New start at N.O.T.H.I.N.G. Ltd.

by shigor

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.29

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.94

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.65

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.19

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.65

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.13

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.72

UPDATE2: Enhanced version with few small fixes and full save/load now available.

UPDATE: Enhanced version (html and windows) now available. There's about two more days spent on polishing, adding music, audio, new combat skills and different endings (now there are 9). DON'T RATE THIS VERSION - but please try it after playing original :)

Your new start at N.O.T.H.I.N.G. Ltd. ! You might have died, but now you're safe in our compound where you can enjoy the rest of your afterlife!

A sort of RPG made in 72 hours, solo. I've originally went for compo, but I just couldn't finish the game in time. (And it's still not exactly finished...)

Controls: mouse or WASD plus keys.

Genres: role playing

Tools: Unity

Comments26

zissou8 Oct 2019, 01:04

Like the quirky humor.

DigitalWizard8 Oct 2019, 01:25

A very cool concept! I like the idea of a ghost trying to escape from the afterlife and a lot of the other ghosts being much like you only having been there longer!

It's a long game, so I didn't get a chance to finish it. Still, I'm confident I could have become a mega-skeleton or a wraith and escape the afterlife!

yokuday8 Oct 2019, 13:09

i like how its all hand drew(the ui), and the controls are SO smooth! good job guys!

trmrddr8 Oct 2019, 14:20

I became a skeleton. I like it! Great job for 72 hours!

sver8 Oct 2019, 17:51

Very nice gameplay and lots of contents, so i could not finish it. Great job!

GraphicEdit8 Oct 2019, 18:02

Nice game

Vaibho8 Oct 2019, 18:09

The game's concept was good. The game was quite long I think, so I didn't completely finish the game. But as far as I played it, I enjoyed it. Nice work.

Gaz_Ireland8 Oct 2019, 18:25

I loved it! I thought this was a great entry. Congratulations!

Chocolat-Endive8 Oct 2019, 18:36

One of the entries I had the most fun with! I maxed all stats and managed to get out. I didn't quite understand how to possess the bones though, event with the additional skills, so I think I'll try doing the quests again. Great job overall!

Guilb8 Oct 2019, 19:01

Very nice game, after leaving nothing as a ghost after quite a lot of time to get max stats, I laughed at the end. Good job!

someone8 Oct 2019, 19:10

Good game. Much longer than I expected. I escaped twice, once as a ghost and once as the skeleton to see what happens.
I love the hand drawn aesthetic of the interface.
The first wise ghost you meet you can walk around but it constantly opens the interaction window. Also had a ghost spawn on top of me one time.

jharler8 Oct 2019, 19:12

I like the take on the theme. I wonder what the acronym stands for? :)

Great job with the RPG. The character was kind of fiddly to control with the keyboard, but not bad enough to detract from the gameplay. Nice work!

Shigorauthor8 Oct 2019, 19:49

@someone I found out only during the test after submitting you can walk around him, it wasn't supposed to be so

@jharler you'd found that at the ending screens if you managed to escape from the N.O.T.H.I.N.G. Ltd. They're supplying specific caste of people with N.O.T.H.I.N.G. and many other stuff since LD45

jharler8 Oct 2019, 20:04

Ah, so I didn't play long enough. I've got to run soon but I'll try to remember to come back and find out what it means! :)

TJMcDonald8 Oct 2019, 23:39

Very fun, and much more substantial than it seemed at first.

SaltFactory Studio8 Oct 2019, 23:50

A fun iteration on turn-based battles while implementing the theme of "start with nothing." I actually like the way your hand drawn graphics looked inside of your 3-D levels. Definitely makes the game's visuals more unique. I definitely appreciated the fact that you could speed up dialogue by holding down the left click button. Something I would pay attention to now would be giving the players more visual and audible feedback, especially during the battle scenes.

Shigorauthor9 Oct 2019, 09:15

@saltfactory-studio It's actually 2d isometric layered tile maps. no 3d allowed

thetatautau9 Oct 2019, 12:36

A very good entry. The story and progression feeling are good. The aestetic is good despite some issues (pixelated lines). Improving the fight mecanics would be a good idea for a post jam version, because for the moment it's mostly bashing the attack button (but it's good enough for a 3 day game).

Black Flag9 Oct 2019, 15:50

I really liked the combat system of this game, as well as the narrative! Some audio would have been nice, but there are a lot of time constraints in a jam! You also managed to put a lot of content into a game made in such a short amount of time, which isn't easy! Overall, this is a very good jam entry!

Paulsams9 Oct 2019, 16:47

It is not very clear where to go and what to do at every moment of the game. But the plot is cool.

Hcursino10 Oct 2019, 07:05

I didn't quite get the idea of the battles other than just click attack and hope for the best. But cool game overall. Good job.

Oneki10 Oct 2019, 08:20

Enjoyed the theme and the JPRG-ness of it. Maybe a little too ambitious for a jam? :D Solid writing, wish there was more direction.

LoneWolfDev11 Oct 2019, 09:42

I like the iterpretation of them. Fits really good! It's basic RPG, so maybe some different attacks might be good!

OddSocks15 Oct 2019, 08:55

Great game. I actually really enjoyed the art. Simple but effective. Also really interesting take on the theme. Sort of reminded me of Dark Souls! Great entry. Look forward to seeing more from you.