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Introvertigo

By scott-steffes

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall84.45114
Fun404.22113
Innovation104.56113
Theme1624.24113
Graphics404.55114
Audio474.18113
Humor124.48111
Mood154.48113

Comments

2023-10-02 17:27

This was so fun to play through, I love the fluidity of it and the idea concept. Great Job!!!

2023-10-02 19:46

Love, love, love it. The concept, the visuals, the storyline, the play on the name

One of the funniest things i've experienced across games here, well done

2023-10-02 21:18

very impressive! Really cool how the characters respond so naturally to what you write! This is most definetily one of the best games this gamejam!

amberfall92 2023-10-03 04:00

Wow this is outrageously cool. The gorgeous art, funky palette, intense mood, and comic tone of it all combined to make a truly memorable experience. Also, great call with adding the required words to guide players and give a jumping off point. 5/5

2023-10-03 16:03

I am to polite to play this game...I keep talking and then run away. This game is like Carl's tea party on steroids. (That is one of our other games that deals with anxiety.) I love it. The art is wonderful, and this is my problem in real life, I just stay home because I don't want to have to be rude to people if they are creepy.

Thanks for reminding me why I don't go outside. (realizes it is his older brother's birthday today. Oh no!)

Anyway, thanks for the share. Have a good day.

dreamscale 2023-10-03 17:44

This is the first time I've seen AI used in a game like this and it works so well! The presentation is perfectly creepy and really fits the awkward social interaction vibe. Amazing job!

krassenstein 2023-10-03 19:27

Thanks for letting me play this on stream, it was awesome!

Here's the VOD with Timestamps so you can click to your game! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NVsG7UOyfw

agentparsec 2023-10-03 23:52

Impressive use of AI without it overshadowing the project ^^

fusionnist 2023-10-04 00:22

Ah yes, my chance to behave like a perfectly normal human being... Lovely entry! The graphics really elevate the experience, and there's some good humor behind the prompts you get. Good work!

spike-studio 2023-10-04 02:13

guess im going to an amusement park with the bathroom stall guy

neeko69 2023-10-04 02:14

Very nice, experimenting with the prompts is very fun as well, the art and music are very nice and cute.

2023-10-04 03:09

I love this game!! So fun, so hilarious, so horrifying. The visuals and audio especially tie it all together. Wish there was more content honestly! Amazing work

2023-10-04 03:09

I have no idea how this game is responding so well to my comments and my anxiety is through the roof. May I never have to deal with a urinal conversation. Would love to see more levels. Absolutely stellar game on all fronts!

2023-10-04 03:11

Really enjoyed this! The juxtaposition of the colorful art and the uncomfortable scenarios really make this fun and interesting experience.

quackqack 2023-10-04 10:30

Very interesting concept, and good execution. I felt the discomfort myself as they got closer and closer. Cool use of AI.

falestress 2023-10-04 11:04

Very cool ! I love your game, art style and concept ! Thank you ! Good experience :) I'm definitely the same sometimes There are ways to go further in terms of development, it makes me want to in any case :) Good job team ! :)

boyar 2023-10-04 11:18

Very fun spin on the theme, Toilet guy is hounting me in my dreams till this day...

Loved the art alot. Promting done very smooth, and the emotional shift on the characters when they are getting closer is very cool. Amazing entry, good job getting it done and polished in such short time!

nujank 2023-10-04 13:51

Bathroom stall guy needs to be put in prison and Grandpa is bae. I needn't say anymore...

But I will anyways.

The art style is top notch. I love the pastel watercolor vibe. The concept itself is also really clever, using AI as the game mechanic. Music was both calm and relaxing but also a bit unsettling. It has a Megami Tensei vibe to it which I really dig.

Overall great job you guys!

No really.. Bathroom stall guy doesn't belong in society.

bauke-regnerus 2023-10-04 13:54

I'm in this game and I don't like it. ;)

Seriously, scary at times, but awesome how the characters react. Nice drawings and bright color make it look vivid. Very original games, well done.

2023-10-05 02:34

Your team never fails to impress! another great and relatable entry and the first dude was soooo creepy omg. I'd love to try the stages I failed again, sometimes it's hard to tell what I'm doing right but that's like real life. I love the art and the audio and the vibes, and I never thought you could incorporate AI like this. I think this is a super innovative take on the theme. Thanks for making it even when it costs money <3

cheesepencil 2023-10-05 02:53

This is one of the better AI games, most are just too open ended. This is scoped way down and makes sense.

