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People Poker
By randomhuman
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| Category | Rank | Score | Count |
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| Overall | 130 | 3.59 | 39 | |
| Fun | 231 | 3.25 | 39 | |
| Innovation | 129 | 3.45 | 39 | |
| Theme | 202 | 3.43 | 39 | |
| Graphics | 65 | 3.98 | 40 | |
| Audio | 93 | 3.52 | 38 | |
| Humor | 56 | 3.55 | 39 | |
| Mood | 107 | 3.54 | 37 | |
Comments
I much enjoyed the graphics and the tongues, though they were horribly efficient. I kind of thought that the glass of water would at least be an obstacle for it, but no. So I never managed to rescue a single one. The music was quite awesome too, so if I would have felt like I had a chance (there's probably something I misunderstood), I would have found it quite. But for me the frustration of trying and trying again without ever getting a single point doesn't really fit that well with the quirkiness and humor of the game. I think in this type of game it's more important to make sure that the player feels like they are succeeding (at least for a while), rather than challenging them. So while it had some really great components, the difficulty kind of cut things short.
Thanks for the feedback @local-minimum! I guess as usual I was worried about making it too easy, and ended up making it too hard :sob: If it wasn't clear, you have to take cover near the larger objects in the world (the cards, drink, etc.) and make your way between them until you get to the edge. There are some fairly large areas without any cover though, so maybe if I filled those in with more stuff it would be a bit easier.
good tunes! im crap at feedback; the drinks dont help; love your style too!
I enjoyed playing it but mostly felt confused as to what I was supposed to do.
@randomhuman maybe the game should right at the start have a slower tongue and the people in the caged are shout "Take cover behind the X" or something to teach the player the core idea. I know it's hard to make a game easy enough, but my rule of thumb which might not be enough is to take what I find balanced and make it twice as easy. On my silly game, I cut the waiting time in half right before submitting which was probably very good. In any case, for fear of making it to easy, I think it is generally better to still give the player an early success and making it more difficult later. The player will feel good about themselves and also be more invested to keep trying.
@local-minimum Yes, good advice! I like the idea of having the people in the cage shout instructions at you, that would be a great way to tutorialize without needing a separate tutorial. I'll keep it in mind if I do a post-jam version.
Very cute and well made graphics. The game is fun and music good music. I wish there were more things to hide behind :grin:
Good job.
"Simple" but fun little game. And by simple I mean simple in concept. I struggled for 10 minutes to save one guy. But I finally made it, and felt victorious!
But in all seriousness that's a really well-made game, with cute graphics and a great soundtrack.
2019-04-30 22:46
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A awesome art !!! a simple gameplay but very fun !! Greaaat dudee !!!
Very nice work on this! I love the graphics, the people looked really great! Those tentacles coming to poke you were terrifying :D
aeveis
2019-05-01 17:03
finally escaped at least one person. Pretty hard, though you start to plan a route and then just have to execute and hope the pokes don't come from certain directions. I think more cover or ways to avoid pokes or different kinds of pokes could be interesting. Keep up the good work!
lombax
2019-05-03 12:13
graphics were good, the music made the gameplay quite intense. simple and realy fun game. gg :dog:
kromeboy
2019-05-03 12:21
Good stylish game a great take on the theme.
Is kind of hard until you figure out an obstacle sequence to run to the border of the table. Then it become quite easy
mantou
2019-05-03 12:49
A interesting game. But a little difficult for me.
Hahaha, I love it! I jumped right in without reading the instructions, and I coudn't figure out what to do, but I still had fun running around in a big world. After I read the instructions, I came back and saved one lady, but all the rest failed.
@coachsisyphus @tim-allen @fm-studio @annie-owl @castrolol @gamesplusjames @aeveis @lombax @kromeboy @mantou @good-enough
Thanks all for the kind words and great feedback - [I've started work on a post-compo version](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/people-poker/$156642) that will address the difficulty in particular, and also add some of the stuff that I had planned but didn't get to, and extra animations and juice and whatnot.
Not bad, a bit difficult as others pointed out. Really liked the graphics.
owlycode
2019-05-04 23:31
Promising concept! The difficulty is really hard. I thought my entry was an hard one but I found my master! Is there a particular strategy to escape the tentacles? Otherwise the art is good and the idea is unique. I hope to play your post-jam update!
webox
2019-05-05 00:17
Great interpretation of the theme!! I can really picturethose giant octopuses playing betting humans, Amazing art and a great execution. Very simple concept it can have so many more mechanics! Keep working on it!
