Introvert vs. Extrovert

by rumor
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.44
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.31
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.23
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.63
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.31
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.13
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The ultimate personality clash. EXTROVERTS draw energy from crowds, while INTROVERTS lose it!

Choose your identity, then battle it out with your ideological opposite. INTROVERTS gain energy when alone and lose energy when surrounded by others; EXTROVERTS are the opposite.

DASH in and out of your safe space. DROP barriers to corral the crowds (and your opponent!). Collect powerups ranging from your trusty cellphone to books to beer, the all-important social lubricant!

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CONTROLS:

Player 1

MOVE: W A S D

DASH: R

DROP Barriers: E

Player 2

MOVE: O K L ;

DASH: U

DROP Barriers: I

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BEER makes INTROVERTS tolerate crowds better, and gives EXTROVERTS more energy.

BOOKS make EXTROVERTS tolerate solitude better, and give INTROVERTS more energy.

COFFEE makes it cheaper to DASH for both INTROVERTS and EXTROVERTS.

EXTROVERTS use the PHONE to call in more friends! INTROVERTS use it to force more friends to leave.

Genres: action
Tools: Unity

Comments17

thechubbypanda
thechubbypanda13 Aug 2018, 10:30
Really cool! I particularly like the witty messages!
DrunkardWolf
DrunkardWolf13 Aug 2018, 10:32
Fun game, funny concept. Great job man :)
Jumpander
Jumpander13 Aug 2018, 10:32
I am an introvert and i can relate... :D
somuch13 Aug 2018, 10:35
More fun with two players xD The introvert AI was pretty realistic, as he just moved around in a corner hitting the wall by himself O.o Interesting take on the theme since you've gotta either run away from the empty space or run towards it. Good job :)
M8rix
M8rix13 Aug 2018, 10:38
Haha what a silly concept. I love it! And the power ups and their effects are really cool!
rvenson
rvenson13 Aug 2018, 17:19
LOL I really love it! A simple game with deep mood
garygreen
garygreen13 Aug 2018, 17:19
I really enjoyed that. A straightforward game that was fun. The 2 characters were cute too. :)
LensFlare14 Aug 2018, 08:04
I am introvert, so I can't find any second player 🙃 CPU vs is pretty easy) Overall concept is pretty good
Astericon14 Aug 2018, 17:50
Really interesting idea and a fun game. My only complain is the ai , which i see you already know about.
Overall , good job.
edugpinheiro
edugpinheiro14 Aug 2018, 23:54
I really like a asymmetric multiplayer and made me glad that you guys attempted to give a shot to such a difficult to perfect kind of gameplay. The visual aesthetics are awesome and facilitate the visualization of the main characters. The music is uplifting (I wonder which tool you guys used to create). The idea was fun and well done, as well. I have two problems playing the game: 1) the tutorial wasn't in the game itself (that is not self-explanatory) and 2) my keyboard layout is other than the showed in the main screen and I have to do some testings to play with player 2. The game is a nice addition to the Ludum Dare, and a fun one as well. Congrats to the Dev :)
Blurred Lines15 Aug 2018, 09:53
Your concept is pretty cool. As an introvert person, I find this very interesting. Audio and graphics were up to the mark. Controls were also smooth. Overall, great entry.
rumor
rumorauthor15 Aug 2018, 09:54
Thanks for the incredible feedback, @edugpinheiro! "We" are just the one guy actually (compo submission) and I genuinely appreciate the positive comments and the great insights! The music was just me messing around in GarageBand until something kinda peppy popped out. Really happy with how well it ended up fitting the beach-party theme.

I was personally not happy with the keyboard controls at all, definitely wish I had more time to sort them out. I normally use a key-binding plugin and going back to default Unity input really set me back. Sorry it caused issues with your different keyboard layout, big oversight on my part. If you happen to have two controllers (or one controller and one player on keyboard), the game should support that and I found it makes things a lot simpler and less crowded. And I totally agree, it definitely needs better instructions.

Thank you again for taking the time to give your thoughts, and especially thanks for playing!
BitPhinix15 Aug 2018, 11:46
Awesome game! I really liked the music :), but there is one minor thing: The with a german keyboard layout the controls for the 2nd player are not where the game says they are.
Stefan Jovanovic
Stefan Jovanovic16 Aug 2018, 22:13
Really fun game! Nice thing that it is a two player game. I just wish there was some explanation for the gameplay beside the controls!
Overall really good entry! :slight_smile:
Ithildin
Ithildin17 Aug 2018, 23:23
I really liked the take on the theme. I was expecting more games dealing with personal/social space, and so far I think this is the first. Music was also cheerful and put me in a good mood.

The core mechanic with the asymmetric gameplay is very interesting. On single player it was pretty easy, I didn't even need to use the dash or the barriers for either player type (at first I wasn't even aware of that). I couldn't play PVP but I can easily imagine it becoming pretty fun as both players try to chase/evade each other :)

The main issue I found was that I tried to play as P2 but couldn't unless I changed the keyboard layout to a different language. Apparently the semicolon was nowhere to be found on my original layout. Perhaps the arrow keys could have been a more standard choice.

As for graphics, they're clear, but overall I got the impression that the art style was a bit inconsistent, each element having a completely different style from the others.

Despite these things the gameplay is quite promising and you have the seeds for a really fun game.
Nice job!

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