Aphrodite's Day Off

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.98
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.10
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.69
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.37
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.85
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.75
A short visual novel and our first Ludum Dare submission!

Hermes is punished with handling _Aphordite's love affairs_.

Listen to her followers well, and pocket some offerings for yourself.
But whatever you do, _do not_ summon her.

Featuring two endings for each character, including Hermes.

Edit: Fixed ending text

Edit: Uploaded a HTML5 version to (hopefully) fix image loading bug

Controls

- Intro and endings advance on their own
- Left Click to advance text
- Alt+F4 to exit

Credits

- @tyaisco: Prop Art, Writing & UI Design
- @RileyKhin: Intro & Ending Animations, Writing & VFX
- @harveymakesgame: Programming
- @seonhiyy: Character & BG Art
- @kempyy: Composer & SFX

Comments16

tuh
tuh16 Apr 2024, 18:03
what is this even about?
Neandi1 May 2024, 13:09
The character images didn't load for me. That made the beginning really confusing.
LDJam user 261037
LDJam user 2610371 May 2024, 14:29
Images did load for me. Love the art work. Would appreciate a restart button at the end of the game.
Ntimi
Ntimi1 May 2024, 14:33
I enjoyed the premise of the game, listening to diffenrent cases and deciding what to do in the end. The game is beautifully made, the images fit the story really well - and the story is fitting to the old greek myths about these gods.

I had the same problem as Neandi, though: the character images do not load. Too bad, this made the dialogs quite confusing - and judging from your screenshots, the art would have been nice. The only thing I saw during the whole game was the scale, dialogs and background.

The end texts were also a bit too fast for me, I couldn't read until the end.

Other than that: nice work!
Alexis Brochec1 May 2024, 15:05
The game looks cool, however, the typo selected is a bit hard to read (with the back mooving)
Also I was lost: you don't get any feedback until the game over.

Great artwork and soundtrack.
TunakTunak1 May 2024, 16:15
Very visually pleasing entry, the music is also quite nice!
Squeele
Squeele1 May 2024, 16:17
That's such a shame that the artowrk would not load correctly! From the screenshots, the visuals looke lovely. The music does a nice job. Since the speech bubbles are not linked to characters, it becomes hard to follow. Lots of potential, congrats for at least shipping a game ! :)
Empyreans
Empyreans1 May 2024, 18:06
Very beautiful artwork, but wasn't correctly displayed at some places, I think?
I really hope you update it later.

Good job!)
LDJam user 99418
LDJam user 994181 May 2024, 19:28
Very compelling stories, I wish it was easier to see both endings quicker! And the art omygosh
LDJam user 314794
LDJam user 3147942 May 2024, 17:43
I love the art! I also like the whole vibe of it, it makes it very unique especially when you pair it with the Greek God theme! Good work!
TheCrittersCove
TheCrittersCove3 May 2024, 00:28
Amazing art for a 3 day jam! It's a simple game, but I did enjoy myself. The stories were interesting too. Probably one of the best games I've played this jam.
N0va
N0va3 May 2024, 13:31
It would freeze sometimes in the browser version and I played it 3 times, but I think I got the most out of it, but duno if it had a way to restart the game other than reloading the page.

Beautiful art, art indeed, nothing speaks art more than greek gods, IMAO. Found the writting and music very nice too and the whole vibe went together well. Agree with the comment above that it is probably one of the best games I have played this jam, too bad not as many people have tried yet. Great work! C:
Rekiem3 May 2024, 14:16
Really great art and visuals, sfx fits very well too. The sad thing is that i had a bug where the art don't load. :(
kawa-yoiko
kawa-yoiko3 May 2024, 16:14
Visuals and sounds are very delicate. The Greek mythology background is an attractive setting introduced well (with that specific typeface that resembles the Phoenician alphabet!), and the interpretation of the theme is innovative. The gameplay is simple (that *Papers, Please* style of Yes/No decisions) but very effective, combined with the captivating writing, making an enjoyable read. The only thing I'd hope for is a bit more guiding at the ending (I was not quite sure whether it has really ended — at my first playthrough the cutscenes stopped at Aphrodite's response; the second time I reach a dialogue with Aphrodite and it freezes after a few sentences.)

A personal note: our team also thought about such decision-based visual novels involving deities and supernatural powers, but eventually dumped this idea. Kudos for making this a reality ^ ^
Game-mon3 May 2024, 19:24
Nice game! Cool, chill mood. I loved the visuals and the writing. Had a great time, thanks!
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