
Ludum Dare #52compo
In The Rye

Controls:
- WASD / Arrows – Movement
- Mouse – Aim & Attack
- R - Use Restart if stuck (happens sometime)
Made with Unity 2022, GIMP, GarageBand, Audacity, InkScape.
Change log:
- 0.1 – initial release under Compo category
- 0.1.1 – fixed backyard bounds colliders and dialogs for second playthrough
- 0.1.2 – fixed minor sorting issues
- 0.1.3 – fixed rye quest for second playthrough, added Restart
- 0.1.4 – fixed player movement speed (performance related), added warning on title
Comments20

arowx9 Jan 2023, 11:12
? Cut the Rye and then got stuck nothing happened. ? Bug.

deniskazantsev9 Jan 2023, 12:06
@jakobthequizguy
Yes man, I'm glad that you played that and congrats you with the first comment in this discussion. And thanks for sharing with your choice.
Yes man, I'm glad that you played that and congrats you with the first comment in this discussion. And thanks for sharing with your choice.

deniskazantsev9 Jan 2023, 12:08
@arowx
I don't think it's a bug. You just need go back to your home.
I don't think it's a bug. You just need go back to your home.
kiv9 Jan 2023, 14:01
perfect visuals, sounds and storyline! vibes of good old flash golden age

deniskazantsev9 Jan 2023, 14:10
@kiv Thanks my friend! This is indeed a kind of homage to Flash era.
LDJam user 25117010 Jan 2023, 19:50
I have no words after playing this, but I do have high ratings LOL
Dzugaru10 Jan 2023, 19:58
Game great! Last boss my left finger hurt and sweating! Found tactics to corner it insted of it cornering me - easier kill. Overall amazing entry!
Alexascher10 Jan 2023, 20:02
Very good plot, deep characters and several endings. 5 cows on trees out of 5

AndideBob10 Jan 2023, 20:32
I honestly don't know what to say. If I had stopped playing at any point I would have thought WTF, but that one message at the end brought it all together. Really well done, but maybe add a little content warning to the game page.

Keenao10 Jan 2023, 21:47
It's definitely shocking... but it brings it home at the end. Makes people think, makes people react, makes people talk moves things forward...
If anything I would put a little WARNING in the description and at the beginning. But definitely worth a play... For horror fans though.
If anything I would put a little WARNING in the description and at the beginning. But definitely worth a play... For horror fans though.

deniskazantsev10 Jan 2023, 22:00
@kepsert @dzugaru @alexascher @andidebob @keenao
Wow, such a great thanks for kind responses. I'm really happy that you finished the game and got message (in a broad sense). Still I'm not sure that people will accept this game and a lot of them will reject it. BTW I putted small warning about content on title screen in last update.
Wow, such a great thanks for kind responses. I'm really happy that you finished the game and got message (in a broad sense). Still I'm not sure that people will accept this game and a lot of them will reject it. BTW I putted small warning about content on title screen in last update.

xk_the_name11 Jan 2023, 19:56
Wow, a bold game! Makes you feel. Great job, keep it up!

Lex12 Jan 2023, 10:50
That was unexpected, thanks for keeping the game description and screenshots spoiler free. That was really important to the general experience of the game.

Rincs12 Jan 2023, 11:55
I chose "live". I thought (before finding out about the thing at the end) that letting him die was too easy an exit. Live and make amends, I say.
I can't say I enjoyed that though, it felt like shock for shock value's sake and even the explanation in the end didn't really justify it for me? I did come in with some expectation as someone I know recommended it to me, so I didn't think it'd be like that? So maybe that colored my perception a bit. It certainly is a unique entry though.
I can't say I enjoyed that though, it felt like shock for shock value's sake and even the explanation in the end didn't really justify it for me? I did come in with some expectation as someone I know recommended it to me, so I didn't think it'd be like that? So maybe that colored my perception a bit. It certainly is a unique entry though.

deniskazantsev12 Jan 2023, 12:10
@xk-the-name Thanks a lot! I liked your game too!
@lex I tried to keep it spoiler free but I think it's not fair because it could harm someone. So I've added small warning on game title screen :)
@lex I tried to keep it spoiler free but I think it's not fair because it could harm someone. So I've added small warning on game title screen :)

deniskazantsev12 Jan 2023, 12:16
@rincs Thanks for the honest review, I really appreciate it. I tried to use shock mostly as part of body horror genre and of course I knew, that some people will find it too disgusting, it should be so for controversial content.

Rincs12 Jan 2023, 12:35
@deniskazantsev The body horror was actually the milder content in there I think. The other stuff that happened there was what bothered me. But eh, not my game and it's not for me. *shrug*

deniskazantsev12 Jan 2023, 12:44
@rincs I always wondering why violence is more acceptable than just adult themes... Thanks for your feedback again.

FoggyDude16 Jan 2023, 20:15
Most shocking jam game I've ever played. This was also fun but like in a weird way.



I chose to live because he didn't do it consciously.