Get ready to LAMENT!!! It's Hamlet, like you've never seen him before... at least to the best of my knowledge. I had way too much fun making this and of course didn't get anywhere near finishing the whole play. I spent a lot of the last hour or so just adding a silly ending to it, but I guess it's the most complete actual ENDING I've done in an LD game so far.
The game mechanics are pretty hit-or-miss... You basically have to go to where you're expected, and either reply one way or another, or lament bitterly to yourself in the spotlight.
Everything is controlled via the mouse. Click to move, click and hold on actors to interact with them. Your ultimate goal is to be remembered... not necessarily to perform well... so keep that in mind.
I hope you enjoy it for what it is, even if it's not so much a "game" as a "toy".
Can't speak for the functionality of the web version, but I figured I'd toss it up there.
For those of you that do... thanks for trying it out!
Btw... I'm realizing that this may be a bit too confusing, so here's a general walkthrough (as far as what you're EXPECTED to do):
Scene 1 - Just don't go on stage, you're Hamlet... and you're not in this scene Scene 2 - When Claudius asks why you're upset... just lament to him, when everyone leaves and you have the spotlight, lament to yourself, and when Horatio asks you to watch out for the ghost, reply with Yea Scene 3 - Stay off stage. Scene 4 - Revile the ghost when he asks how you feel, then revile Horatio, then lament once more in the spotlight
How you go about getting more notoriety is up to you :)
Haha, well, I'm glad you liked it. I'm assuming you played the windows exe? I saw some people play the web version today, and the spotlight ends up opaque, and blocks everything out.
I'm still trying to figure out the game, yet I STILL love everything about it. A little more transparency into what the player is supposed to do, and you'll have a winner!
Spotlight is opaque in both web and exe versions. So I can't go further... In the exe versions I also end up with an empty scene right after the spotlight. The animation is nice! I'd like to play more of this!
I'm impressed, great great art and animations and the game idea itself is creative as well (albeit very confusing at the beginning, your tips helped). Oh how I lamented...
OMG, the artwork! This is awesome. Also, without knowing Hamlet, I think you "modernized" the text a bit, in a way that made me actually LOL.
I think I'd kill myself before I could even hope to finish it, but that's most likely just because I don't know Hamlet (yet). I believe, I'll have to check when my local Shakespeare Company performs it.
I struggled a bit with the controls at first, but after working it out, it's fine.
Brilliant entry. Very original and the art is amazing. My only point against it would be that, without the tips or previous knowledge, it's very easy to get lost. Nonetheless, congratulations for one of the best entries I've played so far :)
"My sorrow can beat up your sorrow." All of the lines are perfect, and shouting random things from offstage is always funny. Great pixel art and animations, too.
@DustyStylus Yeah... I actually started on sound for them walking around, but had some awful bug with it repeating, sounded like grinding, and rather than spend a bunch of time fixing it, I just pulled sound out.
@lilinx Sorry to hear the transparency didn't work in the exe either... I was trying to do modulative blending with the spotlight, but ended up with some other hacky solution... which I guess doesn't work too well
@everyoneelse Thank you so much! I got off to a rough start with this, and it seems to have turned out rather well. Happy to have provided some entertainment, however brief :)
Wonderful, absolutely wonderful. Art, animation, mechanics... really loved it.
I wouldn't have stood a chance without your walkthrough but it combined well with the on stage cues that other characters were giving me. I see how this could have stood alone.
At a more meta level: I really like this interaction concept. Really owns the idea that the player is playing the authors story in a way that most games try to hide.
The idea is so funny. It works well as a toy, but sometimes it is a bit frustrating that it just ends (why not give only bad scores?) and - more bad - starts from all over. Anyway, I really like your entry! I love the walking animation :D
Amazing graphics. Really really amazing! :D I love this style. The game is a little confusing but that's ok! Add some sounds and cool voiceovers and clarify what the player has to do and this game will become just awesome.
I don't actually know how Hamlet goes, and I didn't notice the walkthrough, but I actually managed to get through it. Of course, a decent portion of my 25,000 notoriety came from shouting random things when I had a line. The graphics and dialogue are great.
I would love it if the game started in the dressing room, giving the player time to figure out how to move, move offscreen, and practice lines, and talk to people.
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(I'm assuming there was no sound - as opposed to an issue on my side?)
The animation is nice! I'd like to play more of this!
I think I'd kill myself before I could even hope to finish it, but that's most likely just because I don't know Hamlet (yet). I believe, I'll have to check when my local Shakespeare Company performs it.
I struggled a bit with the controls at first, but after working it out, it's fine.
Brilliant entry. Very original and the art is amazing. My only point against it would be that, without the tips or previous knowledge, it's very easy to get lost. Nonetheless, congratulations for one of the best entries I've played so far :)
Oh my God this game is amazing.
All of the lines are perfect, and shouting random things from offstage is always funny.
Great pixel art and animations, too.
@lilinx Sorry to hear the transparency didn't work in the exe either... I was trying to do modulative blending with the spotlight, but ended up with some other hacky solution... which I guess doesn't work too well
@everyoneelse Thank you so much! I got off to a rough start with this, and it seems to have turned out rather well. Happy to have provided some entertainment, however brief :)
This game is so much fun.
I wouldn't have stood a chance without your walkthrough but it combined well with the on stage cues that other characters were giving me. I see how this could have stood alone.
At a more meta level: I really like this interaction concept. Really owns the idea that the player is playing the authors story in a way that most games try to hide.
Cheers!
Shame that is too short, I want more! :D
The game is a little confusing but that's ok! Add some sounds and cool voiceovers and clarify what the player has to do and this game will become just awesome.
The art is really great too!