Ludum Dare #22compo

I used to speak to the wall

by gib

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.77

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.05

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.62

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.73

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.59

Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.10

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.44

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.45

Community★★★★★★★★★★3.29

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★53%

I used to speak to the wall ( a game about Schizophrenia ) is my second participation in the Ludum Dare. Like the first time, it was a total blast !

IUTSTTW is less a game than a short interactive story with no real goal. Find your way in the mind of the subject, and make the good choice. The story has three different endings, either good or bad.

There are many things I would have loved to add, such as music or more interaction, but ultimately ran out of time. I also apologize for the english mistakes I left there and there :/

IUTSTTW has been made with FlashPunk.

Feel free to discuss about your understanding of the story in the comments !

EDIT : Like rawbits pointed out in the comments, the game is more about DID than Schizophrenia, sorry for the misunderstanding..

EDIT 2 : Seems like some people on Twitter are searching for the 3rd ending without success. Actually, it doesn't come exactly as I would have wanted to.. This will be corrected in the improved version.

For now, I can give you a ( big ) hint. Try ( and I said "try" :p ) to kill both personnality, then search for a special object.

Comments20

nate42719 Dec 2011, 03:33

I can't find the third ending! WHERE IS IT!?!?

nate42719 Dec 2011, 03:39

Got the third ending. This game is just great, so original and it's great for the theme. I love it!

Nails19 Dec 2011, 04:43

Ooh, the third one took me a while, very nice!

Pierrec19 Dec 2011, 13:01

I loved it! And I found the third ending quite easily. Of course, some music would have been fine, but I know what it is ^^

Ano19 Dec 2011, 14:25

Wow, a really great game! The 3rd ending is awesome <3

jim3wg19 Dec 2011, 15:00

Sublime !!! j'adore l'idée !
Wonderfull i like the idea !

Pitoum19 Dec 2011, 18:50

Awesome game man ! Love the story and hurting myself on the mirrors ^^.

Sanguine20 Dec 2011, 08:37

Wow, those graphics were really great. I loved the mono/dialogue too, nice job :)

Rolpege20 Dec 2011, 13:40

Awesome game. Surely my favourite, took me a while to get the third ending but man... that's really cool! :)

Needs music and sfx tho :P

Meedoc20 Dec 2011, 18:00

Nice job! I'm keen to see your next game!

rawbits20 Dec 2011, 21:59

Your game is really good, but you have some confusion in mental diseases. Schizophrenia HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH multiple personalities!

Please read these to clear this out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder

Anyway your game is ok. And it's about DID...

Gibauthor21 Dec 2011, 17:41

Hum.. ahem.. yeah....

Well, I learned something. I feel quite bad now. Since I had the intention to make an improved version, I'll correct that mistake. Thanks for the heads up man ! :)

alwaysinbeta22 Dec 2011, 01:00

Lovely gfx and copywriting.

Gen22 Dec 2011, 15:24

Schizophrenia and DID are often mixed up because the symptoms are rather close, though there's indeed a difference. Maybe this could clears things a little bit :

http://www.thebrainhealth.com/schizophrenia-vs-dissociative-identity-disorder.html

The "Confusion or disturbance with identity" paragraph shows the most patent differences. Based on these statements, I'd say this game is about Dissociative Disorder.