Ludum Dare #44compo

Information Age

by tater-hater

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.40

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.39

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.47

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.29

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.47

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.55

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.33

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.31

A/D to Move

This was a fun one to make. The game needs you to buy things with personal information. The Game is Heavily inspired by the 1975 Album "Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships" and Bastille's single "Doom Days". Gotta admit, the game isn't really "fun" but for the direction I went it really wasn't supposed to be fun.
I played around a lot with a e s t h e t i c s and 2D Lighting. the lighting turned out to be pretty neat.

Disclaimer: I do NOT keep/track/record any of the information entered. It is more fun to use Real information, and I was too lazy to do form validation. I also don't necessarily agree with any points made in the game, but the message fits really well with the theme.

Used Rymtik Studio for music, Gimp for assets, and Unity as the engine.

Tools: GIMP

Comments12

LiauJ29 Apr 2019, 14:56

Powerful message here. Kinda ironic that the message is strengthened through entering personal information onto a stranger's video game haha. I really enjoyed this, not because it was "fun" per se, but because it lets you ponder how our digital future will end up some day.

Von Vista29 Apr 2019, 14:58

Going philosophical here. I love your twist in the theme for this LD44. Definitely can be considered an eye-opener and a philosophical game. (Also, shoutout for the disclaimer about the privacy of info). Only criticism is it could be longer. But good otherwise

cheesepencil30 Apr 2019, 02:09

5 stars for mood

Dan Thompson30 Apr 2019, 03:29

I really liked your take on the theme, and your a e s t h e t i c s were top-notch.

Adam Elaoud30 Apr 2019, 04:15

I actually really enjoyed this, the atmosphere you created with the lighting, music, and simple fact that all the people on the street looked exactly the same was really incredible. Gotta say though, the detail where I gave name to the baker then as I was walking to the clothes store saw my name on the billboard was absolutely insane. That took my experience from a 7 to an instant 9, absolutely BEAUTIFUL touch - really made me feel immersed. I had a real moment where I was like, "woah, wait, did that just happen?"

hypp30 Apr 2019, 04:25

I really liked the mood in this game. Well done!

Gao Ming30 Apr 2019, 04:27

Very creative, like your game very much！I find it interesting when I buy something that I need to fill in. I think it's worthwhile to buy something like that.Hope you can see mine, too.

Amerigo Gazaway30 Apr 2019, 04:54

Very cool concept and atmosphere. The billboard was hilarious! Would have liked to see the information get used more, maybe you could get spam on your phone in the game or people start coming after you. Great work!

Vinay Rao30 Apr 2019, 15:56

This experience oozes with the theme of this Ludum Dare and sets a strong mood. That music was perfect. You'd mentioned you were playing with 2D lighting in this one, and I'd say it turned out pretty well.

Good job! I await the spam E-mail, haha!

tater-haterauthor30 Apr 2019, 16:33

@vinay-rao Funny you mention that, for work I send alert emails via C#, so I _Almost_ added that as an actual feature... But that would have been really annoying lol.

Tamail1 May 2019, 17:03

Great idea, one of few games that seems to have a message! I enjoyed the ambient music and the neon-y visuals.