Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD51 → Love is Legal: Speed Dating For Criminals
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 466 | 3.62 | 58 | |
| Fun | 419 | 3.56 | 58 | |
| Innovation | 615 | 3.26 | 58 | |
| Theme | 213 | 4.05 | 58 | |
| Graphics | 131 | 4.31 | 59 | |
| Audio | 1 | |||
| Humor | 131 | 3.81 | 57 | |
| Mood | 340 | 3.70 | 57 |
Neat idea! But I don't understand what I'm supposed to do if the topics the person likes don't show up in the possible options.
I see you have the same issue that I had exporting Godot to a web build. Check out this thread for how to solve it https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/wip/godot-web-export-on-ldjam-com
It may have been just me, but the controls felt laggy. Really made it hard with only ten seconds to make choices. Interesting concept though of super speed dating... criminals!
Nice mood ! Appealing graphics, funny idea. Well done !
The gameplay meshes with the theme really well! This is really fun to play, and the style, humor and setting are all very charming. Definitely one of my favorites so far!
Good god the art on this is fantastic. I'm amazed it was even possible in such a short space of time!
I like the memory and the fact you don't seem to always have the same conversation topics so you have to mix it up a bit each time. I think it would be nice to have a way of seeing all the available options for a given meeting, because rapidly spamming the arrow keys in the hopes of finding something good can feel bad sometimes if you're not really sure what you're after.
Nice submission :)
(FYI: embed seems to be broken with the Godot service worker error, but it works fine on Itch)
Cute game! It was definitely stressful (in a fun way) being under the gun to guess what each person liked. I spent a lot of time scrolling through the options, it might be nice to instead have a grid to pick from so you could survey all your choices? I guess that's in tension with the time limit, though.
I didn't understand how the final scoring worked so I died on the 5th day :-(
It was fun gradually figuring out the personality of each of the criminals. At some point though, I just had a few items which I knew for certain would be accepted, and I wouldn't try any of the others. Maybe if repeatedly using the same item would make it less effective, to encourage more experimentation?
Nice take on the theme! The game mechanics were a little opaque though. The artwork, however, is fantastic! A+ for presentation - Great work!
@boxedmeatrevolution Good suggestion, I agree it would improve it
@vgel Yeah, I saw that it doesn't work but the ludum dare team know about it and are fixing it so I left it in case it gets fixed soon.
Yeah, that's the exact reason we went with a scroller. The scoring for the strikes is a bit vague. For stuff the characters say is an X you get 2 Xs and for stuff with a minus you get one x
@mrs-wheelsx It does happen to me too in some browsers
@sirdorius It should be guaranteed that items with topics the person likes show up, but it can be hard to notice before you have enough information. I agree that there should've sth to make it more clear.
Thanks for the tip! I did see it and thought I uploaded the version with the replacements but it might not have went through, will try again later
Fun idea! I love the art
Great game, but it could definitely use a few screens of explanation at the beginning
@rosymaple Thank you for playing! You're definitely right about it needing more explanation, I might add more info to the page
This brought back some memories!.
This was cute, I very much like the designs and the concept. It was quite engaging to play as well.
i dont think i was supposed to relate to this game as much as I did
Interesting theme. I'm amazed how people come up with such unthinkable ideas. This game has potential, had fun playing it. Love the art, btw! )
I liked it a lot! It takes some practice, but it's fun once you've gotten used to it.
Lovely art and fun memory game. It seemed like I could keep the prisoners in the "like phase" but not push them beyond.
@olivieryc The trick is to only keep the character you are aiming in the like state
Fun to play! Art, style and humor cute!
Very fun game, I really enjoyed it, picked Coppo but I got the "didn't pick the cellmate who truly liked you most". Appreciate that their names are related to what they do.
What a pretty dating sim. I had one on my brainstorming board, but I decided it was too complicated to do. Anyway, well done.
cool idea, but needs a bit until i understand what i have to do. i like the graphics. nicely done
That's a nice date simulator! We like the art and sound, nice job!
