Lalao

by ysty
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.61
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.92
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.67
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.32
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.73
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.15
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.92
*The downloadable versions have a few extra nice sound effects, but the web version still plays very well.*

Web version + Downloads/Source here: ysty.itch.io/lalao

Direct Downloads: WindowsMacLinux

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Lalao is a short story about small worlds and the smaller people who dwell on them. It is controlled with keyboard and mouse.

Made with:


* Unity
* GiMP
* Audacity
* iFontMaker
* Probably other things I've forgotten about.

Comments31

jackyjjc
jackyjjc1 May 2017, 11:08
This is a really cool game, even though it is more of a interactive novel than a game. The story is intriguing and you did a fantastic job narrating it. The graphics looks really awesome especially the red flowing effect around lalao when its pieces falling off. The sound effect was on the point when clicking the pieces.

I really love the whole experience, it is like opening a magical story book and the story become interactive. I would like to see more narratives when the pieces falling off faster and faster. One other improvement would be have ambient background music.

With that said, this already becomes one of my favorite game in this LD. Very well done!
Khorm1 May 2017, 12:16
This was great, altho I would mostly describe it as a interactive story or something? rather than a game. Great graphics and overall feeling.
binaryferret
binaryferret1 May 2017, 13:20
A lovely story, no matter what you do you can't save the littlist of the planet. Awwww.

I liked the little twist and open animation you had for the planets, it was a nice touch. Graphics were lovely and matched the style.

"Hey look a Russell's Teapot!" Nice little reference there! :P

Good job, I enjoyed the story you provided :D
MartensCedric
MartensCedric2 May 2017, 00:03
Why that was really cool, I'm not sure if it is actually a game since I died right at the start not knowing really what I had to do, but I really enjoyed the voice and the story. The graphics are really nice! Very good work!
kantieno
kantieno2 May 2017, 07:47
The narration was really nice, it had a nice dry humor! The art and effects work well as well. The main thing I would suggest is either make the game part a little more game-y by adding something like a score tracker or slightly more mechanics so that it stays engaging or make the difficulty ramp up faster so that the story progresses quicker without having to resign yourself to defeat after a while.

Overall I really enjoyed it though. Good job!
FailedStarfish6 May 2017, 12:12
Really loved the narration and story and the graphics were well suited to the game. Gameplay was a bit short but I really enjoyed the unusual story. Good job.
OfficialCodeNMore7 May 2017, 23:09
I love how the look of this game is similar to mine, and you used your voice acting in a much different way than mine as well! Overall, the story wen't very well beginning to end! Simple, yet well-polished, gameplay was quite neat. Well done, I loved it!
BlackRose7 May 2017, 23:33
Its a great point the voice that read the story. The idea is really good, the game is entretaining, and the graphics are good. Maybe put an indicator of life of the planets or something like that will be great ^^
Dink_Dunk10 May 2017, 19:31
That was a really entertaining entry! You have a great narration voice I have to say.

GOOD


-Story telling and the overall feel was great!

-Audio wasn't cringy unlike some other Jam games

-The pacing was great

IMPROVEMENTS


-The game felt more like an experience, it would have been great if I played as the next small world, then the next!

-More of an experience than a game per-se, not all bad but I was expecting something like a click counter

-Sometimes the particles were hard to click on, maybe it's just me being bad!!!
Neon
Neon13 May 2017, 14:21
A very nice experience. Still not sure if I experienced it all though, the end was very ambiguous on it being the end.
PietPtr14 May 2017, 14:44
Not a very interactive game, but it was a nicely written experience.
Spinaljack
Spinaljack14 May 2017, 14:56
Nice game and nice narration.
Headmade14 May 2017, 15:01
This was very well done. I love the voice over and the story, I did not expect the inner planet to have an inner planet too.

The graphics worked well and the sounds were very fitting.

