At the cafe

by pierrec
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.64
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.25
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.74
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.64
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.53
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.29
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.81
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.60
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★81%
A two players (or not) cooperative (or not) game (or not) made in about 15 hours.

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Comments53

matthias_zarzecki26 Aug 2013, 07:20
Ha, this is great. Love the idea. And the music :)
Anoarith
Anoarith26 Aug 2013, 07:56
J'ai adoré *-*, particulièrement la première scène que je trouve très bien fichue.
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I loved *-*, especially the first scene, which was very well made.
Laguna
Laguna26 Aug 2013, 08:55
Nice Idea! One small thing I really missed was the "quit on esc" functionality.
Pierrecauthor26 Aug 2013, 08:58
Yeah, sorry about that. I wanted to add it at the last minute...but there eventually were more important things to do at the last minute ^^ I might add it in a post compo version
josefnpat
josefnpat26 Aug 2013, 09:01
I was unable to play this game because it blew up my xrandr. I was attempting to run this game via wine, and the fullscreen forced me to restart my X11 (display manager). Can you release a windowed version of this game?
jammy1278926 Aug 2013, 09:03
I liked the game very much although the music was a little repetitive. It took me a while to figure out what to do. But I found it quite funny.
Good Game! -James
Toshiro26 Aug 2013, 09:21
Very good idea of mechanic ! I love it !
It seems that making good game became habit for you :)
Pierrecauthor26 Aug 2013, 09:30
@josefnpat : if you run "winsetup" instead of "atthecafe" you can chose to play windowed. I hope it'll work! :)
Hypnohustla
Hypnohustla26 Aug 2013, 09:49
Cute and fun. A bit hard to understand what to do but I guess that was the point :)
DaggerHog
DaggerHog26 Aug 2013, 09:59
Nice game you've got here! I liked the visual style and music.
lcarpentier
lcarpentier26 Aug 2013, 11:21
Nice little game you have here. I had some trouble with the controls... For the hands, I just ended up pressing all keys at once until it worked...
Nangie
Nangie26 Aug 2013, 11:57
I had some trouble for understand what I should do but it's fun ! (and cute how they blush xD) really nice for 15h !
Tifu
Tifu26 Aug 2013, 12:07
Like the interpretation of the theme using short vignettes. Twas a little frustrating doing the same parts over and over again, but the end was worth it XP
truiton
truiton26 Aug 2013, 13:20
This game made me smile.
Pyrofoux
Pyrofoux26 Aug 2013, 16:10
Thank you for the smile you gived me. :)
Niavlys26 Aug 2013, 23:09
Hahaha, this one is a great idea, it's a good thing that you finally started a new game a few hours before the deadline! Nice graphics as usual, and nice music.
The only problem for me was that in some scenes it was very hard to understand the logic of the game, e.g. the cigarette that you have to move backwards and not upwards once you have put it in the lighter flame.
I loved the interaction with the eyes of the characters in the first scene.
Gaeel27 Aug 2013, 07:47
A true Corbinouze game ;)

I don't have any sound on my computer though (Windows 7, "At the cafe.exe")
Pierrecauthor27 Aug 2013, 08:53
@Gaeel : did you unzip the game ? I noticed the sound doesn't work if you run the game directly from winrar. Or you could try to change some setings via winsetup.exe.
Oxydam27 Aug 2013, 13:51
Very funny game.
tripleVisionGames28 Aug 2013, 18:10
Really difficult to work out what to do. Like the graphics a lot and also the music is great it fits perfect
paulmcgg
paulmcgg29 Aug 2013, 14:36
Haha, great ending.

Love this so much. Initially reminded me of Bientot L'Ete a wee bit, but really this is full of character. Great ideas. First stage in particular is wonderful. The punishing fail states, especially without unique endings, are the weakest element by far.

