pasha37 2023-05-02 07:28
An innovative way to approach the theme, wonderful narrative and pretty captivating music. Well done and polished.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD53 → Bloodiest Mary
By nullmike
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 127 | 4.07 | 21 | |
| Fun | 308 | 3.73 | 21 | |
| Innovation | 102 | 4.00 | 21 | |
| Theme | 790 | 3.71 | 21 | |
| Graphics | 438 | 3.92 | 21 | |
| Audio | 274 | 3.73 | 21 | |
| Humor | 321 | 3.52 | 21 | |
| Mood | 39 | 4.36 | 21 |
An innovative way to approach the theme, wonderful narrative and pretty captivating music. Well done and polished.
Morbid, naturally. But interesting, very interesting premise, curious to follow these threads further.
I love vampires and enjoyed this spin on the theme. Good job!
i like your creativity, you should make more of this game!
Really interesting concept. The characters and stories were really cool to see. The gameplay is simple, but for a point and click game is enough. The only complaint is that I didn't see how it fits the theme. However, great job on the game
Please keep developing this game. I was hooked instantly and ready to dive into the setting due to the good writing, and it's easy to see how this could become a long and enthralling plot. With the clients' demands becoming more cryptic (or maybe depending on ealier actions), it could also become increasingly challenging. Hope this gets a lot more ratings!
WOW! This is fantastic. For a start I love the instant feedback of clicking the screen, the combination of the simple graphics and the beep sound effect makes the game feel extremely responsive.
I really enjoyed the gameplay though. I like the concept of being a barkeeper, having to think about how your clients are feeling and match a drink to their mood, without if being dumbed down in any way so you have to use your intuition of the feeling from the blood of the corpse as well.
I also enjoyed the intrigue aspect, talking to your customers about their day but trying not to pry too much and keeping it professional, reminding you that your job is to help them feel better about themselves and not satisfy your own curiosity or serve your own needs.
Amazing job. Do you make any other games? Would be interested in playing past the 'demo'.
Really amazing ambiance you created, the art fits the vibe really well, simple but enjoyable mechanic, the clues to choose the drinks aren't too complicated but not too obvious either. The dialogues are great too, really nice game good job
@sebastian-m Thank you for the feedback! Actually yeah, we should've made it a bit more clear.
@merrow Thank you! I do really hope I'll get to work on this up ahead. We fell in love with this idea, and we had much more narration ideas further down the line haha.
@adam-jewell Thank you for the extensive feedback :) Glad you liked it!! I personally don't work on any bigger projects atm, but you can find some of my jam games and short projects on itch. I would love to get this game to a more satisfying and fulfilling point.
@artatruc Thank you! We worked quite a bit to make this atmosphere (especially getting 3 different artists to do little bits that would still stay be consistent). But the resulting vibe was really inspiring and motivating for me, the developer, to get this thing going haha.
I love the graphic
Great work! I like the vibe of this game, I like the subtle introduction of the mysterious guy asking questions, and I really liked the gameplay. I'd definitely play more of this.
That was so moody I love it! i must admit I was a bit irritated at first after I realized this is a text heavy game, but it was different than other games that put walls of text in your face, this one felt more smooth, it's like.. the game pushes you into playing more without getting in your face, I struggled with first night as I was still trying to figure out how the game works, but after I understood it felt so rewarding getting the right type of blood to the right vampire, I love how I got those AHA! moments and went straight to the drink I thought was fitting just to realize it is actually the right thing!! I really appreciate the attention to details like the variety of dialogues based on your choice and the text after each night telling you how you did today, it's really nice and gives the game a sense of being alive as if the world goes on after you're done playing if I'm making sense here, to be fair I enjoy the story element of video games so this hooked me really well, I wish there was more to it but I really enjoyed the experience, nice work!
The graphics in this game possess a homemade quality that adds a sense of authenticity and showcases the developer's passion for game development
Wow, this was an amazing take on the theme! Don't really have much to complain about, apart from maybe the UI in the backroom overlapping on top of each other and being yellow, which is a bit out of place compared to the rest of the game's colour palette. Also, I was pretty bad at the game - I think I only gave a customer the right drink once lol. Everything else is amazing!
5 stars all the way, great game I enjoyed this a lot. well done.
Really enjoyed the mood, the graphics and music were really nice too. Sometimes I couldn't work out the correct drink at all, maybe I'm not perceptive enough. But by the end I was really interested in the story, great effort. I really got pulled in.
Really fun! I especially liked that the feedback on your choices were these fun little epilogues rather than just a right/wrong indicator.