Thank you for streaming my game! I just finished trying out your game for myself. I actually found it extremely fun, and I'm not usually into these dating-type games. I really enjoyed that you kept things very nice and simple, I don't usually enjoy games with too much dialogue or too many rules. Your game was very simple and clear. You did an amazing job signifying what people liked and what they didn't like to talk about. I think the great art really ties the whole thing together, but the humorous character and options really gave this game character. Great entry, I really enjoyed it!
Cool concept! I love the art and portraits here, they're super expressive. Figuring out what each character likes was a bit confusing at first, but after a loss I started getting the hang of it- it's pretty fun! Really enjoyed this entry, well done!
Really good overall design and art! I liked the "fire emblem tea time/dating sim" vibe
@gn0cchi Oh man, it really does have similarities with the fire emblem tea time haha, didn't realise that at at all while making it
Art is consistent and very good! First time I managed to get everyone to like me. but it's not a good strategy since it is impossible to figure out who likes me the most (as it is stated in the rules). Next time I tried to make one like me and others not hate me. And I won!
I wouldn't say that the game is very hard, but it certainly is fun! :smile:
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The only problem I had is with *used* items. I thought that I have to wait before choosing other items, maybe removing used items is a good idea?
@alex5041 Congrats on being the first player to prove they reached an ending! And no less than the best ending if I do say so myself :wink:
I am glad you didn't find the game difficult. I think the difficulty comes from the lack of explanation in the game itself and if you read the rules page and know how things work it's actually not that bad. Guess for the next jam I'll strive to make things clearer in game, maybe even adding a tutorial if possible.
I did debate whether the used items should be removed or not, in the end they remained mainly because it was easier to show that something was used and cannot be used again than it vanishing and the player possibly not being sure if they used it and what happened to it. But I would agree that it could be improved and removing them could be the better option.
Thank you for playing and for leaving feedback!
Hi, I came from the "3 Underrates Games post" :)
This game was very cute. Love the art style and the different facial expressions. The gameplay was super interesting as well; I love how you blended memory games and dating sims! I kept playing until I could go on a date with someone which is as good of a compliment as I could give any game dev (READ: I keep wanting to play your game).
In terms of feedback: 1. Maybe I'm just slow but I didn't really understand what the + and - signs meant. 2. I agree with a previous commenter that showing all response options would be nice so that the player isn't stressfully shifting through everything. 3. It took a few tries before I actually figured out what was going on so a more guided tutorial would've been really helpful.
All that being said, for having been made in 72 hours, this is a fantastic entry. Congratulations :) Also, I'd appreciate if you could rate my game as well! Any feedback would be much appreciated.
@jamdong15 Thank you for playing!
Thank you for your feedback as well! I appreciate it very much! 1. The plus and minus signs are lighter variants of the hearts and Xs respectively. 2. The idea was originally to have all the response options shown together but figured it might be too easy if that was the case, but adding a scroller that only showed one response at a time might not have been the best solution. This part of the game could definitely be reworked to be less spammy, I agree. 3. That is the main issue with the game, that the rules aren't easy to understand just from playing. I will definitely take this in mind for the next jam I participate in and try to incorporate a tutorial or in-game instructions of some sort.
Glad you had fun :)
Great game! I played yesterday on the stream. A separate like for the graphics and very vindictive partners :)
Fun twist around the theme, I wouldn't thought of a dating sim with that theme, but it works perfectly with the speed dating part. The art and voice acting are perfect! Well done!
Ok that was amazing ! Bus game ever, so so so fun ! This is so clever, and perfect and hilarious, so creative ! Really well done ! Loved the art too ! 10/10 everywhere
Amazing entry! 🏆
Really good graphics! I like the combination of mechanics and the multiple rounds, there is a real sense of progression, one of the best speed dating entries!!
