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by riley9
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.61
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.05
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.08
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.18
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.29
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.85
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.98
This was the first time I participated by a jam and the first time i made a game! <3
a story about being queer in a capitalistic world.
a story about escaping a convenience store. where you can only trust the employees.
a story about yellow. about its past, present and future.

try to find an exit or the store will close down and you will be forever alone.
play with the arrow keys on your keyboard. it is highly recommended to interact with all the objects and people that are highlighted!

KNOWN ISSUES:

- it can be confusing sometimes, where to go next!

MINOR FIXES:

- i changed the window size of the game on itch.io

Comments23

Anaxie Studio
Anaxie Studio5 Apr 2022, 13:02
I clicked for the interesting graphics and limited color palettes and stayed for the cute, funny dialogues! I also liked the cool transitions between scenes and the use of color to show interactables. The addition of darker/deeper themes makes for interesting contrast. Pretty cool, especially considering this is your first game ever :open_mouth:
Poppy Entertainment5 Apr 2022, 13:09
the gen z humor in this game was wonderfull, i din't manage to find the exit but it was really nice
LDJam user 237261
LDJam user 2372615 Apr 2022, 13:56
There's some pretty heavy stuff in here - it works really well how you approach your experiences and combine them with your sense of humor! Lovely game!
Jones5 Apr 2022, 20:38
I found the exit! The pun at the end was pretty good, to me some of the dialogue was a bit too much tell not show, but that's just me. I really enjoyed the music and felt it set the theme well. I wish there had been a way to show if something had new dialogue if I talked to it again cause I found myself not doing that just so i didn't get stuck in the talking loop again. I think on your itch the window size might be wrong as I had to change to fullscreen to see everything, but that again might just be me.
kristinamay
kristinamay5 Apr 2022, 20:39
Congrats on your first game ever! I really liked playing this and wandering around interacting with everything/everyone. This is soooo creative, keep making games!
colineobordello
colineobordello5 Apr 2022, 20:50
creative and funny. I really like the graphics. Good Job!
Mopifish
Mopifish5 Apr 2022, 20:59
I too am just a little catboy who likes to wear hair clips...
Good game
EpiglottalAxolotl
EpiglottalAxolotl5 Apr 2022, 21:10
This was a great atmospheric story-focused game. The music is a bit repetitive, and it wasn't always clear where screen transitions were, but everything else was great!
jhandsy
jhandsy5 Apr 2022, 23:04
Really cute and relatable! I loved it. The music was nice and chill, and the art was super cute
FireSlash
FireSlash6 Apr 2022, 03:57
I found it a bit hard to follow the dialogue comfortably with the tiny little two line box. Often the speaker would switch between the two lines and break continuity in my brain between who was speaking.

Got stuck in the same spot as mopifish.

Otherwise always happy to see more narrative games in LD!
Heloise
Heloise6 Apr 2022, 10:06
I clicked for the colors and graphics, I stayed for the theme ( a story of how capitalism tries to destroy you, and how to try to avoid it, what more can you ask for?) Really cool game! Great job :heart:
riley9
riley9author6 Apr 2022, 11:05
thanks for the kind feedback of you all!
Corrupt Spaghetti
Corrupt Spaghetti6 Apr 2022, 11:54
This game is really relatable. The conversations with green were especially heartbreaking. I also liked the Tokyo Ghoul references!

For things that could be improved, maybe the text box could be a line or 2 bigger. That way the player wouldn't have to push buttons to advance the text as often.
SwordMage
SwordMage6 Apr 2022, 12:10
I liked this a lot. solid writing is a rare treat in games and being funny at it is like magic to me.
LDJam user 2795466 Apr 2022, 12:47
Great writing and the background track provided some great atmosphere.
zantze
zantze6 Apr 2022, 20:19
aa I want to see the game in higher fidelity!! the writing was so expressive and fun to read. Good and interesting take on the theme!!
Wuppos
Wuppos8 Apr 2022, 01:20
This was great and very different from all the other games I played from the jam. The story was very confusing (which was good), but in the end I did feel like I got the message (or a message at least). the game felt like playing through someones dream, where they were dreaming about their life and about the things they hate about it :)

I think it went a little bit long for the kind of game it is. I was really interested in seeing all the little interactions I could find, but after some time it became a bit much of similar things. Once I came near the ending, with the horse in the room etc, the story really changed however, and it became a lot more interesting again. The music was a perfect fit, because it felt a bit creepy as well. Really well done with that!

Overall I loved the experience! Great job :D
RIBOUT Horace
RIBOUT Horace9 Apr 2022, 18:04
The pitch sold me the game from the start. I'm exactly the kind of public for this kind of game, it really is weird and quirky but in an interessing way, and the limitation of the medium really just help convey the overall theme and message! It was great and lovely despite the """depressing""" tone!
riley9
riley9author10 Apr 2022, 17:36
i finally have some time to answer your comments ^-^

@cobgoblin thank you so much!! this means a lot music is still something i have to look into more broadly. i'm glad that this little tune reached some of you
satacat
satacat19 Apr 2022, 00:59
it's almost 4 am here and you totally made my night, not gonna lie. at first i was captivated by the cute art style, but then when i saw a "story about being queer in a capitalistic world", i literally gasped cause of excitement. because for me, as a trans person, these little silly games with their little silly stories about little silly queer people are SO important, so you've done a great job at least for this reason. found impressive the dialogue features, especially when somebody used our deadname or the correct pronouns. very good entry, thank you so much for sharing this project and showing representation :)

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