shp 2019-04-29 16:23
What a lame drinking night with coworkers, didn't even grab any food at the izakaya and I starved to death! Very fitting use of typing game mechanics and very fitting for the theme :)
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD44 → Salaryman
By niterich
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 286 | 3.28 | 23 | |
| Fun | 272 | 3.14 | 23 | |
| Innovation | 219 | 3.16 | 23 | |
| Theme | 114 | 3.66 | 23 | |
| Graphics | 373 | 2.88 | 23 | |
| Audio | 203 | 3.12 | 22 | |
| Humor | 91 | 3.40 | 23 | |
| Mood | 154 | 3.38 | 23 |
What a lame drinking night with coworkers, didn't even grab any food at the izakaya and I starved to death! Very fitting use of typing game mechanics and very fitting for the theme :)
Nice idea :-). Graphics, music and topic work well together. I liked the idea with typing words and you really get the feeling of a workday. The Restart button didn't work for me.
I felt the lack of a challenge, a simple high score or days gone by. Something needed to telle me that i am doing something :rofl:. But the game has a interesting concept og management and just controlling your life. The audio did get bugged but its a game made in 48 houers so i didn't really mind. Well done mate you made it through LD 44 CHILL.PNG
This was really a great game! The music was nice and the sound effects fit in. I loved how the words got longer as the days when by. But my favorite part by far is the narrative and the choices you have to make. Great execution.
@shp @ldjsq @tfdiaz Thank you all for your feedback!
@rustycrow But what if the lack of a challenge was part of the game's message, and totally not just me forgetting to make the end screen until the last minute?
@niterich thats a good point ! :rofl: still dosent change anything thought hahah
This is work, why would there be a win screen :wink:
Fun idea. Getting a word wrong was extremely stressful, and the sonic-is-drowning chime when you're near overload that plays on top of the existing happy music, like something you're just trying to block out, fits well with the theme.
I can agree it gets tedious after a while, but I mean, isn't that the point?
Hey, that is a really original concept! I really like the idea of treating the theme as "what do you use the time in your life for"?
I could not quite get what the brain and family bars are. The family bar did not seem to rise at all, except when I spent time with my family, which was a bit counterintuitive, since the other bars rising indicated bad things happening. The brain bar seemed to be tiredness? Depression?
I managed to work myself to death on my first try to see what would happen, an on the second one I was eventually let go by trying to live a healthy lifestyle :-P
Thanks for the game!
Not bad! I'd advise for you to spruce up your page with a screenshot or images related to the game :-) I felt a bit frustrated your hunger doesn't reset from one day to the next - for logical reasons, not gameplay ones - of course ^^# I feel maybe the text could have been made more appealing - 'cause the little snipets you wrote in there are interested and varied but during my playthrough I didn't wanna read it all - I was afraid the timer would go off again or something
Very nice submission for a compo, great job :-D
Original game, really, the typing was soo fitting. Starved and overworked, the brain bar does not really reduce much, does it? I liked the audio too. Great work! :thumbsup:
Really cool concept. I ended up starving to death on the second day, so I don't know if there was supposed to be an option to go out for lunch. I know the hours that people work in Japan are crazy. 死ぬじゃない!
Simply but clever... great game! I don't know very well recover my mental health! xD... adding the first day a tutorial I think can improve the differents mechanics, also adding animations can improve the gamefeel. Overall, it's very original and nice the gameplay, congrats! :clap:
Well, died of a stroke but typed a lot of words. WORTH IT!
This was a funny game, I like typing games every now and then, this was a good one. The interface is clean, no need to type ENTER after a word, if you keep typing the old word after the gong, you will not get extra punishment which is important. So mechanic-wise this game is very good at what it does.
The graphics are fine, I feel the text boxes that let you select your choice for the day do not fit the overall aesthetic of the test of the game.
The music is nice.
Overall a solid LD entry, keep up the good work!