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By number6406

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall8723.1025
Fun7073.1524
Innovation6203.1124
Theme7823.1524
Graphics9752.6324
Audio5932.8022
Humor2383.5716
Mood8362.9324

Comments

doosead 2017-12-04 23:09

I just gave a son of satan a passage to heaven. I really enjoy the humor here, though i cant rate it. Still, a fun experience :D

thetophatnoob 2017-12-04 23:09

Reminds me a lot of papers, please. And given that you made it in only ten hours is extremely good. I liked how the names were a little different and the sound effects helped me figure out what was happening. My only suggestion would be to make the rating system a little more obvious, but that is only a personal preference. Good job overall.

captaindreamcast 2017-12-04 23:56

How many sons does Satan have? The guy sure gets around.

You had a good thing going on with the timer and making it a rapid-fire of choices. Also the things on the lists made me laugh, good job.

number6406 2017-12-06 17:23

Hello guys (and girls and anybody else, who I am to judge ?) Thanks a lot for your feedback !

@doosead : I wasn't sure my game was humorous or not, I thought it was not at all, so I decided to remove the ratings for it, but my translation for "humor" is maybe erroneous ? I'm french, so I'm not sure for the meaning of this. Else, maybe that my notion of humor is not the same as everybody, but pretty sure that if I decide to expand this game one day, I'll add so funny sentences and interactions :slight_smile: You can now vote for humor if you want :wink:

@thetophatnoob : Of course "Papers, please" inspired me ! I wanted to had some timing things, but the time was not with me so I decided to make it more simple to implement. I would have prefer souls to become hasty so St.Peter's headache get worse, but maybe this will outcome in another life :grin: I keep your suggestion as a potential game update !

@captaindreamcast : Satan might be a bad-ass that every single human would like to have a child with, I guess :thinking: But anyway, if his son saved a cat, everything is alright, he can go to paradise, couldn't he ?

Cheers again everyone !

tulipekoni 2017-12-06 17:35

Nice entry you got there!

x-budsterized-x 2017-12-06 17:42

I don't quite understand it - how do I determine who goes where? I am frustrated, my world is a lie :D

Other than that I like the graphics, sound and idea of the game and considering you only had so little time to develop this piece of work... damn that's great! Congrats! :D

number6406 2017-12-06 18:49

Thank you guys !

Yeah, peoples can't be bad nor good, it's a pure mix of many different attitudes :D

mizelfindi 2017-12-06 19:55

Some nice ideas here, I guess other comments cover almost everything... Loved the cards, made me thought about Reigns :) I loved the shiny / dark effect on the screen as you move your mouse to heaven or hell. Well done, especially in this little amount of time ! :)

number6406 2017-12-06 20:11

Thank you ! I indeed had few inspirations from Reigns :)

aaronw 2017-12-06 21:35

Great concept! Very funny.

spencer-hower 2017-12-06 21:38

I like the concept behind this game a lot. It's sort of confusing and I don't know exactly what makes the correct answer correct, but it's quite humorous either way! I like music and sound effects, they're quite relaxing. How can someone have a headache while listening to that! Anyway, good job.

notpresident35 2017-12-06 22:10

Good concept, but this game seems to literally just challenge the player's morality and beliefs. Boring too

simonhutchinson 2017-12-07 03:11

I like it. Great concept. I'm not sure I entirely understand how to judge people, so it's probably for the best that that's not my job.

Good choice of bgm too.

felipe-guimaraes 2017-12-07 18:44

I loved the idea, but the time was so damn short! I think there really should have more time, but it's still a lot fun to play.^^

number6406 2017-12-23 16:23

Sorry guys, I'm a bit late, but thanks for the feedback !

@spencer-hower I'm currently working on making this even more confusing, hope it will be great ! Sadly musics are randomly generated. If one day this game has a new version, I'll try to find someone who can help me working on this part :)

@notpresident35 Sorry if the game hurt your morality, that was not the aim at all ^^

@simonhutchinson Every "action" a dead people did has a single "evilness" or "kindness" value, and the total is sum up to a evilness final score, so yeah it's a bit hard to determine if a son of Satan can be saved ahah :D

@felipe-guimaraes I agree with you, the timer is not good enough, I'll try to implement the first mechanics I wanted to be in the game instead of a single timer. I had not the time to setup it for the Jam :)

notpresident35 2017-12-24 00:23

@Number6406 I'm not saying it hurt mine, but I am saying that the game very obviously asks the player for his beliefs, and if they don't exactly meet the game's expectations of perfection in morality, then the player will lose.

number6406 2017-12-24 16:14

@notpresident35 I understand your point of view, thanks for you comment. I don't really know how to improve this aspect of the gameplay. I tried to expose very "obvious" actions so it was easy to distinguish what is "good" or "bad" but apparently it's not the right thing to do... I'll try to find a way to make the game less moralizing but I think it will be a bit difficult ^^