Hi everyone! This is my third Ludum Dare, but my first time entering the Compo.
As someone born in the 2000s, I didn’t experience much of the old-tech era. As far back as I can remember, I was already playing games on a desktop computer. The idea for this game actually came from the “art projects” I made with my poor mom’s office copier when I was in elementary school—including putting my hands on the glass and photocopying them.
That led to this little game about making collages with an old glass-bed copier. You can share your creations with other people and receive drawings they’ve sent through their fax machines. I like the idea of everyone’s pictures meeting through a fax machine inside a game.
How to Play
Explore: Use the arrows to move around the office and click objects to collect them.
Create: Drag objects onto the copier glass and press START. Draw on the finished print, then save it in your FOLDER.
Receive: At Fax B, select a letter. Find its note in the office, enter the four-digit code, and take the picture. You can draw on it, too.
Share: At Fax A, load a saved picture from your folder. Enter the number shown on Fax B, choose a four-digit code, and press START.
Use your mouse for everything. Number keys, Tab, Backspace, and Enter also work on the fax machines.
the line art is beautiful, and the office full of fax machines and a photocopier feels warm, like being a kid at a parent's work. leaving copy art for other players is a sweet idea. only got through the intro
I really like the game, the graphics is simple but beautiful and way too many things to explore. I spend so much time clicking around, sending faxes, making pictures with the photocopier. I found out that you can actually move objects while the copier is copying, so you can use it as a real copier and make weird streaks and stretch things or compress them. Really amazing in 48 hours, nicely done, very nicely done.
Really satisfying to play around with the printing machine while listening to the lofi music, and I also enjoyed typing on the piece of old tech. Nice bound with the theme, and I guess retro really can be loved in a modern world like today. Cute furry Alice and our pink paw! I like how there are colors in this black and white world. Lore might be a bit easier to read if you keep full sentences on one page though. Small issue: can't see my paw in some of the ui (e.g. trash this work pop up window)
The graphics are simple yet very beautiful. The music is well-crafted and relaxing.
It was fun making photocopies of things—I’ve actually done that myself a few times! I’ve never worked with a fax machine, though—only photocopiers and printers.
It’s wonderful to see people incorporating personal experiences into their games; players can really sense that extra layer of meaning.
I had a bit of trouble sending the fax until I realized I needed to use the code for "Fax B."
I wonder—will someone, somewhere, actually receive the fax I sent?
The game really captures the atmosphere of the typical office. The idea is really nice and I had fun wandering around to see what I could copy and fax into the unknown.
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I spend so much time clicking around, sending faxes, making pictures with the photocopier.
I found out that you can actually move objects while the copier is copying, so you can use it as a real copier and make weird streaks and stretch things or compress them.
Really amazing in 48 hours, nicely done, very nicely done.
Lore might be a bit easier to read if you keep full sentences on one page though.
Small issue: can't see my paw in some of the ui (e.g. trash this work pop up window)
*↑ A blush for Alice :P
A very simple idea, executed exceptionally well!
The graphics are simple yet very beautiful. The music is well-crafted and relaxing.
It was fun making photocopies of things—I’ve actually done that myself a few times! I’ve never worked with a fax machine, though—only photocopiers and printers.
It’s wonderful to see people incorporating personal experiences into their games; players can really sense that extra layer of meaning.
I had a bit of trouble sending the fax until I realized I needed to use the code for "Fax B."
I wonder—will someone, somewhere, actually receive the fax I sent?
I think this concept is phenomenal.
Congratulations, and thank you so much!