I wish I could zoom out

co-authored: @mahc
Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.04
Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.09
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.33
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.33
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.55
Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.50
Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.00

I wish I could zoom out (a game for Ludum Dare 54)


Vandalism is rife at the local museum. Works of art have been ruined!

You are an art restoration expert and your job is to authentically restore these works of art to their original condition.
You are a well-respected and trustworthy professional, so nobody will be questioning your work. You only have your own perfectionism to judge you*.

There's just one 'small' problem: you are a tiny pixie and you can only see a limited amount of canvas space at any one moment. You'll have to use your expert judgement in gauging proportions.

*and the comments section on the Ludum Dare game page, if you should choose to share your restorations there...

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Third-party assets



Applause audio:
- https://opengameart.org/content/applause-in-a-large-hall-or-church

(Background Music is home-made)

The works of art, the applause audio and the crowd silhouettes are not originally ours.

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Made with Godot!

Please play in a WebGL-supporting web browser. I'm afraid I can't embed a copy in the LDJam site due to SharedArrayBuffer issues — see below for a link.
Tools: Godot

Comments20

Robbobin2 Oct 2023, 20:29
Incredible concept :D
VideogameScrapbook
VideogameScrapbook2 Oct 2023, 20:34
I know it would be a bit chaotic, but would be cool if there was some sort of support for choosing to restore vandalism from strangers. That would remind me a bit of Curiosity: What's Inside the Cube?
Apophatique2 Oct 2023, 21:01
Exceptional! I'll be the best art restorer I can be, despite this little handicap.
txomin2 Oct 2023, 21:40
WOW! Best use of the theme i've seen so far, great job 👏
sabasa2 Oct 2023, 22:42
This was awesome, I had so much fun. Very innovative idea. Good job
Cat Lab2 Oct 2023, 23:39
Move over Louvre conservators, your job is taken. This made my day.
Tankou
Tankou4 Oct 2023, 21:37
Super funny game idea xD
don.shinski7 Oct 2023, 17:48
Enjoyed the game! the outcomes are hilarious :smile_cat: My compo entry also uses painting (and godot!) nice job :clap:
fizzbark
fizzbark9 Oct 2023, 04:56
Fantastic game, arrow keys to scroll horizontally would be great. I probably should have looked at this painting before attempting it, knew there was a pearl earring in there somewhere..
crylica10 Oct 2023, 06:59
this game is SUCH A GOOD CONCEPT! it's so funny, i love it so much! Here's my janky contribution, it's really funny trying to measure out proper proportions with the dinky zoomed in screen. I ctrl+z so much instinctively haha
vidarn
vidarn15 Oct 2023, 08:16
What a great concept! :laughing: This was super fun, and I love seeing everyone's attempts!
The game was well implemented and I like how you kept a limited palette and the tools simple

Here are my attempts. I realized as soon as I started that I don't really know what horses look like :sweat_smile:
blobo16 Oct 2023, 16:36
This was probably the most fun I've had this Ludum Dare. What a perfect idea for this theme!

I was initially going to just showcase my art, but after I ~~ruined~~ made a perfect restoration of the mona lisa I knew I had to record myself playing the entire game.

Here's the recording:

Cheers!

mahc17 Oct 2023, 21:26
I'm blown away by everyone's comments! Thank you everyone for trying it and sharing the truly magnificent results. @100th-coin amazing video thank you for sharing! (super happy to hear you humming along to the music we made!!)
LDJam user 314423author18 Oct 2023, 08:47
Indeed, a big thanks to everyone who played and particularly everyone who shared their results :) — it's nice to know that other people have the same *'elite'* artistic skills as me (*cough cough*)! There have been some excellent jobs done too; I'm sure they would have come out perfect if only you could have zoomed out :D. (How many people felt themselves reaching for Ctrl+Z or Ctrl+minus?)

Admittedly it took us a lot longer than usual to think of the concept for this game; the theme this time was quite tricky! I'm very glad to hear that we seem to have managed to make something decent of it anyway :).

@100th-coin Thanks very much for taking the time to make a recording! It's quite interesting to actually *watch* someone play your game; glad you eventually discovered the brush sizes and sorry we didn't include the background colour in the palette for the horse painting (I think this was accidental, but maybe it turned into an interesting challenge to cover up your mistakes anyway? :D).
LDJam user 31916618 Oct 2023, 19:53
Thank you, developper. I am honored to have this chance to perform as an expert!To show the world my understanding of fine art! Perfect game anyway.
gizz121 Oct 2023, 11:39
I was fun)

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