Dark Teeth

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.59
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.28
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.74
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.74
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.64
Why are there so many unnecessary teeth? In this computer game, the player is invited to remove the excess mini-teeth. The use of the harpoon highlights the important connection between dental removal procedures and whaling.

Features:
- a tutorial
- advanced tracked tank movement
- realistic harpoon loading mechanic
- physically-based projectile simulation
- immersive audio experience
- many teeth and their removal

Please be aware that this game contains some truly cursed tooth imagery and audio. This game does not obey the theme. This game uses freely-available audio, fonts, and 3D models in accordance with their licenses.
Genres: adventure

Comments27

Rigel1 May 2023, 15:07
Although tooth extraction is great and immersion is strong, I'm worried about your mental state(
Volnyii1 May 2023, 15:48
It was very strange, but I completed it. Really thank you, but I’ll never play that again :D
booremi2 May 2023, 02:08
i was disgusted 10/10
Adam Gaskins
Adam Gaskins2 May 2023, 02:32
This game was like popping a juicy, disgusting pimple :two_hearts: Great work :)
Matthew Bond
Matthew Bond2 May 2023, 04:28
It was really satisfying to harpoon a bunch of teeth and then pull them all at once. Good work!
SvenErik
SvenErik2 May 2023, 04:32
Really neat art and strange vibes to this! Had flashbacks to all of my dentist visits, but it is quite satisfying like previously mentioned and in a way gets you drawn in.. Quite amusing in a way. Marvelous work!
kykypy3o8
kykypy3o82 May 2023, 05:14
Juicy game, need achivment for removing all teeth at once))
GreenwoodDrive
GreenwoodDrive2 May 2023, 05:39
Hahahah that was very special lol :P The teeth are a bit too much realistic lol i feel like i need to brush mines just in case now lol :P thank you for the game it was fun :)
Space_Games
Space_Games2 May 2023, 17:34
Wow! This sure is unique lol! I love it! :)
Rakowu
Rakowu2 May 2023, 17:37
I'm not sure what I just played xD So imagination you have. Pulling teeth with a harpoon, how could it be otherwise. Add a tooth fairy and it would have fit the theme perfectly xD The controls took some getting used to. The rotation should not accelerate but react instantaneously. It felt like driving a car. A visor would also have been an advantage but well you could hit everything :D
ciderpunk4 May 2023, 22:24
that was a real treat, thankyou!
Theg
Theg4 May 2023, 22:35
I've been a practicing dentist since I was 5 years old and I've never seen a more accurate representation of my line of work. There may not be much to this game but that grotesque appeal is so captivating... That strange satisfaction...
ecmjohnson
ecmjohnsonauthor4 May 2023, 22:50
@theg I envy you as there can be no greater joy to (legally) removing other people's teeth

@ciderpunk Thank you, but be careful as treats can rot your teeth

@rakowu Oooh, that's an idea I'll try. I wanted the movement to feel heavy. No angular acceleration may still feel heavy while being more responsive. Thanks for the idea!

@space-games :heart:
Smoky015 May 2023, 04:02
Good and interesting idea. Nice))
Merrow5 May 2023, 06:23
I like the idea and effort alot, art is well done and the mood is...well lets say abominably good
ecmjohnson
ecmjohnsonauthor6 May 2023, 00:13
@weeping-rupee Thanks for recording your play session! I have separate tutorial texts which are switched depending on whether a gamepad is detected or not, and it looks like you got the gamepad tutorial text. Good notes about mapping the right stick to turning and having a reticle; really no reason not to do those. Your ideas for detecting harpoons around the tooth are simpler than what I actually did which involved taking the dot products between the vectors from the tooth center to harpoon, anything over a certain value (say 0.95) is too close

@merrow I'm glad the mood was convincing about the need to remove teeth wherever they are found

@smoky01 :heart:
weeping-rupee
weeping-rupee6 May 2023, 00:34
@ecmjohnson Interesting method with the harpoons -- we did something similar on a game w were working on outside of the jam when tryign to the detect the edges of a player drawn triangle :)
jdemattos
jdemattos7 May 2023, 05:24
This made me feel very uncomfortable. But I felt something, expression achieved! This vibe is very fresh, would love to see this in some disgusting suite of body maintenance/functions with a story. Cheers
adjo10 May 2023, 22:41
That was pretty odd :joy:

But, it was pretty interesting and I ended up finishing it! The movement was a bit awkward and could have used a cross hair to know where the harpoons were pointing as I missed quite a few times.
ecmjohnson
ecmjohnsonauthor11 May 2023, 22:46
@jdemattos It would be pulling teeth across the body: different biomes like stomach, intestines, but always pulling teeth from where they don't belong

@adjo A crosshair is a good idea and would fit with the heavy tank idea
simex
simex15 May 2023, 16:50
ok... I'm trusting you!

as someone with mild dentalphobia I can't tell if this is the best or worst game I've played this LD :sweat_smile:
it's at least a 10/10 horror game that's for sure! Even thought I think I understood how to pull the teeth it help text was a bit bothersome. I knew what I had to do, I was just really bad at doing it! :smile:
Stevie257
Stevie25715 May 2023, 19:39
I admire the developer's efforts to create visually distinct environments that enhance the exploration aspect of the game

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