Ludum Dare #40compo

Sores

by bradleysmith

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.33

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.52

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.07

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.41

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.24

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.17

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.41

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.73

I'm an Illustrator learning code so there's little to no gameplay. I apologise.

This prototype was also built for Games For The Many a political game jam backed by the Labour party.

PROTOTYPE DESCRIPTION

- Sores is an experimental game about the lengths people go to just to survive.
- Inspired by real events, Sores attempts to illustrate the brutal nature of how extreme the class gap can be in today's society.

HOW TO PLAY

Click on your infected sores to pop them and your pennies will increase. Pop enough within the day and you get to survive another day - joy!

If you leave your sores for too long, the worse it is and that's game over for you! See you in the next life.

Try not to get pissed on!

CONTROLS
Mouse (point & click)

Tags: #clicker, #dark, #experimental

Comments24

meatpudding4 Dec 2017, 05:47

mightymarcus4 Dec 2017, 06:06

Nice story.

Who4 Dec 2017, 06:59

Wow, that's depressing. Dude pissed all over me.

Tomáš Selmeci4 Dec 2017, 09:03

That background. Nicely done!

BeansandEggs4 Dec 2017, 12:41

Love the art style!

JohnnyO4 Dec 2017, 20:58

The hitbox of the pimples could have been a little bigger.

jlreymendez4 Dec 2017, 20:59

Nice art setting the general mood. The game feels very polished. Continue learning to code, hoping to see more from this!

krasse4 Dec 2017, 21:07

Well, that was depressing. Very dark and disturbing game. It was really great though, don't get me wrong.
I agree that the hitbox should be larger on the sores.

Tezza484 Dec 2017, 21:08

Ditto to what i said on twitter :) Poignant.

mgadrat4 Dec 2017, 21:27

This game makes me think. Cool graphics !

Kirill Venzhin5 Dec 2017, 03:54

nice to one game session. GL!

6smith5 Dec 2017, 04:30

nice, cohesive games! everything about it seems like it does exactly what you wanted it to do.

toboggan5 Dec 2017, 06:10

Really gross, but nice art style. Fair use of the theme.

terakorp5 Dec 2017, 11:53

wow, a very real game. sad but eye opening. thank you and nice job. oh and your art is great!

Nivbeth5 Dec 2017, 20:29

Kinda disturbed me a little bit, but made me think about the topic. Good job

Z4zion6 Dec 2017, 07:17

The theme is sad but the game is good !!!

Triastase6 Dec 2017, 07:24

This is so sad... Well done, especially the graphics (of course), but also the idea.

asixjin6 Dec 2017, 07:25

I didn't really understand the game and sometimes I clicked on the pimple and nothing happened.

Jani Nykanen6 Dec 2017, 07:26

Well, that was something different. I'm pretty sure I won't forget this game very easily. The art was wonderful and the idea unique. Wonderful job!

fangzhangmnm6 Dec 2017, 07:29

I'm sad to say, it is not a depression game. In contrast, it is a relaxing game and will let the player laugh on the poor man instead of compassion. Why? The presentation of this game may be about a poor's life, but the very essence of this game is nothing more than Click the red spots and get money. That did be an addictive game, but will never made the player depressed.

To make a really depression game, you should try the art of frustrating players without scare them out. Maybe let the black figures blocks the player more often?

Anyway, I liked your drawing

You may take a look at Japanese visual novels and galgames. They are masters in depressing storytelling within games.

Korpokrowa6 Dec 2017, 07:32

Very depressing stuff. I really like graphic style. Well done!

antoined736 Dec 2017, 08:16

Good graphics but i didn't really find gameplay and i think it does not fit in the theme :/

tvance7 Dec 2017, 22:08

Poignant intro set the mood but the game was kinda of sadly silly. Kinda confusing emotionally but very interesting. Great job on the art and wind sounds.

rodobodolfo13 Dec 2017, 02:19

loved the art and overall presentation! The intro transition is really cool. Also there is a good mood set up. Unfortunately the gameplay kinda ruins it for me and I don't think it quite fits the theme. Good work!

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