Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD51 → Teen Detective Allegra Gumshoe in Temporal Troubles!!!
By fizzbark and Sarah Quinn
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 1015 | 3.04 | 23 | |
| Fun | 986 | 2.90 | 23 | |
| Innovation | 743 | 3.14 | 23 | |
| Theme | 931 | 3.26 | 23 | |
| Graphics | 618 | 3.59 | 23 | |
| Audio | 614 | 3.04 | 23 | |
| Humor | 154 | 3.75 | 22 | |
| Mood | 466 | 3.57 | 23 |
I like the artwork a lot. The 10 second countdown, as it is implemented here, doesn't lend itself well to this genre of game, unfortunately. Even when slowing down the time, the countdown just comes in the way of me wanting to read and enjoy the dialogue (which is quite good).
I have to agree with Shrill here.
There's a lot of charm and interesting dialogue, but the only seeming way to play is to just furiously click through it all, which further buries the lede since I can't figure out what I'm actually supposed to do. Even with the 1=10 debug setting, I can't sit back and enjoy the dialogue like I'd like unfortunately.
I also noticed some dialogues don't lead anywhere, like the "Pretend you have honey" option.
The art is charming and the music fits, the dialogue is fun too. This would be a prime candidate for a post LD version.
Nice job! Very ambitious for a LD, I love the art style! :D
I enjoyed this a lot! There's some obvious issues which you've already gone over so I won't bother, but the puzzles were well thought out, there was plenty of humour and the art and audio were great. Flawed but still very fun!
Nice game!! I enjoyed it and the art and audio are perfect for this
Absolutely feel you on the retrospective on the theme. You did great with it what you could.
Thiss will be a really good post-jam! As you said yourself, the countdown doesn't let you enjoy the game, but you still need to get shot by your doppleganger somehow... Anyway, you surely need to let the current action finish before your doppelganger appears. This way, at least people will be able to finish reading the outcome.
I did enjoy working out the solutions to the puzzles in this game! The searching for books feature was great, as it avoids the problem a lot of point and click games have of randomly trying everything for an answer. It was a good idea to extend the time for each loop, as ten seconds really is quite short even if you can do a bit in each loop. I would like to see the idea revisited in some way as looping games are fun to play!
A bit more feedback would help to denote changes in the game state. The dog playing with the toy, the coffee appearing somewhere, the books being highlighted in some way. Some audio control would be nice too. Overall good work, the humor is great!
Funny idea, I think the theme could have been more effective if the time limit were in the context of the flow of the game rather than realtime. Love the art. Nice work!
Nice idea, loved the artwork and the music! Good Job!
The dialogues were nice to read but as many people commented the 10-seconds loop was against the best of the game in my opionion, even with the 1:10. It was also hard to know whether I'm going in the right direction and making some progress, some feedback would be appreciated. However, the game has potential and would be nice to play a more developed version!
Great madcap point and click, I'm not sure I can figure it out, but great mood!