Doug's Existential Potato Paradox

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.35
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.35
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.60
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.38
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.48
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.15
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.85
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.09
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★52%
This game is a Visual novel about a young man becoming a potato. Doug is a 19 year old man working at Potato Palace.
Some strange occurrences started happening to Doug. Now he is turning into a potato. Time is short, you must find Doug a suitable fate.
Can you make Doug stand the test of time? Doug can go skydiving or rob a bank. Find all potato related endings.

Controls
Press enter to start
Press enter to continue
Use the arrow keys to navigate dialogue options.

Comments15

Marc F.19 Apr 2016, 03:18
Actually really liked it. Seems simple on the surface, but thematizes on the "shapeshifting" nature of disease and how to deal with that (I think, anyways). Really liked the music, too!
Recursiveanomaly19 Apr 2016, 03:18
The art has a lot of character. I was hoping for a surrealist journey, but it ended up being mostly random and not as funny as the premise. I did appreciate the David Bowie reference.
Exolun19 Apr 2016, 03:19
Entertaining! Good work!
BrainSlugs83
BrainSlugs8319 Apr 2016, 03:24
That was awesome. I have to admit I'm a little bit biased (team potato), but my favorite ending was the one where you become the potato king. :-)
pixelgriffin
pixelgriffin19 Apr 2016, 04:42
This was seriously funny haha, "I have urges to bury myself in the dirt."
dcolgan19 Apr 2016, 04:46
Great, funny a real stoner movie of a computer game. I like these kinds of things a lot, but I would also like to see more real gameplay. I will still rate well though.
GrooveMan
GrooveMan20 Apr 2016, 07:36
Both the art style and the writing reminds me a lot of 90s MTV cartoons, and I very much appreciate that.
mayank.technical20 Apr 2016, 18:55
Good Time pass fun game.The concept wise its good specially the music
Rulrite
Rulrite21 Apr 2016, 18:39
An original interpretation of the theme, to say the least! You guys did an awesome job, especially with so many backgrounds and branching pathways... story/text-based games are a lot of work when you're under a strict time limit. The music was excellent, too, ranging from light-hearted and fun to downright creepy at times.
Freank23 Apr 2016, 07:22
Hi, nice game ! We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #35.
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description
jk5000
jk500025 Apr 2016, 14:50
This is really super wierd. Well done.
The Walking Kiwi28 Apr 2016, 18:52
Got four different endings before I quit, but I might go back for more... Really funny art and dialog.
medidog28 Apr 2016, 18:59
A game with multiple endings! Really liked different outcomes, especially SPOILER ALERT baked one :D
CaptainPilot
CaptainPilot2 May 2016, 12:04
Excellent game :) Think I played enough to get 8 different endings, the music is sweet, and the humour right up my street!
I wanted an option to make all the text appear at once, but I understand why you wanted to make it quick to skip through! The fact it has a delay on the options so you don't just accidentally pick one is a really nice touch :)

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