Ludum Dare: The Musical

by ilo
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.53
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.96
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.14
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.82
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.62
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.79
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.75
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.54
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%
In order to play the part of the villain for the Ludum Dare Musical, you must sing the correct lines, or else something might just be dropped on your head. The correct line will both rhyme with the one before it and be suitably villainous.

Made using Unity, Inkscape, GIMP, Blender, Aria Maestosa and Audacity.

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Comments49

boxerbomb17 Dec 2012, 00:53
Ives never seen a game like this. i like it
ethankennerly
ethankennerly17 Dec 2012, 03:10
Charming illustrations and melodies. Funny and villainous lyrics in each menu. Bravo!
DavidErosa17 Dec 2012, 03:17
Dude, this is truly original! I think you'll get a good rating :)
Arakade
Arakade17 Dec 2012, 03:41
Super! Awesome graphics -- possibly too good! Are you a villain?
vociferocity
vociferocity17 Dec 2012, 04:54
really charming! very cool concept :)
monomanio
monomanio17 Dec 2012, 04:55
This is pretty awesome. I dont think i can compare it to anything i've played earlier!
uuav
uuav17 Dec 2012, 06:21
Super original, ahah you got me singing my villain verses!
loren17 Dec 2012, 06:43
That was a cool experience, nice job!
amassingham17 Dec 2012, 08:23
What a charming little game!
Almost reminiscent of Monkey Island and the Insult Swordfighting.
Ditto
Ditto17 Dec 2012, 08:51
Haha, great idea man! It's a bit slow(you could have sped up the 'moving forward' a bit imo) but those lyrics where really clever and entertaining!
GeorgeBroussard17 Dec 2012, 09:22
Reminds me a lot of the Insult Sword Fighting in Monkey Island. Could be an interesting game for kids.
Xheis17 Dec 2012, 10:05
This was a really good game, well done! Fantastic score, good humour, good art, and perfectly innovative.
Luck of the day games17 Dec 2012, 10:26
I thought at the start I wouldn't like it, but I must admit it's a great game that left me laughing throughout. Good job.
ParaPup17 Dec 2012, 10:42
This was a very different approach to what I'm used too I liked it and had a lot of fun and some giggles.
feili17 Dec 2012, 11:57
That was really refreshing! =)
Luis Anton
Luis Anton17 Dec 2012, 14:08
So original!! Great game, well done!
Hazel17 Dec 2012, 14:12
Very charming and really original :) Looks and sounds great too.
chribbe1
chribbe117 Dec 2012, 15:49
I love it. Fun idea, great execution. Awesome work!
Edocentrique
Edocentrique17 Dec 2012, 17:36
I've never seen that in my entire life and it's good !
Somfunambulist17 Dec 2012, 18:46
Really unique premise, overall adorable game.
chrismwaite
chrismwaite17 Dec 2012, 20:14
This is my favourite so far by a long way. Very charming and had me audibly laughing ;)
Smaxx
Smaxx17 Dec 2012, 21:11
Very interesting approach, also having the sound "sing" the text is really nice, reminds me of some old console JRPGs. :)
garygreen
garygreen17 Dec 2012, 22:22
What an original idea. :-)
iloauthor18 Dec 2012, 03:02
Thanks for the encouraging comments!

Having no known musical talent I'm not sure what possessed me to make this. About halfway through I was thinking, "Am I really going to do this?" as I didn't think it would be much of a game. But all in all I'm reasonably pleased with how it turned out. :)
Serilyn
Serilyn18 Dec 2012, 05:04
Reminds me of the opera portion of final fantasy VI. Love it.
nickworks18 Dec 2012, 07:30
Very cool. Could be an idea for a kids game.
Muu? (lanoiadimuu)
Muu? (lanoiadimuu)18 Dec 2012, 14:16
Clap clap clap!
Somehow it reminded me a bit of Monkey Island's battles.
The lyrics were awesome.
Husky
Husky18 Dec 2012, 14:23
It's fun to have this kind of game play, nice work!
KhaoTom
KhaoTom18 Dec 2012, 18:36
Adorable use of theme!
caranha
caranha19 Dec 2012, 04:53
It was a very cute game, very original, I liked the idea a lot :-)

It was a bit on the easy side. Maybe instead of being an "all-or-nothing" you could have lines that gave you more or less penalty (or even removed some penalty!)

