Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD42 → HELP: The Illuminati captured my family and are forcing me to make this game
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 200 | 3.62 | 26 | |
| Fun | 422 | 3.13 | 25 | |
| Innovation | 382 | 3.15 | 25 | |
| Theme | 375 | 3.54 | 25 | |
| Graphics | 513 | 2.89 | 25 | |
| Audio | 479 | 2.52 | 25 | |
| Humor | 1 | 4.54 | 26 | |
| Mood | 180 | 3.31 | 24 |
Kinda like the Pandemic games, except that as far as I can see, there's no real way to lose apart from making stupid choices. While the game doesn't provide much of a challenge, it's main advantage is its absurd sense of humour and funny graphics style. Good for a chuckle.
Exactly the type of insanity I play your games for. The ending just gives me a black screen though, so I must rate 1 star, sadly.
-THIS COMMENT IS NOT IN ANY WAY AFFILIATED WITH THE ILLUMINATI-
Absolutely hilarious. I can appreciate how much time must have gone into writing such funny text for each option on each country! I wish I had my Dreamcast with me so I could play it there.
Definitely cracked me up couple of times haha. Killing people was so hard work I had to give up in one point, I wish i had atomic weapons in my arsenal. Crisp job CaptainDreamcast you have won many humor stars among other stars well done.
Really, the only reason I wanted to try your game out is because how retarded the title is as i love retarded things. The humor is really bizzare which is right up my ally. I will also give you a high score because this is really similar to an idea i had for this jam, altho yours has a more advertiser friendly sense of humor.
Love the humor and graphics. Was confused on what keys did what for the first few turns. other than that this is really funny
The humor is gold. Gameplay is not bad, too
Bravo, had me cracking up from the beginning and the design was sweet. The only complaints are nit-picky, so I won't even list them. Solid 5 for humor, hope to see you on the boards in that category.
I learned many useful Gandhi quotes from this game, thanks!
So much personality in this! Having region-specific scenarios play out was a great touch. One improvement I would suggest would be to have highlights over the map, just so I can make sure I'm visiting them all.
Really funny and entertaining. A loose condition would make it a bit more challenging, but it's still a great deal of fun to play.
Really impressed by the amount of unique writing for the different scenarios. It's quite a slog to try and get through 10 billion people, but I guess that's the point. Funny game, and good unique entry.
This was a really fun game. As mentioned above, gave me great Pandemic feels. Earlier in the comments someone said there's no way to lose... But I totally caused the indiepocalypse.
- Humorous and fun - Variety of consequences/events - Challenging - Unique visuals for each interaction
- Almost too much humor? Game didn't take itself seriously enough to feel invested. World can die, idc. - Audio was repetitive/stressful - Gameplay began to feel repetitive towards the end
Overall a great jam game and I enjoyed it. I love this type of game.
Really fun game! Had some good laughs while playing it!
I don't think I can add much to the comments though, Jern did a great job pointing out all the points I would make~ Though... what do A. and A.A. stand for?
PS: I never actually tried to cause a war, the other options were fine by me, I would just to see the "cutscene". Also, dreamcast port!!
Cheers!
Hell ya- game was hilarious. Loved how many different interactions there were for combinations.
Thanks for all the feedback! Tried something a little more story-heavy this time around. Sorry if the music was too cruel, I know no music would be better but I wanted to at least, you know, try.
@nihilaleph >Though… what do A. and A.A. stand for?
The thing is that secret societies always have these single letter names (deriving this arcane knowledge from Men in Black), so there was supposed to be the whole shtick that interns get two letters until they become full members, that's where it was from. They were both As because they are the only two members of the Illuminati and operate from A.'s mom's basement (I wanted the original ending to be A.'s mom yelling at them from above, but felt that would have been too predictable, or too common, so I dropped that). A lot of stuff was cut, I think the most visible example is Atlantis, which is still visible on the world map, but part of Europe, since I no longer had time to do its scenarios.
@darefus @jern Thanks for the feedback! Probably the most awkward place to put it, but I haven't (properly) tried Consensual Love in a Dungeon yet, 'cause I'm on the road and only have my laptop with a broken down arrow key with me. Always picking the top action leads to a great Christian game experience, but I'd like to properly test it when I'm back home next week. No more Glim Galloby the Sturdy, Virgin Slayer, Goblin Slayer, Spider Slayer.
@captaindreamcast LOL a broken arrow key is a surefire way to keep a holy white knight on the path of righteousness :shield:
Odd and funny, was a good break from other games. Could use a little bit of controls.