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License To Serve

By no-grapes-games and stalemeat

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall10303.0820
Fun10532.8320
Innovation9232.9420
Theme10543.2321
Graphics6533.6021
Audio4693.3820
Humor8212.7019
Mood10152.9419

Comments

triangle-point 2023-05-02 03:53

I've been happened upon your games for the past couple of Ludum Dare's and each time they are always great! Love the art, characters, and dialogue and the detective game play is great! Awesome game!

ido 2023-05-02 07:54

loved the art and the concept of the combinatoric riddle

kabura 2023-05-02 18:34

great artworks! I really like it!

jamieok 2023-05-02 18:53

Disclaimer: I couldn't get the 'cheat' to work so only saw up to that point, sorry!

Very nice art, love the combination of serious and cute, got the anime-style influence down tight, even the faceless 'extra' characters being questioned. The music is real nice too. The only thing that took me out was the clues at each location seemed be the same 'category' each time you travelled, so if you cycle through the locations, each person basically says the same line with a slight change. The lines could be randomised for each location? Great concept and really solid execution, first VN-puzzle game I've played in a jam! :)

savolae 2023-05-02 22:53

Lovely artwork, also I had not seen a logic puzzle like this in ludum dare so that was a nice surprise!

raptor851 2023-05-03 13:25

I got to where it says there's not enough info and to press shift+f11 to cheat (but that does nothing), checking my work in the notes everything shows OK so not really sure what I'm missing. I like the concept/art/etc but wish there was a bit more to it than just looping through the locations, since they all basically say the same things.

joao-marcello 2023-05-03 19:28

Very intelligent puzzle game and creative use of the theme.

Loved the anime art style, but the discrepancy between the art of Susan and the art of the NPC's was a bit anticlimactic...

Overall, a competent entry. Good job!

hwaet 2023-05-05 06:25

For others unable to get the cheat, try ctrl+f11 instead of shift! I like this one, it gives me pheonix wright vibes. I didn't get the puzzle at first but it was fun to try to narrow down character traits like this

gmstochetto 2023-05-07 07:11

I liked the approach to the theme, the art has its charm, you used a well-known puzzle genre and gave it a new twist, and I admire that. I think it would be good if we had to investigate more to get the clues, and it would be nice to have a greater variety of hints, but I understand that it's difficult to implement some things with limited time. Also, I liked that each gameplay is set in differents locations. Great job :3

shane-gadsby 2023-05-09 13:56

Great visuals, very Phoenix Wright/Professor Leyton-esque, but also super reminiscent of old visual novels! I, like a few others above, got stuck at the "shift 11" cheat thingy, I tried ctrl+ F11, shift + f11, ctrl + 1, shift + 1, etc, to no avail, not sure if I was missing something but overall I had a blast!

konfekt 2023-05-09 20:33

Great to see a puzzle game in the jam. I would have liked to see a bit of an instruction on how to go about filling out the sheet and an ending that tells us how Susan is doing instead of just a score. But I got very invested in following the clues and filling out the sheet!

austin-sierra 2023-05-09 22:17

Hello Stalemeat and No Grapes Games! I went in expecting a pheonix wright type game, and the UI was familiar in that way-- But the gameplay was totally new and original! I was having a lot of fun. Some parts I was confused to figure out the controls. I wish there was more of a tutorial, because once I figured stuff out it was enjoyable! Have a great ludum dare! If you decide to check out my game, let me know if you have any questions.

alexclay 2023-05-09 22:23

Love the game! The world feels very expansive. I thought the scale of the window on Web/Itch is very small. At least I can zoom in using my browser with ctrl+mouse wheel.