Ludum Dare #26compo

Tale of MiniMale

by finefin

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.43

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.07

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.04

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.11

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.65

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.66

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.61

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.49

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★82%

no preloader, yet. sorry.

you can grab the music here https://soundcloud.com/justfinefin/transform-this

Tools used:

- Adobe Flash CS5

- SFXR

- NanoStudio

EDIT:

I was too tired yesterday night. So here's some blah blah:

This is my very first LD entry. I was thinking about making an LD game for a long time now and I'm glad that I did it, finally!

This game took about 10 hrs to make, with many real life interruptions. I had a strange sickness lately and I'm kinda frustrated because things I used to love taste like shit now. HOW DO ONE MAKE GAMES WITHOUT COFFEE?!?!

So to compensate this frustration I needed to create some gory shit. To be honest: most of the time I worked on that splatter engine. I use bitmap blitting to display the floor to make the game perform nicely even if you have killed hundreds of enemies.

The first idea was to make a game where you win when doing nothing (minimalistic gameplay)... but then I decided to have different endings depending on how you play, "do nothing" is just one of them, and to follow the theme, there is no "winning" ;)

So have a look, I hope you like it!

EDIT 2:

A small update to adress what has been written in the comments:

- you can skip the intro now

- the text popups are now properly displayed

new version: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4175049/LD48/taleOfMiniMale_v021.swf

I will keep the main link (Web) to link to the original LD48 release.

EDIT 3:

I uploaded a new version to kongregate

- preloader

- minor tweaks + fixes

Thanks for the great feedback!

Genres: puzzle

Comments32

Perry29 Apr 2013, 09:38

Oh my god, the people explode? How utterly macabre. I thought it was going to be like frogger, but it's like frogger on meth.

Panda31329 Apr 2013, 11:00

I really liked the humor and the ambiance. But I didn't find it fun to play. However this is a nice try and still a god job

finefinauthor29 Apr 2013, 11:16

see if you can find all endings ;)

ZeroDivide29 Apr 2013, 12:36

How does he take all those potatoes home without making them explode? Did the curse have a secret clause about potatoes? :)

rogueNoodle29 Apr 2013, 12:40

Pretty interesting stuff, and I really enjoyed the writing. Somehow I missed the instructions about the arrows at first and tried to use the WASD keys. Oh well - at least that helped me find an ending I probably wouldn't have gotten otherwise ;)

How many endings are there, by the way? I found three...

finefinauthor29 Apr 2013, 12:40

good point. I guess it has something to do with the guy's DNA because he's a couch potato himself. :P

tonic29 Apr 2013, 12:46

Well, first I didn't read the texts and just played along, thinking it's another violent game which I'm not very fond of. But, for the 2nd play, it was nice to notice it's at least sort of designed so that you're actually supposed not to touch others, so you can play it w/o the violent part. :)

quill1829 Apr 2013, 12:47

I found three endings and enjoyed the whole thing. Great stuff!

Supermomo29 Apr 2013, 12:51

Awesome !

omaromeir29 Apr 2013, 13:31

This is a pretty funny game. Fun one too :). I got two endings :D.

kyyninen29 Apr 2013, 14:35

I got two endings. Restart button should skip the intro screens. Also some potato-related texts overlap. Otherwise neat!

HeyChinaski29 Apr 2013, 14:48

Pretty disturbing but very funny. Nice work on the sound too.

numpad29 Apr 2013, 16:25

Great game! Love the graphics and the humor at the begining (also the potato shop)!

fishbrain30 Apr 2013, 08:27

Nice work... simple and surreal. Enjoyed the style.

Royal Railway30 Apr 2013, 09:28

I liked it! Figuring out what to do and then experimenting was fun. Graphics and music fit the grim theme.

pereubu30 Apr 2013, 10:07

That game kept me playing a long time, I love it. The narration at the beginning is just hilarious, great job, probably the funniest game so far :D

anatolat30 Apr 2013, 15:02

Love style and story of the game. Are you going to make a sequel or any kind of continuation? I was a little bit disappointed the game was to short)

Mikel1 May 2013, 21:46

Funny :-) 4 endings, are there more?

finefinauthor2 May 2013, 05:51

@Mikel & anatolat: you found them all, but I plan to add more actions and endings (before I submit it to kong + NG). I just need some time and muse.

finefinauthor2 May 2013, 05:53

(which is a rare good since my apartment is full of craftspeople right now...)

meszka2 May 2013, 22:11

Nice mood and dark humor. The music was great :)

daniel23573 May 2013, 18:03

The introduction is very humristic . Nice music . I liked the game very much.

ShellfishGames4 May 2013, 08:46

Not particularly fun, but other than that a great entry. Beautiful presentation and mood and it's pretty funny.

someone4 May 2013, 22:25

Muahahahaa... That was crazy. Got four endings.
Was a little disappointed when it said "mostly" not killing anyone when I managed to not kill a single person.
Didn't actually see the countdown until my third playthrough.

little_polygon7 May 2013, 05:05

Aww, this game makes me... have... feeeeeelings.

zkenshin7 May 2013, 17:08

Interesting game. Well done. :)

Sebastian7 May 2013, 18:44

What a bizarre premise for a game lol!
I just kept bumping into people on the way to the potato shop. Creepy.

Xanjos12 May 2013, 16:07

It's a rather strange game but still, the graphics are well done, the audio is pretty nice and I love how you managed to inject some subtle humour into MiniMale's rather unfortunate backstory.

psc199712 May 2013, 16:27

"MiniMale made game for Ludum Dare" - haha :D
But.. This game is veery good :)
I loved that game! <3
Really BIG congratulations to You finefin ;-)