2023-10-05 03:44

Amazing work :D, my first time playing a game that used generative AI, left a really nice impression, great creative use of it. was really surprised to see the responses to my inputs and super amused as well!​

diego-teran 2023-10-05 04:33

This was pretty cool use of AI! I felt "Stuck in a loop" with the back and forward.

dekajoo 2023-10-05 06:36

That a nice way to use AI in dialogs, limiting the words to use was a great idea. Appart from that the art is really good and the general mood works pretty well, kudos :)

2023-10-05 08:12

A really really really good game. I love the take on the theme, the graphics, the character's answers. It all fits really nicely. It was nice to try goofing around and test the limits of the solutions... For some reason it's rude to tell someone at the gym that you like using certain parts of people that talk to you at the gym to make milkshakes. I had lots of fun, thanks.

euler-moises 2023-10-05 13:14

Nice game. Good for training English vocabulary (I'm Brazilian). The game is extremely beautiful and this music really matched the mood. Personal space was a good way to fit in the theme!

Congratulations to the team!

Now I can sleep peacefully...

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flyingkaida 2023-10-05 15:34

AMAZING entry, AMAZING art, AMAZING humor. And the last character was totes poggers, no cap bro... savage! ROFL. Had so much fun playing this and I am sharing it with friends who suffer from this very thing! Thank you so much for this entry!

yndajas 2023-10-05 20:05

Loved it! The requirement to use particular words helped provide some good ideas and a challenge, but sometimes I didn't want to use any of them! Amazing concept and use of LLM AI, great characterisation through the awesome art style, and a very memorable experience! Beyond the generative chat side of things, I'm really curious how the criteria for ending the chat work, as well as the grading system 👀

little-doctor-games 2023-10-05 23:33

Absolutely loved this. Incredibly unique concept and executed flawlessly. Great art that was simultaneously cute and creepy. Had a blast playing this on stream! Thanks for bringing it by to show me!

imwonderr 2023-10-05 23:55

Wow!!! Amazing take on the theme, really well rounded and polished game. Congrats on the entry! Most of the responses cracked me up! Ended up playing for quite a while XD

2023-10-06 01:54

This is one of the most beautiful game jam games I have ever seen! great job team

gastricsparrow 2023-10-06 02:00

Came from Rincs' stream, glad I did cause what an awesome premise. I like unique conversational games and as an introvert the theme is perfect. And I LOVE the art, really made me feel like I was in that uncomfortable situation trying to get out. Fantastic job!

fireslash 2023-10-06 02:12

Woa! I was not expecting something like this.

I love the mixture of scripting and AI, I kept second guessing myself as to whether this was AI or just a really clever text engine. It all felt very natural yet magical.

The art is lovely and the music does a good job fitting in with the mood and enhancing things without standing out too much.

hard to gauge difficulty given its construction, but I shoo'd away everyone pretty fast but the lifter. The only thing I really can say here is that I wish there was an incentive to interact with these characters more. When the winning move is to get away from them, you don't really ever get a chance to enjoy their personalities.

Overall this is a really heckin cool entry. Nice work!

sephowepho 2023-10-06 02:40

Goodness gracious, I don't even know where to start. The art looks freaking insane, I don't understand who on the planet has the power to put together such a beautiful collection of game art in three days -- seriously it looks better than some commerical games I've sunk my teeth into, amazing job, whoever's to thank for it (:thumbsup:). I know a lot of the content is generated while playing, but it replicates the feeling I get exactly while talking with people, hahahah. Sound design, along with the intensity the closer people get to you (heartbeat and such) is so perfectly put together. Finding ways out of conversations that I've sparked proved difficult, as I come off too friendly for my own good -- only escaped three of the five of them, hopefully that's not terrible. xD

Seriously, this might be my favorite of the jam, it's proven to be my favorite of the 9 I've played. Amazing job, all of you, I look forward to see what you put together next time! :beers:

moonlightbomber 2023-10-06 07:01

I admit I'm too forward with my answers. But still, a great game.

svenerik 2023-10-06 08:44

Haha nice idea!

The aesthetics and sound is quite fitting, some sounds really reminded me of Don't Starve's soundscape, which was an interesting connection between the two. Very neat design overall and a superb job !

minjutin 2023-10-06 10:06

Nooo it ended already D: I was having so much fun with having those little conversations with everybody! This is definitely the best usage of AI, but the game and characters are also so funny! I wish we get more games like this in the future, a high light of my day really. Art is sooo enjoyable. This game is genius

amarokczukay 2023-10-06 16:02

that was a really weird experience. i mean i liked it, it was super fun to try to find the right words. what i mean is this game is about awkward situations and it really was an awkward situation. so you totally hit it! :D

graphics are cool, the soundtrack is amazing (and contributes a lot to the unease), great job to you!

