The Minimalism Quest

by pol
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.53
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.43
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.27
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.88
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.24
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.75
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.88
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.33
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★54%
The Minimalism Quest tells the story of a guy who embraces the phylosophy of minimalism (getting rid of what is not necessary) a little bit to litteraly.
Short warioware-inspired game, mouse only.

Comments36

monosacharride
monosacharride28 Apr 2013, 19:08
i like it. It's like warioware but with more explosions.
jijaweb28 Apr 2013, 19:13
Best one so far, that I have played. Looking really great. Nice work!
Jacob
Jacob28 Apr 2013, 19:50
Awesome!
Andrio
Andrio29 Apr 2013, 06:54
Stylish! Just needs music.
Waynetron
Waynetron29 Apr 2013, 06:55
I really liked it. Very enjoyable
sol_hsa29 Apr 2013, 06:55
The ending was a bit gross though..
visibleatom
visibleatom29 Apr 2013, 06:56
Very good graphics. A bit morbid at the end. No one can say that they're being surprised by a penis, though: it's right there on the first screenshot.
Jaus_LXXIV29 Apr 2013, 07:00
Very well polished and quite fun to try to get the best rank! Feels very responsive and everything comes together well. Not much replay value but now I feel like I'm asking a lot of something that was made in 48 hours. Nicely done all around.
JohnnySix
JohnnySix29 Apr 2013, 23:33
Loved the car. Great stuff - the limb action was a little buggy - took a while to hack them off. Bonus point for style, execution and interpretation of the brief. :D
PiotGuy30 Apr 2013, 08:07
Really nice, good graphics and humor !
FredericRP
FredericRP30 Apr 2013, 09:30
Fun concept.
I clicked 30-40 times on the computer but I did not understand how to do it well as I was stuck there during 30 seconds at least and did not crushed it 0_o
GeorgeBroussard30 Apr 2013, 10:34
Nice art style. Most were fun. The final one - seemed very difficult to cut. I must be missing something.
Toki Anholmes30 Apr 2013, 11:40
I just love what you did, exemplary polish
Ariake811 May 2013, 22:56
Great little game and although concise, very replayable. Dark (ending!!?) but a lot of fun, love the graphics and the twist on the mini game genre - so many riffs on warioware out there (our previous jam entry included!) but this feels fresh and unique
Codexus
Codexus5 May 2013, 14:56
Funny game, nice graphics!
AlanZucconi5 May 2013, 16:34
A bizarre creation. Yet, one of the best games I've played here!
ZYXer
ZYXer5 May 2013, 23:38
Yay, destruction! ... and a penis. xD
alcazar6 May 2013, 09:32
Almost 5/5, you made me laught, gg
wilbefast6 May 2013, 11:16
Get psychiatric help ;P
goerp7 May 2013, 19:54
Hmm how should I rate this? Not much of a game maybe. But I did have fun, and the graphics were brilliant, the sound was just right, and great on the theme.

Ok then 5 stars it is!
bobiniki
bobiniki9 May 2013, 15:16
Lol nice idea for doing that kind of minigame tasks fast. And your interpretation of the theme is original. Good graphics and mood. I laughed a lot when shaving the dog and burning the books. Goo job!
EggDestroyer
EggDestroyer12 May 2013, 11:30
The ending was way darker than the rest of the game and somehow ruined my experience, which was really pleasant and humourous so far. I'm not sure what you wanted to achieve here o_O
Also, shifting between mouse with & without click felt a bit awkward to me, as I had to think about which control to use instead of doing it fast, which doesn't seem to fit so well with the "wario ware" experience.

But the game looks nice and made me laugh (before the ending), and is fun to play overall :)
ethankennerly
ethankennerly12 May 2013, 18:17
The coherent and provocative message interested me while guessed the goal of each screen. I love WarioWare, so I was keen to act. It looks beautiful! As you wrote in the post-mortem, I wouldn't have understood the mutilation scene. As a follow up the scenes of exploding the car and burning the books, it seems to approach nihilism.
patrickward
patrickward12 May 2013, 20:15
I loved the graphics and the overall style, but the last level seemed out of place and a bit too dark for the rest of the game. It was a fun concept though. Well done!
mildmojo12 May 2013, 21:15
Nice art, good interaction variety. I like how after a few more complicated stages you just blow the car up. Boom. Simple. =) Kudos on the sound, too.

With a touchpad I couldn't get beyond "meh". A mouse let me get up to "fairly simple".
Topaz13 May 2013, 09:04
Pretty simple and well polished.
kill0u
kill0u13 May 2013, 14:08
Hmm can't load the page =/ I'll be back later, I hope it will be fixed then ; I want to play this game :D
Rafael Sales13 May 2013, 15:34
Excelente work! Complete and fun experience. I'm without problems to list here. Congratulations!
lorancou
lorancou13 May 2013, 15:53
Remind me some wario ware style game .. It's very fun.. but still "meh"
bvanschooten18 May 2013, 09:23
Well presented, only I didn't find it much fun to play. It is not clear what to do in the computer scene. The ending scene is too gross for me. I'd like to have seen more scenes.
deathray
deathray19 May 2013, 17:51
That was the only one i played this LD that deserves a 5 for humor. :)

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