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Spooky Doctor

By gonzalol

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1843.9170
Fun3733.6170
Innovation5293.3768
Theme4443.7969
Graphics2064.1871
Humor2443.5166
Mood4523.5868

Comments

martysarc 2022-10-03 21:57

This is really well made! You should keep developing it.

bender-biber 2022-10-03 21:57

I liked the style of the game. Its a quite simple idea but nicely done.

I am just lagging concentration after 3 days with nearly no sleep ;)

Nice Job

lautilaj 2022-10-03 21:59

Amigo este juego esta buenardo

arnochux 2022-10-03 22:03

Hey great job! I loved your game, easy to imagine to deliver it on mobile ;)

gonzalol 2022-10-04 07:13

@martysarc Thank you very much! I will definitely do it, I already have some ideas to continue

gonzalol 2022-10-04 07:13

@bender-biber Thank you for playing! We're all the same, exhausted but happy ;)

gonzalol 2022-10-04 07:14

@lautilaj ¡Muchas gracias! Me alegro que te haya gustado

gonzalol 2022-10-04 07:15

Thank you for playing @arnochux. Delivering in mobile is the idea!

blk-dg 2022-10-04 11:44

Yep ! I'd love to play that on my phone ! Lot of potential and a veeeery good looking game

cocapasteque 2022-10-04 11:48

Very good entry! The audio fits well with the general style of the game and it feels really polished overall. One little bug I encountered is that the replay button is not working, it just stops the music from playing, to replay a level I need to go to the menu and select the level again.

The tutorial is well done also and correctly guide the player through the gameplay features without being too complicated. I feel like I wouldn't have played it more than 2 minutes if there wasn't any tutorial or guide of how to play it :)

Good job there, solid entry!

astoeth 2022-10-04 11:57

Cool game and so well polished ! Great job !

nohac 2022-10-04 11:58

Interesting concept and nice visuals. Couldn't get very far as I'm quite sleep deprived after the jam.

izhvaryag 2022-10-04 12:03

Excellent! All marks - 5 stars!

izhvaryag 2022-10-04 12:03

And 1 bug what i caugth - restart level button dont work, when u losed (when i win i dindt press this button)

gonzalol 2022-10-04 12:50

@blk-dg Thanks for the comment! I plan to release a mobile version later, I have done so in other Ludum Dares

gonzalol 2022-10-04 12:52

Thank you for taking the time to play and comment, @cocapasteque. I let the tutorial for the monday afternoon, the last thing I did before deliver the game. I almost gave up on it but I had the feeling it was very important, glad to hear I has right.

gonzalol 2022-10-04 12:52

Thanks @nohac We are all exhausted, it has been a veeeery long weekend

gonzalol 2022-10-04 12:53

@izhvaryag Thank you very much for your comment and scores!

gonzalol 2022-10-04 12:54

@izhvaryag @cocapasteque you both spotted the same bug on restart level button. I didn't realize it before publish, now it's late. Luckily it doesn't prevent the game from working.

vein 2022-10-04 13:25

I really enjoyed the game it is super fun!!!!! Amazingggggg

omphh 2022-10-04 16:04

Good, fun game with clean graphics! Got a bug on the 1st round that stopped me being able to click anything but was fixed when I refreshed! Good job :)

kimmyx47 2022-10-04 17:18

Really nice and fun game :smile: I love the concept and the art style, good job!

dileriuml 2022-10-04 17:43

Cool game!

fabula-rasa 2022-10-04 21:30

Adorable graphics and great sfx! Very cool jam game. I got a bug when a prompt popped up empty and the game became unresponsive (music was still playing).

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gonzalol 2022-10-04 21:32

@fabula-rasa Thanks for playing and commenting. Weird bug, it never happened to me, I guess it still needs some extra work.

fabula-rasa 2022-10-04 21:51

@gonzalol I'm on Firefox, if that information helps. It might be the fault of the Fox :grin:

woahitsjeff 2022-10-04 22:48

Very polished game. Fun concept too! Well done!

simba 2022-10-04 22:57

Really polished and with great UX all around. The art style is some of the best I've seen yet!

vidim888 2022-10-04 23:44

Great game with good mobile-game-looking graphics. Great to see a full-fledged tutorial for a jam game - good job on that! The mechanics are simple and have a good learning curve of having more diseases and more symptoms to remember, like some sort of memory game, though the game was getting harder too slow for my taste.

Some ideas:

- Very liked the idea that if you learn them well enough you don't even need to analyze since everything is written on their face (pun intended).

