Ludum Dare #35compo

Reptile Politik

by aegypticus

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.86

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.81

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.63

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.34

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.37

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.54

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.13

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★62%

Hey! This is my first Ludum Dare and my first completed game. I only had the daylight of Sunday to really work on this, so therefore the audio and finer details suffered. Nevertheless, I hope that you all enjoy my game!

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Reptile Politik is a game in which you play a politician who is holding a press conference. But, you are no politician at all! You are a reptilian overlord who is trying to steer the globe towards a New World Order.

You're new to this, so, you are constantly making mistakes that make the crowd suspicious of your reptilian heritage. See how high of a score you can get before you inevitably reveal your true identity!

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Instructions:

Lettered tiles will appear for a few seconds, hit the corresponding key before it moves away, otherwise people will become suspicious of you!

Controls:

English Alphabet on a qwerty keyboard. (I'm not sure if it works on non-standard english keyboards)

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Good Luck and have fun! Please give me feedback! It's all appreciated. Also, congrats to everyone who managed to make an entry.

My high score is 69 as of right now. Please post your high score too!

Comments31

XAND18 Apr 2016, 02:19

Hey, another Love2D Programmer! I made mine in Love2d. :)

Cute little game. Took me a sec to figure out what was going on, but I mean that literally - just a sec. Good job. :)

Brice18 Apr 2016, 02:24

Congrats on finishing your first ludum dare! I loved the concept, very funny. Really difficult to hit the keys in time! I thought I was a fast typer. :-)

srakowski18 Apr 2016, 02:43

Wowsers, that is incredibly difficult! Nice concept, great job :-)

Syldarion18 Apr 2016, 02:53

The A and the R look pretty close for such a fast-paced game

iendsl18 Apr 2016, 03:34

I had a hard time hitting the keys but I love the sound design, very simple but effective. Not sure if there was a penalty for mashing the wrong keys, it didn't seem like there was. Great art and fun for a quick go.

biscuitdough18 Apr 2016, 03:34

very hard, found the best strategy was just to mash all the keys on the keyboard haha.

ougrouk18 Apr 2016, 03:34

Gratz with your first LD, I am on the same boat.
I find your game nicely drawn and the idea good but it's very very hard.

candlesan18 Apr 2016, 03:37

Great story! :) I like the concept a lot. Wish you had more time than a single day so there'd be more to play! :)

Crimson71318 Apr 2016, 04:28

Nice game! I'm too slow for it. but I really liked the art and theme!

panurge18 Apr 2016, 15:26

I'm too embarrassed to post my high score but let's just say I barely hit double figures. :)

This is a smart, fun little game with a nice take on the theme. I really enjoyed playing!

vini6018 Apr 2016, 16:34

Very hard lol, but I like style. Falls a bit off the theme though. Great job anyway.

Reallysketchy18 Apr 2016, 20:05

Extremely hard, but I like the concept and the art. Great job!

Cowa18 Apr 2016, 20:27

That's pretty harder on a non-qwerty keyboard (azerty here!). I like those pixels though :)

aegypticusauthor18 Apr 2016, 20:50

Cowa, glad to know it works on non-qwerty keyboards!

tomlum19 Apr 2016, 01:06

Wonderful concept, and the art has great character (Also you pointed out my game not running and it is fixed now, I'd for you to give it a second try!) Also props to being another Max Löve dev like myself : )

silkworm_sweatshop19 Apr 2016, 01:07

Haha, interesting take on the theme. David Icke approves!

tomlum19 Apr 2016, 01:07

mac*

gurkenlabs19 Apr 2016, 02:15

Cool concept but it seems like I'm way to slow of a typer to play that game :)

glaze_9619 Apr 2016, 11:39

So difficult!
Only got a highscore of 6..

Nice game =)

Allthebees19 Apr 2016, 15:26

This was really fun as well as funny, and had just the right amount of challenge despite the simple concept. Great work!

sndr19 Apr 2016, 17:06

I enjoyed this! I loved the mechanic (maybe a little bit too fast at the beginning? It could work if it started slower and got faster), the artstyle and the reptilian politician setting. :)

TheMeorch21 Apr 2016, 05:08

Nice work, and congrats on your first Ludum Dare! I really like the artwork, and it was really funny watching the character slowly turn into a lizard (though I had to focus on the letters).

Deconstructeam21 Apr 2016, 13:55

Nice idea, but too fast for me! :)

erikkire21 Apr 2016, 18:26

I must be getting old, too fast for me...

rjhelms22 Apr 2016, 04:26

Aww yiss, 112 points! I knew my touch-typing skills would come in handy one day. 10/10 would enslave humanity to serve reptile-kind again.

Best political simulator of 2016!

TheMightyTeam22 Apr 2016, 06:27

Simple concept. Good idea.

Feng22 Apr 2016, 12:36

Very good game, I've got a high-score of 7 and nearly smashed my keyboard. I love the pixel-art and the details of mutating progress :)

tmpxyz22 Apr 2016, 14:43

Good pixel art, hope there's more gameplay include.

Freank24 Apr 2016, 09:54

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

aegypticusauthor25 Apr 2016, 17:54

@Freank I'm awaiting confirmation, I'll upload my game today, hopefully. Where will your video be uploaded?

pixelpotions28 Apr 2016, 16:34

Fun game, could potentially be very addictive! Good job!
Highscore is 49 right now.