
Ludum Dare #40compo
Objectification

It's a problem every man knows. The more girlfriends you have, the harder it gets to keep them apart.
On his deathbed, Heff Hughner implores his son, Heff Hughner Jr., with an incredibly important mission: Getting no less than five girlfriends at the same time!
(__Please do not attempt this, or anything even remotely resembling this, in real life.__)
Note:
All photographs were taken during the Ludum Dare, and the explosion was generated with Cliff Harris' explosion generator.

Comments18


CaptainDreamcast4 Dec 2017, 05:35
Thanks for the nice words!
Girlfriends are shuffled randomly. Each of the five girls has 6 different dialogues (Originally it was supposed to be 10 girls and 10 pieces of dialogue each, but that didn't work out time-wise).
Don't tell the aggy daggy bully crew, but I'm an enginedev. I have an engine that builds Dreamcast, Windows and HTML5 games using the same code. It uses C, SDL2, Emscripten and the KallistiOS Dreamcast homebrew library though, so it's not completely from the ground up.
Girlfriends are shuffled randomly. Each of the five girls has 6 different dialogues (Originally it was supposed to be 10 girls and 10 pieces of dialogue each, but that didn't work out time-wise).
Don't tell the aggy daggy bully crew, but I'm an enginedev. I have an engine that builds Dreamcast, Windows and HTML5 games using the same code. It uses C, SDL2, Emscripten and the KallistiOS Dreamcast homebrew library though, so it's not completely from the ground up.
Mik34 Dec 2017, 10:51
My memory is pretty shit, so I guess that made me a bad boyfriend. Guess I'm not getting any hot umbrella action tonight. It was definitely an interesting spin on the LD theme though.

sbarrio4 Dec 2017, 11:10
I loved this game, the writing and depictions of each different girlfriend are hilarious. Also, the fact that you released this on Dreamcast as well is amazing. Kudos to you!
P.S- Rihanna FTW!
P.S- Rihanna FTW!

Noa Calice4 Dec 2017, 12:28
Quite an interseting game ! The photo like art was also curious !

thiagofr4 Dec 2017, 12:47
Good idea and graphics. A little back music would be nice though. And man, a dreamcast build?! Awesome! xD

SilvervaleGames4 Dec 2017, 14:26
The dialogue was pretty great, and I really liked the characters. Good job!

exezin5 Dec 2017, 01:25
lmfao. The graphics are amazing. Certainly an *interesting* take on the theme :p

bradur5 Dec 2017, 11:58
Nice little dating sim, although it's mostly just a memory game. I liked the photo-based images :D.

Drury5 Dec 2017, 15:54
When the intro monologue started, my first instinct was to press enter to advance it, but it skipped the intro instead. Maybe having to press enter twice to confirm a skip could have prevented that.
Then again, so would me checking the controls before diving in.
also these waifus are all god tier would harem irl
Then again, so would me checking the controls before diving in.
also these waifus are all god tier would harem irl
worai5 Dec 2017, 16:17
My first impression was honestly bad (especially because of the lack of sound), but after getting into the game I quickly forgave you. Precious, legend!
Meneer Guus6 Dec 2017, 19:15
10/10 would date shoeanna again. Too bad I couldn't get to know the fifth girlfriend :(

Rolle6 Dec 2017, 19:29
I'm glad I'm married and off the market. Sheesh it's tough dating! Panela is a bit bossy also... Loved the game!
Sun-Wukong7 Dec 2017, 00:37
ermm. That's... unique. Again. I don't know what to add, honestly.

simonhutchinson8 Dec 2017, 17:30
Oh man, I need to dust off my old Dreamcast and burn a disc. Awesome work.
I like absurd/surrealist feel of this, but I'm not in love with the memory-game aspect of it. Perhaps some sound and audio would help with my immersion?
I like absurd/surrealist feel of this, but I'm not in love with the memory-game aspect of it. Perhaps some sound and audio would help with my immersion?

CodeChomper8 Dec 2017, 19:36
Good take on the theme. I too would have liked some music and sounds. But two days isn't a lot of time and you build a Dreamcast build! I did notice on the dialog screens when I pressed enter to go to the next line it would go through the lines as long and I held the button down. This caused me to miss some of the story, maybe you could use a buttonUp type method to avoid this? Thanks for the entry I had fun playing.
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Racso13 Dec 2017, 16:15
OK, I was happily torn apart :)
I liked that each character had a quite defined personality. The graphics are funny but somehow disturbing at the same time haha.
Overall, the game was fun. In the beginning, I was getting bored because there was only a girlfriend and the day was quite long, but afterwards things became more interesting as I had to begin remembering things and fill the meters up.
It would be nice to have a button to skip a conversation and go directly to the question.
Good job!
I liked that each character had a quite defined personality. The graphics are funny but somehow disturbing at the same time haha.
Overall, the game was fun. In the beginning, I was getting bored because there was only a girlfriend and the day was quite long, but afterwards things became more interesting as I had to begin remembering things and fill the meters up.
It would be nice to have a button to skip a conversation and go directly to the question.
Good job!

Jordgubben19 Dec 2017, 11:26
Quite possibly one of the strange games I've played this LD. I'm intrigued, and a bit frightened.
(At first I struggled a bit with controls. I thought Enter was forward, but it is apparently fast forward)
(At first I struggled a bit with controls. I thought Enter was forward, but it is apparently fast forward)



The dialogue was pretty funny and I liked how you gave different personalities to each character
I'll have to intentionally lose a game to see what happens.
On another note, is there any text for the 5th gf, and what engine, if any, did you use ?