Playing Dave!

by bdiaztobarra

co-authored: @vozme, @ayosetrujillo

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.99

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.86

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.62

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.73

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.21

Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.21

Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.46

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.13

_STORY_

Playing Dave! is a hilarious narrative and mini platform game where you play Anthony, a sound designer, that has to cover his friend by doing his job as a game developer.

Anthony will have to apply all his knowledge in video-games to impersonate his friends job, in order to DELAY THE INEVITABLE: Dave’s dismissal.

_FEATURES_

- Hilarious narrative among two friends
- Mini platform games that will make your experience fun
- Cats, who doesn't like cats in games?
- No programmer made this game, because of "COVID".

_THE TEAM_

- Ayose Trujillo: Game designer, pixel art and developer
- Antonio Vozmediano: sound and SFX designer
- Beatriz Díaz: Storytelling and scripts

Tags: #2d, #humor, #narrative, #parody, #pixel art, #retro

Genres: adventure

Tools: Unity

Comments36

Martin1834 Apr 2022, 21:16

Awsome mood, nice graphics and audio! Cute cat also!

Jared Lomangino4 Apr 2022, 22:02

This is really cool! I love the simple soundtrack it fits so well. The pixel art also looks amazing and great story, well done!

NicLee4 Apr 2022, 22:03

Awesome vibes, and everything was super smooth. Great Job!

moasip4 Apr 2022, 22:03

Very clever and interesting idea. The art work and sound tie together perfectly. I really enjoyed playing this game. I also stuck around to watch the credits because they were well done.

JamPaktGames4 Apr 2022, 22:04

It was hilarious, and a generally fun time! A spelling mistake here or there, but nothing too bad. Great game!

LDJam user 04 Apr 2022, 22:05

it was a fun game ^^ and you're right who doesn't like cat in a game xD? This cat was particularly cute :3

Forgin Bits4 Apr 2022, 22:05

Awesome idea! The story was original and I could tell that a lot of care has been put into the audio. It was fun to navigate each time through an improved level; I had a hard time with the commands for the cat though.

Rufus4 Apr 2022, 22:06

Holy moly guacamole, this was such a good experience! The only downside is the fact it's short, but as a jam game- it's perfect! :)

OrdiNeu4 Apr 2022, 22:11

Pretty cute cat. Short and sweet. I lol'd at the dancing dude in the credits. Great work!

kurrik4 Apr 2022, 22:45

Wow! I really loved how this elevated a simple platformer concept and made it really engaging and fun to get through. Fantastic work on the art, sound and writing!

LDJam user 2778765 Apr 2022, 01:24

WOW! I was expecting to play some rushed video games, not an artistic masterpiece! Fantastic work all around. Easily 5 stars!

Pennycook5 Apr 2022, 02:24

Brilliant stuff -- I laughed out loud multiple times. :rofl:

Henrik Ganard5 Apr 2022, 08:46

Liked the graphics and animation. Great game. Thanks for making it.

LDJam user 2333475 Apr 2022, 11:19

- Awesome credits
- cats
- spelling mistake in scene 2 :wink: "maintain" (at the devs table where the door was in scene 1)
- more cats
- THE SOCKS

love it :heart:

PhoenixofForce5 Apr 2022, 11:56

This was really really good.

I would've loved if Anthony was always in the foreground sitting on his pc. Great font in the intro btw

DaveCo5 Apr 2022, 13:37

As a fellow Dave, this was very relatable. Really like story driven changes to gameplay!

Dan Livings5 Apr 2022, 14:01

I really enjoyed the sense of humour and the meta nature of the framing narrative. Had a couple of minor issues, like where the cat would fall off the thin poles when it felt like it shouldn't, and a minor visual issue where a row of pixels from the background were visible underneath one of the sets of spikes. Other than that, nice work.

goat5 Apr 2022, 14:59

I hope your programmer friend feels better soon! I loved the cat design!

LDJam user 48865 Apr 2022, 15:22

Lovely take on the theme! :D Such a happy cat animation. I feel bad for Dave, but not that much ;D

Squerf5 Apr 2022, 15:28

I love the story. I really hope you go on and add _lots more_ to this in the future - there's definite potential for something with a longer experience :thumbsup:

Str8griz5 Apr 2022, 19:38

Great story and totally relatable in a funny way! That will teach Dave for getting COVID lol.

Thanks for the experience!

roryh6 Apr 2022, 12:29

love it! lots of fun little twists. great art, sound, and writing!

clever take on the theme to deliver an upbeat game. a breath of fresh air after so many games which play out an impending doom!

Niklas Zhaga6 Apr 2022, 12:34

We like cats in the games! :smile_cat: Nailed it! So hilarious and funny, one moment I thought I'm stuck, but then I tried another way, and Anthony said "HAHA IQ 200" and I instantly fell from chair with laughing :joy_cat:

JOrbits6 Apr 2022, 15:28

You are right, everyone likes cats in games! The game was really fun, well done!

LDJam user 2345676 Apr 2022, 20:18

I can feel Spain in your music!

The story is funny but reflects reality :smile:

Bdiaztobarraauthor6 Apr 2022, 20:32

We Know a a Little of French too, we Can translate It @fifut! :P but we Are sorry music will still sound Spanish hahaha

arya-s7 Apr 2022, 16:05

The jump feels a bit floaty hue hue hue...

I really liked this game, short and sweet. I especially like the way you interluded the story with the gameplay in Dave's game.

The animation is also top notch.

If there's one thing I had to criticize it's that the font is not really matching the pixelstyle, minor!

Good job!

spladug7 Apr 2022, 17:28

I liked the square, but then I loved the cat. This was really cute. The art, story, and music were great. Nice work!

FTL_Sloth8 Apr 2022, 00:44

Great game. Loved all the art, and the presentation of the game within the game was very well done. Great sound design as well. Love the cat!

boaromayox9 Apr 2022, 07:07

The animation for the player character is one of the most fluid (and a bit cute) I've seen so far! The audio (both music and sound) is also top-notch! I was wondering if you could make an OST downloadable? That's how brilliant the music is. Story-wise, I liked how it meshed really well with the gameplay, and I chuckled a bit at the situational humor here.

A few critiques I have of this game are that it's too short, and that the term "delaying the inevitable" didn't need to be said clearly. Poor Dave, though... :pensive:

In all, this one's a massively strong contender! Congratulations! :thumbsup:

Supersonic9 Apr 2022, 11:03

it was so funny to play, concept, art and audio great, well done guys and get well soon Alberto!

ocwal9 Apr 2022, 12:21

Definitely 5/5 humor. Such a nice little entry. I enjoyed it a lot. Feel better soon Alberto!

jandourek9 Apr 2022, 23:40

This has such a nice mood! The graphics, writing and music are all great! It has lots of character! You even put a lot of effort into the credits! I defintely wouldn't mind a longer story in this style. :)