Deeper Inside LD48

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.61

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.33

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.48

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.31

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.81

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.35

Deeper Inside is a Visual Novel where you are a depressed person.
Will you face your past in your deep dreams to reform yourself?
It is up to you.
It has 3 major unique endings.

HOW TO PLAY
In order to play you have to use keyboard keys.
[P] to play on menu or [E] to exit game on any screen.
[Spacebar] to proceed through lines and [A],[B] and [C] when the choices are available to choose. Press corresponding key and then press spacebar to proceed.

It is made for Ludum Dare 48.
Made with C++ and SFML.
I used audio I created earlier this month.
I did Pixel art myself.

Tools: SFML

Comments35

Gargantus27 Apr 2021, 22:41

It's okay, but the game's too short in my opinion

gord10ahmet27 Apr 2021, 22:51

I am interested in this game, but I can't play :(

Ansh Mishraauthor28 Apr 2021, 02:10

@gord10ahmet Have you tried running it as administrator?

Ansh Mishraauthor28 Apr 2021, 02:18

@gargantus Thanks! I will extend playtime in post-jam version.

gord10ahmet28 Apr 2021, 07:15

I did, it still didn't work.

Ansh Mishraauthor28 Apr 2021, 08:07

Thanks for showing interest in the game. If you have time and if it is not much of a hassle try this fix.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/-windows-cannot-access-the-specified-device-path-or-file-error-when-you-try-to-install-update-or-start-a-program-or-file-46361133-47ed-6967-c13e-e75d3cc29657#:~:text=Method%201%3A%20Check%20the%20permission%20of%20the%20file%20or%20folder&text=To%20check%20the%20permission%20of,see%20the%20permissions%20you%20have.

Foursay28 Apr 2021, 12:59

still not work for me, run as admin

nyanpierre28 Apr 2021, 13:18

interesting idea

Poorwill28 Apr 2021, 13:29

It worked for me and I think it's a good minimalistic entry. I think it would be better to have numbers as the dialogue choice buttons instead of A, B and C. And it would be great if the button immediately then forwarded the dialogue, instead of having to press space as well.

Ansh Mishraauthor28 Apr 2021, 21:51

@poorwill Thanks! I will have mouse input in post-jam version with choices in separate box so can just click on them to move forward.

LittleW00D29 Apr 2021, 22:48

Definitely a unique take on the theme. I played the post fix version, but you should really upload a version of the game with the fix built into the zip file rather than having the player manually patch the game.

Ansh Mishraauthor30 Apr 2021, 02:14

@littlew00d Thanks. Alrite I will upload fixed version.

ardorugus1 May 2021, 03:09

Maaan... I followed you, just in case. Joking here. I'd have some tissues around playing this. The story is quite specific and gruesome sometimes. But at some point many were there. Maybe if it was more of an experience for everyone to get attached to (more interactive and Player-centered), would be cooler. Some sfx on choices and fastforward after the choice is a must. Overall, I felt that fellow, man, I tried to sympathize, got a better ending at first time. If a better ending is a better one, though.

Ansh Mishraauthor1 May 2021, 06:07

@ardorugus Thanks :). I did plan on sfx, more art and much more for the game but realistically it was not achievable as I had learned how to draw in 2d with SFML during the jam. So I had to cut back on lot of things in order to finish it. Hopefully I will be able to learn and put all that stuff soon in post jam version. Once again thanks. Also fun fact it has 27 endings in total ;).

AdonisDevs1 May 2021, 16:04

Very short, but interesting. It may be a good idea to shuffle (or at least re-word) the choices, because it is extremely obvious which choices will lead you to which ending. For example, C is always the positive choice and A is always the negative, so not much thinking is involved. Other than that, I think this is a solid entry and good take on the theme :)

Ansh Mishraauthor1 May 2021, 16:13

@adonisdevs Thanks! I will try to re-word the choices.

ardorugus1 May 2021, 23:55

@ansh-mishra 27, man... You're deep.)

gord10ahmet2 May 2021, 00:33

Nice game! My only complaint is the difficulty of the controls. It could be simply 1-3.

Ansh Mishraauthor2 May 2021, 15:07

@gord10ahmet Thanks! I will work on controls for post-jam version.

Peace Of Cake Games6 May 2021, 04:54

Really pulled some heartstrings.... it's beautiful and sad, and the music is so fitting. 😢 The simplicity of the art is perfect, too. Nice job!

Ansh Mishraauthor6 May 2021, 09:05

@peace-of-cake-games Thank You! :)

dans176 May 2021, 20:35

This was definitely some deep subject material. I liked the dissonant music and the way the art changed based on your choices. With so many endings to see, I would have liked to have an option to restart at the end instead of having to close and reopen the game. I also think some more interesting story-based choices would help the player feel more immersed and connected to the game character.

Ansh Mishraauthor6 May 2021, 23:45

@dans17 Thanks! and noted for post-jam version.

fabula_rasa7 May 2021, 20:10

Very nice piano music, it really builds the mood.

I felt there should be some indication of the choice you made. I mean, where you press A, B, C nothing really happens. It's a bit confusing at first. If the chosen option would get highlighted (or something like that), that would be nice :).

Ansh Mishraauthor7 May 2021, 20:20

@fabula-rasa Thanks! Yeah visual and sound feedback would be nicer. I will implement that in post-jam version.

CameronPenner8 May 2021, 16:25

This was neat. I started off making the "good" choices, and then eventually realized that I probably wouldn't actually do that, and then made the choices I actually would make. However, when I did pick the "wrong" choice, it picked the right one anyway? I couldn't tell if the game actually didn't have choices, and just assumed that I would pick the right one... is it just a slide show? :P. One thing I think text adventures normally fail at is just having giant blocks of text, this did a great job of giving bite sized pieces to read.

Ansh Mishraauthor9 May 2021, 04:12

@cameronpenner Ohhh just tested that choice bug, it happens when I press the choice key more than one time. Thanks for letting me know about it. Thanks for the praise too :)

ASTALAVISTICH9 May 2021, 11:02

It's unusual to see novels on jam, but it turned out well, quite atmospheric.

asfdfdfd9 May 2021, 15:25

For some reason choises does not work for me but i feel submission potential. Good work!

Hobzone10 May 2021, 10:15

The mood is working very well and it is an interesting approach to the theme. Too bad is that that short.

FishMasterino10 May 2021, 21:46

The mood is nice, I found it weird that you had to press the key for the choice and then space to confirm.

Ansh Mishraauthor13 May 2021, 09:17

@astalavistich Thank you :)

@asfdfdfd Thanks. Yeah choices can bug out. Will fix it in post-jam version.

@hobzone Thanks. Will work on length on game for post-jam version.

@fishmasterino Thanks. Yeah that control issue is quite weird but will fix it in post-jam version

Ty Victorson14 May 2021, 09:34

Like others have mentioned it is pretty short but i liked the story! the art was fitting and the music also fit well!

xpoho14 May 2021, 14:26

Интересная идея - рассказать о проблемах человека в виде интерактивного текста. О проблемах надо рассказывать, надеюсь, вы не остановитесь на достигнутом ^_^

Ansh Mishraauthor15 May 2021, 10:12

@ty-victorson Thank you! Yeah working on length for the post-jam version.

@xpoho Thank you for your kind words! - Спасибо за ваши добрые слова!