Dungeon of High School romance

by toulou
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.78
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.68
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.62
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.90
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.40
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.73
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.47
You are a normal student, when one day somebody you know very well at your High School ask you for a date. Finally ! A chance to have a true romantic story. You know what that mean ?

That mean you will ENTER THE DUNGEON OF HIGH SCHOOL ROMANCE !

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Go on a date, fight strange ennemies, level up, discover treasures and make your way through the perfect love story in this Dungeon Crawler / Romantic visual novel where ultimate romance can only be achieved trough FIGHTING !

Note : Don't hesitate to rate me in Graphics. The ASCII style is part of the game.

screenshot

Comments48

Tommislav
Tommislav23 Apr 2018, 18:53
I instantly fell for your screenshot! I'm a sucker for ascii art (and I also made a text based game).
I managed to complete the game (kiss kiss kiss ;-D), but for a while it felt super hard - before I got to a cluster of pickups.
Anyway, a good and solid entry with awesome ascii art! =D
Jacoder23
Jacoder2323 Apr 2018, 18:54
Just a nice fun, sweet game! Aww! Finished with about 3% love left. Also there was this one moment:

Date: So what do you want to be when you grow up?

Me, a cold unfeeling robot: With 1000 thousand dogs

Date: Aww, me too! Dogs are the best!

Date: Aww, look there's one now!

Me: He appears 84% angry according to my scanners

Me: I will beat him to death with my robotic tentacles

*Robot tentacles appear out of hands*

Me: HAHAHAHAHA

Date: ...

Me: So want to continue our walk through the park?

Also, what was the lost cellphone for?
Toulou
Toulouauthor23 Apr 2018, 18:57
@jacoder23 It was meant to be a joke, but I had no idea for the punchline :P
Anyway, thanks for your comment ! Glad you liked my game
Jaime Paz Lopes
Jaime Paz Lopes23 Apr 2018, 21:15
cool game, got to the end on the second try, but i really don't get why fight the X
Blinkenlights
Blinkenlights23 Apr 2018, 22:13
I love it, but I'm definitely the science nerd. I don't stand a chance XD
Brilliant combination, just wondering who the enemies are? Probably just paparazzi ;)
Gno Evenimente23 Apr 2018, 23:27
This is one of my favorites so far. Got to the end with 36% love and got a kiss. it was just plain good fun and reminded me of my days playing ADOM
Toulou
Toulouauthor24 Apr 2018, 05:28
@jaime-paz-lopes @Blinkenlights I didn't understood theses comments at first but then I realized small screen might cut out the right part of the menu, where the ennemies informations are. I put a smaller font size so tell me if it's good now. And thanks for your comments.
Team Luminous
Team Luminous24 Apr 2018, 10:20
Super silly, I love it! The conversations, the robot in disguise(which felt the most powerful to me,) it's just lighthearted fun.

-Rao
Lazlo31924 Apr 2018, 11:22
Very funny game. Very hard, but still got the point across rather well. Very neat genre combination
SniperA24 Apr 2018, 11:50
That was good! Loved it :). Ball - Undefined. Haha, that was the best part for me.
agar3s
agar3s24 Apr 2018, 18:35
I kissed a girl and I like it!

:two_hearts:
Dudum Lare
Dudum Lare24 Apr 2018, 18:40
Hahahahahaha! So poetic! I love the jokes, this is my type of humor. Fantastic!! I played three times, I lost the two first times but the last time I managed to get a kiss. I'm impressed by how much content you managed to get in by this short amount of time. Gear work!

Thank you so much for this experience and good luck in the future! Have an awesome day, and I hope to see you in the next jam!

// Isak from @liquidbrain
Apace24 Apr 2018, 18:49
Easy art lover win \o/

Really nice game, thoroughly enjoyed both the gameplay and the graphics. :)
+1 for Humor!
khofez
khofez24 Apr 2018, 19:39
Man what a cool game! Never played something like this
very nice, the ascii art are too good
BlakeMcDeezy
BlakeMcDeezy25 Apr 2018, 06:59
At first I got a score of 0, but then by my third attempt, I managed to do quite well...this was actually quite an accurate depiction of my high school experience :) Very fun and original game, and this was my first time playing a game with ASCII style - I loved it
Karai17
Karai1725 Apr 2018, 07:29
Very clever game. Very cute, great execution! The love interest ascii art was so cute :)
arzi
arzi25 Apr 2018, 12:56
Nice work!

Only complaint I have is that the dialogues started repeating too soon.
GexAlmighty
GexAlmighty25 Apr 2018, 17:25
Pretty funny, I only wish it was cheesier
mrspeaker
mrspeaker25 Apr 2018, 17:52
Today I learned I'm bad at dating AND RPGs.

