We Don't Know How to Approach You

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.79
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.85
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.94
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.81
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.74
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.72
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.55
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.03
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★64%
Hey. I'm pretty new to programming, starting with Lua two or three weeks ago. So, this is mostly a learning thing for me.

You are an alien visiting earth. You have to choose the right form and opening line to get the locals to accept you and offer you fruit.

Most likely they will sends waves of bleu cheese and dates at you.

Select form/words with the mouse.

Use WASD/Arrow keys to move, z/space to 'shoot'.

R to return to the dubiously titled character select thing, ESC to exit.

Soon I'll figure out how to pause the 'music'.

Made with Love2D v. 0.10.1, Famitracker for the noises, and GIMP. Source in the .love.

UPDATE: I fixed the Win 32, otherwise you can get Löve here: https://love2d.org/

Comments23

fizzhog18 Apr 2016, 16:52
Can't run it. Win32. Missing love.dll. Need to include it with your game or at least tell people where to find it. Like the images :)
Drusilla
Drusillaauthor18 Apr 2016, 20:36
Thanks for letting me know!
Ovidios
Ovidios18 Apr 2016, 20:42
A very surreal experience... Thus judging art and music's kinda hard. One thing though, you forgot to disable the console! ^^
kivlor
kivlor18 Apr 2016, 22:10
wasn't able to run the os x version :(
TheSambassador18 Apr 2016, 22:39
The x64 version didn't seem to work at all (it just said "No Game") until I also downloaded the .love file and put it in the same directory.

The "locals" seem to just spew an endless spray of bullets that eventually are undodgable. I did a Cow+moo and "beat" the game I guess, but there wasn't really anything that really made sense to me?
Aaranos
Aaranos18 Apr 2016, 23:34
The locals seem to be amazed at the flying cow.
Baknik19 Apr 2016, 00:13
I'm not sure how to play. I selected my character and word, but died instantly every time. Am I doing something wrong?
rantt
rantt19 Apr 2016, 00:27
Different, but I liked it. Nicely done
nihilaleph19 Apr 2016, 00:42
That was strangely funny.... kkk I would like to point out only that the graphics are a bit inconsistent, the locals are waay too pixalated compared to other assets.

Great entry!
bobismijnnaam
bobismijnnaam19 Apr 2016, 21:44
Hahaha, wow! This game is great :D The graphics are simple but very coherent and you immediately understand what they mean and what the implications are. The controls are simple but effective, and you surely have a nice sense of humour. Keep it up and make an even better game next time! :D Be sure to include a "pause music" button though :)
Reis Mahnic19 Apr 2016, 21:44
Certainly unique! I had fun with it, even if it took a couple restarts to understand what my character and 'word' was affecting. Fun concept that would be cool to expand on!
glitchu20 Apr 2016, 00:05
What an interesting take on an interesting question. I enjoyed the outcome and the different possibilities
Lady Beardo20 Apr 2016, 01:33
I love everything about this one. The music, the characters, the outcomes, the jackfruit. So good!
Drusilla
Drusillaauthor20 Apr 2016, 03:07
Thank you all for the advice and wonderful compliments! This has been a great experience for me.
Ampera20 Apr 2016, 03:11
Neat.
josefnpat
josefnpat21 Apr 2016, 07:50
Yaaay! I did it! The fruit is life. Life is fruit. Moo, pew pew, obey.
cptalbertwesker23 Apr 2016, 17:59
Moo!

I wanted to be a harmonious snail alien but Earth just wouldn't have me :(
CAT_IN_THE_DARK_WOOD26 Apr 2016, 03:35
[offtopic] Such unreadable color scheme on downloads page [/offtopic]
Linux version seems not to work, may be because of lack of resources. But windows one works fine. I like the mechanics of choosing different forms and words before reveal yourself to people and see their reaction. Nice and simple idea, perfectly fits for theme.
notime4games
notime4games7 May 2016, 16:01
Well, that was different! :)
Managed to both win and to kill everybody, which gave me the curse of being followed by deadly flying potatoes for the rest of my days apparantly! Fun fact: Had 0.5 hp left
danielilett8 May 2016, 13:03
What did I just play :p
I liked the idea - it's certainly different! I seemed to just get eradicated with a hailstorm of cheese with most combinations. Maybe one day I will find love.

Also, as someone else has said, the downloads page could do with a different colour scheme, but that's not part of the game so it's fine. I'd like to see how you could expand on this. Good job, especially if you haven't been programming for long!
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