My main critique is that the game can not be won. Maybe I was doing too good a job but the game ended because I gave up, not because I was overwhelmed. I think I could have kept the world going for how ever long I wanted.
k8n
k8n14 May 2017, 15:22
Story is touching and fun at the same time. Game is short but looks finished to me. Good job!
Sputnik3D14 May 2017, 15:28
Very well made, great story! Not much substance as far as the "game" goes, but still a good package over all.
s-ol
s-ol14 May 2017, 15:54
This was really cool, I loved the voice acting and story.

It would've been cool to have a bit more gameplay to get into the mood, but I think most of the time went into the other assets and paid off well there.

Near flawless execution IMO :slight_smile:
impbox
impbox14 May 2017, 15:54
Voice and story were nice and graphics worked well, gameplay kinda meh, might be better to just not have any and just make it a story you observe.
canochaba
canochaba14 May 2017, 15:55
An interesting experience, nice narrative and idea. I would have liked to have interacted more with the environment but I don't see it as essential, since the game connects very well with the player.

Great work!
Iluvatar
Iluvatar14 May 2017, 16:02
The narration is awesome. I always prefer great story before fun gameplay, and this was really cool. One of my favourites. Good job.
MHGameWork14 May 2017, 16:11
A story game! Great story! Good that you mentioned there to be a single ending otherwise i wouldve been thoroughly annoyed at clicking the fragments :)

The game is good, it has immersion, nice story, bit of interactivity. Albeit very sort i found it worth my time.

I only missed a bit of background music, that wouldve finished it for me.

Great entry!
silkworm_sweatshop
silkworm_sweatshop14 May 2017, 16:26
Always nice to see some narrative games. Would be interesting to see this expanded on. Maybe a couple more mini games and the story could develop in different ways depending on how well you do at them. The "going deeper" aspect could be interesting as well starting from the outside and then progressively moving on to smaller worlds inside.
omarshehata
omarshehata14 May 2017, 16:27
I gave this a 5/5 on mood. I love the atmosphere and the story and the narration and the style and everything! I actually wish there was more to it and would definitely play a longer version. I definitely wasn't expecting the earth to crack open..or there to be another layer on top.

It really got me curious about the creature at the very bottom, hearing more of its story. You did succeed in creating empathy for it for me.

One small point of feedback, I know there was no way to "win" saving the planet, but I think making it even more challenging would be better. As it is, I gave up because I got bored and was curious what would happen, not because it felt like I couldn't do it. I think slowly ramping up the difficulty if the player takes too long to finish that part could help.
NightShadow0
NightShadow014 May 2017, 16:56
This is great! Such a rich and intriguing backstory, and voice acted no less, really well done. I wish the gameplay's difficulty had ramped up quicker, because i actively had to give up trying after a while just to see what would happen, and some faster guidance to the inevitable end wouldn't have broken the flow of the story so much. Really well done though, i'd like to see the story continued.
Psilon14 May 2017, 16:59
Great story, and fully voiced cutscenes. :) The graphics are good too.
ketchupcoke14 May 2017, 17:14
Nice graphics, although the web version has some rendering issues with the planets for me, and great voice narration. Would have liked the world(s) and narrative to be expanded upon and investigated deeper, as well as some more interactivity, however.

Overall definitely an intriguing idea that I could see being built upon with more time!
conk
conk14 May 2017, 18:28
Awesome :grin: Love the art stlye, the story, game-play... I think I liked it all, really solid game all around! Best interpretation of the themes I've seen so far! I need a few more votes too, cheers!
CoderDozer
CoderDozer14 May 2017, 19:09
Kudos for trying something different, nice story telling.
Flo M14 May 2017, 19:15
Nice and relaxing with a hint of sadness. That moment of realisation as you start losing shards that here's nothing you can do works well.
Laaph14 May 2017, 20:45
This is beautiful, the voice acting is amazingly well done, all around very well done.

Edited to add: first game I've given top score to audio in this LD!

Second edit: web version didn't work for me?
ragnta14 May 2017, 21:20
The story is nice, but it's not too interactive game.
orquigames
orquigames14 May 2017, 21:24
Good game! Very good way to tell a story

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