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100th-coin 2023-10-06 17:03

Oh my god that was amazing. By far my favorite Jam entry. Okay- let's talk about it...

The artwork is incredible. I really loved how in the grandma scene, the FOV changes and the camera zooms in adding to the tension. The characters are super expressive, and I loved how cartoonishly dramatic they become under certain situations.

I recorded myself playing to provide extra feedback! Cheers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_HXihnv8fw

rickylee 2023-10-06 18:08

ohh this game is such a vibe, I sent it to all my friends cos is too relatable hehe. Seriously you guys make the best stuff 5/5 heres my first try results:

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The 3 safe ones I managed in just 2 sentences. My favourite was granny cos thats a real conversation actually lool, but granny is cute so she gets a pass. And idk why.. but this urinal guy just won't back off.. he came closer even when i said this wthell haha

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bradjste 2023-10-06 19:23

Most excellent. Y'all should be very proud, this game is hilarious, relatable, and extremely polished all around. Some feedback to help understand what brings people closer or farther would have been nice (eg too interesting, friendly, etc), but it was still great fun trying weird and random stuff out to see how it plays. I hope to see more prompt based games in the future and I hope they make me feel like this game did

2023-10-07 01:25

Nice entry, I like the art a lot and it is a good use of AI honestly. Good job!

pious 2023-10-07 06:01

What a game. This is absolutely insane. This kind of game can literally become a full one-of-a-kind genre of interaction. Extremely innovative, really well polished, really funny. My only negative criticism is that I can't do a specific person over again without doing the whole playthrough again. It's not a big deal especially since the game is so well done. Fantastic entry!

2023-10-07 09:15

What an awesome game. The graphics and colors are incredible. And also the music! It captures the uncomfortable tension perfectly, great job.

olddog 2023-10-07 09:58

so great,very creative ,I love this game idea,spent me a lot time in this game,I am so wonder how you make this game with so much strings;

3mpty 2023-10-07 10:31

Very cool idea and I love the graphics.

Taking it at face value it's pretty fun and unique, but design wise it is a bit unclear how you are expected to win and what will work and what won't. Some of the prompt words were pretty hard to work with too but I don't think either of these complaints are a big deal.

It seems like parsing your response is also partially through AI prompting so I guess that explains why the responses can seem so random, and admittedly you can't expect it to understand everything so I think it's important to acknowledge those limitations when I'm making these criticisms but yeah.

Really really cool.

Oh yeah and the art is incredible, it sells the situational comedy so well and really helps elevate the surreal conversations the AI loves to spit out into some really funny moments.

Amazing work.

nyxkn 2023-10-07 15:49

Oh my god what an excellent game. Everything is just about perfect. The mood and atmosphere is so tense. It's a true psychological horror game. You manage to get me fully immersed in the scenario. The art is beautiful. The sound effects are brilliant. Dialogues are very good. Actually surprising how much the npc replies very often fit into the conversation rather smoothly, so smart work there. This is the most immersive game I've played so far. Amazing work for a game jam!

ategon 2023-10-07 21:44

Thanks for submitting the game to the stream! If you wanted to watch it again in the future heres the vod timestamped to your game

https://youtu.be/OMFzVKOU-1I?si=y55ZGwfua5QCLe4-&t=17694

alextengu 2023-10-08 04:56

This game expresses well the annoyingness of annoying people. This funny moment when you want to quickly interrupt the conversation with the right words (as you think), but the person only gets excited. Of course, great graphics.

honestspoof 2023-10-08 10:16

how did you manage to get this working so well!!!??? and for 5 levels??? it'd be nice to have another shot at a level right after failing but the actual core of the game is funny and easy to understand, so good work!

honest-dan 2023-10-08 15:42

This was a creative idea, and an original experience. I think it suffered a little from a word being tied to meaning, as sometimes I felt I wrote something that was misinterpreted and lead to them getting closer. But it does represent sometimes how people don't get hints by the line of conversation you give! I really enjoyed the driving level with its music from your last LD game :D really nice feel, mood, visuals <3

neowedge 2023-10-08 16:15

It's the most uncomfortable game I've ever played, I love it hahahaha Awesome entry :)

2023-10-08 18:20

I really loved this, every little detail pushed how uncomfortable and oppressive atmosphere is when you're trapped in a conversation with a stranger. I loved the unusual skin tones and how the screen felt like it was closing in on you, the only think I could even think to improve on this would be slightly more intense music the closer they got to you but I genuinely really loved this! Thanks for posting :)

cawfee-art 2023-10-08 19:19

This was such a great game! (The grandma freaked me out as she came closer xd) Looks amazing and is really fun!

