Ludum Dare #25compo

Harold is an Executioner

by paulsb

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.59

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.62

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.37

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.37

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.22

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.92

Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.63

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.54

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★52%

Harold is a guy just trying to get by in life, struggling to put food on the table for himself and his sick wife. Harold works hard. Harold has demons. Harold is an executioner.

Essentially point-and-click, guide Harold through a working week, playing the part of heroic villain to the onlookers eager to see an execution. Please note this game contains scenes of unpleasantness.

It also features a goat very prominently on Tuesday.

Made with Flixel, GIMP, bfxr, FL Studio.

Comments17

matthias_zarzecki17 Dec 2012, 03:32

Jesus Christ this is depressing. I feel horrible now.

Nice work! :P

feiss17 Dec 2012, 05:14

great job! nice mood and idea :)
you may watch http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057643/, amazing movie very related to this.

AdventureIslands17 Dec 2012, 20:06

Whoa what a depressing story, nice work! You really nailed the mood with this.

0101011117 Dec 2012, 22:36

Totally depressing, wonderful dialog. I enjoyed it for what it was!

pbdiode18 Dec 2012, 04:30

Excellent job!

loren19 Dec 2012, 20:46

Great job, excellent mood and sound, seriously impacting.

master452320 Dec 2012, 00:39

I'm crying now.

illugion20 Dec 2012, 00:47

This game was really sad D: i felt bad for killing those people T-T

huhwhozat21 Dec 2012, 07:38

I wanted to say this was a 'good game' but then I realized just how terrible that would be. This is a well-manifested creation. I'm afraid I wasn't wowed by any aspect except the tone of the game, but all of the rest is solid.

fishbrain21 Dec 2012, 12:17

God... lol... how depressing!
nicely done!

SuperDisk25 Dec 2012, 22:55

This was quite depressing! You really hit the mood nail on the head. The theme was well played as well.

AumaanSnake27 Dec 2012, 01:37

Wow, depressing theme... I like the conscience effect (the ghosts).

zenmumbler3 Jan 2013, 13:47

Good to point out that villains are often just some random guy. Well done.

Ed Okonik3 Jan 2013, 13:53

Dark

frosty5 Jan 2013, 22:09

One of the best examples I've seen yet, of how to create an engaging interactive story.

Fejuto8 Jan 2013, 20:27

Loved it! Idea: was waiting to be forced to execute my wife.

PaulSBauthor8 Jan 2013, 21:46

Just want to say thanks to everyone on here that voted, so pleased with the results! And yes I had many more ideas for this I didn't fit in, relating to his wife, possibly children and more...