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-- Description --
On the surface, Under Dale is a simple and small town. But what mysteries are hiding in this, it seems, peaceful town? The Stranger (you) is about to find out... In Small Town, you get to sleep one night - or many more - in a mysterious town named Under Dale. Controls are simple (LEFT, RIGHT, UP to enter houses, SPACE to jump).
-- Visit Under Dale! --
Also, tune-in to Under Dale's public radio, visit the town during the day and enjoy the view of the mountains! I hope you'll enjoy your stay in this small town!
-- Developer stuff --
Small Town was written in TypeScript (so compiled to JavaScript), using VS Express for Web. The audio was made using cgMusic. The graphics are pen and paper (also GIMP for color).
It was tested on Windows and Mac (Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari).
EDIT: It looks like the game was unbeatable for some people, due to the keyboard configuration. This really sucks, but I had to make the corrections, because you really need to jump. Instead of Z, SPACE is now the key to jump. Big thanks to people in the comments.
Also corrected 2 typos.
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Ratings
 | Coolness | 92% |
| #130 | Humor | 3.37 |
| #590 | Audio | 2.71 |
| #592 | Graphics | 3.12 |
| #665 | Mood | 2.88 |
| #679 | Innovation | 2.89 |
| #895 | Overall | 2.83 |
| #1036 | Fun | 2.42 |
| #1155 | Theme | 2.20 |
Comments
Enjoyed the art, and the radio joke on the way in was fun. Couldn't seem to get into the bedroom at the motel, so didn't get very far.
Couldn't seem to get past the motel either but i like what you did with the cars and the radio joke :)
Thanks to all the comments! The game was unbeatable due to a change I made just before submitting :). I fixed it now. Thanks for the warning everybody!
The music was pretty okay but overall found the game lacked real purpose.
The art style and parallax scrolling were very nice. I liked the narrative style of floating text which integrated physical movement and narrative development. The enemies killed me instantly each time I walked outside, so I didn't see much of the game besides the intro.
Some minor notes: There's a typo (instead of "magnificent") in the sky text, and if you press left/right/left/right the car seems to jump ahead.
I couldn't get Z to jump either inside or outside of the car. I also got stuck after sleeping in a building and nothing seemed to let me back out. Neat style, but seems a bit buggy right now.
Thanks for your feedback everyone! I had to make the change for this Z issue. Unfortunately, it looks like it's due to keyboard configurations... I'm using the 'My game is unbeatable' exception again to change Z to SPACEBAR. SPACEBAR is the same everywhere, I hope :).
Went into town. Saw that it became night. Got outta Dodge as fast as possible 10/10 would play again.
trippy, but unnervingly enjoyable and interesting.. I like how you made the player engage in mystery or rather decide to leave the town at any time.
I think I'm missing some gameplay elements here? As others said, the radio joke was great.. just finding trouble to see the gameplay and theme elements in it ;( sorry
The joke at the beginning with the car is brilliant in a way. Sadly it can't keep up this originality and humor throughout. Instant kill madness!!!
"it looks like somebody stops frequently on Main street for no reason"
10/10.
I love the way you did the text in the sky! Very cool. And the art style is unique I like it
The artwork is great.... the game idea is cool and intelligent,, congrats man!!!
I loved the initial text where the radio speakers said 'it looks like someone's stopping all the time on the main road' or something similar - extra humor points for details like that!:D
like the unique style of the art for sure, the sky & mountains are cool, I like the way the perspective changes as you drive or run, fun & original.
Very interesting art style. I didn't really know what to do. I liked the joke though :P
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Love the art style!