The Giggle Pit

by jelch
co-authored: @quinn, @gwhiz
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.15
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.61
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.15
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.56
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.70
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.41
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.43
It's open mic night at The Giggle Pit, a popular new comedy club in town.

Get your comedic timing right and deliver a rousing performance.

Comments13

whywhy2 May 2023, 02:03
Super cool concept, but I reckon it wasnt challenging enough. I didnt miss any mouths in the first 3 levels :D
Roitchie
Roitchie6 May 2023, 15:28
It took me a few seconds to realise how this related to deliver. You're delivering the joke.

I think it's a really unique and innovative take on the theme and by far the most unique entry so far this jam. Personally the humour wasn't to my taste but it did elicit a few laughs out of me. I agree with @whywhy that it is a bit too easy. Maybe adding variable speed for the mouths or different paths it follows could add some challenge to it.

I really do love the concept of the game though and would love to see a polished post dare version.
spudboy
spudboy6 May 2023, 17:12
Neat idea.
3 levels was too much for this though, especially with no changes between the gameplay in each level.
Rocket and Blanky
Rocket and Blanky6 May 2023, 19:13
This is an interesting concept. A stand-up comic simulator would be fun and your jokes had me going. I have a few suggestions, but I like where you're going with this. Could do a behind the scenes day-in-the-life phase where you sit around drinking beer and snorting lines of coke in the green room.

The main game loop was fun, I like a good rhythm game. It was a little unclear to me when to "shoot" the mouth-thing with the mic-reticle, but it worked well enough for my play-through.

Overall, great submission. Lots of points for innovative game design.
asfdfdfd6 May 2023, 20:06
Really great idea to implement standups in the game form!
Madbarron
Madbarron7 May 2023, 00:47
It was cool how messing up the clicks made the guy mess up the joke. I guess that's the central concept but I liked it!
Zefphyer7 May 2023, 14:28
Innovative concept and it was interesting to see that messing up the click meant the guy messed up the joke. It's like a rhythm game without any rhythm. Fun to play though. But uhh... don't quit your day job to become a standup comedian.
Retrisma
Retrisma7 May 2023, 23:14
It's a pretty fun concept, and the gameplay concept was pretty intuitive, but it did kinda just feel like watching a stand up comedy routine. It was a really good idea, and a creative spin on the "Delivery" theme, too. Unfortunately personally the jokes didn't really land for me. Great graphics and mood, too. Overall a well-balanced jam entry, and well polished for the time limit.
T C
T C8 May 2023, 03:59
Interesting game. I liked the audio cutting out on a miss, but agree with others that more to do would have been good. Either way, good job!
LDJam user 282870
LDJam user 2828709 May 2023, 12:56
@quinn Graphics, and sound was good, but the game could have been a bit more challenging. Thanks for the play
simmo9 May 2023, 20:46
The underlying premise is really solid - all it really needs is fleshing out a bit... with a new gimick, or twist, etc., something that would make the game more engaging in the long run, and also make levels a little harder as you go on.

Really liked the concept though, so well done!
SleepyStudios
SleepyStudios13 May 2023, 14:15
Great take on the theme. I liked the sharp camera changes to keep you on your toes but other than that yeah I'd have to agree with some of the other comments about it being repetitive after a while.
the Sÿhl18 May 2023, 13:41
Nice, I enjoyed playing, good take on the theme !

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