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Theresa Dreams of Wheat

By essell

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3043.5328
Fun1993.5328
Innovation2673.3428
Theme4693.4228
Graphics5963.0328
Humor204.2229
Mood1203.8428

Comments

vovin 2017-08-01 09:35

Clever take on the theme, nice work.

mdacoffee 2017-08-01 09:41

Would have loved to rate this but unfortunately it doesn't run too smoothly on my laptop, so I'l wait until I've tried it on another computer to give this a rating. Already seems quite entertaining though!

ruba 2017-08-01 09:46

I enjoyed playing your game a lot! What a story telling! Every character have something to say to you. Thank you for this entry - your project cheered me up for today :)

stormforce02 2017-08-01 10:03

I was kind of really sad that I couldn't talk to people anymore once you pick up the frying pan ;-;

orionk 2017-08-01 10:12

Really funny game, those professional newspapers are the best.

essell 2017-08-01 10:16

Dear @storm-force02: you can! Pressing F will hide your frying pan, allowing you to talk to people again. I'll add an on-screen prompt for this in an update :/ Thanks for your feedback!

flukeshot 2017-08-01 10:39

There is some really nice touches here and there throughout this game. The use of sound is quite atmospheric and does its job at selling each scenario. The opening scene of the game is great. It has a nice cut in there and the use of title cards is well done throughout. The choice of colours is well thought out and I appreciated it. My major critique is the shocking mouse sensitivity (far too sensitive in my opinion). Though, if the mouse sensitivity is a commentary on the disorientating nature of politics I suppose it may actually be too effective of an analogy because it certainly made me feel spun around at times.

zirrrus 2017-08-01 11:34

Cool idea to go with a political power theme. I remember that wheat comment...if it went down like this it certainly was very naughty! Ended up committing 30 assaults.

damoy 2017-08-01 18:35

Very funny, congratz, I can't manage to hide my mouse while moving though ! Well done

seannoonan 2017-08-02 01:13

Lovely little game. Perfect length. Solid visual style too; though your conversation text could have done with a drop shadow, outline, of blending style (several instances of white on white).

The text through walls and on screen mouse cursor were bothersome, so I would love to see a post jam version. I look forward to an excuse to play this again :)

simple-ghost 2017-08-02 21:02

It was a little bit unfinished, but still awesome! Great way of story telling. Loads of originality and humour. Scene it the field was really pretty. I enjoyed playing your game. Thanks for making it! Cheers :)

olowynd 2017-08-02 22:59

Oh boy, I've got so much trouble rendering 3D text that can't be see everywhere and only on one side (not for this jam, but for older unity projects), I'm sorry that I didn't remember where I have find a solution, it has take me a lot of research and I wish I could gain time for you :(. I think it was only done by a shader, not even a script, but I'm not sure... Anyway, the game was really funny, didn't know that Theresa May fun fact. Very original twist on the theme ! Great job on the sound design tho, with all the peeps talking and with the sound volume evolving between rooms and distances.

essell 2017-08-02 23:14

@olowynd: Yeah it's crazy to me that they haven't integrated the fix into the engine yet - it is a shader fix, and i plan on doing it soon. Thanks for the nice words and glad you liked it :)

essell 2017-08-02 23:15

@simple-ghost @orionk @vovin - thanks :)

essell 2017-08-02 23:15

@mdacoffee: i had a feeling the performance would be bad for some people - sorry about that. Thanks for taking a look though :)

essell 2017-08-02 23:16

@ruba: thanks - great it hear it cheered you up :)

essell 2017-08-02 23:17

@flukeshot: thanks for the kind (and detailed) comments, and yeah you're not the first to mention weird mouse problems... they're on my list to investigate. Thanks!

essell 2017-08-02 23:17

@zirrrus Hehe 30 isn't even many - you can keep clicking on that screen to continue to whallop farmers (err... if you like)

essell 2017-08-02 23:18

@damoy hmm interesting - i've had that too. Will investigate. Thanks for playing, glad you liked it :)

essell 2017-08-02 23:20

@seannoonan: cheers, and good call on adding drop shadows to avoid white-on-white text - I thought of a quick hacky way to do it and it's in now :)

sarrixx 2017-08-06 14:34

Hahaha nice :P F*cking hilarious!

Also the text on the signs for all the doors can be seen through all the walls somehow??

Heh, heh, heh.... nice... (Y)

vasco-rodrigues 2017-08-06 17:27

Really fun game. Loved the visuals and beating people with a frying pan felt really good. Ended up assaulting 52 farmers and all of my staff xD Also a good use of the theme. Congrats :)

omriysh 2017-08-06 17:43

I laughed so much without even knowing the Theresa May thing with wheat fields... This game is great. Graphics are pretty good (besides the weird text bug) and they do the trick, and the sound is good. The storytelling here is phenomenal, and I enjoyed every second of this.

essell 2017-08-09 09:28

:) awesome, thanks peeps @sarrixx @vasco-rodrigues @omriysh

avitt 2017-08-16 22:43

Very funny! loved bashing people with the pan. Has good story telling and decent level design too.

ddsfloko 2017-08-19 17:50

I had so much fun while i bashing peoples wtih the pan kkk. I realy liked of sounds, graphics, controls, story and atmosphere. Good job.

wolfie 2017-08-20 09:40

Absolutely hilarious. Only bug I found was that you could keep killing farmers even after the newspaper appears when you get caught.

One of my favourite games this jam, well done!