Press Start For Nothing

co-authored: @savethejets1
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.60
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.31
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.40
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.19
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.04
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.77
Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.06
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.74
This is a game about nothing. It isn't even really a game. You should quit before you even begin...

SOUND IS REQUIRED - GAME WILL AUTO-START ON LOAD

Controls: Start Button (Controller) or ENTER (Keyboard)

Credits:

Savethejets - Art / Sound / Design

EvilObjective - Code / Design / Sound

Track 'Adventure' by Bensound.com (https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/adventure)

screenshot

Comments21

Raomer7 Oct 2019, 19:21
Okay....i was confused in the beginning...then i went with the flow. The idea is good and the execution is fitting well. And i went until the end :) Reminds me of "The stanley parabel". Sort of. Thats a good thing!
merkisoft7 Oct 2019, 19:30
funny but also nothing
sansman01
sansman017 Oct 2019, 19:32
That was a very innovative story :) (Remindes me of the game ICEY -> also has a narrator you can defy)
PietPtr7 Oct 2019, 19:39
Nice to see a fun story driven game here. Great idea you guys had here and you put it into practice in a nice way.
Nisovin7 Oct 2019, 21:10
Interesting game, amusing to play. It was actually longer than I was expecting, given the description.
nj_vs_valhalla8 Oct 2019, 19:41
Very cool! Narration is a bit annoying with this synthesized voice, but twist with Klaus is truly brilliant!
Benji Kershenbaum8 Oct 2019, 19:52
Cute game, but could do with a tiny bit more interaction.
blobo
blobo8 Oct 2019, 21:32
Poor jeff. I eventually couldn't figure out what to do, but i enjoyed everything that i played.
evilobjectiveauthor8 Oct 2019, 21:45
@benji-kershenbaum We had a bunch of other interactions planned but unfortunately we ran into the classic Ludum Dare issue of running out of time! In particular we wanted the interactions to have fail states that create branching paths. Oh well, maybe for a post-jam version!

@blobo If you made it to Jeff's fate then you reached the end, there was nothing else to do.
philomory8 Oct 2019, 22:28
By the Queen's beard, that was... strange. What a strange game.
Bocodillo
Bocodillo8 Oct 2019, 22:28
2019's best nihilism simulator.
Palemek
Palemek8 Oct 2019, 22:34
Thank you for that calming experience, really well executed(godot face as particles ;D), i was stuck a little with black screen at end, but finally i read your post that it was the end :) I think that without any branching paths its even better, because its more like a short humoristic movie that you play a part in, not an experience called "what did i miss". Thanks!
johnnysix
johnnysix8 Oct 2019, 23:20
Great stuff, bonus points for what I think was a BlackAdder reference in there , and for the general Doug Adam's style story telling.
Ulisses8 Oct 2019, 23:42
Truly amazing! I played over and over!!!
evilobjectiveauthor9 Oct 2019, 04:19
@palemek Thanks for playing. No intentional BlackAdder reference (you can take away the bonus points!) though I've heard of it I haven't seen the show before

@ulisses Wow thanks!
Yhi12 Oct 2019, 21:10
Good simple game with the concept of nothing. Even with a limited interaction (single button), it stays fun.

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