Citra's In Fact Actually 2048

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.41
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.65
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.39
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.33
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.48
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.59
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.48
Each inch of the monitor is a precious asset. A streamer can only spare so much for the gameplay.

*A game unfortunately not made for Ludum Dare 54 Compo.*

The idea was to take a simple, derivative, unoriginal, trite, and ultimately creatively bankrupt "small" game, and progressively make it as annoying to play as possible though occupation of limited screen space by streamer overlays. The final Jam build though has remained largely playable ~~despite all efforts~~ because I didn't have the time to implement many of my more egregious ideas on how to get the entire screen covered up constantly in trash. Enjoy your 2048 for now, I guess.

Gameplay


Citra's In Fact Actually 2048 is in fact, actually 2048.

Tools


- Godot Engine w/ Rust bindings
- Krita
- Studio One

Assets


This project redistributes the font "Bad Comic" by GGBotNet (https://ggbot.net/fonts/), licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
Genres: puzzle

Comments25

Headhog3 Oct 2023, 12:03
What was most innovative to me is how audio, pause and full screen is handled (streaming controls bottom). It would maybe be funny to add some other events, like when someone subscribes game controls invert or something like that
Ampo
Ampo3 Oct 2023, 12:09
Really cute looking 2048 clone (with bombs and time !)
Too bad you could not do as much as you wanted, still fun and nice to play.
Good job !
orangeoceans
orangeoceans3 Oct 2023, 12:09
I wish I could play the version with the screen constantly covered in trash! What were some of your more egregious ideas?
jeppetp3 Oct 2023, 12:16
I really liked the vibe of the game, but to be honest, it' just an easier 2048 (because of the bombs). You did exactly what you set out to do, and did it well, but i would have loved to see a bit more originality in the actual gameplay :heart:
chitoyuu
chitoyuuauthor3 Oct 2023, 13:15
Thanks for your feedback!

@orangeoceans Verbose red superchats, guests, distracting tangents and sound effects, or niconico-style scrolling comments and surveys, for a few off the top. Just more of the usual cliches, really. For things that would more or less cover the whole board, I wanted to make it so that the player can try to drag some of these overlays away one by one temporarily using the mouse while playing the game on the keyboard at the same time. It would be suffering, and it would've been great.
SLEEPYMENACE
SLEEPYMENACE3 Oct 2023, 16:48
I'm legitimately annoyed that we didn't think of this ourselves, but if we're gonna get beaten on concept I'm glad it's by you. It's perfect in its simplicity. The only way it could be better is if it got even more unplayable. I want it to physically disconnect my ethernet cable. I want it to set fire to my car.

The girl is cute as fuck.

I'm sleepymenace on discord, too, feel free to add me. Maybe we could do something together next time.
orangeoceans
orangeoceans3 Oct 2023, 19:39
@chitoyuu niconico comments would be such a great addition. I can imagine a flood of them blocking the screen whenever you merge a big number, wasting your time limit.
chitoyuu
chitoyuuauthor4 Oct 2023, 11:02
@sleepymenace Thanks for playing. I'm glad you liked her! Truth to be told, I probably spent too much time on drawing her sprite, time which *could have been* spent making the game more unplayable, but I guess it paid off. Perhaps. I'm not super active on Discord, but I like the kind of content your team makes too, and would love to see if there's something we can do together if circumstances permit, so I've sent a request your way!
Steffo
Steffo4 Oct 2023, 17:19
Really really really like the concept and the concept of how it would have been executed, but the game itself is a bit empty :sweat_smile:

Well done anyways!
Julia Babadshanow5 Oct 2023, 21:36
Oh no, again a jam game that has me by my throat and will not let go, until I play it for at least 5 hours.
xCarl
xCarl6 Oct 2023, 04:40
I liked it, too bad that you couldn't implement all the distractions, I would've loved to see that. Nice work!
SLEEPYMENACE
SLEEPYMENACE6 Oct 2023, 14:33
@chitoyuu Hey, we might've celebrated a bit too hard so I've been absolutely gone the last couple days. I just got home and went to finally accept your friend request, but it was gone. I know I saw it earlier, so maybe it timed out or something. If you send me another I promise I'll accept it this time!
somewan6 Oct 2023, 16:07
The unexpected approach to the topic is really impressive. While the gameplay itself may be traditional, the theme is quite innovative.
chitoyuu
chitoyuuauthor6 Oct 2023, 16:18
Thanks for all the feedback! I'm glad you found the idea interesting. It took me hours of tuber ~~bingeing~~ *research* to come up with. You can tell I'm pretty proud of it.

@sleepymenace I've checked and indeed seems like it's somehow gone. I've sent you another.
Brogolem356 Oct 2023, 17:52
This game just oozes with charm and care. It is unfortunate that it did not see its full potential. I will be looking forward to your other games.
teaskyd7 Oct 2023, 04:47
As a true Vtuber Gachi wwwww, I'm attracted by the concept, but I think the realization of the concept can be more profound. ex. Vtuber can get superchat when she plays well (determined by how many space left in 2048 game)
chitoyuu
chitoyuuauthor16 Oct 2023, 11:52
@thyoi Wow thank you so much for the Citrart!! Of all the possible things the little red number could've represented, fanart is the last I would've expected. I'm really glad you liked her design enough to draw this. It's so cute! Thank you!
LDJam user 277851
LDJam user 27785116 Oct 2023, 12:20
Your art is fantastic and I'm sorry my broken skills aren't able to draw that cuteness. I like あめちゃん, so I can probably imagine what you were trying to make, even though you didn't really made them. You did a great job. Looking forward to the finished version or your next game
chitoyuu
chitoyuuauthor16 Oct 2023, 12:51
@thyoi Thanks for your kind words, and no you don't need to be sorry for anything. I like your art and I'm sincerely flattered!
SLEEPYMENACE
SLEEPYMENACE17 Oct 2023, 21:38
It didn't seem right not to draw something for you as well!
Strega
Strega18 Oct 2023, 07:23
Very cute game! 2048 is actually a really good game for this theme, I'm surprised I haven't seen more variants of it. The art and presentation was super cute! I loved how the video player details actually functioned and acted as really good menu/audio controls setup. Great job!
LDJam user 277851
LDJam user 27785119 Oct 2023, 11:27
I can't just take coloring fanart. I must draw back

_>A
chitoyuu
chitoyuuauthor19 Oct 2023, 14:52
@thyoi That's such a detailed piece. I like it. Thanks a lot!

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