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Memory Fault

By jackyjjc

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall4863.1725
Fun4922.9725
Innovation1873.5025
Theme6112.9324

Comments

hello1423 2018-08-12 18:58

I seem to be seeing a weird flickering effect that looks like spaces between the sprites appear momentarily. Is this intended, because it strangely sort of sets the mood fairly well?

jackyjjc 2018-08-13 00:31

@hello1423 It was not intended (I wish it was :stuck_out_tongue: ) Probably a bug with the new unity tilemap system. Make sure you turn off anti-aliasing when you play the non-web version.

furtive-pygmy 2018-08-13 09:06

Good concept, it feels like a scene out of a Tommy Wiseau movie, oh hi Mark... or Ben, man I can't remember. Was a bit confusing with the talking, face's would have made it pop more. Is there an ending? I got my phone, but couldn't get past it?

jackyjjc 2018-08-13 09:16

@furtive-pygmy Thanks for the feedback :) There are two endings, the "game" is to figure out how to get to the endings I guess.

jsmcag 2018-08-13 10:58

Unfortunately, for some reason, I can't talk to Lucy again after I get my phone back - and everyone else just says "Hi Ben!" Maybe I'm doing something wrong.

In any case, the idea that you have limited memory "space" is really unique, quite the interesting way to run with the theme!

ace17 2018-08-13 12:43

Nice idea! The absence of graphics makes the game actually better, as it adds to the feeling of being lost. Going from on person to another to drain the dialogs gets a little cumbersome after a while.

erendelous 2018-08-13 17:43

Great game! The idea is absolutely amazing. But I'm not sure if there's some kinda "running out of space" thing. Pretty good job, anyway:)

mateusboga 2018-08-14 11:55

I really like the concept, it's very creative and the story is interesting. I did get stuck when I tried to interact with lucy after getting my phone back.

swini 2018-08-15 14:12

I like the idea based on interacting with other people! Cool and interesting dialouges. Like also the jokes.

endurion 2018-08-15 15:55

Actually now that's really new idea I haven't seen yet this LD. Quite well done, you really manage to convey a profoundly confused feeling. I got the ending where I accused Charles.

elodeon 2018-08-15 16:05

I couldn't get anything to happen, what are the controls?

derek-volker 2018-08-15 16:26

The concept is very interesting, but i think it needs some polishing in the implementation, not just as the lack of graphics and sound (which would improved greatly a mostly text-based game) but also de interface and the trigger with the other people. Sometimes it works when im around them, sometimes it doesnt.

jackyjjc 2018-08-15 22:27

@derek-volker you have to be "facing" the NPC to talk to them even though there was no sprite showing you are facing them :sweat_smile: In hindsight I probably should have took that out.

Thanks for the honest opinion however I appreciate it. I can definitely see it requires better execution for the idea. I probably should have not spent so much time on trying to write a conherent and compelling story. Probably should have been something funny.

jackyjjc 2018-08-15 22:28

@endurion Thanks for playing the game to the end. I'm very happy that someone managed to finish the story! That ending was supposed be the one that is hard to get to haha.

jackyjjc 2018-08-15 22:29

@elodeon arrow keys + space. It was in the intro dialogue :)

jackyjjc 2018-08-15 22:29

@mateusboga hint: you should try talk to Angela instead

jackyjjc 2018-08-15 22:39

@erendelous it was supposed to be 'running out of memory space' :sweat_smile:

jackyjjc 2018-08-15 22:40

@jsmcag try talk to Angela afterwards if you decide to play it again

jackyjjc 2018-08-15 22:40

@ace17 Thanks for the compliment! :)

blinry 2018-08-16 09:42

Interesting concept! For this to be really enjoyable I'd love a way to quickly skip the dialog, it's not really tempting to play through the intro more than twice. On my first try, I got the Angela ending, on my second, I got stuck. I really like the minimalist graphics! Interesting interpretation of the theme!

danny-sun 2018-08-18 13:21

Nice one man! Quite different from other games I have played. Congrats!

lastleaf 2018-08-20 05:44

A really great idea! I have not played such a creative interactive fiction for long. Great job!

A bug is annoying: sometimes I could not talk to another one, but when I turned to another side, it works. (I play the HTML5 version.) And on my second try, I stuck on every one saying "hi ben" to me and cannot continue.