Also, you should look into having some LD'ers read the lines for you in a post-compo version, that would be awesome!

Thanks for the game!
gameXcore19 Dec 2012, 11:09
Really funny, although I would have liked it if the responses were ranked as to how evil you are, and then you get a villain rating at the end to make it more of a "game"
GFM
GFM19 Dec 2012, 12:16
Original idea, and nice take on the theme! =)
bigbadwofl19 Dec 2012, 12:28
Ah, monkey island. Well executed and polished. Well done to you.
SamoojaMies19 Dec 2012, 21:20
Damn I sucked at this game :D. Very nice art. Good game!
Strkl
Strkl21 Dec 2012, 18:19
So fresh ! Amazing use of the theme, bravo !
hypp
hypp22 Dec 2012, 16:52
Nice concept, but gets a bit boring
wombatica22 Dec 2012, 23:46
loved it, very fresh, good humour, clever. Simple artwork but it works.
Gungnir
Gungnir24 Dec 2012, 16:14
A most enjoyable throwback. Great writing (really kept the whole thing afloat) and use of music. It'd have been nice to seem a couple more props and some costume (accessory) changes for the leads, but given the time - great stuff.
Pierrec25 Dec 2012, 10:23
Very original game, and full of content! (at first I thought it would be MUCH shorter) This is a perfect compo game : simple, innovative, and complete! You got my voice sir.
Tobias Wehrum
Tobias Wehrum28 Dec 2012, 01:20
(Aww, I was hoping the happy melody ending would be answered by an evil melody line.)

I love it! I didn't actually want to try any games right now, but this one looked interested, so I opened it to take a closer look, and here I am having the game finished!

The mechanic is nice. Is it inspired by the sword-fighting in Monkey Island? While it was easy at first, it actually grew harder and I made two mistakes.

My favourite part is the music! There is no timer and I think there should be one, but the urge to keep the music flowing works as a good initiative to choose swiftly. Not many games manage to make me decide fast: I tip my hat to you, sir or madam!

Certainly one of the most original games I have played here. Great job you did there!
recursive frog
recursive frog28 Dec 2012, 05:37
I'm glad this was posted up on the blog, as it's one of the neatest entries I've seen. I played a second time just to see intentionally what would happen when the boom reaches the villain's head. :)
Xavier28 Dec 2012, 20:46
different of all I've played until today, but a bit boring.
kibertoad
kibertoad29 Dec 2012, 22:19
Wow, now that was inventive!
azurenimbus
azurenimbus5 Jan 2013, 04:04
I had so much fun with this game. I really laughed out loud a couple of times.

I really really liked it. Truly, I think you've found something great here, and there's a lot of potential, if you want to further polish it.
jfroco7 Jan 2013, 14:47
Beautiful and original. Excellent entry. Congrats.
Joseph Miller7 Jan 2013, 21:12
Waiting for the characters to move back and forth was tedious. The writing was pretty good, and I liked the overall idea, but it wasn't a terribly compelling experience. Loved the graphics, though.
zenmumbler
zenmumbler7 Jan 2013, 22:19
It's the evil version of Celes' opera performance in FF6! Original and nicely carried out. Well done.
lotusgame7 Jan 2013, 22:54
Really novel concept very well done done and polished. Impressive !!
shaneshanekavanagh
shaneshanekavanagh8 Jan 2013, 00:26
Brilliant! I kinda don't like you out of jealousy, but I love it, cheers!

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