Darkest Decision

by pmarincak

co-authored: @benstar, @disomikron

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.16

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.46

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.65

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.11

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.68

Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.38

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.97

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.58

Hey there best best friendo! Thanks for popping in. I'm sure you're super duper confused why a super amazing powerful guy like me is talking to you, right?

Listen.

You're just that great.

So like- hey. Help me, help you. I got this great deal. Just nominate some of your friends and I'll help you out, ok? Real easy, right?

Why don't you try it out?

Credits

- MUSIC/SFX: https://twitter.com/DisOmikronCJ
- PROGRAMMING/WRITING/MONSTER: http://twitter.com/paigemarincak
- ART/JUICE: https://twitter.com/BenstarDEV

Technical Stuff

- ENGINE: GameMaker Studio 2
- ART: Aseprite
- MUSIC: DisOmikronCJ's ears, FL Studio 12 and Audacity

How to Play

- Use your mouse or the arrow/space keys to interact.
- Survive for as many weeks as possible!
- Random Events might occur if you survive for a long time ;)

Tags: #2d, #gamemaker, #pixel art

Genres: strategy

Tools: Aseprite, Audacity, FL Studio, GameMaker

Comments37

barret30 Apr 2019, 04:13

for a game with such a dark theme I found myself laughing a whole lot. Wait do I have dark humor....

Marcus Dubreuil30 Apr 2019, 04:14

The art and animations, lighting, etc are absolutely top-notch. Great work!

MateusBoga30 Apr 2019, 12:07

I like this game a lot! Feels like a mix between Darkest Dungeon and Undertale is how I'd describe it. That villain is so cool xD Great job on this one!

OrbitalBlueprint30 Apr 2019, 13:34

AMAZING AMBIENCE! Definitely my favourite jam submission, great job. The graphics, the audio, and the writing is perfect.

DidiGameBoy30 Apr 2019, 15:12

Amazing mood! Nice stuff as always Ben! Good work guise!

silent30 Apr 2019, 15:18

My god, it's sooo good... I'm completely sold on the art part, it's nothing short of gorgeous. And gameplay is so nice and fluid, too!
Simply beautiful.

Hildebrandt30 Apr 2019, 15:43

This game is for sure one of the best in the LD44. Very well polished, the art is just amazing. It was a little bit confusing in the beggining 'till I get what goes up and down when I sacrifice someone. But overall amazing job. Great Game thx for sharing

jvolonte30 Apr 2019, 16:41

What an awesome atmosphere! Loved the characters, the music and sounds simply sell it to me, very well done!

Gear Steak30 Apr 2019, 17:16

This looks fantastic! We sort of had similar ideas though mines centred around decisions of your own life rather than other peoples.
I did find 2 bugs though;
You can gain more resources than there are visuals so I ended up with like 30 heart resource and when I started to lose it the visual didn't change until I was below the shown number.
You could gain and lose a resource from the same person, I was seeing the up and down arrow for multiple sacrifices

pmarincakauthor30 Apr 2019, 17:49

@gear-steak You went and found the bugs I was going to fix this evening! But yes, thank you :) It'll be fixed soon.

Zugai8930 Apr 2019, 18:25

Great game, wonderful interpretation of the artstyle and the humor XD
only made it to week 6 though XD

HugoVaz30 Apr 2019, 18:42

I like so many things, but I felt my decisions were not so important. Maybe to create real consequences for bad choices may be a solution.

pmarincakauthor30 Apr 2019, 22:24

Thank you everyone! I have fixed two small bugs + a spelling error and got the HTML5 port complete enjoy~

dasPanjo30 Apr 2019, 22:55

What an awesome little game! I really love the mood you have in that game. The smiley is funny, but creepy at the same time - a really good mix!

Fadex1 May 2019, 00:16

great, funny and sarcastic

DuzzOnDrums1 May 2019, 01:11

Nailed the atmosphere and it's dripping with juicy polish and audio. I agree it has a great darkest dungeon meets undertale feel. Amazing!

KonH1 May 2019, 08:32

Great atmosphere, really like it.

hadesfury1 May 2019, 10:05

Great atmosphere, really like how you fool us at the begin :) and it is really pretty

yopox1 May 2019, 10:20

I loved the graphics, and how much you polished the game ! Great entry :ok_hand:

ditto1 May 2019, 11:28

this is great. super juicy, and i like this concept of simple choices that have big consequences. and it's nice that you get such a cute and round friend to hang out with!
however, it got a bit repetetive after a while, i found myself just sacrificing people left and right because i just wanted to see what'd happen at the end? i got 13 weeks in at least :)

Drauthius1 May 2019, 13:24

Great game! Really liked the art, atmosphere, and the dialogue. I couldn't really understand exactly how/why the different values increased/decreased though.

d954mas1 May 2019, 13:45

Great atmosphere.

Jam3731 May 2019, 14:30

Great game! Creepy art and audio, fun gameplay but maybe just a bit too easy. Struggling to lose so I can see the ending.

Le Slo1 May 2019, 16:13

That audio and that atmosphere, amazing. The game has you in with the first second, the smily character is very well written (combined with the perfect matching sounds), and all the art is superdetailed. Little by little, I began to question if I really know what my decisions costed. At round 7 I started to play randomly (a lot of villagers per week, except on week 9, where only 3 decisions), until I finally died. Apart from the lack of weight on the decision, this game is one of the bests of this LD. Keep with the amazing work!

those-30-ninjas1 May 2019, 17:10

Love it. Great mood, funny dialogue, pretty pixels.

Kurt Roembke1 May 2019, 18:06

Top notch on everything!!

saucygames2 May 2019, 00:52

I see what you did here and I love it! Awesome art and juicy gameplay as well! very polished

LandoSystems2 May 2019, 05:37

What a solid mix of art and audio. The writing was great too. I never really figured out what factors impact whether a certain stat goes up or down, but it was enjoyable regardless. Really great work!

Fenderbate2 May 2019, 06:58

Really well made game, great job! :smile:

DeathBySnail2 May 2019, 12:10

Awesome, love the animation!

AtillaGallio2 May 2019, 22:21

That was intense lol

Aim3 May 2019, 07:01

The mood is exceptional. The visuals captivating. You've done a really solid job here.

Tekses3 May 2019, 14:41

I really liked the mood and simplicity of the style in this game. The Demon had a lot of character combined with the overlall spookieness. I didnt really get though how my choices affected the stats. Overall amazing look and feel!

pndaa4 May 2019, 17:22

Wow you really nailed the atmosphere. Sounds just fit perfectly. And arts are on point. Good job!

sylvie5 May 2019, 01:41

The atmosphere was excellent. Great job on the audio and visuals. I couldn't figure out how my choices affected anything though, so I didn't feel like trying again with a different strategy after I lost.

JUSTCAMH6 May 2019, 04:59

Wow guys, amazing creation! The only thing I would ask for is some different monster lines for the late game. By this point, every week it just talks about the birds, and how amazing it is. Maybe something new each week to keep it fresh?

mediyaz6 May 2019, 11:58

Very atmospheric and foreboding! I like the mechanics too - Only small criticism, I wasn't sure exactly what the icons at the top pertained to - I knew there was health and food and faith and stuff but I forgot which one meant which - Maybe like a hoverstate on the icons that come up with the names of them?

Lovely stuff - looking forward to your next LD entry!

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