Participatory Loop (and the Samovar of Time)

by xlomid
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.42
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.20
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.42
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.92
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.10
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.29
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.66
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.16
Work for a creative agency that attracts off-kilter clients. Help a grumpy mad scientist to create a marketing campaign for his time-traveling samovar. Escape a time loop to move on with your life. And maybe learn a bit about participatory design?

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This prototype was developed as a mini-game for Methodyca, a learning game about research methods created at Tallinn University, Estonia. Check out our website here: http://dlg.tlu.ee/methodyca/

UPDATE - 16/10/2020
We added a second link below to the finished, post-compo version game.

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Comments13

LelulaGames
LelulaGames6 Oct 2020, 05:19
I didn't realize I could choose more than one person for the meeting at first, but I did pick it up. There was dialog missing at one point as well. Overall an interesting concept.
Shenawy6 Oct 2020, 09:08
@lelulagames thanks for playing. unfortunately we couldn't finish it on time, that's why the last bit is like that. Ivan was supposed to give you feedback on what you chose in the meeting. We will finish it soon and upload a link to the finished game
Yoni6 Oct 2020, 11:09
A nice idea with some funny bits, but I quit after a few rounds because there was no way to understand If I'm going in the right direction. Hopefully the final version will be better in this regard.
ElPadlos6 Oct 2020, 11:10
Great music and drawings ). Simple and interesting game. Well done!
Tamail6 Oct 2020, 11:11
This is such an interesting idea! Liked it a lot! I just wish the speech bubble for you and others would look different, this was a bit confusing.
Jonas Michael
Jonas Michael6 Oct 2020, 11:13
Nice concept, however I faced the same issue regarding the missing dialogue. The suggestions are hilarious and made the gameplay quite humorous. I dont think though that you can play this game too often, as it seems quite repetitive (which makes sense regarding the theme :thinking: )
Div006 Oct 2020, 12:00
A fantastic concept, I enjoyed it so much, and had high hopes for its end, but unfortunately it was missing that part. Would play it again indeed once it's finished.
Shenawy16 Oct 2020, 09:00
@tamail agreed. Given time, I might even consider giving different font colour to each character to help differentiate them even more.
Shenawy16 Oct 2020, 09:01
@jonas-michael yeap, we really delivered on being 'stuck in a loop' :smile:
Try the finished version now and see how it's like after you can finish it.
Jonas Michael
Jonas Michael18 Oct 2020, 11:48
@shenawy I tried the finished version, and with the feedback it is actually a lot of fun finding out about the preferences of the time traveller! Good work on that one!
Div0020 Oct 2020, 22:45
@shenawy I have played the finished game, and I like it so much. I loved the concept even more :heart: keep up the good work and would love to play your next games :smile:
Aravill25 Oct 2020, 14:49
Nice idea for a game! For a while I was a bit confused about what I'm actually to do, but I picked up on it after a few minutes. Good job ^^

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