Day by Day

by ruka
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.95
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.97
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.33
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.60
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.55
Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.34
Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.45
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★62%
Thousand of men are enlisted to the great war. This is not a story about them, this is a story about those who are waiting for their return.

Gameplay:
arrow to move
space to bark
e to interact
s to sleep

Comments30

blohod15 Dec 2015, 02:09
A very emotional experience, how did you make this in only 72 hours?
Charging Llama15 Dec 2015, 02:17
Couldn't find any food even though the food thought bubble was popping up, and couldn't sleep at any of the dog houses, are those options in the game? Art syle is great, loving it!
Maxi and The Gangauthor15 Dec 2015, 02:21
@blohod with lots of people and few hours of sleep :D

And yeah, we also use some of our old code and animation for starting. It helps reduce our workload a little I guess.

@Charging Llama

Take it slow and interact with things! Bubble is there for showing what he wants, not-
SidewalkSleeper
SidewalkSleeper15 Dec 2015, 07:59
Amazing graphics, especially considering the time restraints. A very worthwhile experience overall.
thelasthour
thelasthour15 Dec 2015, 09:09
This game is beautiful but very buggy. I was blown away by the visuals and how much I could feel the dog's emotions. The constant bugs really drew me out of the experience though. Probably a bit too ambitious for 72 hours. Amazing job though!
Maxi and The Gangauthor15 Dec 2015, 09:16
thanks guys!

@thelasthour

what kind of bugs do you experienced? we need a lot of feedback because we need to polish this more :o
thebrickanator
thebrickanator15 Dec 2015, 09:26
awesome and beautiful story telling ;) I enjoyed it very much.
NuvlearGames15 Dec 2015, 09:42
Very well done, I absolutely love the art and music. I didn't finish it because I was scared of what may happen.
But if you guys work on it after the jam i would look into picking it up
NirabazGAMES
NirabazGAMES15 Dec 2015, 10:49
Nice art and good idea ,we need web version:)
gogo19943215 Dec 2015, 11:01
A very emotional game! It's amazing what you guys made in just 3 days!
Modoc73
Modoc7315 Dec 2015, 11:45
Beautiful. At first I thought it was a cut scene, and then I began to move. Great. Lovely audio too.
roninfight15 Dec 2015, 12:26
Beautiful environment and very cute dog animation. However I got stuck pretty quickly after helping the boy and playing ball with the girl. I'm unsure what I was supposed to do after that.

All in all, a very pretty game. A bit confused by the mechanics.
Bastionride15 Dec 2015, 12:52
Interesting, but sometimes it's soooo slow.
P.S.I think that the mountains have to move more slowly than the first layer.
mortus
mortus15 Dec 2015, 21:25
Beautiful experience and great work! But have you ever seen a real dog in your lives? :D Their legs don't bend like that. At all!
wilsk15 Dec 2015, 21:46
A great looking game.

I got stuck on the third day, ate the two chicken legs on the ground and then tried to interact with everything else in the level but couldn't find any more food.
Eldraev
Eldraev15 Dec 2015, 22:30
This almost had me crying. The atmosphere is amazing. I can't really rate it on fun though because its just heartbreaking. Definitely the most emotional game.
Maxi and The Gangauthor16 Dec 2015, 05:48
thanks all!

@NuvlearGames yup, we're gonna polish it and release it. most likely on gamejolt.

@roninfight did you try asking for food?

that ambiguous "player-stuck-don't-know-what-to-do" is what we definitely need to practice.. it's kinda hard to tell what the player should do without handholding a lot :/

@Bastionride noted! I agree that we need to polish the parallax more.

@mortus ahaha, it's the animator's first time to animate an animal, especially a dog. lots of confusion when we did that :D

@wilsk did you try biting someone?

@Eldraev agree! I personally didn't want to enter that category but the team said why not, just for seeing what you guys think!
MrAmlice17 Dec 2015, 04:45
Very polished for jam! I'm personally not into story driven games, but I must say I almost shed a tear here. Almost! Great Job!
holgk17 Dec 2015, 16:18
Nice graphics.
psychomonster
psychomonster17 Dec 2015, 16:19
Hey sorry guys, I couldn't play it to the end. I love this game. It was so full of emotions... but the day where it began to snow I lefgt the game... It remembers me to much of my old dog as I was young. +1 emotional depth... Maybe this is one of the best games I've played so far.
DevDad17 Dec 2015, 21:34
Nice game concept.You could build a game from here.Just avoid to cover game area with big elements in front layer.Also some guidance in the game were confusing...at one point I thought the dog is sleepwalker:)
hiki911
hiki91118 Dec 2015, 20:14
nice atmospere and story
Bacontree
Bacontree28 Dec 2015, 11:32
I really like games that tell stories like this. The art style, music and slow paced gameplay comes toghether and creates an incredible mood. This is one of my favorites.
scorched
scorched28 Dec 2015, 16:37
Encouraging beautiful world, but can't understand what to eat here!
randomhuman
randomhuman3 Jan 2016, 12:34
Beautiful game - I love the sense of depth that the environment has. However, I can't find a way to progress beyond the second day. I've barked at everybody and pressed E on everybody, but it just won't let me sleep.
Tapehead
Tapehead4 Jan 2016, 20:31
very atmospheric!! well done!
hack9r14 Mar 2016, 20:25
Can you say name of song in this game?Game and music is fully incredible!I was crying for hour...

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