Ludum Dare #37compo

Perfidious Albion

by ysty_archived

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.94

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.23

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.33

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.63

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.55

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.23

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.18

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★63%

A game about social anxiety, post offices and Britain. Controlled purely with the mouse, it is a game of navigating tedious conversations without being weird.

In order to finish a conversation you have to look at what the customer is saying (over their head) and try to pick the same thing.

Don't skip the epilogue.

Tools:
Unity
Visual Studio
GiMP
Blender
iFontMaker

Comments17

victorcrafty11 Dec 2016, 18:31

I like your graphic

Zarkonnen12 Dec 2016, 10:29

Yep, having spent nearly a decade of my life there, this is basically a distillation of modern Britain.

Pietdagamer12 Dec 2016, 10:35

IMO not really a super fun mechanic, but the setting and letters where hilarious :D

JK500012 Dec 2016, 10:40

I am weird!!!

batmagus12 Dec 2016, 10:41

Neat idea, it's not often you see a game about small-talk. Are the conversation topics completely random? I'd like to see a system to them to add an extra layer of strategy.

Potato & Taco12 Dec 2016, 10:50

I liked the idea, and it was fun to read all the letters.

SoKette12 Dec 2016, 11:11

I want to know the meaning of the secret message !

d3uced12 Dec 2016, 11:36

Me and a friend were joking about this same idea because he had to go to work soon after the conversation. this is a cool execution with the letters, nice work.

creativwhisper12 Dec 2016, 11:54

Great concept. I enjoyed the game. I don't know if the answer where completelly random, it will add some complexity and fun if you could predict the answer somehow and plan ahead. Really great work, congrats.

Dvorgaz12 Dec 2016, 12:06

The mechanic is a bit confusing, it's not clear which you should pick when you don't have the customers option.

HawkSandwich13 Dec 2016, 13:14

It's pretty nice overall. There's a nice balance of "Oh, quick, time to think!" and "Alright, time to calm down and read a letter". The graphics, although not amazing, all fit together and that's pretty important. This was a nice game that fit the theme nicely, good work :)

BlueTheLemon13 Dec 2016, 13:20

I'm panicking ! Why am I panicking ? This game's great !

KadaDev13 Dec 2016, 13:39

I am weird this game confirms.

Jupiter_Hadley16 Dec 2016, 17:18

Really interesting idea! 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/HllFgHUemY4

HuvaaKoodia18 Dec 2016, 10:47

The theme and writing are great. It starts subtle enough, for me at least.

The conversation mechanic isn't very interesting due to the excessive randomness. A system where my choice of topic guided their choice in some way could work. Learning about the world through the conversations would be more compelling than just reading the messages as well.

Jan Peter (jpdev)19 Dec 2016, 06:43

The letters rock :)

mrwillowb22 Dec 2016, 05:37

Nice style. I had fun.