I D E N T I F T Y

co-authored: @tamail
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.62
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.13
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.59
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.63
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.35
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.85
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Click and see who's your *real friend​!* __tu du dummm__

This is a game with different outcomes: solve the mystery, be critical, look for clues and behaviors the characters share - and then make a decision.

It is only up to you to turn your life around. Play the game of I D E N T I F T Y.

story, art, animal memes, getting points on ldjam: Tamail

code, story trash talk: Psychedelia

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Comments38

Tommyflower
Tommyflower30 Apr 2019, 16:24
Nice concept. I really liked the layout and narrative! At some point I had to change the zoom in my browser because the text was cut.
Lucien Catonnet
Lucien Catonnet30 Apr 2019, 18:58
I keep getting `Error: no valid storage adapters found`, any idea where that comes from?
Psychedelia
Psychedeliaauthor1 May 2019, 10:16
@lucien-catonnet Hi, thanks for playing (trying to). It appears to be caused by having cookies not allowed in your web browser. Sadly, Twine (at least the Sugarcube story format we worked in) stores the data needed for playing the game in your cookies.

Whitelisting our itchio landing page or enabling cookies in your web browser should help. If not, let us know!
Psychedelia
Psychedeliaauthor1 May 2019, 10:50
@tommyflower Hey, sorry about the text *facepalm*. Hope it didn't spoil the experience for you. Thanks for the feedback!
Carraka
Carraka1 May 2019, 13:24
This layout was super original! Maybe I'm bad at reading comprehension, but at first I thought I was supposed to cut out toxic people, not people who aren't real. Ah well.

I really enjoyed the story, and I didn't have any problems with the text being cut (maybe it's because my screen is really wide?) Suggestions: Make the selectable text a slightly different color, because pixel hunting isn't as fun as making decisions. Make the dialogue choices for the player different when they're first considering whether to reject or keep each person.

Also, when I was a kid, I totally messed up the non-sleeping side of the bed whenever I woke someone up ... just saying.
sbeif1 May 2019, 13:39
This was a really nice experience, I always love trying narrative games during jams and this was well made. I managed to get it almost right on the first try. I'm not seeing a strong connection to the theme but it's still a solid entry, it only needs a soundtrack that matches the situation to really shine. Great job!
VagantB1 May 2019, 14:09
really like the simple way of your artwork, through the visual novel.
I had difficulties to get with who i should cut ties.
But that's mostly because i'm not a native english.
Dudum Lare
Dudum Lare1 May 2019, 14:23
Wow... powerful, this is my favorite game so far. It touched me. The only thing I think you could improve is to use music :D
JestemStefan
JestemStefan1 May 2019, 14:25
This is really great game! I wouldn't be able to sleep without finishing it! Good job!

But theme was far away in the back.
onnofal
onnofal1 May 2019, 15:21
I've been waiting for this entry whole jam and not being too nosy about the story was worth the experience now; better than all expectations.

ㄟ( ・ө・ )ㄏ
Fat cat
Fat cat1 May 2019, 17:02
This was very cool! But I wish there were some more clues to who was real or not, I had to guess around 10 times before getting it right
BoxedMeatRevolution
BoxedMeatRevolution1 May 2019, 17:19
Nice to see a narrative game! I thought it was well written, but difficult to tell who were "real". I definitely had a number of guesses before finding the correct combination. The UI was nice and clean as well. Good entry
catangens1 May 2019, 17:20
Huh... That was deep and unsettling at the same time, in the form of metatextual short story of some kind. Well done!
Tamail1 May 2019, 17:28
@fat-cat Thank you for the feedback! We realized too late that the game was too hard to play. Just after submitting the game we had the chance to playtest it and nearly no one got it without more clues. We just didn't want to make it too obvious but we kinda did it too hard. Anyway, thanks!
Carpin
Carpin1 May 2019, 18:17
What a curious game. I liked so much. Was a really good experience.
jutjuan
jutjuan1 May 2019, 18:48
The game has a really deep message in it, I really enjoyed it! Some ambient music would be great too.
Dimoon_LY
Dimoon_LY1 May 2019, 20:06
Like the kind of art, and I enjoy the message this game brings to me. It just makes me think of my life, people around me, and the cat in front of my dorm.
sver
sver1 May 2019, 20:12
I really enjoyed it. Awesome work!
YukimiItsuka
YukimiItsuka1 May 2019, 21:01
Great work on the black-and-white clean theme and interesting layout. The interaction of clicking the key information is cool.

