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Mid-Life Crisis

By swimdoctor

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall16552.3124
Fun16502.0224
Innovation16502.0424
Theme15112.6824
Graphics13442.8424
Humor10212.3621
Mood14592.4721

Comments

melvinng 2020-10-06 03:33

Relatable content, nicely done!

letterafterz 2020-10-06 04:23

Ah came really close to making a lil life sim / time management game.

WebGL took ages to load, so I ended up going the download version.

The dying part of the game was a lil anit-climactic and cause it zooms in, it's hard to tell what you actually died from. but I enjoyed the little animations and random aspect of the events while balancing your stats.

Unfortunately I never made it to valentine's day cause I kept dying in my sleep :D

dyguests 2020-10-06 05:07

Such a heavy subject. One choice will always get something and lose something.

no-grapes-games 2020-10-07 01:04

Nice entry. The window with the guy doing stuff was a nice touch to the simulator. Could use some sound effects though. Good work.

etrealjunior 2020-10-07 09:26

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sertu 2020-10-07 11:07

It was pretty nice fits the theme plays nicely easy gameplay.Well done

oddmes 2020-10-07 11:26

Solid manager. I think it lacks variety. Maybe some silly random events now and then, which essentially shape the run..

unicornfrog 2020-10-08 01:27

Nice lose feedbacks... :)

swimdoctor 2020-10-08 19:50

@sertu Yeah, we agree, some random events could've made this a lot better. Maybe we'll try to add those in a post-jam version, along with audio

inferture 2020-10-12 21:42

I had some fun playing it, I agree with other people who said random events and audio could make it even better. Maybe the background could change according to the time of the day (even if it's just a solid color).

Thanks for the game !

egan-henderson 2020-10-14 02:53

This game really represents the theme. I zoned in trying to manage my bars until Valentine's Day. I love the little animations for each action. Agree with others that sound would really help the game.

alchemic 2020-10-15 05:09

Nice idea, but becomes a bit repetitive, especially once you find a good rotation.

Random events would help a lot, along with some audio.

j0ye 2020-10-16 09:10

I sure thought I was caught in a loop. The gameplay is very repetitive and I think that that is a compliment^^

demuss 2020-10-16 09:32

Intresting interpretation of the theme. It definitely was missing audio, which didn't help repetitiveness. It could use some random outcomes from time to time. Nice entry : )

misterm 2020-10-16 11:18

My head exploded for too much work like in real life.. I miss the sounds and as other people wrote some random events can make the game more challenging.

enad96 2020-10-16 13:01

Great humour and mood. The art was nice. Unfortunately I fell into a cycle of drinking and sleeping after getting too stressed from too much work ... oh.

rainbows-are-fun 2020-10-16 13:54

Games about a repetitive life are not very interesting to play, but I liked your presentation, it is very unique. Well done.

doomshmuck 2020-10-16 14:05

The game definitely could have used some music / sound effects. I let it run for a bit, but it honestly got pretty repetitive and didn't hold my interest for very long. The randomness involved makes it especially hard to figure out what is going on in the game. I think some UI elements or something along those lines would have helped describe what was happening, and maybe help with making the game more interesting to play.

rubixnoob13 2020-10-16 16:00

I agree with a lot of others that sound makes a big difference, even if just some "boops" or "beeps" when you click on buttons. That and I was having trouble figuring out exactly which bars did what, then I kept dying in my sleep. RIP

ditam 2020-10-25 18:09

This reminds me of many entries from an earlier jam, LD #44, where the theme was "Your life is currency". Nonetheless, it is a well polished and easy to play entry that also fits this theme, well done!