Death's Masquerade

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.40
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.14
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.85
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.77
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.32
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.47
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.48
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.88
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%
Little game where you're tasked by Death to choose one person at a party to kill in order to save everyone else. The way you do this is that you get to know each person and try and find out what they're really like *beneath the surface* (woaaaah). This will then inform you on what decision you want to make.

It's a bit thrown together, but I'm happy with it being the product of my first Ludum Dare :).
I think I've stomped most of the bugs, but we shall see won't we.
Have fun!

EDIT: Right okay so with people actually *playing* my game it's come to light that there's loads of bugs. Unfortunately the code in its current state is not great for debugging so I've called it a night and I'll leave it as is.

I'll say it's a feature, you've got to tip toe around the bugs to discover the game beneath the surface. There, genius. Go play. Have fun.

If you manage to get a working playthrough (Good luck) down then I'd love to hear what you thought.

Comments20

SFBTom
SFBTom28 Apr 2014, 03:25
Great concept, the movement could be faster and the text larger, but I enjoyed reading every bit of it!
BallpointPress28 Apr 2014, 03:27
Great idea. How do I get to kill Celes? She's got to go!!
Liens
Liens28 Apr 2014, 04:17
Sadly I did not make it to the point where I chose a person
IAmSpencer28 Apr 2014, 04:18
I like the potential in this, really having to learn about people and who they really are. However, maybe I'm just dumb, but I can't seem to kill anyone.
mrexcessive28 Apr 2014, 05:35
Hi. I liked the idea, but after talking with everyone and getting a drink could not seem to get any further. I went round again and they all seemed stuck in the same bit of conversation...
PaperBlurt
PaperBlurt28 Apr 2014, 07:13
Some bugs but I rate it high when it comes to innovation.

Good job!
Kara Jayde28 Apr 2014, 12:07
Really loved this! Had a friend that played with a similar concept in college. I played through every story, my fav. was probably Enya. The only obvious choice seems to be the brony, haha ;)
porousnapkin28 Apr 2014, 13:18
This is cool! I got through the game and the ending is hard to deal with (didn't feel comfortable choosing anyone). It's great that you were able to build that emotion. I only experienced one bug and it was not game breaking.
HartLaboratories28 Apr 2014, 20:46
Could not figure out how to get it to do anything besides move around?
lamphj
lamphj28 Apr 2014, 20:48
Neat concept, no bugs for me at all. Text could be larger but overall a very creative game.
Oddly Shaped Pixels
Oddly Shaped Pixels28 Apr 2014, 20:51
I really like the idea but I couldn't designate anybody to kill. I'm on Chrome on MacOS, maybe it's a bug?
aaronjbaptiste
aaronjbaptiste28 Apr 2014, 22:05
Everythings really well done - audio, graphics, theme, mood. However I wasn't able to choose anybody. Still, great work!
quickfingers
quickfingers28 Apr 2014, 22:08
Great idea, I too did encounter some bugs, but I really started to get into the characters, with more polish and expansion there's definitely something here
FuzzyWuzzie29 Apr 2014, 01:17
Neat concept, I would like to see it developed more!
Techblogogy
Techblogogy29 Apr 2014, 08:18
Can't read, but everything else is great
mollymus29 Apr 2014, 12:13
Having the same trouble as described in some other comments, after I got that drink I couldn't do much! Enjoyed the dialog while it lasted though!
Thorig
Thorig1 May 2014, 09:22
Good game for your first Ludum Dare.
Teesquared
Teesquared11 May 2014, 18:35
Nice take on the theme. Music fits well.
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