Eternal Recurrence

by vegatss
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.90
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.32
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.55
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.63
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.10
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.16
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.29
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.03
Made for LudumDare47. Theme: Stuck in a loop. Based on the idea of eternal recurrence.

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Comments15

pdvlx5 Oct 2020, 21:46
A good-looking piece of loop!
Casterra5 Oct 2020, 21:57
You need to give the player some guidance. Some things take energy and sometimes sleeping recovers it and sometimes eating does and I'll just die randomly. I don't know what to do to survive. If you add in some guidance. This could be a good life simulator.
Hadryel6 Oct 2020, 03:08
Is there a way to increase your energy? Because right now it seems that you can only do Eat Sleep and any other thing. I love the aesthetics! The game feels and looks very relaxing! Well done!
Lees-Pac7 Oct 2020, 02:13
there's a lot of potential in this game but I wish the death animation was skippable or at least shorter, it is sick though.
I want to say that there should be some sort of indication for what the player needs but if the death animation was shorter that may not be a problem.
cireneikual2224647 Oct 2020, 02:14
Looks nice, feels morbid thematically. Not really sure what to do other than eat sleep play and die though, maybe that's the intent?
Str0nkyK0ng
Str0nkyK0ng7 Oct 2020, 02:19
Loved the concept for this game! Additionally, all the graphics were on point (especially the reset animation, although maybe it was a bit long?) Altogether a good game that talks about the repetition found in everyday life.
Ismael Rodriguez
Ismael Rodriguez7 Oct 2020, 21:56
Cool reset animation, but kinda long, wish it was quicker or skip-pable. I tried to just eat and sleep but died from the flu. So I tried to eat sleep and clean but died from poverty at 55? Is there a way to win?
wizard sino
wizard sino9 Oct 2020, 11:48
Very futile very realistic.
vegatssauthor9 Oct 2020, 19:13
@ismael-rodriguez The best you can is is to die from old age. To not die by poverty you need to work at least once. To work you need to go to school and study at least one. You can find the workplace at the rightmost side of the map.
ToSMaster
ToSMaster10 Oct 2020, 11:35
I really like the abstract pixel effects during the "respawn". That's very well made. I wonder how you did it?
But during the gameplay I felt really lost. I had no idea what to do and died a lot. It felt like a lot of trial and error. :(
vegatssauthor11 Oct 2020, 01:19
@tosmaster Dying over and over again is the point of the game. You can't escape it one way or another. I made those effects with unity particle system
Floata_112 Oct 2020, 20:35
liked this entry thought it was pretty funny nice death comments reminds me of oregon trail.. pretty fun. could have used a plot or a story behind it but good
DavidPeterWorks22 Oct 2020, 03:48
I died 4 times. The respawn effect is long. Where is mom and dad? :) Good job.
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