Your art, as always, is great.
iterative deepening
iterative deepening29 Aug 2013, 19:19
Good idea, and very cute idea first scene. after it's more complicated to understand the control and the consequences of your actions. Good job.
Thermite
Thermite29 Aug 2013, 21:05
Quirky and very beautiful.
dook29 Aug 2013, 21:09
Haha, that was cute. The first scene was the best and the ending made me chuckle.
TijmenTio29 Aug 2013, 21:15
"Seriously, 10 seconds!?" HA!
Awesome game!
imef29 Aug 2013, 21:17
Absolutely brilliant! I love the idea!
sorceress29 Aug 2013, 22:36
très bon. simple, mais amusant. :)
ddionisio
ddionisio30 Aug 2013, 00:16
You have a knack for adding personality to your characters really well.

I saw your blog and read the entire thing, it added an extra appreciation and insight when playing this game :P
Boodog30 Aug 2013, 02:41
I like it!
Diptoman
Diptoman30 Aug 2013, 03:53
I love what you did with this! The art and the music is great! I had to try out a lot of stuff to figure out what was the right thing to do, haha!
The idea's very original. Keep up the good work!
Vaalen30 Aug 2013, 13:18
A good little game. I like the music and the mood.
RHY3756547
RHY375654730 Aug 2013, 13:34
Nice work! You always make great games, this was a really great idea as per usual! The small fitting music track and graphics really help.
withoutpillow
withoutpillow31 Aug 2013, 11:05
haha, nice. great ending, and i like the music.
d__adee1 Sep 2013, 08:11
Oh my! That ending! It's really funny!...

kinda short but still.. xD
Mlle Eole1 Sep 2013, 16:50
The first scene is really cute, and a great idea i think. :)
Don't you wanna make a whole game about that ? ^^
Laelien
Laelien3 Sep 2013, 00:12
Same as above, fullscreen broke my computer :(
wilbefast3 Sep 2013, 08:39
Gah, I just can't seem to hold hands properly - this game is too much like reality :'(

Very cute Pierre, seriously it's like cuteness at weaponisable levels ;) I'll write again when I've managed to finish it :P
Linus Lindberg3 Sep 2013, 17:59
That's just adorable..! One of my favourites this ld!
Capro
Capro4 Sep 2013, 17:23
Nice little game. I like it a lot!
deepnight
deepnight6 Sep 2013, 16:19
Excellent idea :)
The controls sometime lack responsiveness but I really like the concept, and especially the multiplayer touch. Didn't try it with a friend, but I guess it's really funny :)
Lokarunith
Lokarunith6 Sep 2013, 20:22
Whaat! That was your intrepretation of the theme!? I didn't see that coming, it was for sure the most hilarious entry that I have played it's very nice how the story relates to the gameplay. The first scene is just delightful, the expressions are really well done.
Almax277 Sep 2013, 16:51
Really loved the concept of this, the art and music too, were perfect for it.

I got a tad frustrated at having to start from the beginning each time, especially when I was stuck for knowing which key did what action, even though I kinda knew was supposed to happen. But that's down to me being derpy. :D

Really nicely done!
panurge9 Sep 2013, 18:21
Didn't have a friend on hand so I had to make out with myself, which was actually very enjoyable! Love the style and the clever mechanics. Really nice work.
Zerkruemler15 Sep 2013, 20:50
Really cool idea. Its fun to follow the story. Also the music is nice. Unfortunatley there is only one way to play and the gameplay is limited to the 'quicktime events'. But nevertheless I had fun. Good work.
hissssssssss16 Sep 2013, 11:16
I always go out of my way to try out your entries. I love the way this one turned out! The "puzzles" were pretty intuitive, overall, and I enjoyed discovering how each one worked.
JaJ
JaJ16 Sep 2013, 21:32
This might not be the most fun game, the most moody game or the most beautiful game, but still it's these kind of games that I love the most about LD,so creative!
jay griffin17 Sep 2013, 00:55
This is great, such a distinctive, unusual take on the theme.

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