Inner Demons

by voidqk
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.76
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.60
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.88
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.64
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.64
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.88
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★73%
What lies beneath the surface of a troubled boy..?

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Hint: There are two endings... one good, one bad...

Live-blog here: http://smashware.com/articles/2014/04/25/ludum-dare-29-live-blog

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Selected quotes:

"Epic story filled with romance and mystery that will keep you on the edge of your seat..."
- Jacob123 (http://jacob16682.itch.io/tiler)

"i'm knockin every one you bitches out
KING KONG AINT GOT NOTHIN ON ME"
- __blunck

"I totally would have used the car"
- ReactorScram

Comments31

WeaselZone28 Apr 2014, 22:55
I did not see that coming o.O Really great take on the theme, awesome music and interesting mechanics paired with a nice easily digestible story! Awesome game!
SoupWithBits
SoupWithBits28 Apr 2014, 23:03
Picked the yoyo on my #FirstTry :D Love the creativity!
adamwoolridge28 Apr 2014, 23:24
Nice! Love the different weapon mechanics.
Cosine28 Apr 2014, 23:28
Interesting game... I would have liked more options in the story part.
flashkick28 Apr 2014, 23:30
Great cutscenes and music. Nice use of point and click and action areas.
Jacksendary28 Apr 2014, 23:31
Not sure if this game benefited from those awesome paint graphics but I really loved it! the mace is very hard to control tho
bentog28 Apr 2014, 23:33
Awesome! The story is great, I like the gameplay variety, the music is also great! Solid entry!
bakpakin29 Apr 2014, 00:20
Oh my god I killed my dad!!!!!!
MSaul
MSaul29 Apr 2014, 06:09
Ahah the end is terrible. Greats mecanics overall. Good job !
Halbernacht30 Apr 2014, 06:05
Feels really good slamming my mace into a bunch of demons.
Wave Propagation30 Apr 2014, 09:01
This was a fun and innovative game. Well done! The only problem I had, was that I couldn't finish it, for some reason. But that's maybe just me.
SonnyBone
SonnyBone30 Apr 2014, 09:15
AAAAAAAAAAAAH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
This may be my favorite Ludum Dare game ever. I don't even know how to describe how amazing it is to me. It's just... perfect. I wish I could high five the fuck out of you right now. You should parade this through the streets and run for president.
Alex Rose
Alex Rose30 Apr 2014, 17:30
Don't know what the problem is. Hard mode was haaard though with the mace, I wasn't really sure how to activate red mode, but got through it nonetheless.

As soon as I saw the knife, I knew what was coming. It's nice that you added a "good" ending too.

Really nice animation, cool style, cool weapon range, cool story, great mood, audio was good, I feel like I've heard the instrument you used before, was it in Sytrus or something?

But yeah, great entry, thanks to SonnyBone for the recommendation.
Garrett Hoofman30 Apr 2014, 22:41
This was really cool, neat game mechanic, and an interesting take on the theme.
voidqk
voidqkauthor30 Apr 2014, 23:45
@Alex, yes, that's Sytrus :-), and Slayer for the bass. I think I used Harmour too, but I can't remember.

Thanks for the feedback everyone!
drnick1 May 2014, 00:26
Great job!

Your game had very very good storytelling. The ending particularly was surprising.

The music is good too, the main music fits the fighting well, and the ending theme reminds me of House's opening song for some reason.

The gameplay was fun and varied, which I always like in games, specially LD entries, even though I didn't know how to make the mace red.

I saw the source code and your custom language, and it's really awesome! You never expect such technical geniality in a LD game, specially with all those easy peasy engines people like to use in LD.
jtpup01 May 2014, 00:35
That was awesome!, the mace was difficult to sue at first but once I learned it those demons couldn't stand a chance.
theholychicken1 May 2014, 01:44
Absolutely loved it!
Such great thought put into this, and the ending is just amazing and heartwarming.
Really enjoyed playing! Nice work!
javifugitivo
javifugitivo2 May 2014, 00:24
Great concept! I like the imagination of this boy!
hanoth2 May 2014, 00:48
This is really great. The storytelling is perfect.
Brian Stegmann2 May 2014, 00:56
The concept of picking a toy to be imagined as a weapon was really cool. It wouldn't have been feasible during the competition but it would be neat if you had choices and each weapon had a different strategy to use. Nice twist on the two endings.
LemmingSurvivor2 May 2014, 00:57
Letting her son sleep with a kitchen knife. What.

Fun game. Reminds me of Samurai Slice. And good trap!
Loneshark2 May 2014, 01:00
The knife was kind of a give-away, but it was a pretty cool interactive narrative.

I played normal mode in Firefox and then Hard mode in Chrome. I could see no difference if that is of any help.
Loneshark2 May 2014, 01:02
The knife was kind of a give-away, but it was a pretty cool interactive narrative.

I played normal mode in Firefox and then hard mode in Chrome. I could see no difference myself, so I would say you can play in Firefox as well.
Maschinen-Mensch3 May 2014, 01:16
I saw both endings. The bad one is reaaaaally bad. Liked how you did three different mini games and tied them together with a nice narrative. Only thing I disliked were the buttons in text boxes. Why not just allow to click anywhere?
v3games3 May 2014, 19:38
Awesome game. I didn't see the twist coming. Everything came together nicely to make a good short experience. The only gameplay issue I have is that the ball and chain didn't work as expected and took a bit to learn. But well done overall.
Managore
Managore9 May 2014, 02:22
This is fantastic! The moment I saw the knife on the table I started getting really concerned. Overall, very well done!
lekochen
lekochen10 May 2014, 03:14
Spotted your avatar on the comments area of someone's entry so come to say hi :) I like how you connect a thought-provoking story with various mini games. Well done!
rincewind_cz19 May 2014, 23:58
Gameplay is bit flat, but the intro really got me! Interesting art style and concept too. Music becomes repetitive too fast, but it's not too annoying. Really good job on the humorous side :-)

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