Class Notes

by tellus
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.57
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.35
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.09
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.39
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★1.81
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.35
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.23
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★51%
Team:
Programming and eating: Patrick (tellus)
Programming, 2D art, and writing: Frederika (Effigy13)

You're stuck in class and it is so boring...

Your halfway through the year and Mr. Richards has confiscated almost everyone's phones!

You're determined to beat the system, so you're going to have to do it the old-fashioned way...by passing paper notes!

You've looked it up and there are so many ways to pull this off, but you've decided to leave the covert methods to others, you are going to launch them right at their intended recipient!

To keep the teacher from catching on, you need to pass them when he isn't looking, aim carefully to make sure they get to their intended destination, and get the others on board by passing interesting notes and not being a jerk.

Make sure to keep your popularity above 0.
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The 3D art are all from the Unity Asset Store or standard assets.

We weren't able to implement everything we wanted to, but we did have fun making this. Shoot the note by pressing down on the button to build up power, aim using the particles, then release the mouse button to shoot. Click through the dialog to see the notes.
Genres: simulation
Tools: Unity

Comments12

BubsyPoochies13 Dec 2016, 17:45
I laugh a lot with some paper notes, but the shoot system it's really hard. You should work more in that.
Somnium
Somnium18 Dec 2016, 06:59
Interesting concept, an innovative take on the theme :)

I loved the escalating dinosaur-drawing-competition. You should consider making a post-LD version, containing additional notes.

It seemed that I could not use the mouse to choose the selection in the dialog (no mouse pointer), so I had to use the arrow keys instead).

All in all, an interesting game :)
DOXM
DOXM18 Dec 2016, 08:45
It sucks.. I mean the school sucks, the game is funny.
Flaterectomy
Flaterectomy18 Dec 2016, 11:25
This is a pretty cool idea. With some more work and a relationship table with the other students, I can see the goal of taking someone to prom or something adding an extra layer to the game.

The controls for launching the paper were pretty hard. I could only tell my paper landed where I wanted it by looking at my popularity score.

The graphics were clearly really basic. I didn't mind, the main visual feature was the papers here, but if you do continue (I think there's potential in the concept) post-LD, it'll need work. Shame there was no sound.
james-gillespie
james-gillespie19 Dec 2016, 04:31
Really needs a mouse pointer, cool concept though
Alexander Kondyrev19 Dec 2016, 05:46
Good game! But it's hard to play because cursor is hidden! Please add improved graphics solution!
Steven Miller
Steven Miller19 Dec 2016, 08:29
Very relatable game. Not the passing notes part, but definitely the being super popular part.
TheMonsterFromTheDeep
TheMonsterFromTheDeep23 Dec 2016, 00:54
I really like the idea, but I couldn't really figure out how to play.

First, the graphics weren't very clear - I could never tell if the teacher was looking or not (or even if they ever did).

Also, I couldn't really figure out how to pass notes succesfully - At first I didn't even know there was a power meter. I think the UI could be much improved.

I also had issues with selecting what actions I should take.

I like how everything is hand-drawn. It's a nice touch.
Omiya Games
Omiya Games27 Dec 2016, 04:00
I like the text a lot, as well as the notes themselves. I'm not as certain the note-passing part works as well. I would have liked to see more reactions from other characters. Also, making the choices is made really hard by not being able to see your own cursor.
handoharken30 Dec 2016, 22:46
Love the concept and the notes! it was very difficult to aim for the correct student however, I suppose like real life? but if that mechanic was tweaked slightly to be more forgiving then you'd have an awesome game with lots of potential to it.
Jelinib1 Jan 2017, 07:16
Though there were still default Unity capsules in there, I felt the amusing notes balanced that out. :P

On my first try, I didn't really look around (and didn't notice that the guy beside me was lit up), so instead my first instinct was to throw the note to the blue guy because he stood out the most... And then I felt dumb, haha!

The concept is unique and simple, but I enjoyed opening up the notes, and before I knew it, class was over! Mission success. Nice job! :)
Jupiter_Hadley
Jupiter_Hadley20 Jan 2017, 16:52
Nice story, hard to pass notes though! I included it in my compilation video series of the Ludum Dare 37 games, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/hB0a6F4gCIk
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