This was a great game though - and I'm sucker for ascii: 5 star graphics from me ;)
Iak
Iak25 Apr 2018, 18:31
This was really great. Definitely one of my favourites this LD. Good job!
tigerrenko26 Apr 2018, 12:39
hahaha awesome great job
hatchet
hatchet26 Apr 2018, 12:40
This is really cool and funny :D beautiful ascii art composition :) I died often and early haha, but it was fun regardless. Great take on the theme.
Cambryx26 Apr 2018, 12:48
@Toulou WOW! Incredible!

At the beginning I was a bit sceptical because I usually find story heavy games a bit boring. But this game kept me hooked until the very end. It was so good that I instantly decided to play it a second time, so I could try out another character class. I can't believe how much content you could create in such a short time. I have a question: Was this game created with only html and javascript? If so, respect. I also love the Ascii graphics, especially the different face expressions of the character. I think some more color variation would have made it easier to differentiate between enemies, items and walls. Also some sound would have been cool but maybe this is hard to implement with html and javascript (I never used sound on websites,so I don't know anything about that).

It would be really cool if you could check out the game we created and leave some feedback :)

(You find it here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/cartds)
PixelUltimate26 Apr 2018, 12:51
lmao I've never seen anything like this before, great job! the fact that it's playable on a browser is awesome too and and supports the style of the game. I was surprised at how much mechanics you implemented, even though they were still pretty simple. The game was really fun to play and you mixed two genres really well, good job!

It'd be great if you could check out our game!: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/rattys-stew-an-immersive-cooking-simulation
Toulou
Toulouauthor26 Apr 2018, 17:23
@cambryx : Yep, only javascript. Thanks a lot for your comment !
Drell
Drell26 Apr 2018, 21:10
Really cute game!

What Worked:
clever use of theme, easy controls, cute dialogue, great mood.

What needs some polish:
Centering the map in the middle of the screen, maybe making key points (like instructions) more noticeable.

Great job overall! :D
DigNZ
DigNZ27 Apr 2018, 07:40
Nice little game, the elements were spread out on the screen a bit too much and its a shame that walking makes love go down! But I like the blend of themes and always like a good ASCII game.
FiliusTenebrarum27 Apr 2018, 07:53
You've picked up *1 good joke*, somebody stop me!))) Nice work, excellent humour, as a fan of dungeon crawlers - i'm impressed
Tayfun
Tayfun27 Apr 2018, 08:13
I am not a big fan of text based games but this was fun to play. good work.
Ithildin
Ithildin27 Apr 2018, 08:55
This was brilliant!

The blend of themes was unusual, and it worked great. Nice humour bits and rogue-like mechanics sold me completely. Also, I really liked the addition of dialogue + choice during the dungeons.
Some text colours to better distinguish the entities on each level would have been nice, but other than that the game feels already very solid.

I managed to get through two dates as a nerd, but I still suck at love :sob:
Kaiomoi
Kaiomoi27 Apr 2018, 09:33
Game is realy fun ! =D
mshopf
mshopf27 Apr 2018, 13:47
Really a funny twist for the genre!
I liked playing, though it was almost too easy :grin:

Having a bit of sound (e.g. music) would help the mood quite a bit, but creating music during LD is... almost impossible. At least for me, it is.
Yngvarr
Yngvarr27 Apr 2018, 17:17
It's a great idea to combine classic ASCII dungeon crawler with romance. I think, shortcuts for links would be really good, but even without it, the game plays pretty comfortly (otherwise _Vimium_ can be used). Great work! =)
Dovakla
Dovakla27 Apr 2018, 19:05
This is really cute! It's a fun RPG too. The pacing of it was perfect; it felt like I was always just barely making it to the next item or the exit. The ASCII art also really fit the feel of it. Great job!
MZA
MZA27 Apr 2018, 19:21
Nice cute game. You managed to keep me engaged with limited visuals which is difficult. Some of the questions the date asks you are quite repetetive I believe. Sound and sound effects are important too. Other than than, Great entry.
justinooncx28 Apr 2018, 16:42
Hah, that was interesting~ It's... not QUITE a well-blended mix, but then again, these two genres ARE quite incompatible, so. The dialogue was cute, and though the combat was shallow, it certainly FELT like an old roguelike dungeon. Overall, as short as it was, I had fun! Well done~
Gaming Night
Gaming Night1 May 2018, 10:47
Nice game here ! I like the interpretation of the theme and the graphics are lovelly :)
Luciax2 May 2018, 13:12
First time for me to play this kind of game, and it's really amazing. Dialogs are cute, and the dungeons made by ASCII characters are more interesting than I expect. Hope for more stories and dungeons!
maymakegame
maymakegame11 May 2018, 20:46
This is a really cute game! I sort of wish the characters had different dialog, but otherwise, I really like the characters.
Behenate
Behenate11 May 2018, 20:56
Cool game. I like the ASCII graphics, and the game has quite a lot of humor in it. Great entry!
euske
euske12 May 2018, 04:36
ASCIIness hooked me up into this game. I kept two Romantic Musics until the last moment when I used them, so I ended with 100% love. I'm such a sly bastard.

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