The Adventures of Darsh in Offscreenland

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.40
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.09
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.52
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.88
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.87
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.80
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.26
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★54%
Controls:

Click to move the master. Click on dialog for progress and choices.

About the game:

We thought it would be funny if, instead of an adventure game where you play as the hero who goes on to the save the world, you play as the hero's master who gives him advice. Where all the action and world-saving happens conveniently off-camera and we finally get a perspective of someone other than the hero. (Inspired by Ash's mom, perpetually waiting, patiently and very still)

The game kind of evolved over time, and we started a day late, but this is what we came up with. Hope this gives you a laugh!

Credits:

Art & Story by Mohamed Moustafa (http://mmoustafa.com/)
Programming by Omar Shehata (https://twitter.com/Omar4ur)

Comments26

frenzyasii9 Dec 2014, 02:36
wow great graphics and gameplay!
March9 Dec 2014, 04:32
The best story so far. The dialogues are brilliant.
stalker15869 Dec 2014, 06:25
cool text quest. Need some music, after some time it becomes boring...
Diventurer9 Dec 2014, 06:25
"And he never came back."
Hahaha, so good.
I love the humour in this game, well done.
Germanunkol9 Dec 2014, 06:32
Love the fact that the master hovers! :D
Well done, I had quite a laugh.
bofink9 Dec 2014, 06:33
Love the dialogues! :)
Krz9 Dec 2014, 19:02
I like the idea and art work of this game as it is silly and fun.
The writing is fantastic and I like the dynamic of a ninja and a peaceful monk.
Ace
Ace9 Dec 2014, 19:03
Nice use of the theme, having all action happen off-screen.

The game felt really short though.
Lo-X
Lo-X9 Dec 2014, 19:06
Nice concept and graphics. The game is really fun especially when you know your answer is wrong but you go for it anyway just to see what will happen :) The day/night effect is pretty cool as well.
Jaenis9 Dec 2014, 19:06
Great game! Some ambient music would do wonders for this master simulator! :)
The Walking Kiwi9 Dec 2014, 19:07
Just AWESOME. Man, I loved the game, I wish for it to be longer, though it was made in 3 days so it's understandable. Maybe continue developing it after LD?
Ithildin
Ithildin9 Dec 2014, 19:09
Hilarious writing, this is one of the funniest entries I've played so far. Congratulations!!
Maurogik
Maurogik9 Dec 2014, 19:11
Man this is great ! It beautiful and fun. Too bad there is no music...I had to listen to rebecca black's Friday instead... The end twist is brilliant !
Arkrothe9 Dec 2014, 19:13
It's quite funny, and the idea shows promise, but it felt a bit too shallow and short.
reheated9 Dec 2014, 19:31
Beautiful. Wish it was longer...
LegacyCrono9 Dec 2014, 22:34
I love the day-night transition! Funny and well written, well done =D
AinaSG
AinaSG9 Dec 2014, 22:38
Put wassabi in ketchup. never came back 10/10.
Geckoo1337
Geckoo13379 Dec 2014, 22:46
Cool text quest without storyline, but... neat ++
LukeZaz
LukeZaz9 Dec 2014, 22:46
Loved the dialogue. Great game!
RedPanda
RedPanda10 Dec 2014, 00:16
Super funny :D
LTyrosine
LTyrosine10 Dec 2014, 00:27
hahah cool game. I couldn't hold myself from moving master through introduction dialog between phrases to build a dramatic effect! About gameplay, sometimes get repetitive to do all over again and hope you choose the right path this time. Nice graphics but of course this game shines on humor. Good job!
theomg
theomg10 Dec 2014, 00:34
Really cool game and great writing. Loved the day night transition.
VLTRAUIOLET
VLTRAUIOLET12 Dec 2014, 16:02
Really cute, O!

Darsh came to me while I was doing my game but I had to tell him no :(
GFM
GFM14 Dec 2014, 00:33
It was funny at first, but then it got tiring when I was trying to see all possible "endings"...

But the correct run was funny. :)
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