Please post all the endings <3 i luv u coppo
@lilamuse Hmm, not a bad idea :thinking:
Guess I will, look out for them in the main feed :)
I was hoping someone would make a speed dating game for the theme...and I found this one :D Really cool game, I love it!
@ehon I know of at least one more which is [Speed Dating for Misfits](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/speed-dating-for-misfits), give it a try if you want it's pretty fun! I heard there may be one or two more but haven't found them yet
oh my gosh, i LOVED this game!! i kept playing until i could reach the end of the 5 days because i kept pissing at least one character off :laughing: the art is amazing, and i love the variety of characters and how each of them has things that they like and dislike (like real people, wow!) the use of 10 seconds and intertwining the theme into your game was fantastic. it took me awhile to remember which characters liked what, aside from the more obvious objects, but the memorization part was really fun for me anyway! i thought this was a really well polished game for a 72hr jam and you all did fantastically!!! well done :smile:
I am really glad that I played your game, so much fun! Love the art, the characters and sound effects!
Great art style and cool idea! I got burned bad but still enjoyed it.
LOVED the art style and I enjoyed dating these criminals. It took a little bit of time to see what some characters liked (Vandal, for example) but I had a giggle playing through~ :D
Lovely art style and character design. Wishing I could date them all.
Great, beautiful game with a lot of personality(/ies)! And it was awesome welcoming you to the stream again today! Here’s the VOD if you want to check that out again: https://youtu.be/JWDRP3KwO-E
Got one of the endings with Robbin. I think starting off the game is very difficult as it's unclear what items do what and what the characters like. By the end of 5 days though it's pretty obvious given the character names and what you can get away with. It might just mean in the beginning decreasing the number of Xs you can get or just making the character not like you so the figuring out can happen during the first play through versus multiple ones. overall nice job!
@aeveis Thank you for playing and giving feedback! You're completely right, the game is hardest in the beginning when the player is still getting used to it which is not a good feeling. I'll keep this in mind for future game jams :)
This is a super cute game. The art and music are so charming, and I love the humor in the writing. Fabulous mood.
The diegetic tutorial is super cool. I've noticed a lot of LD games that do something like this have way too much lore relative to the amount of tutorial in the text, so it becomes difficult to figure out how to actually play the game. But your tutorial was 90% tutorial and had just a splash of lore to keep it interesting. And then garbage man comes back throughout the game with his cute little notes, it's so fun I love it.
I love games with multiple endings and I'm delighted by how many yours seems to have! Not only different endings for going on dates with different characters, but also different endings for being scorned by different characters!
I wasn't able to make it to a date ending after five attempts, but I'm determined to get there eventually and I'm going to come back to it later...
@iamsodarncool Thank you for playing! I'm glad you enjoyed yourself and hope you get the ending you want if you go back to the game :)
I was hoping to see another speed dating game, I was curious to see how other people would handle it! I saw a few people mention they had the idea but yours is the only one I've seen xD
I think the use of images in place of conversations is really clever given the short 10 seconds. Makes things so much easier to parse quickly! I loved your cast of characters and especially that you play as a lil raccoon dude even though the others are human lmao
The only change I would really like is being able to at least switch items in the short amount of time between characters. Sometimes I would get impatient when it takes that control away from me. Maybe having button to start immediately could work too
Great work overall! The extra character frames each time you picked an option was a really nice touch that also added a lot to the personality of the game <3
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@itsboats Thank you for playing and giving feedback! I completely agree that about the locked controls in the short time period before the start. Other people also expressed annoyance with that and looking back at it now it was a big oversight, will learn from this mistake. I'm really glad you got an ending different from Coppo's XD
Your game was great! I loved the way you implemented speed dating and you had a few things I wanted to add as well but didn't manage to, like an ending collection screen and a mini-game. I was very impressed so I'm glad you found our team's game interesting :)
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