Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD33 → The Creature from East Second Street
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innovation | 20 | 4.20 | ||
| Coolness | 3 | 73 | ||
| Mood | 166 | 3.50 | ||
| Graphics | 261 | 3.48 | ||
| Overall | 493 | 3.10 | ||
| Humor | 565 | 2.47 | ||
| Audio | 574 | 2.44 | ||
| Theme | 606 | 3.17 | ||
| Fun | 828 | 2.42 |
Fun little game. The only complaint I have was that the captions should have stayed on the screen for a lot longer. A couple of seconds is not enough to make a decision before the thumbnails appears at the end of the video.
@Birke Yeah, I need to go back through and add a few more seconds on some of the videos (especially the first ones.) I'll probably fix them tomorrow?
Super cute game! It was equal parts cute and eerie. Very pretty. it made me smile :)
A+ for innovation, haven't seen it used like this before but then again I only watch unboxing videos :P When the clips are this short You-tube really messed up with the interaction ... I really think that if you hard-code the captions (I had to re-enable them all the time) in the video and add a bit of delay at the end of the video it will be much easier to navigate and decide where to click before Dr.Phil and other related videos show up. .. + Always fun to see something that's not unity-grey/pixel art. I managed two different endings anyway :)
@tanjent -- yeah, honestly the biggest hassle with this project was the YouTube integration. I'm going to give a few more seconds to the end of the first few videos, which should help. I might also do a post-compo version with the captions burned in.
Cute story. Burgoo ending because burgoo ending. Buddy Jesus ending had some reflections of the cameraperson in Hana's sunglasses, and cameraperson was not a green blob.
That first choice, pretty/smile, had less than a second at the end to make a decision. That one could stand to be fixed. The others seemed okay. Some typos; unsure if that was an intentional homage to dating sim ports.
Captions baked in would make it easier to play, I think.
-mildmojo
Interesting concept. More decisions would have been better, but it's good to see original concept like this.
Good job! I liked it!
Sweet little experience. Like watching someone else's fond memory.
Definitely interesting and innovative! Very different from any other LD game that I've played. With a few more choices and a bit longer to make those choices I think it would be great.
The YouTube annotations let you down more than your idea/ability, just made the whole experience feel clunky.
Sad atmosphere. I'm sorry I didn't mean to turn you into a pile of goo.
Interesting story. captions needs to be longer, other that that - beatiful little game.
Interesting take on the concept. It's hard to make the split second choices before the video ends, there also seems to be many dead ends.
I also didn't know what my condition was? Hugging her kills her? Some more exposition would be good to make this work.
Very cool idea,, good job.
I like your idea of FMV visual novels -- haven't played anything like it before myself. It's pretty innovative. I think embedding the videos in web pages and linking between pages would be more flexible than using YouTube's annotations. Good video editing and a good sense of mood.
Haha, this was a really awesome idea!! I played through once and got Hana BBQ but then I went back to give her a hug...and turned her into a pile of goo! A really fun idea and fun experience, reminds of the indie game Her Story.
Not the first interactive video is saw on youtube but you have some mood like an independant american movie but... (there is always a but.
The interaction with youtube is really hard, and even using game maker could allow to make a smoother game.
You could have also add caption inside the video.
The effect of the voice is nice but i think that with an human voice it coule work but you have to make the text and scene more clear about the natue of the player.
You could add music but by simply putting everything in a one time moment (with no cut from Youtube) will create already a full mood.
One of my favorite game so far...
(i was an hardcore fan of old interactive movie game! ;) )
I think I've never seen an interactive video like this one on YouTube, so the experience was great. Congrats on the entry!
This is so cute I love it :D
It did a good job of building the tone and I felt bad when I turned her to goo :(
I'd love to see more like this!
Great idea. I think with more time it could have been really fun. I didn't feel like I had a reason to choose one option over another, and didn't see any real results from my choices.
@Archon, I'm a bit surprised by that response on the lack of options. There are four different endings, two good and two bad.
Well that was interesting. Definitely the most innovative game I've seen so far.
I've played some interactive YT videos in the past and I like them a lot. It's a sadly under-used format.
Some clips definitely need extra seconds for decision-making but it's Ok, no big deal.
Anyway; pretty well made entry, kudos! I had a really hard time figuring out a score for "Graphics" xD.
I liked the idea of using youtube to create a nearly text-based game, but not text based, and video based. Innovation 5/5.
Just follow my lead, Creature. We got this.
Very nice and cute ! I like the mood induce by the filming, the sound could be a bit more complex to me but works anyway.
Very creative, good job!
Loved the concept. I found Blob to be a compelling character. I played through all the endings twice trying to decide which one was my favorite. I'm tied between the melty pile of Hanna-goo and the unromantic pot of burgoo. Great job on blending cute and creepy!
Pretty odd game- I think you hit the "uncanny valley" of storytelling, (maybe unintentionally?) Seeing the girl go through a date with an ostensible blob monster, overlaid with Pacman-esque (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEYxgqnK27c) voices and an overly-attached dialogue really sort of weirds ya out. Though that might be what you were shooting for.
Don't get me wrong though it was interesting as well (and one of the few "visual novels" that is actually videographic).
Nice mood in this.
Just the youtube experience could have been better with longer delay for captions and auto loading subtitles. (first row I played I didn't see that subtitles for the monster was here)
Poor Hana, I just fried her...
Interesting take on the theme and 5/5 for innovation. Very creative!
This is great. I love it.
Very fun idea! A little bare bones, but very impressive for 48 hours
Was cool to see something aside from the norm! Nice way to keep it original, would've liked to have seen more options, but limited time, sweet!
How do humans fall in love? Because for blobs, I think it might be all at once... That's some real feels..
Nice entry, first YouTube entry I've seen so far, agree about the captions but you already know that one :) Overall had a very good mood, good job to G Gibson for letting you film her! :D
Ah, yes, finally the captions on Youtube is useful for once! Glad to see an online tool used for these experimental reasons. Liked the game a lot! Definitely a wonderful evolution from visual novels.
The music was kind of repetitive, though.