Then The Table Laughed

by nono
co-authored: @mmemim
Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.24
Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.28
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.33
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.65
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.24
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.46
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.61
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.86
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Then The Tabled Laughed is a local multiplayer game about some dude in a room full of mimics. Think "Prop Hunt meets Red Light, Green Light".

Play with your friends, from 2 to 12 players ! One mouse and keyboard only ! One player controls the human - the other players can spawn up to 11 mimics amongst the furniture, at any moment in game !

The human has three arrows to eliminate all the mimics : they only get refunded if a mimic is killed by the shot. He wins if all the spawned mimics are dead. But no more arrows, and he's done for !

The mimics have to get close enough to the human to lunge and devour him. As in Red Light, Green Light, the human player has to close his eyes (in real life!) during the mimics' turn : they can then move freely without being spotted. During the human's turn, they can still move and try to eat the player, but at the expense of being seen. You get to choose whether safe or cocky is the best strategy ! Baiting tactics are killer though.
All mimics win if the human is eaten - but the player who devoured him gets to play human next !

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CONTROLS :

Human player :

- Left click to go somewhere
- Right click to shoot somewhere

Mimic player :

- Arrows scheme : Spawn a mimic and control it

- Double-tap an arrow : Lunge towards the player
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/!\ WARNING /!\

Keyboard ghosting prevents inputs from being detected if there are too many at once. We recommend you use a mechanical keyboard (the right option) or avoid playing with more than 5 mimic players at once. (the sad option)

Also the game isn't really balanced yet so don't hesitate to give constructive feedback, it will be heard ! Thanks a lot !

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A GAME MADE BY

Laura Nadal (Graphics) @mmem1m
Noé Laquèche (Programming, Audio) @cocatrixdev

*with love*

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Comments20

sleepyGrin
sleepyGrin5 Dec 2017, 22:36
Reaally nice concept and mechanics, art is simple and clean, NOICE.
nonoauthor7 Dec 2017, 13:10
@mr-lizard I'll fix it right now !

EDIT : it should be fixed now
AmigoPadilha7 Dec 2017, 13:50
Very nice game! Cool idea and gameplay!
Good job
FSKR7 Dec 2017, 14:07
really creative idea and interpretation of the theme. liked it a lot :) animations and feedback was very responsive. well done!
ARuculaDoMal
ARuculaDoMal7 Dec 2017, 14:33
WOAH! I loved this idea so much! I'm putting the game in my "Party Games" folder, Hope I can play it soon with a lot of people, then I will be back with the rating and some feedback!
nonoauthor7 Dec 2017, 14:43
@aruculadomal great to hear it ! Keep an eye out, in the following months I might fix, polish and improve some stuff and upload the updated version on my itch !
peach-pie-productions7 Dec 2017, 16:59
Wow what a great idea! I bet this is so fun with 12 people at once!
Bib7 Dec 2017, 19:43
Very cool jam game ! I need to test that in a party :D
Annie Owl
Annie Owl7 Dec 2017, 20:06
Pretty risky, but at the same time really cool idea to make a local coop game for the jam. Nice interpretation of prop hunt, giving lots of joy while playing with some friends on your small laptop :grin:
DingySandy8 Dec 2017, 17:36
The concept is interesting and I really like the graphic style, even the fact that you can see that little dude breathing, nice detail :)
Josef212968 Dec 2017, 20:27
Very cool idea :smile: would really like to see it on a more complete game!!
mmemim
mmemim8 Dec 2017, 22:09
Thanks everyone !
We intend to improve graphics & gameplay in the next few months! c: Stay tuned!
TwoTwentyFour8 Dec 2017, 23:38
So I played this game by myself. I'm sure a lot of people did. I wonder if they had as much fun? I loved the environment and the aesthetic. The snappiness of the arrow smashing props was great as well as lunging at the player with the props, the way he explodes into chunks. I do wish there was a way to recover arrows or maybe a refill station. Really this might not help the actual game. I just kept refreshing after I would run out so I could keep firing away at random props. It was very satisfying.

Great entry.
grouflon8 Dec 2017, 23:48
This is awesome, the idea is so good ! Although, it feels a little bit unbalanced for the mimics right now. After a few games we feel that the games misses a mechanic to incitate the player to come closer to the props. Maybe including a shooting range, having to fetch back your arrows, or just including a timer for the human after its first action. Great work nonetheless, keep it up !
Hayzar10 Dec 2017, 20:59
The concept is genius, Loved it.
Pandanym
Pandanym12 Dec 2017, 01:05
I had the pleasure of seeing multiple rounds live, and the game is really fun. Fantastic idea !

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