Ludum Dare #48compo

The Deepest Booze

by mechamew

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.80

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.38

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.40

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.98

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.15

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.92

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.87

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.20

After years of interstellar travel you've finally reached your destination; the distant moon of JoFo182! Here you hope to find the one person that can answer a lifetime of questions. It's time to get to the bottom of a cosmic mystery, 342 years in the making.

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Deepest Blues is a playful space detective adventure made in 48 hours by Ben from Team Lazerbeam.
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This game was made with the following tools:

Engine: Renpy

Art: Photoshop

Synthesizers: Deepmind 12 and Novation Circuit

Have fun and be excellent to each other!

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Post-Comp Itch Build updates:

26 Apr 14:30 - Fixed some spelling mistakes

26 Apr 16:20 - Updated med bay and final room art

26 Apr 22:00 - Added 3 variations on ending backgrounds & shaded Mewmew

For review purposes you can access the original comp submission builds here.

Tags: #artgame, #atmospheric, #comedy, #cute, #ren'py, #sci-fi, #short, #singleplayer

Genres: interactive fiction, visual novel

Tools: Ren'Py

Comments24

smt26 Apr 2021, 03:17

this is such a cute game, the art style is great and the music is awesome too, i love this

mechamewauthor26 Apr 2021, 09:49

Thanks so much for playing, and for leaving this encouraging comment @smt! So nice to hear you had such a good time with The Deepest Booze!

Smooches26 Apr 2021, 17:01

Absolutely amazing, I won't spoil it for anyone reading but I loved the art, music and the narrative, plus the UI was slick. Thanks for making this!

mechamewauthor26 Apr 2021, 17:10

Awwww, thanks so much @smooches! Might be the sleep deprivation talking, but this comment made me quite emotional! Thanks so very much for playing and for the kind words!

CandleBird26 Apr 2021, 17:10

Captain Mumbles Bumbum, Earth's Greatest Wrestling Terror Philosopher, wholeheartedly approves of this game. It's art style and dialogue are both great! Seriously, the writing is stellar! The music also ties the mood together perfectly. I want to talk so much about the story, but I don't want to spoil it for anyone else. Good job Team Lazerbeam!

CrispyBun26 Apr 2021, 17:42

Oh I love this! At first when I got to the bar and started asking questions, I thought it was just gonna be a cheesy fourth wall break, but you totally managed to make it really interesting. I love the art too, and the music is great, I was just vibing in the main menu for a bit before I even started playing. Awesome job!

hiki91126 Apr 2021, 19:05

A really like music and overall vibes

mechamewauthor26 Apr 2021, 22:26

Hi Captain Mumbles Bumbum/ @candlebird! So very glad to hear you approve of this game! Very stoked to hear you had such a good time with it!

mechamewauthor26 Apr 2021, 22:28

@crispybun Awww, this was so good to hear! Very glad to hear that it exceeded your expectations! Also, so great that you were just vibing on the main menu! Of all the tunes I made over the jam that was one of my favourites - I worried that it might be wasted on the main menu, but secretly hoped someone cool would just chill out with it playing the background. Thanks for being that someone cool!

mechamewauthor26 Apr 2021, 22:29

Thanks for playing and commenting @hiki911! This was my first time doing the music for one of my games, so it means a lot to hear that you enjoyed the tunes!

Yu_needs_coffee27 Apr 2021, 15:43

What can I say?

=3 =3 =3 =3 =3 =3 =3 =3

All those years were worth it!

voidfishing27 Apr 2021, 16:57

this was totally different from what I expected looking at the page, but I really loved it!! the characters and art style are so cute, and I like your take on the theme, it was a really nice lil message :cat:

captain juno bumbum + mewmew best friends forever

Natalia Dushkina27 Apr 2021, 18:04

When I saw this cute catstronaut I couldn’t pass by! I love mysterious detectives. Seemed too much talking but it’s understandable considered harsh time limit for game development. I loved the drawn art and the last dialog)

Andre Sadie27 Apr 2021, 19:46

That was very unexpected but really cool. Thanks for the experience.

mechamewauthor28 Apr 2021, 00:03

@yu-needs-coffee @voidfishing @natalia-dushkina @andre-sadie Thank you one and all for playing, and for you're lovely comments! It's so very encouraging knowing this game struck a chord with each of you!

Melon_spirit30 Apr 2021, 02:30

I'm so glad I stuck it out to the end. This game was really different from a lot of the other takes on the deeper and deeper theme in a good way. The art was well done, and the storyline was also interesting. Loved how you got to name yourself something random at the beginning... and the CATS!!! Thank you for making this! Good job!

mechamewauthor30 Apr 2021, 16:58

Thanks so much @melon-spirit! It's such a good feeling to receive feedback like this! Very glad to hear you enjoyed all these aspects of the game and all the cats!

Brad Make Games1 May 2021, 23:58

Visually the game looked good. The music was nice but some sound effects could have helped a lot. Overall the game was polished and not a bad entry.

mechamewauthor6 May 2021, 09:48

Thanks for playing and commenting @brad-make-games!

I do wish I'd had time to record more sound effect - will totally add that in for a little post comp update after the jam!

fueelin10 May 2021, 18:12

Very nice game! I enjoyed the art, music, and writing a lot - it was a really pleasant experience! I assumed it would be longer based on all the save/load/etc. controls, but I didn't mind the length in the end. Really nice work!

PiJaMar11 May 2021, 00:25

What a sweet experience! The game left a warm feeling in my chest, like if I was surrounded by cats in a small underground cozy room somewhere far away while talking to someone interesting. Oh wait :sweat_smile:

!!MILD SPOILERS AHEAD!!

I absolutely love the art style, the mood and the music. I'm not from France, but I'm now a Team Lazerbeam fan! I love the three last questions / answers, it made me feel more connected to my journey as a beginner game dev.

Thank you for creating this game and congratulations on making it in only 48 hours, great job :trophy:

R2D4811 May 2021, 21:18

You've the deepest dialog I have seen in a game, you're at the level of "Psycho Mantis". Nice music Nice artistic direction. Some sound effects will be appreciated. Really refreshing idea for the interpretation of the theme. Well done thanks for your game.

mechamewauthor16 May 2021, 10:56

Thank you all for playing!

@fueelin I did plan for the game to be a bit longer myself - there was gonna be another decoy bar above The Deepest Booze! Had to cut it because of time constraints, but I feel like this is a nice length for a LD game; gives the player a nice little contained experience and then lets them get on with playing other jam creations!

@pijamar - glad to hear the game won us another team Lazerbeam fan! Reach out if I can send you keys for any of our releases!

@r2d48 Psycho Mantis comparison made me blush - you're too kind!

NoNumbersGames18 May 2021, 18:01

Nice user interface. Art style is simple but consistent (including the buttons at the bottom), which together with nice music create an immersive atmosphere.

Fun name and profession combinations!

Some interesting philosophy, and a deep twist, really nice! The surface layer analysis based on choices was pretty spot on.

Really liked the narrative and the messages of the game - was certainly a meaningful experience.

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