Only when I finished playing did I realized I should tell by tactile information rather than just guessing what had happened. I wish I could get this clue in the game, perhaps from the doctor. (Maybe there is but I missed?)

And I wish I could turn back to the stories after finishing.

BTW I think CURRENT isn't included in the game.
DeepTerror1 May 2019, 21:48
Innovative experience, I'm really a big fan of narrative games so I was really glad with this entry.
Congrats !
jin47
jin472 May 2019, 10:44
Really cool experience. It takes you quite rapidly into the story and this is a very nice idea! Good job!
Jin9310
Jin93102 May 2019, 11:35
It is nice to see different approaches to this theme and the creation of the games. This is really great entry! Good job
Zanar2 May 2019, 17:31
Interesting concept and cool story. I'd like to see that game with further development ! Nice job !
kyavi
kyavi3 May 2019, 00:21
i love this! :) i'm glad exploring all the different decision trees isn't punishing, but designed in a way that lets you learn as much as you want about everything in the world.
shulololo
shulololo3 May 2019, 01:35
Just finished playing the game and I thought it was a neat experience! It's a pretty chill game to just read up on the narrative and I enjoyed it, great job!
Nyri0
Nyri03 May 2019, 16:19
Yay I succeeded! Nice concept ;)
NNNIKKI
NNNIKKI3 May 2019, 16:20
Wow! Cool! I didn't manage to figure out the solution, but it's certainly an interesting game. I didn't really see the theme though.
qviguier3 May 2019, 16:39
It took me some time to understand the concept but once i did it was some fun time sleuthing around to understandwho is real or not.
the real gut punch is the girl when you cut her out tho.

great submition.
limejuice1233 May 2019, 16:45
Best ending first time yay! Anyway lovely game with cool new ideas, needed to use my brain a bit as well. Would love some ambient music just to add to the mood a bit.
alex_kpojb
alex_kpojb3 May 2019, 17:43
Thanks for this game. I really like the idea... Great job! You might release it somewhere like steam. Its really nice.
Wassim
Wassim3 May 2019, 20:37
Amazing concept, I love the idea and how the story is well connected and requires full attention with the story characters even the cat!
Great game!
Rafa Braga
Rafa Braga3 May 2019, 22:01
Nice Aesthetic,i liked a lot. Love games focused on dialogue and relationship. I dont got how the game fit´s the jam theme, but im not native english speaker, so maybe i just missed it. The game objective is not clear to me too. Maybe with a good piano music this game could be so muxh better. Anyway, great job my friend! o/
Standaaad4 May 2019, 09:23
NOW I finally understand, what those doodles on the whiteboard were about...well, not really :D. Nevertheless, I love your way of storytelling, it perfectly shows, how powerfull tool can simple text be.
ProdigalSon
ProdigalSon4 May 2019, 13:37
This is a fun way to tell a story allowing me to put the pieces together as I read them in which ever order I want and I can see how my choices change the narrative. I really would've loved to have some sound in the midst of all of this. Mainly because I'm not much of a book person and this is more or less a book reading game.

Nothing wrong with that at all but it would've enhanced the experience for me and immersed me more if one or more of these are present:
- Music (maybe even changes a bit depending on the scenario being played out)
- Sound effects even if its for ambiance (girl laughing/singing/sound of brushing teeth, sound of a coffee shop or dinner, cat meows, sound of a busy area people passing around the beggar)
- Voice acting (though I understand this may change the intent of allowing the reader to make their own)

Keep it up :)
zuzupd
zuzupd4 May 2019, 14:31
I really like it. But it is really a pity that the game does not have audio. With the audio, the atmosphere would be perfect.
falak
falak5 May 2019, 17:07
A very intense experience. It could be better with some music. Great entry! Good luck!

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