Oneitis

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.34
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.04
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.27
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.75
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.19
Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.22
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.95
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.55
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%
So to play it on Windows, execute Oneitis.exe

+++++Name : Oneitis
From urbandictionary, 'Oneitis is an unhealthy romantic obsession with a single person. Usually accompanied by un-reciprocated affection and completely unrealistic idealization of the said person.'

Story : The One is friend with you on Facelook, and you are desperately trying to exist for her. You're shy and won't communicate with her directly (*) but you can like update one your FL timeline... Try not afraid her !
Controls : Mouse
Sounds : None

Note : Please note the timeline update bottom to up, it's unusual I know...

(*) : Ok, this part is here to hide missing features :)

+++++Me
It's my first Ludum Dare, and the first time I make a game by myself.

Development : Pygame 1.9.1 with Python 2.5, because I'm more used to it.

+++++What's went right
My first update : http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2013/12/14/first-time-almost-one-day-left/
I fight procrastination hard, and relatively succeed !
I changed the story half-way and I'm glad I did it : my original idea was pretty lame.
I treated myself pretty well : no junk food (see my first update to see it) or overeating to compensate the creative frustration process.

+++++What's went wrong
I put the death of my screen the first morning to bad luck a bunch of hours lost.
Time estimation was totally off. I forced myself to forget about half of the features I originally listed... Then I had to cut that in half !

+++++Statistics during these 48 hours
Calories ingested : 2680
Coke Zero gulped : roughly 5 liters (~1.32 gallons)
Sleep : 9 hours

+++++Background
Video games soundtracks : FTL, Bastion, Streets of Rage, Super Meat Boy, We Love Katamari, Locoroco Cocorecho, Hotline Miami and Farcry Bloodragon.

+++++Special thanks
Leuhfan.

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Comments32

mmickymanauthor16 Dec 2013, 23:37
I'm currently struggling to make an executable...

I tried py2exe, cz_freeze, pyinstaller, upgraded and downgraded version of python/pygame, no luck...

Lot of executables give me that error : "pygame.error: Couldn't open facelook_background.png" and I couldn't make it through.

Somebody get an insight about that ?
leuhfahn17 Dec 2013, 09:34
ho shit! She is gone again!! I'm too creepy for her!
Warzone19 Dec 2013, 16:48
It's a good idea, but could use a little more work.
ChrisMingay
ChrisMingay19 Dec 2013, 18:43
I tried a few times and I'm too creepy as well :( Innovative idea, but I felt it was lacking some "game" feedback (that said, I think in the real world, the amount of feedback I got from this was probably realistic!)
tomc
tomc19 Dec 2013, 19:05
"We'll never be together"

"Please stop doing this. You're creeping me out."

I feel bad about enjoying this game xD
Techblogogy
Techblogogy20 Dec 2013, 15:20
Sorry dude, too much work to get the game running
mmickymanauthor22 Dec 2013, 00:39
Last update : Executable file created !
LordHellMaX
LordHellMaX22 Dec 2013, 01:14
Game is kinda hard, I'm not sure if I have to like her posts, or not, like other people posts.. Interesting idea.
archaeometrician
archaeometrician22 Dec 2013, 01:44
Congratulations on your first LD and on your first game. Great idea ! Can't seem to keep the girl :P
Noah Ratcliff
Noah Ratcliff22 Dec 2013, 02:50
This hits particularly hard as I keep getting "I don't feel the same way" which is pretty much my recent experience in dating.
remotesoftworks22 Dec 2013, 04:38
Not very clear as to what I'm supposed to be doing here - how do I not creep One out? I have just been liking all of her posts... should I not like all of them, only like certain posts, etc.? All in all an interesting concept, however the execution and fun-factor is severely lacking.
Nichii
Nichii22 Dec 2013, 13:44
I don't really understand how this works (maybe because I never socialize much on Facebook? XD), however, this is a pretty innovative idea and pretty humour on some of the posts XD
Zephyr Raine22 Dec 2013, 19:21
I had a look at the code, too bad there's no good ending!
Daveloper
Daveloper22 Dec 2013, 19:27
Interesting idea but it's hard to learn which actions were successful and which weren't making it feel like a slot machine.
gnargle
gnargle23 Dec 2013, 18:14
2 creepy 4 me
Pretty interesting game.
MaTX
MaTX23 Dec 2013, 21:07
Not very polished, but the concept behind it is very fun. Hope you can make a proper version of this game.
fullmontis
fullmontis23 Dec 2013, 22:00
Concept is interesting, hardly much gameplay to talk about but still it is good for a laugh :)
Xanjos23 Dec 2013, 23:12
Rather strange but interesting concept. Could do with some more polish but overall not bad for your first game.
JaymeeMak
JaymeeMak24 Dec 2013, 06:47
It's a pretty interesting take on the theme, but it could use some fleshing out with more gameplay options and variety, and some more audiovisual feedback wouldn't have gone amiss.
SamH
SamH24 Dec 2013, 16:26
Wow, a game for straight males. I needed more of these.
archaeometrician
archaeometrician24 Dec 2013, 21:48
Thank you very much for your review of my game ! You are the first one to give tips about one of my game, that's was really cool to read, I hope you had fun ! Thanks again for your game, it was a really good idea and it was a real pleasure to play it !
arcticleaf
arcticleaf26 Dec 2013, 09:43
made my day, haha nice
Nikteddy9226 Dec 2013, 13:52
Funny!
Nice work, but a little.. sad xD
eli
eli27 Dec 2013, 09:23
5/5 for mood. This is the best social media simulator I've ever tried. Very lonely and detached feeling.
ViliX27 Dec 2013, 10:40
Interesting idea:)
jimmypaulin
jimmypaulin27 Dec 2013, 17:49
A unique and quite creepy experience, I feel like I should cleanse myself somehow!! On the game side, it was difficult to know how I was progressing / what I was supposed to do / what (if any) effect my actions were having ... until the inevitable unfriending that was! Innovative but difficult to fathom
OnlySlightly28 Dec 2013, 00:11
Great use of theme! Awesome idea!
TheSheep
TheSheep28 Dec 2013, 19:23
import pygame._view
ImportError: No module named _view
You are not supposed to use the private parts of a library, as they may be platform-dependent.

Anyways, a very, very sad game, and makes me feel really bad. Good job!
Moosefly2 Jan 2014, 23:38
I don't think I understand The One. Maybe I should've taken the blue pill after all.

Interesting idea, but I didn't quite know how to appeal to her. I guess thats not much of a surprise considering the fact that I am rating Ludum Dare games at 1:37am... Sigh.
Jedi6 Jan 2014, 18:51
Awesome! Really innovative and funny! I would have liked a good ending but then again, you are just stalking this chick on facelook, haha.
kbake6 Jan 2014, 22:34
Interesting take on the theme! I had a hard time understanding if my actions had any effect other than creeping "One" out (I did pretty good at that!). Not sure if you intended there to be a mood or not, but I definitely felt lonely trying to communicate only through clicking "Like", so that was cool!
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