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Ludum Dare #49jam

The Auto-Analyst

by chainsawmcd
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.68
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.68
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.72
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.39
Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.23
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.77
The Auto-Analyst is a short, in-browser game that assesses your psychological fitness for a job as a top-secret Cold War intelligence officer. Using the latest 20th-century technology, this machine will shrink your head with cutting-edge, 1950s science!

The Auto-Analyst was made using Twine 2.3.14​, Harlowe 3.2.2​ and HAL v.2.2.1​.

This was my first game jam and I had a blast! This was also my first project in Twine/Harlowe and I really enjoyed exploring them both. I'm looking forward to using these tools for larger projects in the future - maybe a visual novel.

In any event, I hope you enjoy this humble attempt to entertain. Thanks for taking a look!

Twitter: @chainsawmcd
Tags: #2d, #my first game jam, #narrative, #retro, #short, #singleplayer, #twine
Genres: interactive fiction, visual novel
Tools: Twine

Comments22

IcedJaM4 Oct 2021, 21:59
Short but sweet. I think you've got a lot of talent when it comes to story, this was very entertaining. I look forward to your future work, great job!
mirianbr
mirianbr4 Oct 2021, 22:16
I really enjoyed your test, so fun! Looking forward to see more of it! I'd love to see more questions, maybe in different test attempts (I tried, lol).

Very minor: I had to reduce the zoom in my browser in the home screen a little bit to make it all fit without a scrollbar (I'm using Firefox on Windows, resolution 1366x768). Not sure if this was intentional.
kbf123
kbf1235 Oct 2021, 03:46
Love the theme! Wasn't super long, but after spending 30 minutes trying to figure out the last game I played, this was a welcome break.
Keep it up!
Rayredd5 Oct 2021, 04:45
Very funny! I like it!
Artyom Volkov5 Oct 2021, 08:46
I really like this small, but hilarious game. The texts are clever and fun to read. Great work. The only thing I don't like, that it's not that obvious how to restart the game if you lost.
ADerpyChickenStudios
ADerpyChickenStudios5 Oct 2021, 17:29
This game was super funny and well written kind of gave me Stanley parable vibes a bit. I really liked the choose your own outcome way of playing. It was super fun that if you weren't consistent with your answers that the machine would break down. The aesthetics and music were spot on for the vibe of the game and made me feel immersed. Wonderful job :)
Mr_DanH5 Oct 2021, 17:38
Well-presented, funny and didn't overstay its welcome. Well done!
chainsawmcd
chainsawmcdauthor5 Oct 2021, 20:40
@aderpychickenstudios THANK YOU! It's so gratifying to know that you figured out the explosion ending. I know it wasn't difficult to get to but I was still nervous that no one would see my favorite part of the game. Cheers!
yojammerjammer6 Oct 2021, 01:54
I actually really liked this. It was a lot of fun.
FlorianBalD
FlorianBalD6 Oct 2021, 07:16
I loved it, i didn't expected it to have a secret ending! Great job, really funny one!
Misfire_dev
Misfire_dev6 Oct 2021, 12:25
Really well written and enjoyable to find all of the endings, good job.
Sherwood
Sherwood6 Oct 2021, 18:02
Meh. I mean... Ahem, you did it !
Seriously, I had fun destroying that auto-analyst. Great concept, intriguing story and nice touch of humor. Very cool game !
stvnchng6 Oct 2021, 21:45
Nice job and congrats on the first jam! As someone who also did it for the first time it was pretty tough but also rewarding. I liked the concept of this game a lot and I think the length of it captured the vibe it was going for pretty well. The aesthetics also complemented the game nicely. Best of luck with your bigger projects in the future!
hiroboto
hiroboto8 Oct 2021, 06:25
VERY ENTERTAINING! Good job for your first jam! Keep going!
Shigor
Shigor8 Oct 2021, 07:30
My Chrome doesn't want to run the game and reports
"There is a problem with this story's 1st script:
SecurityError: Failed to read the 'sessionStorage' property from 'Window': Access is denied for this document.
Error: Failed to read the 'sessionStorage' property from 'Window': Access is denied for this document."

No problem with Firefox though, first I became supersecret agent, than I infiltrated the program and destroyed the analyzer.
wedgiebee
wedgiebee8 Oct 2021, 07:39
Got all 4 endings! (I think?) My favorite branch was definitely the one with the middle answers, the test-giver had some great dialogue there. Great work!

I wish that breaking the system felt a little more... like I was breaking it? Sorry that's very ambiguous, but I think one thing that might have helped is randomizing the order of the answer you choose from. Instead of the consistent "wrong, fine, correct", switching the order might have made it feel more like I was really breaking the system.
Raph_Gi8 Oct 2021, 16:14
The commentary of the doctor was hilarious and I liked the cold-war mood. It's a shame the "good" and "bad" answers are too obvious.
Sudo Nym8 Oct 2021, 19:19
Pretty interesting! Really enjoyed playing it!
Joror
Joror13 Oct 2021, 20:21
Fun & different way of doing a scenario! The tone and mood are quite gnarly. Would have loved some different paths in the story/questions depending on your choices. Breaking the machine is a nice little bonus.
jharler18 Oct 2021, 11:48
Haha, great take on the theme! Strangely enough, the first time around I got all the questions correct. The second time though, I managed to get that ear splitting system malfunction. It was funny, but honestly you should have headphone warnings or something, because that was LOUD. Great job though!
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