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Tamamystery

By jezzamon

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall134.23
Innovation204.21
Theme184.44
Humor44.26
Mood224.18
Coolness359
Fun483.91
Audio513.87
Graphics954.06

Comments

ilseroth 2015-12-14 03:18

Not going to lie, when I first heard "Two Button" and "Growth" I actually thought pretty much along the same lines, though I was going to play it straight; but decided against it.

thirteenthspiral 2015-12-14 03:21

You definitely included both themes xD
I was super surprised by the plot twist at the beginning that I was like, "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat."
The controls are a bit confusing at first, but I quickly adapted :)
I love the Tamagotchi look of the game! The fingers are kinda humorous and they also let me know if my button press registered, which is quite nice. They look like they could be cleaned up a bit better though. I didn't finish the game, as I have to write a paper due in an hour and a half xD Of what I have played, this is pretty fun :) I hope to come back to this after my paper is done!

Good job!

sharpfrog4 2015-12-14 03:22

The feels :'c Rip gatchi

cryptix 2015-12-14 03:22

Really fun game! After a minute I thought, is this it? And then it got to the actual game!

Nice idea.

kbf123 2015-12-14 03:23

That was great!

fanttum 2015-12-14 03:31

Wow I know judging just started, but this is looking like one of my favorites all ready. Going in I thought it would be a silly pet game with cute graphics, but little did I know I would be in for an epic story such as this. 10/10 better than Undertale.

thepattybeast 2015-12-14 04:05

Very Very impressive at pretty much everything.

aaants 2015-12-14 11:33

I always like the different gameplay setups and twists your LD games take :)

waynetron 2015-12-14 12:58

Best use of two buttons I've seen. And the chase scene is just great.

hexagore 2015-12-14 13:25

This is really creative and well done. Expectation subvertin' too. I didn't realise I had to press left AND right to switch to the map so that was confusing. I was just throwing food at my ghost for a while there. :)

fuzzywuzzie 2015-12-14 16:06

Oh man, 12 year old me would have been SO into this! Current me just gets flashbacks :P

Well done!

elenesski 2015-12-14 17:38

Wasn't sure what was going on.

pinion 2015-12-14 20:41

Very clever, liked how it subverted initial expectation and then became something else. Loved the thumbs on cardboard presentation. The final chase was fun too. I won, Jub is in jail now.

nightshadow0 2015-12-16 01:30

Wow, i did not see any of this coming, absolutely brilliant, full marks!

lekochen 2015-12-16 14:52

That was superb!! Love it love it.

mikaza 2015-12-16 21:24

I really had fun trying to solve the mystery. Love this idea. :)

calciumtrice 2015-12-17 18:05

Oh man, this is absolutely brilliant.

Surprising, funny, cute, just great. I loved the chase sequence at the end!

Pretty easily my favourite ld34 game so far!

dejvo 2015-12-19 12:40

nice one! i've never had a tamagotchi before :D

daveh 2015-12-21 20:27

Simply fantastic. It went in such an unexpected direction. Great work. :-)

foolmoron 2015-12-24 07:55

Genius in every way. The real life photograph graphics especially.

taro 2015-12-25 03:13

I was a bit too thick with the mystery to figure out who was the murderer...and just managed to find them by sheer luck, but I had a lot of fun! The narrative is cute, and the highlight of the game. Certainly had some unexpected turns.

volkoivan 2015-12-25 04:05

What a plot twist!
It was really unexpected!
Gameplay is a bit simple, but I iliked the idea6 the graphics and the music!

beanallean 2015-12-25 04:21

Enjoyed the general presentation. Couldn't really get into the game itself once it got going, but I did enjoy the twist. Good use of both themes.

mango-man 2015-12-25 08:24

Really fun game. The chase scene was great, and I also really liked the chase scene's music. Great game all around.

bemmu 2015-12-25 10:47

After he says "press left or right to enter a house", when I press left or right it still just gives him toys or food.

euske 2015-12-25 10:57

An unexpected, nice detective game. The music was awesome too. I didn't quite get the investigation logic first time, but in the second playthrough it made sense. Good job!

flickta 2015-12-25 13:31

Chase was just brilliant!
Couldn't beat the game without hints, but only because I am rating lots of titles and patience is thin.
You made a great game!

raius 2015-12-25 14:23

Wow that was phenomenal and made in only 48 hours to boot. You're going places for sure.

I love whodunnit stories in games so maybe I'm a bit biased but this is my favourite so far

herzucco 2015-12-25 23:01

Very interresting !

alexhonor 2015-12-27 07:43

One of the most fun games in LD34. But I think I've found a bug. Witnesses were telling me that the favorite food and toy were candy and pencil, but they did not work and I ended up trying out everything. Mirco and candy worked out.

galvesmash 2015-12-27 14:21

Great game! At first i really think it was going to be just a tamagotchi game. Great idea, story and gameplay!

jezzamon 2015-12-27 22:10

AlexHonor: That's not a bug, if you read what people say in the game it makes sense

gins 2015-12-30 11:29

Really amazing! A detective game with only two buttons!

scorched 2015-12-30 17:05

Good one, enjoyed it a lot! The intro is creepy and funny at the same time!
P.S. Accused a random guy and got "You win", am I just lucky?

kmakai 2015-12-30 17:41

Wow, this was amazing! I really enjoyed playing through this, you nailed all of the categories. I'd love to read more about how you did the "background" for the game, it was an awesome touch.

graebor 2015-12-30 18:55

I was excited about this being an actual tamagotchi but what you made was so much more cool! Cute characters and lots of little things to find, one of my favs so far, good job! :)

zanzlanz 2015-12-30 20:08

Wow you weren't kidding, nice plot twist!
The game design is well thought out. I really love the music cute graphics too. Altogether, it's quite a fun little game. Best of luck! :D

lereveur 2015-12-30 21:29

Lovely little game ! I like the way you turned an apparent tamagoshi game in something else. And the investigation gameplay and design make this game fun, well done ! :)

dollarone 2015-12-30 22:26

Awesome game. Great idea, great controls (given the theme) and fantastic take on what I expected to be a "standard" tamagotchi game. Great stuff Sir!

geckoo1337 2015-12-31 07:44

Best use of two buttons I've seen...
Cute. Tamagotshi powa' - great ++

brainstorm 2015-12-31 08:56

Awesome game, I got confused sometimes, but it's a great idea. Great use of the theme!

5/5

jacklehamster 2015-12-31 10:27

What a twist!

echa 2015-12-31 13:33

Great game!

oparisy 2016-01-04 22:18

I came here to test your game after reading your funny "behind the scenes" entry :)

Nice graphics, cool writing!

officialcodenmore 2016-01-04 22:35

Neat little game, I liked it!

zyow 2016-01-04 22:54

Awesome game! I love the tamagotchi style with a plot twist! Great job!

frederickk 2016-01-05 03:12

Very clever!