christoph-kolb 2020-10-05 22:54
Incredible artstyle, love the mix between 2D and 3D. Also there's a lot of content here, which is really impressive for this short amount of time. I'll definitely revisit this one later.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD47 → UnStuck LLC.
By jandourek, Michal_Atlas and int
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 755 | 3.53 | 29 | |
| Fun | 1010 | 3.17 | 28 | |
| Innovation | 527 | 3.57 | 28 | |
| Theme | 270 | 4.07 | 28 | |
| Graphics | 248 | 4.18 | 29 | |
| Audio | 637 | 3.36 | 28 | |
| Humor | 353 | 3.40 | 28 | |
| Mood | 506 | 3.66 | 29 |
Incredible artstyle, love the mix between 2D and 3D. Also there's a lot of content here, which is really impressive for this short amount of time. I'll definitely revisit this one later.
I love the concept, and the art looks super cool. At one point I got stuck and could neither cook dinner or drink beer, but up until then, great job
Really interesting art ! A bit confusing about where to go and all, but a good concept though
@christoph-kolb Thank you so much fr the positive feedback! I'm very proud of the fact that we managed to finish a game, since it was our first jam for 2/3 team members, who did 95% of the conding. Thank you for loving the artstyle ;) Try if you can find all 4 endings ;)
@130n35 Thanks for the feedback! Did the quester at the top right help with that? We wanted to add some discovery to the game, so we decided against signs in the hall, or displaying your money or even anything.
I love the loop unsticking gameplay, throw some story, life, and a great artstyle ontop of that and you have an awesome submission. Great work!
great cute game, although the buttons don't work most of the time
@the-missing-bracket Hi, which buttons don't work? The travel menu is controled by W,S (or arrows) and space to confirm.
@int I told you, that it's not a good idea.
Great art style and great music, they give a profound personality!
I saw quite a few games that interpreted the theme the same way you did (the loop is going to work and coming back home every day), but yours was probably the best I tried so far.
Best part is when I realized we can skip going to work and just stay home drink beers. Then my wife got angry at me the next day XD.
I was expecting a story to emerge from the dialogs with the wife and the boss, but I stopped playing at day 7 and nothing had happened by then, should I have played longer? If I had found some story-telling I would have given you a 5 stars in Mood.
Many people already said it, but I'll say it too: the controls to chose where to go were incredibly confusing. When I go to work, I just have to click on Work, but I come back I have to select House or Shop with the arrow keys. It took me a while to understand.
@cydouzo Thank you for playing our game! It looks like the menu controls don't work as intended, it was a last hour feature and works accordingly. I'm glad you tried skipping work :D You were supposed to find some ending, but you probably were moving beteen conditions to meet one (you usually have to do something right or wrong multiple days in a row to find a ending). We didn't manage to figure out a story more, but it was deffinitevely one of the things we would add (along with a growing beard, which would also start some interactions wit the boss and your wife).
I think it's a good game Which conveys the idea of the loop of life Good job
I play games for escapism, not for feeling miserable :(
Seriously though, this is a great game, weirdly funny AND depressing and an original take on the theme. The graphics are top notch. I tried to experiment, like going drunk to work but I was disappointed to see nothing happened. Despite that the game succeed at what it tries to achieve. Good job!
@toulou We are terribly sorry for making you feel like that ;). Going drunk to work and more interactions like that (and trust me, we had a few planned) didn't fit in the 72 hour period. I'm glad yu enjoyed the graphics!
Really interesting and unique characters! Nice works! ^_^
Love the character design and the graphics in general. The game is surprisinglyfun to play ^^ Congrats !
@yword @daitse Thank you for the possitive feedback =)
Fantastic style. I love the idea of tapes working at audio. There were definitely some bugs. I left work and it got stuck in the car just driving forever without any options to change, and no reset button.
I hit the same travel menu quirks others have mentioned, it was fairly confusing at first.
Other than that, neat little game. Clever character design. I with there were more interactions as Toulou stated, but the scope monster catches us all in the end. Food for a post-jam version I suppose.
The graphics style is awesome. A short introduction page at the beginning would be cool. Was funny to play. Good job :-)
Solid entry.
Lots of interesting details like the parallax effect and the fridge animation in the shop.
The gameplay was less "gamey" than I expected; more like... an interactive narrative experience. But it was definitely an interesting take on the theme. Good work.
@docjekyll Thank you! Glad you noticed the graphic details. The intention was more on the narrative side, yes. COuld feel a bit like an adventure game, when you try to discoveer, what the game allows you to do and what happens when yu do so. Thank you for playing!
@c64gamer Thank you for playing and liking the style! We ended up with the poster in the bedroom for intruduction (mainly because of time constrains) and made it so the player has to figure it out themselvees.
@lelulagames @fireslash Thank you for playing and for the feedback! It was our first jam after all, so more bugs are to be expected. We'll do even better next time!
Controls are smooth, nice graphics and animation
Love the meta idea, that there's a looping audio inside this looping game. Hate to admit it but I could never figure out that minigame after several tries. How tight is the timing?
Regardless I could see where you were going with this game. You can definitely start to feel the despair of the character's life as you move forward, just doing the same thing over and over again.
The art is really bold, I'd love to know the process you had for coming up with something like that. Nice work for having so many new folks on the team, I know that can be tough myself!
@peachtreeoath Thanks for the feedback! Unless there's a bug in the last version, the minigame should be fine (I was able to nail it everytime, unless it was around midnight), the timing is either on the same note or 1 ahead/after, so you should be fine. I wasn't the one behind the art, I think our graphic designer wanted to try some 3D rendering for backgrounds, with which our 3rd team member is experienced with, and we also really wanted to do pixel art, so this is what came from it. Thanks so much for playing!
Thanks for the reply :) Yea I suspected it was just my fault for identifying the loop improperly.
I've never had more fun ruining my life through drink. Great game!
what a great game ^^ Hardcore mode was really hard, but I somehow managed to get through by only dringink beer. (I'm a terrible cassete being :P) I also adore the art, it's cute and the expressions on the cassete faces are also great :D the different endings are also nice, combined with the different musik tracks it made a really nice experience. well done :D
Great graphics and mood!
@loligxp I'm glad you managed to find multiple endings, great to hear that! Thanks for playing and enjoying!
i'm not a casette being but my life was almost the same
i got the poor ending! i tried a few loops of doing a good job at work, but didn't end up reaching an ending with that one, not sure if i just needed to play more times, or if i wasn't heading towards an ending. maybe some kind of indicator of your progress towards and ending would help.
overall, i like the art style and music. cassettes are inherently stuck in a loop! perfect!
lol I have to play more, but I love this, it tugs on my heart strings, great work, I kept buying beer and food. love the animations and style and world you made :)