FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD53 → Our First Story

Our First Story

By donamougou

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall6603.5136
Fun10162.9136
Innovation1543.8936
Theme2714.2036
Graphics6193.6436
Audio3843.5236
Mood6573.4536

Comments

tomas-selmeci 2023-05-01 20:35

Wow, super educational. The gameplay and narration is smooth. My favourite was scroll to grow mechanic. Very well made and you can offer this as an education games to people. Good job!

emazuro 2023-05-01 20:39

Really cute game! Deffinitelly something you could show to your kid so they learn about pregnancy.

triangle-point 2023-05-02 01:58

I learned more from this game than my whole year of biology studies. Love the art style and the gameplay is verry fitting. The talking narrator is a great touch. Awesome game (and educational tool)!

rkeele 2023-05-02 03:41

Really creative and unique take! Really informative and engaging, and the VO was well done!

marzenie 2023-05-02 09:50

Wow, nice idea and concept! I could definetly see that as an educational game for kids! Good job <3

answer21 2023-05-02 11:36

very instructive game, you can learn a lot about development. very nice drawing and smooth graphics

moonblast 2023-05-02 16:04

Opening this game surprised me, but without a doubt it was a successful work, and even had a hint of popular science education

zeantwan 2023-05-02 16:09

Great idea for a serious game to teach this stuff in a fun way. Great job!

samoussa 2023-05-02 18:39

Such a nice found among all those game! Like many said, this is very nice as a teaching tool too! It's very informative and well put, nice music, concept, graphics! Good job. :)

saviqq 2023-05-02 18:44

What a neat beautiful game :) Felt wholesome and actually learned something haha :D You got a talent for educational content :P

sweedy 2023-05-02 18:46

Came here to play, stayed for knowledge :)

big-cow 2023-05-02 23:42

My wife's 16 weeks pregnant and we found out the gender today, so this resonated with me. I really like the art style and the way you've told the story of a baby's development.

donamougou 2023-05-03 00:25

@big-cow I wish you the best !

lima-victor 2023-05-03 08:55

Wow, educational and deep, great job. Wish you a good jam

tom-oak 2023-05-03 16:23

Hi! That was unexpected but I had a great time :) It's really well done, and the different small mechanics for the different phases are great.

Maybe the camera shake at the end of every stage could be slightly lowered?

Great work!

carkh 2023-05-04 04:01

Yay for the baby, and congratulations. Though that woman needs to lay low on the coffee! That shaking can't be good for the baby =)

kler 2023-05-04 17:14

Super original entry, I really like that you went for an educational game, and it is a success! My only note would be that the shaking on each "level" completion seems a bit menacing/out of place, as others have mentioned.

Great work!

donamougou 2023-05-04 19:12

@tom-oak ; @carkh ; @kler : Thanks for the feedback! I completely agree with you, and I'm looking forward to refining this for future games. It was my first time adding these elements to improve the game feel and the positive feedback at the end of the level. I added them iteratively (first fading, then shaking, and then music) but didn't take the time to refine them after that. Will focus on that next time. Cheers !

tomssuli 2023-05-04 20:38

Haven't seen a game of educational genre before in ludum dare. Nice of you for using a gamejam competition to make something actually useful. I think the game was nicely depicted and you get to "make the baby" literally yourself as you drag the stuff around. Great work!

konfekt 2023-05-04 21:53

With a bit more polish I could see this being used as a proper educational tool! If I may, I just have two minor suggestions: I would make the bgm a bit quieter and also prevent the game from continuing before the voice-over has completed, because it's a shame not to hear all of the information. Altogether nicely done, and I really like how you went with an educational angle :)

sidlovatt 2023-05-04 22:42

good job

arron-fowler 2023-05-08 13:01

It's great. Informative, simple and direct. I am pleased you made it and I thought it was sensitivly handled. KUDOS

island-jam-2-group-3 2023-05-11 20:43

Didn't expect such an educational game so polished :-P Congrats!

nonimad 2023-05-17 23:41

Quite rare to see educational games in the LD, well done!