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terracottafrog 2017-04-30 03:18

Easily my favorite so far :)

I saw the screenshot of the people when I was working on my game, and when I saw the thumbnail pop up on feedback friends, I had to check it out.

The character art and voice acting are perfect, giving the game a nice feel.

The use of achievements to add replay value is great for such a small game (although the screen where it shows everyone you've met takes a long time if you've become a stalker :)

Sometimes the achievement boxes disappear a little early, and the background is a little bit odd at times. More resolution options would have been good. Its a little blurry fullscreen on my monitor.

Those are pretty much my only major complaints.

This game is perfect at being what it is, which is hilarious :)

phlip45 2017-05-07 01:52

Woo an achievement based game. These are always fun. Music was nice, and sounds effects were great. Played through a couple times to get the achievements. Didn't get them all but I did like that aspect.

I love how you interpreted the theme. While most people are making space based things or gravity and physics puzzlers, you made a 'socially' small world. Top marks there!

There were a few little UI glitches with the achievement screen and the people met screen was slightly annoying if you clicked one person multiple times. Maybe just have the person appear larger the more they were clicked on?

Overall though it was really good. I enjoyed my playthrough.

redblack-spade 2017-05-07 02:10

Haha loved the voices. But still there are some troubles - UI box with achievement info was too annoying, it covered too much space. I think you need to put it on the special fixed place. Background is weird, also I thought the same about the characters but their animations fixed the situation. I spent a while clicking on characters and sometimes I didn't understand what to do cause I didn't see an achievement box. All in all, this game is simple and fun, I loved it

chaseplays 2017-05-07 02:14

I really liked this! The voices were great, and the animation of everyone's face was great. Maybe a bit more variety in the character designs would have been nice, but it was great even so! The achievements were fun too, although a lot of them required more mouse-spamming than anything. Great job!

undefinist 2017-05-07 03:11

This was a pretty cool game. I liked the music at the start screen, haha. To add on to others' feedback, I think having a more dynamic gameplay would be good, like for example people walking around. That would have been crazier! Either way, it was a good entry.

powerspark 2017-05-07 03:30

Pretty good and funny entry :D

I love the voices and the little end screen thing. Achievements were a good surprise as well, at first I must say I didn't know why I was being called an introvert out of nowhere haha. If I were to suggest something it would be to make the achievement boxes less obstructing... otherwise the game is well executed.

spyispie120 2017-05-07 04:44

The game is really fun. Also, I really like the intro music and the achievement aspect of the game, especially the "I will call the cops!" one.

Overall, great entry! Good job!

ryte2byte 2017-05-07 07:05

A very cute game! I tell ya though, my poor eyes started breaking down at level three, lol. Achievement box could be smaller or somewhere other than the middle of the screen (or maybe just have an OK button), but that's just nit-picking. The very first achievement for Introvert made me laugh and realize that I should actually be doing something at that point in time. A great little nudge in the right direction for the player! I was also impressed with the metropolitan flavor of all the people's responses.

Yeah, there's not much to the gameplay itself, but you did everything with great style, variety, and humor.

arch-a-type 2017-05-13 17:42

Nice concept! It didn't take me long to figure out what was going on, but I wasn't sure what to do on the opening level. I like the audio track and the crowd talking ambience. You used those items well! The achievements is a nice touch as well.

I know it's been said before, along with all the other comments, I would of loved to have seen people moving, a scene where you have to find a familiar friend, or even a group of friends. There is a lot you could add to this to make it more interactive.

Nice little game! :)

ohsqueezy 2017-05-14 00:33

The motif of people in this game is better than what most communication apps come up with for their icons using hired workers and significant budgets

dregs 2017-05-16 19:40

Really good concept and take on the theme. wish i could find the last 3 achievements. game flows really well, no voice breakage when i go slap happy on some one. all in all, really well done, hard to find anything negative to say at all, other than i noticed that sometimes the faces of ppl would show through anyone standing in front before they started fading, but its over so quick, and only noticable when you do go cray cray and mass click.

awesome job

edit: the credit screen has no names? if there is a way to make them show, im just not getting it.

thendash 2017-05-17 18:05

A really good take on the theme! The music is enjoyable, and all the different voices and responses from the people is really well done. My only suggestion is, instead of a grid of people it might have been more interesting if they were all kind of milling about or standing in small groups. As it is, it's easy to just go row by row looking for your friend. Good job on the game!

tuomo 2017-05-17 18:39

I loved the simplicity of this game, but on the other hand not really sure I understood what I was supposed to be doing. I clicked the person I got first on all the levels and got response “ar-ar-ar-ar-are you crazy?” in the achievement/end(?) screen. Was that successful game? Second round I tried clicking on random people, that didn’t seem to do much but give achievement and sound. My point, if I have one, is that maybe flesh out game more and don’t build it around achievements. Sounds are the most interesting part of this, I loved the random phrases people said. Graphics are functional, but look rushed.

moski 2017-05-17 22:11

Well, due to me not paying attention, this game boiled down to just clicking random people until I finished the game. Adding achievements here and there was a nice touch though, and I genuinely cracked up when one said that they were going to call the cops.

Still, mechanic wise, you could try to come up later with something more memorable or outstanding. I like how there's a lot of different voices and character, and that they're somewhat animated, but other than that, this is more of a click-a-thon than an actual puzzle game. One playthrough and that's it.

However, I must say that even with that in mind, I felt that the game was very polished, with transitions and additions that made it into a fluid experience. No hiccups, and some tiny details like the ending screen listing every character I poked. Those were fantastic additions.

We, [Whales and Games](https://twitter.com/WhalesAndGames), are following around other people that participated along us in this gamejam, so if you have a Twitter account, please share it. We'd like to see what you can come up with in the future! :whale:

toonteamj 2017-05-18 01:37

I liked it. It actually reminded me of my own social life. I think this would have been more fun if there were more levels, because otherwise it feels a little short.

coffee-bland 2017-05-18 01:46

Where's waldo :D!?

joshykc 2017-05-23 11:27

Simple but pretty damn awesome. I enjoyed it playing with a friend trying to find our friend lol. =). Great.