August 23rd-26th 2013 :: Theme: 10 Seconds
Ludum Dare 27 — August 23rd-26th, 2013
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You`re an extra pair of eyes for some ordinary guy.
Your goal is to control his thoughts, wills and emotions.
You will have to choose answer and put (i mean drag) it into his brain or keep thoughts away from him in some situations.
Total time is around 30-35 hours.
It is Construct 2 + Photoshop, nothing more.
P.S. feel free to have fun in the elevator ;)
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Ratings
 | Coolness | 100% |
| #37 | Innovation | 3.99 |
| #88 | Humor | 3.45 |
| #154 | Graphics | 3.67 |
| #160 | Mood | 3.36 |
| #212 | Overall | 3.45 |
| #233 | Theme | 3.51 |
| #459 | Audio | 2.72 |
| #475 | Fun | 3.01 |
Comments
Nice minimalist game. Would've fit last LD's theme well, as well.
Don't know how you got it but you got it! Love your game, a bit too fast for a non-native english speaker but it was fun.
Great visuals, flow and mechanics. A bit hard though to read the instructions as stuff is happening at the same time.
Really cool idea. I ended up jobless, drunk and swimming in my own piss. Just like real life.
I'm just going to take this opportunity to say how freaking brilliant it is to be part of Ludum Dare this time around, and for one reason: getting to see the sheer genius of so many brilliant game developers. Not all the games are brilliant, naturally, but when they are... And this one is. Awesome concept, beautifully executed. It HAS to win something. Great job!
I am really impressed with this game but I have some comments. The first time I played I didn't even have the toilet option. Will all the text flashing and moving around I found the game just a little to hard, I didn't have time to read the story text and read half the options, then when I knew which one I wanted it was hard to click on (especially when they were overlapped). Also I never even looked at the art because I was always busy reading, maybe pause for a little longer after the story and image show up but before the thoughts show up?
Thanks for your feedback. One of my goals was to make the process more realistic: you have not too much time, thoughts and wills are distractive, surroundings are secondary - all you have to do is find right answer or reaction.
Interesting concept, i really like the minimal feel and fluid animations.
Evrything I love : humor, different choices, pixel art... It's maybe a little bit confuse sometimes.
Good work ! :)
Wow, I would never have thought of this concept. Somehow you managed to nicely capture that sense of competing thoughts and emotions fighting for focus. Great job! :)
This is the first game I've seen so far that has humor nailed.
I liked it, especially the writing, but it froze after a while. I think I lost just before it stopped working.
I like this new forms of interaction with the character.
Very interesting game. I like mechanics but the words are sometimes completely transparent what makes it hard to find and grab them.
This is pretty darn good. An innovative game that isn't a pain to play. Love it! :)
I like the idea a lot! Really nice work!! You could explore the idea a little bit more after the LD I think I would be great!
Woha, very interesting and original controls! But maybe you overrated the reading speed of the player.. on first time i lost half of the story because i was reading the answer that are scattering around!
cool idea and nice concept, could use some work on the presentation but it conveys the idea well.
Nice work!
Cool art and mood! It was a little difficult to play with all the reading and was kind of confusing what I was trying to accomplish.
Very innovative concept at capturing quick decisions. I just felt some of the choices were not always appropriate, unless I was missing something. Definitely pleased to see a unique idea.
Great idea. Would have been even more amazing if you had more time to work on it, more choices and such. Also, it seemed a little too hectic, even for 10 seconds.
Absolutely fantastic! There were a lot of glitches and it would often be difficult to read everything in time, but I was happy to keep replaying it so that I could read everything : ) Really cool art style and a satisfying variety in the game mechanics!
Nice game! Very very buggy though, as the game said "I wish there were less bugs" :D
sgehlich, quite strange: 90%-95% of playtests had no bugs. I really can`t figure them out. And, as it seems from comments, that percentage is true. Just press R and enjoy. :)
Brilliant idea. Fantastic presentation. I want to play more like this please.
Nice, kind of minimalistic presentation :)
It would be nice if there was time to read the text before the timer started running, though :p
Very funny game. I was a bit overwhelmed at first trying to read all of the thoughts but it was a pretty fun little story.
Really unique experience. I just wish the theme was 15 or 20 seconds... Feel like I didn't have enough time to read everything.
Beautifully minimalist.
I couldn't tell if the thoughts were actually getting dragged in. Feedback of some sort would be cool. A tiny bling sound perhaps.
Amazing work!
Quite humorous, and easily one of the top entries I've played today!
Wow, very clever. Definitely innovative gameplay. Maybe a bit frantic, which worked well for the gameplay, and helped me practice my panicky speed reading.
And now I'm hungry and have to go to the bathroom.
Interesting mechanic. Felt like a choose your own adventure. Was funny to see the different outcomes.
Great work! The idea was really clever, and "distractions" made me smile :D
This is a really cool little game, funniest game I've played so far. Cool re playability.
Very cool game. 10 seconds was a little bit too fast for this game. Good work!
You are a good story teller~ Nice theme, quite fun overall :)
That was an interesting experience! For once, I kind of liked that there is no scoring - just different outcomes. The writing was pretty good!
The graphics are minimalistic, but pleasing, and work quite well. The sound effects were good, but I think it might've done with some music. If you can't make any, you might want to use a generator like http://abundant-music.com.
really cool idea of grasping for the thoughts to use very nice
Very nice, but the game kept freezing on 0 in different places. Neat concept though. Good job
Very cool, great idea and well executed too. Looks good, sounds good and making quick decisions was kinda hard with the 10 second limit. The game sometimes stopped working after each section and I had to restart a couple of times but I really enjoyed it! Great job!
Cool idea based on theme. I like graphics and sound "Brains..." :D Well done!
Pretty fun and original! Made for a fun story + had strong replay value.
I get a "404 you shall not pass" message when i try to download the game
Very intresting concept but there is something missing. I think that the scenes should be more dependant from each other, it doesn't matter if I piss my bed or go to the toilt or whatever breakfast I choose to have, each scene is independant so it feels like my choices are inconsequent, if one choice led me to another path and there were multiple endings it would be great and I love those games, but how it is right now I feel it's somewhat incomplete.
Such a cool game. Interesting and unusual gameplay and cute minimal art! Really nice. :)
Nice game with an interesting mechanic.
My only complaint is that no matter what choice I took it resulted in the same overall experience. I mean, I could only get one different scene (telling you boss where the assignment is) and a few different answers... This game could really use some different paths (like when you decide to check the e-mails but end up taking a shower anyway).
But for something done in 48h, pretty nice. :D
Neat art style and unique gameplay! Loved some of the bizarre thoughts and action choices. I did have a little trouble trying to read all the choices in 10 seconds. And fyi, you're zip doesn't seem to work.
The thought blinking makes it a tad hard to read everything on my monitor in time to reasonably pick. I really like the mechanic though.
A very original concept but I found some bugs playing the game. Overall, I think that the is a cool game. Good work!
It was REALLY hard to get fired! I liked the style, nice color theme. 5/5 for humor as well.
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Outstanding work! Love the presentation and writing.