Slice of Scythe

co-authored: @odii, @cnnmon
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.58
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.27
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.98
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.20
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.80
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.98
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.76
(Our first LD entry!)
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Here are some things you can do in this game:

-Play as the 19-year-old cousin of Death (yes, Death with a capital D, the Grim Reaper, etc.) and terrorize suburbia

-Murder innocents

-Shop for groceries

-Buy a neat hat from Hell

-Fail to buy a neat hat from Hell

-Feel emotions (?)
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Thanks for playing!
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(Note: all the character sprites are Maddi, because we ran out of time. Sorry about that! Just use your imagination.)
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CHANGELOG:

4.29.19: fixed some reset bugs so you can actually play the game, just like you’ve always dreamed!

4.30.19: fixed missing text bugs and updated the resolution, because we decided that you, beloved player, are worthy enough to read the dialogue.

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Comments20

Kpedatte
Kpedatte30 Apr 2019, 22:27
Hey, that's a nice game.
Congrats for doing that in 72h
Lola30 Apr 2019, 22:39
Super mignon, les dessins sont chouettes, l'histoire rigolote, la petit musique allait bien, c'était un jeu cool !
GGklin1 May 2019, 02:04
very nice story and cute graphics!
gelisam
gelisam1 May 2019, 02:52
Really high production values, very impressive! Too bad the mini-games were nothing to write home about. Which is not surprising, given that you've basically written 5 games in 72h!! I think it would have been much better to focus your efforts on a single mechanic, dialog trees for example. You already have a route which allows the player to take the grandma's soul instead of Tom's, so I think you could probably have made it so that most dialog choices allow you to take one soul, and you have to find the dialog choices which allow you to take two souls, e.g. both Tom and the grandma, or both Maddi and Luca, or both the mother and Olivia, etc. Even better, there could also be a secret pacifist run in which you befriend everyone by taking zero souls, and then they buy you an even cooler hat or something :)
toasteater
toasteater1 May 2019, 08:18
The 19-year-old cousin of Death is very cute. Unfortunately I can't figure out the minigames at all... Got the equations rejected, got a "Game Over" after hitting the counter on time, etc. Despite that, somehow $40 showed up and I saw the ending. I don't know what's happening.

But the 19-year-old cousin of Death is very cute. And the soundtrack is awesome.

Also, come to think about it, wouldn't it be easier to just kill the people and take their money directly?

Anyway, the 19-year-old cousin of Death is very cute.
Mykola1 May 2019, 10:51
Masterpiece! Everything is great. The best game I've played so far.
Lyrcaxis
Lyrcaxis1 May 2019, 11:43
Minigames are so hard but I managed to get the hat on my 2nd playthrough.

Weirdly enough the answer (a=10,b=4,c=2) wouldn't get accepted, but I got the 20$ anyway when the time ran out :D

I enjoyed the art. Too bad Tom was a girl but I understand that wasn't a big priority hehe. Great job!
Drauthius
Drauthius1 May 2019, 13:33
Nice game, great graphics. Wouldn't have minded spending some more time shopping.
pke1029
pke10291 May 2019, 15:47
Adorable. Very hard though. Love the story and humor :)
T-Bo
T-Bo1 May 2019, 16:15
Cute graphics, cool story, beautiful music and fun mini games ! Good job ! :clap:
jvolonte
jvolonte1 May 2019, 17:09
Minigames are fun and the game overall looks pretty polished! Nice job, I liked the artstyle :)
cnnmon1 May 2019, 20:02
hi, programmer & one of the artists here!

@gelisam thank you for the feedback! that's a really interesting approach, and we may take you up on that in the future!

@toasteater game overs from hitting the timer counter can still mean you won! it depends on the minigame. for example, delivering a love letter requires you to not run out of lives before the timer runs out. also, stealing money is bad etiquette ):

@lyrcaxis be sure to count how many bananas there are!
PixScope
PixScope1 May 2019, 20:37
I love the art style !
philipprapp95
philipprapp951 May 2019, 20:46
Interesting use of the theme. The levels are very hard, first time i didn't manage to win one of them, though the math problem didn't work. nice graphics and great music. good job!
Maytch
Maytch1 May 2019, 20:48
Very clean and a cool take on the theme. Bit hard but refreshing in a Wario-ware sort of way.
DeepTerror1 May 2019, 20:48
It's so cute both graphics and sounds. I enjoyed the mini-games.
One of the best game I played this Jam - congrats !
For a first LD entry I'm really impressed and I hope you will participate in the next LD :)
Twan Mul1 May 2019, 20:49
fun atmosphere, lots of variation in the games. well done guys!
kinuni4 May 2019, 06:39
the story was really funny and i like the graphic style
sylvie
sylvie5 May 2019, 01:30
Cute and funny game! I had trouble with some of the minigames, so I liked that you can still complete the game even if you fail some of them. The art was really cute.

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