Memes Never Die

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.19
Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.03
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.12
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.39
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.33
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.07
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.80
Memes come and go. Create your own meme and try to Keep it Alive!

Game Objective: Stop your meme from dying by talking to everyone in town and placing posters in every spot you can see!

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Controls:
- WASD/Arrow Key - Move
- Space - Talk/Place Poster
- Escape - Pause
- Left Mouse - Draw

Genres: survival
Tools: Unity

Comments24

Gerbo
Gerbo20 Apr 2020, 08:37
definitely one of my favorite entries, the art looks amazing and the game itself is really good. The only thing that didn't quite get to me was the music, but other than, nice game :D
James_7777
James_7777author20 Apr 2020, 08:50
@gerbo Thank you so much! Let's just say music isn't my forte haha.
JonahSenzel20 Apr 2020, 09:30
really love the fact that you get to make your own meme, best part. Art was also quite nice. Overall pretty polished as well
zuf
zuf20 Apr 2020, 10:16
I really like this interpretation of the theme. And I agree that getting to draw your own poster is great.
bigTINYGames20 Apr 2020, 11:56
Great art style and entertaining game play. Controls are just right. Things are some times hidden behind other sprites which is just a little bit frustrating in high tempo game
BloodpulpGames
BloodpulpGames20 Apr 2020, 12:27
I love the art style! i just wish poster pickups gave more than 2 :(
Iluvatar
Iluvatar20 Apr 2020, 12:55
Hands down, the best LD entry I played so far. It was so funny! I love how the people react, and the fact you can actually draw your own meme in the beginning. It's these little details that create a great experience. I wasn't able to finish the game, but had like 26/33 Posters and 5/7 people spoken to. Simple as it seems it was really fun. Love the satire tone you were trying to achieve, and you've done an excellent job.
munkkeli
munkkeli20 Apr 2020, 13:54
Oh man this is good! The humor is spot on, and the ability to actually draw and name your meme is an amazing feature. I feel like the balance is also great, and the town is fun to run around. One of my favourites this year for sure! Incredible stuff.
rich20 Apr 2020, 14:51
This is a great entry! Everything works really well. Music is good and the graphics fit together. Good job!
seano20 Apr 2020, 15:51
Best Jam Game Ever. Loved it!
Made an 'ass tree' meme and put it everywhere
Saviqq20 Apr 2020, 16:11
Such a goofy game, messed around with it, here are few of my notes:

Things I like
- option to create your own meme at beginning
- fits the LD Theme
- nice art and sound effects

Things that could be improved
- multiple streets as "levels"
- achievement for finding all citizens, using all poster spots

Nice work in 48 hour period :smile:
Noxbuds
Noxbuds20 Apr 2020, 16:50
This was a very fun game to play. Very cool and unique idea, and an interesting take on the theme. I like how your meme was actually visible on the posters - it was funny seeing my poorly drawn memes. At first it felt a bit too easy, but it definitely became more difficult as posters became in short supply - I only managed 19/33 posters and 5/7 people. The music was a bit loud and got a bit repetitive after a while, but it fit the mood of the game very well
drikdrok
drikdrok20 Apr 2020, 17:19
Solid entry. The pixel art is great and the music/sound effects are fitting
MaximBegunov
MaximBegunov20 Apr 2020, 18:37
Great everything. Idea, pixel-art, town structure, especially animation and sound when you hang a poster.

Your game is one of the funniest I played so far. It was totally hillarious seeing people liking the dickpic I drew and seeing it al over the streets.
knason
knason20 Apr 2020, 18:49
Well this was great fun! Intense and hard working fun. Really nice graphic, and the sound effects added nicely to the intensity of the game. :) God job!
Bredian20 Apr 2020, 19:46
Really good game, I like LD theme approach. The only thing I wish this game had is an indication whether the person knows your meme or not. I lost many hp trying to talk about my meme to someone who knows it.
TheseusInABottle
TheseusInABottle20 Apr 2020, 19:48
Really nice looking. My meme always died with one person unfound and one or two posters unhung. I really love the amount of polish that you put into making the gameplay feel nice. Its highly satisfying to hear that slap sound effect when you hang up a poster. I wish that people that I had already told about my meme would lose the exclamation point above there head because I feel like that would make it easier for me to identify who I havent talked to at a glance, but beyond that you've made a really great game.
Gonzo13
Gonzo1321 Apr 2020, 15:22
Ha, good one! Nice art, interesting theme implementation. Good work!
Vaanrile
Vaanrile22 Apr 2020, 12:22
Really impressive game !
The concept is great, the graphics and sound design are really well done, and the level design/placement of the poster spots and people is interesting enough to make you want to replay the level until you have found them all.
Also, drawing the meme at the beginning of each playthrough adds a lot to the replay value, so excellent job !
sorko23 Apr 2020, 19:49
Really liked the idea, and loved spreading my duck meme around. Everyone loved it, except the one person i just couldn't find. And i'm sure the car/shop owners probably didn't love it too much either.

But great game! Graphics are cool, and music fits well. Also the dialogues were short, but worked well, I liked them. It was quite easy to leave the playing area, but no other issues that i discovered. Sometimes it was a bit hard to know where i'm supposed to stand to be able to add the poster.
Kirbloid
Kirbloid24 Apr 2020, 01:05
I'm always up for more metaphorical takes on this theme, and what really grounds this one is the player getting to create their own theme which is a really fun mechanic! The humor was well done and oozed from the way you handled the theme, and it was fun walking around to keep the meme alive.
Scott Steffes
Scott Steffes26 Apr 2020, 12:46
Very relatable game. I wish I had the courage to post my memes around town like that.
All the animations/sounds were great, making it satisfying to play.
For those of us who aren't especially artistically talented it would be nice if you had some hand-crafted memes you made yourself that you could choose to use instead.
SplitPainter
SplitPainter30 Apr 2020, 20:35
This concept is so cool! The game is well structured, well done for solo work. I will say the same as @scott-steffes I wish I had the courage to do that in real life :sweat_smile:

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