This game was made within 9 hours (from Sunday 11:30am to 8:30pm) ^_^
I couldn't participate to the whole 48h LD, so I decided to try to make a game in really short time (I had my Sunday free).
Also, I wanted to try to make something complete within one normal business day (8h), just to see what I can achieve, when I really commit to it.
So here it is ! I didn't have time to add any SFX, that was definitely too short for that... I hope you will appreciate this game anyway!
CONTROLS : C - Continue your life, ESCAPE - Try to flee the current situation, ANY KEY - skip current dialog
Hope you'll enjoy it :)
Note : I'm sorry I didn't have time to include the happy ending branch :) The assets where almost ready (they are in the PSD source file), but I was running short on time to include it... Maybe a later version ? Check http://blog.deepnight.net for any update :)
EDIT : timelapse released! EDIT 2 : changed the hosting (dropbox had some downtimes, sorry about that!)
Awesome concept! It's like a choose your own ending novel, though a bit more true to life... since your only options are to try to keep doing what you're already doing, or quit.
I think I tried pretty much every option, even the really crazy ones. I couldn't always draw the line between choices and their outcome -- like I couldn't figure out exactly how not sleeping with a woman got me fired. Probably just missing something in the conversations, though.
At first, it should have been a quite fun and positive game. But the lack of time made it quite depressing at the end : didn't have time to include all the subtleties I had in mind, nor the happy ending branches...
The timelapse is great ! Add a depressing piano tune and you'll have a fantastic rival for Noah : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B26asyGKDo I especially like "the party" picture drawing : "I met myself And I turn out to be a woman !! "
Fantastic game by the way but the dropbox link is down most of the time ( same problem for my entry... )
I liked it, great art and interesting concept. However, I didn't read all the way through your post to realize that there was no happy ending. I spent a good 15 minutes exhausting every option only to find that you always die a sad death.
Good concept, well executed. The graphics were simple, but you shaded the pixels to make it look deliberate, and that's pretty good. Waiting through the slides is a little annoying--I'd like to quickly gather the jist of what happens and move on. Other than that, pretty good.
I played it like 6 times. Nice artwork! Too pesimistic story. Funny sometimes, but I don't like the concept of such a linear life and that no matter the choice you always end up a f*ck up.
Nice art, depressing fatalistic storylines, and generally an interesting interpretation of the theme. Personally, though, I didn't find there to be a great deal of interesting gameplay here. This is almost the purest form of narrativism I've found, but I'm only beginning rating, so I might find more. Excellent work given the timescale, though!
nice visual comic book... I wanted to exhaust the tree, but I didn't want to wait for fade ins. I wonder if there is a way to fix that without killing the mood.
Good job, especially for 9 hours wonder :) Not sure if i'd call it a game but anyway, one of the more interesting entries I've encountered (I'm a sucker for emotions it seems :)
Pretty and sort of charming, but do make it happy next time! At least some funny deaths would have been a nice twist. Maybe just a souvenir item next to the grave could add a sense of needed humor there. Also, time is never too short for sfx, but I suspect token bleeps wouldn't really add to this sort of game. Could be interesting with looped environmental noises that match each situation. Heartbeats, footsteps, ticking clock, creaking bed, etc.
Well I'll still try it later ^^