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The Worse It Is

By xk-the-name

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall653.9022
Fun3033.3621
Innovation1353.6222
Theme1613.8222
Graphics1373.8522
Audio313.9618
Humor1173.4419
Mood14.4721

Comments

jokerden 2017-12-04 10:33

Really nice (and sad).

tomas-selmeci 2017-12-04 10:50

The game is really well done. Story, audio, simple graphics. Good job!

filipe-leal 2017-12-04 10:51

Poor guy... :'(

jjjjason 2017-12-05 05:26

Cinematography is fantastic. You really know how to set up the scenes, and the minimalist graphics play really well towards this (i.e. contrast to drive the viewers' eyes). Also a very clever (and as everyone else said, depressing) use of the theme.

Definitely looking forward to any other narrative works you make in the future!

swen 2017-12-07 15:19

This game totally gave me the feels. The use of narrative and graphics made this possible, good job.

The only small thing I missed was being able to control the menus with the WASD keys and spacebar since the whole game is controlled this way.

I am going to eat some ice cream and watch soaps now.

krammetje 2017-12-27 11:02

At first glance it looks very simple and generic, but while playing it kept me interested and has a great feel to it.

sirpumpy 2017-12-27 11:24

Hah, that was neat! Really liked everything about it :) Just one thing, you should've opted out of the audio category mate :P And... I put on a nice shirt just to impress her :(

paulo-brunassi 2017-12-27 14:10

I loved this one, great job! Nice entry

vfabien21 2017-12-27 14:33

Whouha ! That was really cool ! The rise is pressure was really well done : my heartbeat rate was increasing, and I felt numb with emotion as the character approached the desk.

Despite the graphics being very simple, they were very efficient.

Stupid thing however : during the whole the story, I had the feeling that my character had no pants. With each encounter, I was chuckling, wondering what would the other think of my character moving around half naked...

profan 2017-12-27 20:10

I love the atmosphere in this one, totally pulled you in! I liked the fact that it looked like you were given some agency throughout, but none of it mattered in the end... :D, in a kind of melancholic like kind of way.

Nice work :)

aurel 2017-12-28 00:35

Wow, you definitely nailed mood. I'm a bit confused what the theme was, what was worse the more you had - nerves to talk to the girl?

The linear progression reminded me a little bit of Thirty Flights of Loving. Nice job!

goat-toaster-games 2017-12-28 05:39

This was a fantastically written little game! I was so engaged. I loved the simplistic graphics and the shaking room when he was approaching the desk, it really worked well with the buildup of the story. Fantastic submission! :smile:

epb9000 2017-12-28 07:30

I liked the mood and music here. That was a rather melancholic ending. I wonder if it said something about me that I actually tried to run from the desk once the screen started shaking.

m2tias 2017-12-28 09:54

What a great experience. Well written and the mood is perfect. The graphics are simple but they work. The style with the muted background is so good for a short jam. The best thing, though, is how the character doesn't wear pants.