- The bug with empty pop-up reported by previous commenters seems to appear if you spam click when opening Vade Mecum.

lenan 2022-10-05 01:42

Very nice concept and execution.

Graphics and sound were very good.

Got a few bugs like the countdown for new clients not stopping during the tutorial.

Also the tutorial could have a better pacing, like introducing ingredients one at a time because i had no idea how to actually treat the symptoms and some icons weren't exactly very helpful on what each ingredient actually did. But its understandable that its all at once since its a game jam game, its just some nitpicking.

nillard 2022-10-05 02:35

Quite tight for ten seconds! Took a few levels to get the hang of it, but after that it was a good challenge.

gonzalol 2022-10-05 06:56

@vidim888 Thanks for playing and for your commentaries and recommendations. Special thanks for the hint on the popup bug, I'll fix it on version 2.0

gonzalol 2022-10-05 07:02

Thank you for your thoughts, @lenan I have spotted the tutorial and countdown bug, I was hoping no one else would notice :id: Tutorial was the last thing I implemented, I thought it was necessary to understand the game but it's true it was too many information in too little time. I already have some ideas to improve it. Thanks!

benthetwoofus 2022-10-05 08:53

I like the clean vector graphics. The overall atmosphere, UI, and operation method reminded me of a commercial mobile game I've seen somewhere. The gameplay seems simple, but I also liked the fact that it became more and more difficult.

Like many other comments here, I think it would be nice to have a tutorial added to this game.

There seem to be some people saying it doesn't work in Firefox, but I use Chrome and it worked fine.

gonzalol 2022-10-05 09:59

@benthetwoofus Thanks for playing and commenting. It has, in fact, a tutorial (the messages of the doctor guides you at the beginning) but it's true it may have some improves. It seems that the bug it's not because of the browser but it just happens at some point

aaron-smith 2022-10-05 10:57

great presentation. Great tutorial, it really added to the experience. It feels like a cooking game turned on its head!

rodolfodth 2022-10-05 11:11

graphics and sounds on point! with a few tweaks it can really became a good game :P gz!

substain 2022-10-05 11:52

Cool idea, but its really hard to keep track with all the diseases, despite having the book to look up. Feels pretty polished, and the art is nice too!

helzinko 2022-10-05 12:26

Love your graphics and sound. Gameplay is really interesting too, good job!

bobo-oh 2022-10-05 14:31

Wow, what a great entry! Art, music, and sound design are very well done. Overall it's a great game I could play for hours on mobile! Congrats!

stefan-laimer 2022-10-05 14:36

Really great game! Looks amazing and it's a lot of fun. I'll definitely finish all the levels later

mr-deku 2022-10-06 12:15

Simple mechanics and very intuitive gameplay! Smart entry, it has really good potential to be a released game!

house-trap-charlie 2022-10-06 14:05

The cool graphics and the interesting concept of stands out for me. If only seeing your GP was that easy! Thanks for submitting :)

nalquas 2022-10-06 14:10

Fun, seems like it could be a good mobile game.

katreenashy 2022-10-06 16:00

This game is good in everyway... The tutorial is very helpful .. Nice Game !

defilerzero 2022-10-06 17:49

Feels like a perfect little mobile game.

motti 2022-10-06 18:18

AWESOME! this game is fun to play, has some humor, and cool graphics! check out mt jam game!

skel3ton 2022-10-06 19:17

Great game, at first I was scared of what the game actually wanted from me and what I would have to learn, but very quickly I understood what and how to do. So the game is not difficult to understand and I appreciate that if I do something wrong, the game does not turn me off but simply gives me a lower rating. This type of star reward suits me much better.

maxkyckling 2022-10-06 22:11

Really cool game. Was great fun to play. Not gonna lie I thought it was kinda funny to intentionally poison my patients... Loved the tutorial, that was really good and very helpful for a relatively complex jam game. Good entry, good job :)

ryusui 2022-10-07 03:24

In terms of graphics and gameplay quality, this could be a finished game!

