the giant xD
Great entry, i really liked it a lot!

jupiter_hadley 2014-09-12 21:14

Really funny, cool game! I included it in part 23 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) http://youtu.be/KSNN8ZCA9kQ

sephyka 2014-09-14 07:20

Interesting and crazy entry. I love the strange mood, the efficient graphics and the absurd world you've created.

commodorekid 2014-09-14 14:27

As you wrote above, there is not much content right now but the idea is really good :) I wished to have more control. Good luck if you want to develop it further.

davisan 2014-09-14 23:01

Funny and crazy. xD
Very nice art style!

voider 2014-09-15 00:20

I would definitely marry Froopal. I'm amazed by the aesthetics and how the sounds fit perfectly. Loved this entry.