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A Guide To Self Improvement

By ravarion

Percentile
CategoryRankScoreCountLD43Ever
Overall3883.003419.526.0
Fun4322.673413.820.1
Innovation3003.063442.744.2
Theme4642.58348.810.9
Graphics3982.733414.219.5
Humor693.523378.481.1
Mood2.675

Comments

nothingpersonal 2018-12-02 20:57 ♥ 2

I love the idea. I like the overall style. I like that not all puzzles are the same. They each have gameplay that connects with the puzzle theme. But that font is way to hard to read. I liked everything except that font.

nate-wec 2018-12-03 01:40 ♥ 1

An interesting concept, taking the whole sacrifices must be made concept to a more personal level. But the puzzles where basic and I found most of the challenge coming from the font. I also thought it was too short (I accidentally played it 3 times without realizing I had) But as a base, this has plenty of potential for a puzzle game with a wacky little concept, just needs more outcomes and more choices/puzzles.

ravarion 2018-12-03 02:32 ♥ 0

@nate-wec Hey, thanks for the feedback. I fixed it so it doesn't loop back to the start anymore. Sorry about the font, everyone, but I self imposed a pixel limit, which made me rely on a 3x3 pixel font.

kbf123 2018-12-03 03:37 ♥ 1

Heh, you wouldn't expect a 30 second game to have a twist (two even), but you got me. That was fun.

Even the puzzles were cool for what they were.

pennycook 2018-12-03 03:41 ♥ 1

Sorry for piling on, but I also found the font pretty difficult to read. I appreciate what you were going for, though, and you did very well considering the self-imposed limit.

The "STUDY" puzzle was my favorite. The ending was bizarre and I'm not 100% sure I understand what happened, but it made me laugh!

papercookies 2018-12-03 03:42 ♥ 1

I feel like the low resolution was a bad decision as it made the game very confusing. A color palette would have benefited the visuals too. For what it is though, it's really cute and actually made sense despite its simplicity.

foxor 2018-12-03 06:01 ♥ 1

Good God that font. It's like 20% of the pixels required to understand the letters.

** Spoilers ** I had to press every button in the qwerty row to figure out the study puzzle. Pretty funny!

andrew-garcia 2018-12-03 07:03 ♥ 1

Really short, but direct like my favorite newgrounds games. I'm gonna be the odd one out and say that i could totally read the font, and it really fit with the extreme challenge you set with such small resolution. i like the different input, and i with it were longer!

ravarion 2018-12-03 15:44 ♥ 0

@kbf123 Favorite comment so far, thanks!

andrea 2018-12-03 17:50 ♥ 1

Amazing short game, fun and completely unexpected, definitely love at first sight. OK maybe not at first sight, I had a hard time understanding the font at first :p 5 stars all round!

lastleaf 2018-12-03 18:46 ♥ 1

A cute game! Love your art style and interesting puzzles!

It reminds me that it is already too late here. I need sleeping.

boyzandgirlz 2018-12-03 22:22 ♥ 0

Same as many people : The font WOW ! I like the mini game concept :-)

call-me-nutty 2018-12-03 23:27 ♥ 0

The Study puzzle really threw me in for a loop, good job on that one. As others have mentioned, font is too small, though that's my only real issue. Good Job getting a finished game though with the time constraints :)

mrnyarlathotep 2018-12-04 00:39 ♥ 1

100% accurate simulation of the angst zombies have about what sort of brains to eat to stay trim

potatoez 2018-12-04 00:53 ♥ 0

Good simple game font was unreadable thought so couldnt really read it

xesenix 2018-12-04 00:54 ♥ 0

That some heavy pixel art styling. I'm wondering where was that part about sacrifice? Also could use some more gameplay its more like interactive slideshow with verrry laaarge pixels :).

ravarion 2018-12-04 01:16 ♥ 1

*deleted due to spoilers*

steel-dev 2018-12-05 01:03 ♥ 1

This is really nice honestly. I like the artstyle. You did well :D

doches 2018-12-05 13:36 ♥ 1

Cute little game! I included it in my compilation video series of games from the Ludum Dare, if you’d like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/1t-6rdylBrI

kamen-kitanov 2018-12-05 17:25 ♥ 1

Pretty funny! And true :(

velvetlobster 2018-12-05 22:36 ♥ 0

the typing mechanics are nice ... some sad chiptune would go nice along with this ... like that Passage game ... I had some trouble reading but I guess that adds to the mood. Great entry!

arvejeitor 2018-12-07 13:20 ♥ 0

Nice game, although i find it kinda hard to read...

gwinnell 2018-12-19 14:35 ♥ 0

This was a strange entry! Was I meant to end up a black-jumper-wearing zombie? I don't know, but I did!