Looped

by zimny11
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.26
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.96
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.70
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.46
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.31
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.05
My original project ended up in the trashbin because it turned out that I would not be able to finish it on time. And I thought that it was an easy project to do, huh. So today I made this. I wouldn't really call it a game, but I hope someone finds it funny.

screenshot
Tags: #joke, #loop

Comments43

Elizir
Elizir5 Oct 2020, 09:21
Duuuude.. this whole "guess you'll wait until you know of which number i think" just stole 5 minutes of my lifetime.. i was laughing my ass off :laughing:
rex64
rex645 Oct 2020, 09:22
Lol that was meta! Nicely done!
merkisoft5 Oct 2020, 09:23
i finished the infinate game! nice pick on the theme, nice song (but is it really yours?)

edit: since the song is really yours, i had to bump up the audio rating! well done!
Seskon
Seskon5 Oct 2020, 09:23
this was funny, good job :)
Tayfun
Tayfun5 Oct 2020, 09:24
I agree the theme was really challenging. But you made a game didnt you? And it has really good humor:)
Dark Dungeon Studio
Dark Dungeon Studio5 Oct 2020, 09:32
Loved the humor!

THE GOOD:
- One button game, makes it simple
- The humor is good
- The curiosity to know if there's more has been exposed :smile:
- Player feedback/reward is great
- Really stuck in a loop!

THE BAD:
- I got a little stuck when the button vanished without any hints
zimny11
zimny11author5 Oct 2020, 09:39
@tradingbooch12 Look at the game screen, there is a number there :)
@elizir I'm sorry to hear that :) Also glad to hear you had a good time.
@rex64 That was the idea ;)
@merkisoft Yes, I made this music in BoscaCeoil.
@seskon @tayfun Well, I wouldn't call button press a game, but...
Thanks you all for taking the time to try it out!
zimny11
zimny11author5 Oct 2020, 09:43
@james-joubert Thanks for playing. I'm glad you liked the jokes! And about getting stuck... I should probably put an important word in quotation marks :/
NorthMan645 Oct 2020, 09:44
Hey, so... Feedback:

This was fun! I wasn't expecting the "click Ludum Dare 47 button to progress" thing so I had to look through the code. But nonetheless I enjoyed clicking the button in a loop.

Personally, I think this is a fine addition to the jam. :thumbsup:
EvoGenGames5 Oct 2020, 14:37
Second similar game I encountered this jam, but this one was way better.

The dialogue made me laugh and there were some challenging puzzles along the way

GREAT song!

thank you for this game!
zimny11
zimny11author5 Oct 2020, 14:42
@evogengames Thanks for kind words! If I had started with this idea instead of wasting my entire first day on something that didn't work, I'd probably come up with more puzzles :/ but oh well, what other can I do than learn from my mistakes :)
schizoid2k
schizoid2k6 Oct 2020, 00:59
Even though this submission was not what you originally set out to do, you did publish something, and that is a positive. Congrats! I did find it funny and spent a lot of time clicking :smile:
freeworld
freeworld6 Oct 2020, 06:47
I had fun with this :D
Love the idea, the humor, the simplicity and the interesting trick with the number!
It's hard to tell when you're actually stuck for real :P I'm not sure if I actually finished all content, but after spending a few minutes clicking around and pressing all the keyboard keys I gave up xD
zimny11
zimny11author6 Oct 2020, 07:25
@schizoid2k @kittymac Thanks for playing! I glad you like it.

@freeworld If you pressed the button for 3-4 minutes, you most probably went through the whole thing. The more I think about it, the more I regret not having started with that idea. And thank you for playing :)
Anomay
Anomay6 Oct 2020, 14:26
There is no loooooop!!

Good neta XD
zimny11
zimny11author6 Oct 2020, 15:14
@anomay Yes there is :) Thanks for trying it out!
dyguests
dyguests6 Oct 2020, 16:47
It's same a word puzzle game.
shp
shp6 Oct 2020, 17:00
you say it's low effort but it's quite the memorable experience, shows how much you can do with so little, well done
pekuja6 Oct 2020, 18:26
That was more fun than expected. :smiley: I do wonder if I missed something though... maybe I'll check the source code. :laughing:
Milestone Games
Milestone Games6 Oct 2020, 22:01
Unique take and fun even in this basic form, great job for such a short sprint!
Neragoth
Neragoth8 Oct 2020, 16:32
I don't know if the story is true... that you couldn't make a game in time so you did this.

Maybe its a good point you couldn't, right?

Because this is sick.

It entertained me.

And now I want to make you piss off again.

Now.

I said.

now.

Gimme my game.

Gimme.

Gimme now.

What?

You thought you could won at your own game?

No way.

I'm still here.

Here.

Heeeeeere.

:stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
Monkosum
Monkosum9 Oct 2020, 13:57
Really reminds of a few dialogues in Portal 2, when you don't do what you're supposed to do. I love that kind of humor. Also, is there really a hidden game or was that just a joke? I played through the game twice just to see if something changed, but it didn't.
zimny11
zimny11author9 Oct 2020, 14:27
@monkosum Thanks for playing! I'm glad you like it. No, there is no hidden game. I only told this joke to troll people. I also was expecting that there will be at least one person who will press every single block in the background just to try if there is something hidden :)
JLV
JLV9 Oct 2020, 22:37
Amazing meta game ! It was really reminiscent of The Stanley Parable, and I'm glad people are still making like those, especially when the theme is so fitting !

Strengths :
- Fun writing and twists
- A bunch of puzzles

Possible improvements :
- It is hard to know if you are really done...but that might actually be considered as a feature

Great entry !
zimny11
zimny11author10 Oct 2020, 08:27
@jlv Thanks! The problem with letting the player know that the loop is really done in the meta game is that no one will believe it :)
MrBamboo
MrBamboo10 Oct 2020, 22:52
Hahaha really nice ! So simple but make the job !
island-jam-2-group-314 Oct 2020, 20:48
Nice and original entry ;-) I was stuck at the number and at the word on the title until I saw the comments here ^^U Now I am not sure anymore if I finished the game 100% D: xD

Good job!
danielblanco3d
danielblanco3d25 Oct 2020, 14:18
LOL @zimny11 ,The game looks like a incremental joke and It makes you feel really stuck in a loop...Congrats!
zimny11
zimny11author25 Oct 2020, 14:59
@justcamh Thanks for covering my game and feedback!

@danielblanco3d I hope you didn't think that the screen you posted is the end and give up :)
There is "more" :)

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