Learning with Mr. Bear

by nessa
co-authored: @malmevik
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.91
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.29
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.60
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.35
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.24
Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.11
Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.06
Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.12
Having a hard time learning math? Well what if a stuffed bear threatened to kill you if you fail math class, would it be easier learning then? Yea we thought so...

We present to you Learning with Mr. Bear, an educational horror game where you solve math questions by walking around in the dark and finding glowing numbered cubes and bringing the right one to Mr. Bear.

This is our first Ludum Dare and it has been soo much fun!

All feedback is appreciated!

Also...excuse the bad voice acting.

Enjoy!

Tags: #dark, #horror
Genres: educational

Comments27

Kultisti
Kultisti23 Apr 2018, 20:46
The voice acting... I LOVE IT! Overall the creepy atmosphere, jumping toys and math! What else do you need from a horror game :D Really enjoyable.
Lemons
Lemons23 Apr 2018, 20:50
Great atmosphere, surprisingly creepy!
Tem23 Apr 2018, 21:11
Really good aesthetic design with the bright glowing cubes contrasting with the silhouettes, but I think it's a bit too dark--when I get stuck in a corner, and everything is black, I don't know if I'm looking at the ceiling, the floor, or a wall, or if the lights just went out.

Also the voice acting's not THAT bad :)
WesClaudino23 Apr 2018, 22:39
I loved your art. Good job.
Diblow
Diblow24 Apr 2018, 17:32
That's a cool game ! :)
It could have been nice if there were a different punchline for every question solved and if there was some kind of twist at the end of the 9 questions !
GexAlmighty
GexAlmighty24 Apr 2018, 20:13
WE HAVE VERY SIMILAR NAMING CONVENTIONS LOL

Graphics are really good and the setting is nice and spooky. A really good groundwork for what could eventually be a pretty memorable game with some time spit and polish
Balance686
Balance68625 Apr 2018, 17:58
Very well done! Creepy atmosphere with great visuals. Audio was on point and I dig the genre mashup. Great job you 2!
maoap
maoap25 Apr 2018, 18:23
Well, nice graphics and the voice was great :) The whole atmosphere is great :)
Papaver
Papaver25 Apr 2018, 21:16
Fun choice of genres! Nice graphics and funny voice acting. Didn't like the mechanics of picking up a box and turning around though; the mouse movement felt a bit rough. And maybe the questions could become a bit harder as you progress.
HS_Dave25 Apr 2018, 21:18
The game played better than I expected! I liked the fact that you had to find the right cube - knowing the answer is one thing but then finding the darn thing added nicely to the tension. I will say I swear I brought a 7 cube back for one answer and when I placed it the thing turned into a 6 and it failed me. Also a few times i had the block on his book and it didnt take and I had to pick it up again and move it around a bit more. But over all decent!
notpresident35
notpresident3525 Apr 2018, 21:24
I saw a horror game mixed with children's game genre coming, and here it is! The execution is pretty darn good. I love the graphics! I do wish you had used a voice filter or a better voice actor, but that's okay. It's dang innovative (There's a reason that you're innovating here. Nobody does this professionally), and matches the theme almost perfectly!

Good job, and good luck!
Alex1325 Apr 2018, 21:41
When I hear this nasty bear voice, I really get a chilling on my skin. Brr.. Or maybe it was music? Children will be happy run to the school, to avoid this lessons :)
mbrezu
mbrezu26 Apr 2018, 09:51
Thoroughly creepy and weird, well done!

Suggestion: a bit more feedback (sound?) when you pick up the cube would be nice.
NikROD26 Apr 2018, 10:39
It detects a virus (Probably false positive), when I start playing the game, I cannot move, I cannot exit to main menu. Is this only happening to me? Because I think it has something to do with an antivirus...
Malmevik26 Apr 2018, 12:07
@nikrod Unsure why that happened, the game is fully made in unity and blender so there should be no problems that we know of with viruses :/ Thanks for letting us know we will check out what the reason might be ^^
NikROD26 Apr 2018, 19:24
@Malmevik , since antiviruses are programmed to detect programs that are able to change code of other programs, so I believe it's not a virus, but something weird is being detected. Notify me when you figure out, I wanna try out your nice looking game.
JLV
JLV27 Apr 2018, 14:46
Hey, I actually kept playing for the voice acting (the "tictoc tictoc haha" really brought a grin to my face !). The gameplay is great, I love the use of props and lighting to make retrieving the right cube more difficult, even if it looks like there are some collisions problems, and sometimes some small props combined with the low lighting produces a glitch-like effect. But on a design and artistical standpoint, this was top-notch. Thanks for the game !
Flameo326
Flameo32628 Apr 2018, 02:09
I've actually never heard nor thought of the idea of a learning horror game.

Good job.

The movement and picking up could be polished a bit though.
Shellfish Games28 Apr 2018, 09:08
The idea of combining learning and horror already made me laugh. The game itself did as well. Very well done! Great atmosphere, visuals and sound. Physics are a bit weird, but I can't really complain about that as it barely affected the gameplay. Also, good luck with your game design careers.
vilix64
vilix6428 Apr 2018, 10:07
Extra points for the voice acting! :upside_down:
jk5000
jk500028 Apr 2018, 10:19
This was a pretty fun game to play, and the voice acting was really good. It could have been more scary, but I like it was not. Overall a super well made LD game. Well done.
Paula28 Apr 2018, 19:53
This is an amazing idea to convince people to study, well done! The ambience is fantastic, the music, lights, scene are really well done to create a creepy feeling, even the smiling voice. The combination of generes is great, cute and dark. The mechanic is easy to understand and well balanced (the time given is enough to solve the problem and if you get lost for some reason you lose). In my opinion, the bad ending would be perfect if the bear had a more dark appearance or the scene become creepier, maybe something similar to the feeling that the Doki Doki Sayori "suprise" did
bbaf
bbaf2 May 2018, 17:27
Voiceover 5/5 : D
Satanos15 May 2018, 15:14
Hi ! :) I reviewed "Learning with Mr. Bear" in my jam video : https://youtu.be/hLF7ZEp8C_M?t=358 Congratulations for this project and feel free to ask me for translation if needed (it's in french) Have a nice day ! :)
Malmevik29 May 2018, 14:31
@Satanos Thank you so much! ^^ Really fun seeing this :D

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