r8teful 2023-10-09 12:08

This is such an innovative game. It is very well made, I love the use of AI here. It makes each interaction unique and so much more interesting. Well done! I would love to see more variations of this, maybe where you have to steer the conversation towards different topics, or you have to convince someone to do something, the possibilities are endless. Good job!

coleslaughter 2023-10-09 17:40

[Thanks for submitting your game to stream!](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1944529420?t=02h46m16s)

Such a unique and well-executed experience! This is probably the first time I've seen an AI chatbot used effectively in a game without it being used as just a half-baked shortcut to have "infinite content."

The concept alone is upsettingly relatable and so perfectly captured in both the art and the audio. Well done all around!

doot 2023-10-10 13:02

That's definitely one of my favorite game of this jam!

The mood is a 6/5, with incredibly nice graphics, animations and polish for a jam game. The sound design ties everything together quite well, and the dialogue system just works and makes you feel like you've already been in those situations.

I have strong negative feelings about AI in general due to ethical and ecological concerns, but this game makes such nice use of it that it almost made me forget that while I was playing!

Great job and thanks for the game, I'm sharing it with my friends ✨

hawkin 2023-10-12 01:21

Incredible as always! The art and the music and the whole vibe just worked well together. Well done! The fact that you give the user free form input, with only a few constraints to keep it on track, is wild! I love how alive the system feels, even if it might be pretty simple. (Edit: I read now about the language model running on a server .. that's awesome!!)

I had a heck of a time, and I don't think I did too poorly! Speed run?

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Except I couldn't help but tease gramma XD oopsie

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wendel-scardua 2023-10-12 14:06

Finally stopped by to actually play this Myself Simulator (after watching it so many times on streams). I don't think I have anything to add that wasn't already mentioned by everyone else at this point 😅... Except that maybe I would like to have the option to retry separate scenarios after the end, but even that is not a big deal.

2023-10-13 07:07

This is far and away the coolest jam game! The use of AI was incredible, and the vibes were impeccable!

dsk 2023-10-14 11:18

This must be one of the best game I have played in LD54,the gameplay of "personal space" is awesome, and the art style is also cute, couldn't love it more:)

fivecyclops 2023-10-15 13:45

Impressive ! You've done a great job on the audio, mood and integration of the AI ! Can't wait to see more games using it this way or an extended version of this one with different situations ! Great work !

shess 2023-10-15 14:42

Big mood. Actually, the biggest of moods. I think this game does it for me in terms of sheer ingenuity, relatability, and all the amazing(ly terrifying) future prospects of utilizing AI in games. Thank you for such a gift of a game, even if it made me a bit uncomfortable at times - precisely as planned :D

thyoi 2023-10-15 21:31

This game is fantastic. Both the music and art are superb for a gamejam entry.10/10 This should be the winner of this LD!

gamebuilder 2023-10-16 21:10

One out of five is the best we’ve done. Very creative game but difficult. It’s hard to know what to say with the given words. Regardless, the graphics and sound in this game are top notch. Well done.

mmemim 2023-10-18 09:56

Incredible entry. I didn't think much of it at first until the AI kicked in... I'm gonna go for another run now!!!!

alexrose 2023-10-18 14:12

Really interesting concept and really beautiful game visually. Nice one

daveco 2023-10-18 23:04

This is amazing! Excited to see what you all make next (especially with AI) :D

norah 2023-10-19 13:25

wooow your game is so good, really innovative and fun (and difficult too by the way ). That grandma made me so anxious haha :sob:

jerem-watts 2023-10-19 16:16

I had a LOAD of fun testing the AI's parameters. The art, between what is drawn and all the work that has gone into tech-art is stellar~✨ I can't help but think of what an achievement it must've felt like to wrap your heads around the idea and manage to execute it in time! Fantastic guys. You HAVE to make more stuff. Keep going. The world needs more of ALL of you. 💪💪

2023-10-19 21:08

Man, I got more sweaty playing this than most horror or action games! The art, camera work, and music all did a great job of supporting the focus of the game, too. Great entry, guys!

itsboats 2023-10-20 05:00

dang, really impressive in every aspect, i just wish i could replay the ones i didnt succeed at without replaying entirely but at least i wasnt rude to them hehehe! the party partner and gram were my favs (but maybe not if its a irl situation xD)

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raphiell 2023-10-20 18:15

Best use of ai in video games I've seen so far. Excellent work making it relatable. Well done!