Ludum Dare #26compo

Brian's School of Minimalism

by dustystylus

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.59

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.28

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.71

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.32

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.78

Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.15

Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.37

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.56

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★85%

Renowned art critic, Brian Sewell has been digitized and is ready to offer some criticism on your minimalist artistic offerings. Be warned, he is very hard to please.*

* - in fact, it's impossible to get a better grade than a D-, consider that a 'win' if you get it.

[ edit - whoops, due to a small glitch, you couldn't even get a D- ... fixed now. ]

Comments40

Branch28 Apr 2013, 22:51

doesnt work on my os. could you port it to ms-dos 6.40? :(

bobo72a28 Apr 2013, 23:19

Got D- my first try :D

The comments he made were funny.

KristianGibson29 Apr 2013, 06:56

Hahha, love it :')

Yozz29 Apr 2013, 10:31

Waiting for this game since the first day. Cool!

AlbertoSM29 Apr 2013, 10:32

Is it wrong that I like the title screen better than the actual game? haha!
Love the comments from Brian...hilarious!

Diamonde29 Apr 2013, 10:49

This is hilarious! D- was the best I could do, but I'm happy with it :)

ndssia29 Apr 2013, 10:59

E-!

My art is bad, and I should feel bad.

Very cool :)

anjack29 Apr 2013, 11:31

The perfect game for the self-hating perfectionist!

Great voice-acting! ;)

aquilicoco29 Apr 2013, 14:52

I love the the graphics and comments :)

donan29 Apr 2013, 14:53

Hahahaha, one of my favourite games so far. Really cool idea.

CMaster29 Apr 2013, 14:55

Hah!

Pretty entertaining and bang on theme.

D- isn't too hard to get if you well, make a reasonable stab at recreating a painting.

Mythalore29 Apr 2013, 14:56

Good idea, but I kept failing. :)

Andrew Shouldice29 Apr 2013, 15:05

Brian is my favourite art teacher.

wallmasterr29 Apr 2013, 18:19

Nice animations and audio

mushbuh29 Apr 2013, 20:05

Nice, funny music

bleating29 Apr 2013, 20:07

Easily my favorite game so far

Kimau29 Apr 2013, 20:07

Comments are brilliant love the tone and humour of the piece.

dualtagh29 Apr 2013, 20:12

Haha! brilliant!

graytest29 Apr 2013, 20:13

I love it!

puttputt29 Apr 2013, 23:38

This is so good. I love it!

cahman30 Apr 2013, 12:39

Hilarious! Further confirms I have no understanding of minimalist art.

Mase30 Apr 2013, 20:05

Nice voice-overs. I felt a rush of hope when Brian said "hrmm interesting."

marnaouf1 May 2013, 09:55

His comments while you're making the art made me laugh my ass off.

dstozek1 May 2013, 10:24

I like the voice-overs! Couldn't get higher than E-, though. Solid work!

MinionStudios1 May 2013, 15:21

Ha! Such a crazy game! love the fictional history of the critic.

Beerman1 May 2013, 21:47

Hilarious :D The game's fun, but my favourite part was Brian's funky dance moves on the title screen.

DustyStylusauthor1 May 2013, 22:02

Thanks for your comments everyone! I wish I could've added more to make the game more of a 'game'. :)

The general rules to please Brian are:
- Ratio of Horizontal to Vertical ~ 1:1
- More than 1 color, but less than 7

And yes, those are totally arbitrary decisions on my part, with no minimalistic artistic background at all I'm sorry to say!