theslate 2018-04-24 23:19
I like the cute seal blobs.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD41 → Love and Hate in Hell Café
By siuler-lm
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 876 | 3.14 | 36 | |
| Fun | 804 | 3.06 | 35 | |
| Innovation | 884 | 2.98 | 36 | |
| Theme | 896 | 3.13 | 36 | |
| Graphics | 951 | 2.74 | 37 | |
| Audio | 516 | 3.09 | 35 | |
| Humor | 280 | 3.47 | 35 | |
| Mood | 782 | 3.04 | 35 |
I like the cute seal blobs.
That's a really neat prototype of what could become a great game ! The gameplay is addictive and flows naturally (kudos for the all-mouse gameplay), the graphics are crisp (and your whistling is okay !). Some balancing issues remain, as the game gets hard really fast (it might help to better reward "not-perfect-but-not-bad" couples). Great job !
lol, I enjoyed this. Angels and Demons waiting at a bar, matching them up like a dating service. Easy to play and the pacing is pretty nice, kept me going. Well done. Cheers!
I liked how you embraced the quirkiness of the game, the whistled music, the simple but cute sprites, and the fun sound effects. I think the atmosphere of the game is the strongest part of the game.
I love the sound effects. Simple and fun concept, great job.
This was fun! I think if I'd improve anything, first thing would be the title page ;). There were lots of small touches regarding the "blue spirit" but actually seal waiters that made me smile, which is awesome! The angels & demons telling their love stories to the waiters, the waiters picking up the angels/demons. Their payday which showed how cheap they are as laborers, haha! Awesome job!
Cute concept. It started off pretty fun, but as more and more colors got added, it became very tedious since it was increasingly difficult to find either a match or an anti-match. Everyone pretty much just had no interest/opinion on everyone else! haha. Oh well.
Such a cute little game! It's a nice concept and an original approach to the theme. The music and sound effects are PERFECT.
Thanks for your comments and suggestions. And also, for playing this game. I will try to answer them time by time. Sorry of my English... since it's not my native language.
Also, I will have a look at your games in the followin days ;)
************************ Hi @theslate Thanks! Now I'm also calling them seals :D
************************ Hi @jlv I toke note of your comments and I fixed some issues regarding the balancing. Now, new color demons and angels are comming after some matchings were done instead of by time. Also, I did some fixes in the money, so the green ones give (or retrieve) x2 of money. Red ones x3, blue x4...
Really, thanks for your opinion :D . I will continue improving the game with some ideas out of the contest.
************************ Hi @gregwlyons I wanted to add some cutescenes after the game to watch what happened to the couples done (or to the fighters) but I hadn't enough time to do it before the deadline.
Comments like yours encorage my to continue improving this game. So, thank you very much ^_^
************************ Hi @yubs Thanks! The idea came to me from 3.15 am to 4.00 am (Spanish timezone), when I was trying to fall sleep after watching that bizarre theme for the videogame. Maybe its quirkiness is due to that :D
************************ Hi @spenn Really? Thanks! I did all of them using my voice. I like the most the one when the wall is broken. My cat hates the one reproduced when there's a fight! Hehe
************************ Hi @willowblade I did the title page 4 hours before the deadline. It will be a bit better someday ;)
Regarding the blue seals, I did the Payday to take place a bit sooner, so they're earning a bit more now. In following version, seals will be able to ask for having their salary increased. It seems all of you are loving them!!
Thanks!!
************************ Hi @chris-coe I kept in mind your comments and I decided to upload a new version fixing and balancing the game experience. Now it's easier, since new colors are waiting to some matches are done :D
Thanks and may the Tri-Lizar'-force be with you! ;)
************************ Hi @latrabili-noctu Thanks! I'm glad you liked it. All the music and sound were made by human voice :D
Oh I was really hoping it had a Web or Mac build!
Adorable! I made a matchmaking game with similar mechanics for my very first ludum dare. Love the sound effects too. Is there a way to lose the game? I started clicking randomly in the end without any real penalty. If not I would suggest adding some form of fail state for more of a challenge.
Really good game, I thought the whistling worked very well.
Great stuff, I love the whistling in the background.
Very colorful and charming :)
If you can take a look at mine and let me know what you think :) https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/sam
Nice game but the difficulty got out of hand pretty quick so it seemed like there were no matching pairs. I would also add more tables and maybe make it possible to expand your restaurant in the future if you decide to keep working on this game :)
Well done :)
Again, thanks for your comments. Today I could check your games and to rate all of them (also you can find a comment from me there ;) )
------------------------ Hi @pandademic42 Unfortunatelly, I couldn't export the game into Mac neither HTML5. Sorry for that :( Nevertheless, I will let you know if I buy a license to export the game into HTML5 ;)
------------------------ Hi @silkworm-sweatshop Thanks! I decided to do the game easier, so it's a bit hard to lose for now (running out of money by doing wrong matches). There're some ideas that couldn't be included during the Jam, like paying money to have the Café fixed, a mortgage payment, increasing salary for waiters, buying improvements, etc. Nevertheless, they will be implemented in the future :)
------------------------ Hi @ed3187 Thank you! Then, I think it was a good idea to whistl :D
------------------------ Hi @ian1337 Thanks! I tried to run yours but I watched you had some problems exporting the game. Please, let me know when it's available ;)
------------------------ Hi @Sfey Thanks for your comment. There's an option to be implemented that allows the wrong matchings be changed into love ones. Also, it will be possible to add new like colours to the angels/demons by drinking in the bar :D
The music and sound effects are awasome!! The game is fun and tricky, good mix of genres. Good job with the art, i liked the most the waitress, and i liked that when both of them hated they destroy the wall. I would suggest that customers say what they liked more often, now it takes a bit long since it's sequential and, in addition, sometimes they say what dont like. Overall, great job , its really interesting and sounds are 10/10
I enjoyed this. Angels and Demons waiting at a bar, matching them up like a dating service !!! Great stuff ! It's a good idea !
Hi @Paula Thanks for your comment! And also for your suggestions. It's planned having waitress going faster and also with some kind of memory about what the client told him earlier. But there're lot of things out of Jam scope. :D
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Hi @Deborah-Soude Thanks a lot! It's a mad idea... but I think it worked ;)