FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD41 → Survival of the Smartest

Survival of the Smartest

By amastryukov and zuhairghias

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall7923.2623
Fun9692.8323
Innovation7033.2123
Theme4573.7623
Audio6172.8222
Humor2.0016
Mood3783.5023

Comments

amatwiedle 2018-04-24 04:40

Might have been a bug, but I got multiple questions multiple times when playing through the game.

zuhairghias 2018-04-24 04:44

@Amatwiedle not exactly a bug but the current trivia pool is too small. Thanks for noticing. I will fix it in the near future.

profit 2018-04-24 06:36

Okay bug, i won and then i lost on purpose and both win/loose showed up. other then that it was cool. more scary stuff would be cool i saw one zombie walk by. maybe some whispering scary things when you make a wrong choice? i like that it got darker a little. that was good indication i made a bad move.

nidup 2018-04-24 18:43

Interesting mix of game genres, good entry, could be imho a bit more scarying with more sounds or effects, keep up the good work :thumbsup:

hankworx 2018-04-24 23:26

Neat idea here. Would be very interesting with some more sounds and scares. I found myself getting questions wrong to see what all your spooks are ^_^

zuhairghias 2018-04-24 23:33

@hankworx Yesssss!! It was originally supposed to! But we didn't expect people to know all the answers. If you knew the wrong answers you must have known the right ones.

Any suggestions on how the scares should be triggered are welcome!

arzi 2018-04-25 15:37

In addition to ours, this is the only game I've seen so far with a trivia mechanic :)

Very cool game, I like the atmosphere and the fps horror/trivia mashup. Great work!

gonz0 2018-04-25 23:47

Nice job! pretty creepy! Was expecting a big scare at the end that would be a good spot for a Super death scare! I enjoyed playing this!

zuhairghias 2018-04-26 03:15

@Gonz0 We had last minute issues with that :( Thanks for playing!

captaindreamcast 2018-04-26 06:37

I won! I guessed the last two doors but it worked out somehow!

I got pretty spooked by the lighting and sound design choices. The background ambience and the door noises in particular had me scared. Whenever I was unsure if I got it right, walking through the door became a nerve-wracking experience, after all I couldn't know whether there was a jump scare waiting ahead or not. From what I gather from the comments, there weren't any jump scares in the game, but I didn't know that as a player, so I'd say the mood of anticipation was set perfectly. I also liked your take on the theme, it's the kinda thing that makes you snap your fingers and say "Of course". Great idea, great implementation!

zuhairghias 2018-04-26 15:44

@CaptainDreamcast There were a few jump scares but you have to get questions wrong to see them XD

rocketraccoons 2018-04-26 17:23

I love the mood of it, especially because of the sound design (though some things sounded familiar ^^) and because it got gradually darker! Though I have to admit that I'm pretty bad at general knowledge type question ;_;

jk5000 2018-04-26 17:55

A scary and a very interesting game. This is one of the most interesting and well made games I have played in this LD. Well done.

huminaboz 2018-04-27 05:00

Cool idea to pick your path for your answer.

kutase 2018-04-28 08:05

I pass this game. It was too hard to recognize questions in the end when it becomes darker. But I enjoy playing this game.

zuhairghias 2018-04-28 17:17

@Kutase Thanks for the feedback. It was hard to adjust the lighting so it would appear right for everyone. I set up the lighting for my computers settings and brightness but didn't realize it would appear differently for others. Sorry about that.

drmargarido 2018-04-30 00:03

Nice game! Some more sounds would be nice to make the game extra scary and more jump scares.

@arzi So we are already 3 groups with trivia games! :smile:

rosypenguin 2018-05-06 22:02

Wow I genuinely got chills when the whispering started... Great atmosphere! Would love to see a recap at the end of all the questions you got right/wrong.

notpresident35 2018-05-06 22:37

You lose? Really? Surely you can do better for a main scare! You did quite well on most of them! The one on the penicillin question was pretty strong. I do wish you had made the player faster or the hallways shorter, because it was really rather boring just walking forwards the whole game.

Good job, and good luck!

raiyumi 2018-05-08 05:59

Was expecting an entirely different game.. also was expecting some monster jump scares, but maybe I answered the questions correctly it didn't do anything. Anyways, neat mix of genres.. it got me to play till the end! :)

zeriver 2018-05-14 10:45

That was a very good idea to mix horror with quiz like game. Every time when i wasn't sure if my answer was correct, the suspense of going through the door and waiting for possible jumpscare was sure something. Once you get the wrong answer and see the jumpsacer, the suspense for next game is greatly diminished though. The game looks really good, definitely conveys this horror like atmosphere. Music was also pretty nice although it wasn't looping correctly which was kinda anti immersive. But in overall it's pretty cool game with excellent concept, well made.