My only issue is the function of the Join ingredient is a little counterintuitive: my instinct is that the medicine recipes should work like program instructions, with the Join ingredient as an AND (e.g. REMOVE(COLOR) && DECREASE(TEMPERATURE)), but once we get to three-symptom remedies, it becomes clear its only function is to indicate "this is a multi-symptom remedy": e.g., a remedy that must both increase temperature and increase vitality requires only one "increase" ingredient, but it must have the "Join" ingredient to indicate that it services more than one symptom. You would think that being able to (and required to) incorporate each ingredient only once would make things less confusing, not more, but in my case it's the opposite! ^_^;

gonzalol 2022-10-07 06:28

Thank you for your comment @skel3ton, I tried to do a simple game but there were concepts that needed an explanation, it's true the tutorial may be a bit overwhelming, too much information in too little time. I'm glad you enjoyd despite of this.

gonzalol 2022-10-07 06:38

@ryusui Thank you for playing and for taking your time to write a comment. I had my doubts about JOIN ingredient too, but it was too late to change it. Yes, I also had the programming parallel in mind. Changing JOIN function or at least improve it it's on my to-do list for version 2.0

gonzalol 2022-10-07 06:39

Thanks for playing and commenting @maxkyckling, clearly the tutorial was a success, because many players are commenting on the same. I love the concept of intentionally poison the patients XD

simono 2022-10-07 10:00

Great concept and the overall experience ties together really well - congrats on such easy to understand tutorial for concepts hard to explain in such a short time! Love the graphics and audio too - you should def continue dev on this, very fun concept!

nakami 2022-10-07 18:28

Nice entry but why do I feel like I just cram for an exam ? x) I got an head ach playing this game ^^'

weine 2022-10-07 19:02

Very nice game with good mood and good theme-tie-in. The tutorial explained the mechanics well enough that I could only blame myself for the growing pile of bodies behind the store.

landosystems 2022-10-07 19:25

Super impressive amount of polish on this one. Well made tutorial that wasn't too intrusive but explained things as needed. It was a little buggy in a couple places (wasn't able to replay a level, accidentally restarted the game by resizing the window and since the tutorial state seemed persistent I felt like I missed some important context about choosing items). Eventually I got a handle on how to play and really enjoyed it. Very cohesive and clean art style, there was just enough 'puzzle' involved in interpreting the symptoms and putting together the appropriate ingredients, and a good progression of levels. Really enjoyed it, great work!

almax 2022-10-07 21:59

Incredibly polished game! Unfortunately I found the gameplay a bit too repetitive and unengaging. It would have been nice to have the mechanics integrated with the art a bit more, instead of just matching unrelated symbols. And it would have also been more satisfying to see the patients smile after being cured :)

joedev 2022-10-08 11:05

Super impressed at how polished and good looking this game is, as only one dev too? Fantastic! Good gameplay and having a working tutorial is very impressive for a gamejam. The gameplay was simple at first but grew in complexity and fun and fleshed out nicely.

gonzalol 2022-10-08 19:22

Thank you for your comment @weine, I laughted a lot with the pile of bodies part

gonzalol 2022-10-08 19:25

@landosystems thanks for playing and for your kind comment. It seems like you got all the bugs together! I'm working in those for the new 2.0 version. A man with your avatar and name is a man I can trust.

gonzalol 2022-10-08 19:26

Hi @almax, thank you for your comment. Those are some constructive ideas, I noted them for the next version, specially the smiling part.

alks 2022-10-08 19:49

This feels really polished! The idea, the ,art ,the ui, the sounds! Incredible work for just person! I'm truly in awe! Feels really professional! Thank you for making this!

erlioniel 2022-10-09 09:06

A nice entry, dude. I see that you aimed for mobile and probably it's worth to release it one way or another :smile:

jonah 2022-10-10 08:46

Your game is really polished! I love these kind of games and I like how deep you went with all the different the posibilities.

Great job!

redneb 2022-10-10 19:33

Wow guys this is a great game. Very high level for a jam. Gameplay verified. It's very nice to play. Graphics and music are also at a high level. Well done. One of the few games that looks finished.

n-n 2022-10-10 20:49

A very high quality and elaborate game. Music, drawing, gameplay - everything is beautiful and balanced. This game is great for phones. Nice work :thumbsup_tone1:

matoux42 2022-10-12 07:54

Really great game ! The concept is simple, but efficient with the theme. Arts are really cool too.

patomkin 2022-10-12 13:00

Good game! Spent too much time trying to figure out the join button, mixed up some ingredients, got some people dead... all in a day's work :D Restart button would be nice

rob6566 2022-10-13 10:55

Lovely game :). I loved the music, art and especially the "blergh" sounds the patients made! This felt really polished.

It seemed a bit hard at later levels. From what I could tell, the patients appear every 10 seconds, and you keep going until you empty the queue.

Awesome work!

ginxel 2022-10-13 19:06

Looks really polished!

molpe 2022-10-19 22:56

This was absolutely wonderful, lots of fun, nice graphics and music and great gameplax :heart: You can watch me play through all levels here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoZKw32t5gc

mr-pyckle 2022-10-20 04:34

This was such a well made game for such a short time, perfect for mobile. I think you should port it honestly, it was really well polished. No notes on this one :)