@owlycode At the moment you just have to get back into cover to get them to back off. In the update it will be possibly to dodge them if you change direction at the last minute.
I have a list of people that impressed me in previous LD's that I check every time to see if they have made an Entry, you are in that list. I really loved "Guerrilla Gardening" and I found it super cool that you made a specific version for me without screen-shake since it caused issues for me (for whatever reason). But enough about the past, lets talk about "People Poker".
The graphics are stunning, I really love the style, the fact that it's made in Compo is just baffling to me! It's one of the more interesting interpretations of the theme, for some reason I feel like this concept could have been a Futurama episode :smile:
Really (punny) funny that you need to make sure you don't get "poked" at the poker table. The whole concept is just fantastic. Even though the game-play is pretty simple, there's quite a bit of depth behind it, you need to make split second decisions on whether or not you play it safe or bolt for the exit.
Overall a fantastic entry!
A bit strange, not sure to see the link with the theme, but despite that it was rather fun, I finally managed to save one and I was happy ^^
@simon-rahnasto Oh yes I remember that! :smile: Thanks for checking in on me and for your kind words!
barret
2019-05-08 03:46
LOL so all the guys are naked haha. I was like wait are my guys naked. I dunno why but that made me laugh. The game itself was a bit hard I got the concept but it seemed pretty difficult. Maybe I'm just not patient enough to make it by. I did make it off the edge of the table once and due to the difficulty it was very satisfying to save my one little dude. I would say the game wasn't the most fun game but b/c it was so silly and funny, I did have fun playing it. I am pretty sure you had fun making the game.
Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my livestream!
If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/421756176?t=02h51m25s
Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D
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jk5000
2019-05-16 14:00
The idea was really interesting, but I was not able to rescue any humans. Love the graphics and the music. Overall a good LD game.
The game is nice and has potential! Good job! :)
asfdfdfd
2019-05-16 20:43
Poor humans. :'(
That's fantastic game. I really enjoyed playing. Sound and graphics, the total polishing. So simple, but challenging. I've managed to learn how to save people and saved two of poker people.
Great game! The style is amazing! Simple but the mechanics and the mood is engaging and enjoyable. I think with Godot you can port the game on Web version (more easy to play instead Windows or another versions) and compatible with itchio. In the other hand I think It would be great if you apply the ARROW KEYS to have other optional controls, not only AWSD controls. Overall it's a fantastic game with a lot of potential! Congrats! :clap:
@peterfonts Sorry, I should have included alternate controls indeed. Are you on an AZERTY keyboard?
I tried a web build of my previous Godot game and it didn't work very well, so that kind of put me off this time, I didn't want people playing a version with problems I might not be aware of. I will try it out again for the post-jam version.
Thanks for the feedback!
@peterfonts @dick-claus @asfdfdfd @cristihkj @jk5000 @barret @pixel-boy @simon-rahnasto @webox @owlycode @simplepotential @coachsisyphus @tim-allen @fm-studio @annie-owl @castrolol @gamesplusjames @aeveis @lombax @kromeboy @mantou @good-enough @local-minimum
Anybody interested in playtesting a post-jam version of my game? I've tried to address as much feedback as possible:
https://randomhuman.itch.io/people-poker-post-jam
I'd love to know if I've succeeded in improving it. I have additional changes planned, but mostly cosmetic stuff. Thanks in advance!
jk5000
2019-05-24 18:42
I have played the newest version of the game. To be honest I did not see a big difference, but for the first time I was able to run of the table, so perhaps it was a bit easier but I am not really sure.
@randomhuman The post-jam version definitely became easier and more fun to play. The number of objects to hide behind and better "hidden state detection" helps a lot. Maybe it even became a little bit too easy at this point, but you are moving in the right direction.
I think to make the game challenging again you should put the player in a hidden state only when he is on the side of the big-object, opposite to the incoming tentacle, but leave tentacles slowed down when the player is close to the big-object (so the player has a chance to reach the opposite side of the object).
@jk5000 Ok, I'm glad you were able to save somebody anyway! Thanks for checking it out again :smile:
@annie-owl Thanks for checking it out again for me :smile: I'm glad you found it easier. It should already become more difficult as you save more people, increasing in difficulty every second save, first by removing cover and then by adding a new type of threat. That is an interesting suggestion though, to make the cover based more on vision than just proximity.
2020-07-29 09:46
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