Banana TV by NPException

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made by NPException for LD31 (JAM)
Introduction:
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Welcome to Banana TV!
The game is your chance to ruin the lifes of children! :D

You are a small gnome, were put inside a TV and are now responsible for the shows the family is watching.
Depending on what you choose to show, the family members might be delighted, scared or just bored.

It's up to you!


== EDIT ==
1) Various fixes for a bug that made the game unplayable on integrated graphics cards.

2) Added Post Jam version links

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Team:
Peter
ChaosChaot
NPException

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 3.40 332
Audio(Jam) 2.67 509
Fun(Jam) 3.28 326
Graphics(Jam) 3.50 391
Humor(Jam) 3.75 75
Innovation(Jam) 3.87 81
Mood(Jam) 3.25 353
Theme(Jam) 4.16 68

Feedback

SirRicecake
09. Dec 2014 路 05:40 UTC
Unfortunately couldn't start this on my Mac (10.9.5). It said : "You can't open the application 'BananaTV.app' because it may be damaged or incomplete." I tried to download and run it twice.
馃帳 NPException
09. Dec 2014 路 06:47 UTC
@SirRicecake: I'm sorry for that! Did it spit out any additional information?
indie4fun
09. Dec 2014 路 17:23 UTC
I liked it! The idea is really original. I liked to scare the people.
nuno
09. Dec 2014 路 17:24 UTC
funny concept! hi-five from another L枚ver :D
StMatn
09. Dec 2014 路 17:32 UTC
Unfortunately i was unable to start the game. The description looks awesome, so I was a bit disapointed, that the game didn't start for me :(

I'm running Windown 7 Professional 64bit
Hope the error message is of value: http://i.imgur.com/zb7ZqTn.png
Submundo Games
09. Dec 2014 路 17:47 UTC
Very nice!!!
馃帳 NPException
09. Dec 2014 路 18:42 UTC
@StMatn: thanks for the picture! I believe that is a problem that depends on your graphics card. Some cards do not support textures that have either width or height not being a power of 2.
I'l look into fixing this.
馃帳 NPException
09. Dec 2014 路 19:15 UTC
@StMatn: The issue should be fixed now. You could try again :)
SpartanIceCream
09. Dec 2014 路 19:45 UTC
It fits the theme pretty well and has a nice graphic style. Good job!
StMatn
09. Dec 2014 路 23:41 UTC
Thank you very much for contacting me back :)

The game said my OpelGL implementation wasn't supported. Since you said, it could be an issue with the graphics card, I tried to force th use of my nVidia card (internal intel processor was standard) and it finally started :)

The game is really cool! I wasn't disapointed at all. The graphics look really nice. The screen image for porn is nice :P The sounds are really fitting at all.
If I had to criticise a thing, I would say, that the game gets a little repetitive after some time. Maybe a fixed amount of rounds or a harder loosing condition would fix that.

All in all it's a really great game!
Nice work!

P.S.:
My scores were 429 on scare and 323 delighted :)
DevWouter
10. Dec 2014 路 12:09 UTC
Liked to idea, although I was disappointed that I didn't see a gnome. With some polish this could definitely be a good game.
BlueTheLemon
10. Dec 2014 路 19:19 UTC
Really original ! It's a shame it doesnt have some win condition.

But other then that, good mood, nice graphics, not much sounds but just enought ! Good job !
Pestel Crew
10. Dec 2014 路 19:27 UTC
I'd like the concept and the style! I laughed when I showed tits and after realized it was dad and his daughter and she was scared
floorman
10. Dec 2014 路 19:59 UTC
I like this game, nice idea. I like how I've got to sort of guess who's gonna be watching the next thing on TV. Very cool. =)

Yeah, I like it. =)
Louisload
10. Dec 2014 路 20:08 UTC
a creative idea, very fun to play.
Sharky
10. Dec 2014 路 20:30 UTC
On windows verison I got error right at launching it
TehSkull
11. Dec 2014 路 05:27 UTC
There is a good concept here, but holy crap this game lasts forever. It takes a lonnnng time to get to 150 of a category you're not trying for. Super good art. Needs music, some animations for the TV screen, and needs to be rid of that annoying countdown effect. Do that, and you've got a great game ready for a website like Kongregate.
Windmill Games
11. Dec 2014 路 14:21 UTC
Nice to see fellow L枚ve-developers making another interesting and well made game! Good job!
Gungnir
11. Dec 2014 路 14:25 UTC
Wow, this game is very similar to our entry, you should check it out.

I liked the weird vibe of this one, the sort of surreal art. It got me to chuckle a couple of times.

Thanks.
Gungnir
11. Dec 2014 路 14:34 UTC
Naturally we'd agree it's a great interpretation of theme :) I think you took the gameplay a step or two further than we managed though, and it's more fun as a result. I grasped the symbols really quickly, though some objects were initially hard to identify.
Sharky
11. Dec 2014 路 16:01 UTC
Still not working :(

http://imgur.com/X1Fz0FM theres a screen shot of the error
BretHudson
11. Dec 2014 路 16:04 UTC
Not only did I really enjoy this game, I think it'd be really fun to make a real Banana TV that consists of 1-5 minute shorts and you'd be able to watch their reactions. Really hoping this places!
Sharky
12. Dec 2014 路 00:05 UTC
Very original concept. Although at times it felt a bit "too random" because you don't know who's watching your TV rather if its lil kids or males or females etc, or even if you were at all times inside the same house(If you were that's a big family) and I figured maybe if you add mood bar simular to a HP bar that changed over time, and maybe like them requesting some kind of show like the sims do? Anyways I had fun:) it was enjoyable
DDRKirby(ISQ)
12. Dec 2014 路 06:32 UTC
Almost there, great concept but the execution was a bit lacking xD
aidinviper
12. Dec 2014 路 06:51 UTC
XD nice
Elemental Zeal Games Studios
12. Dec 2014 路 20:45 UTC
Neat concept. Pretty unique. I enjoyed figuring out what to play depending on the clues, nice job!
Wampus
12. Dec 2014 路 23:59 UTC
Refreshingly different ideas here. Liked it a lot. I sucked at scaring people but delighting people turned out to be my thing. Good going.
Omiya Games
13. Dec 2014 路 00:10 UTC
Pretty darn innovative. The game would catch me in a loop, getting different people than I expected (programmer's art!) and having reactions that caught me off-guard. May have been nice to either limit your program choices, and/or limit the time they have to select a program.
Xanjos
13. Dec 2014 路 00:20 UTC
Took some time to work out how to maximise my score effectively but great concept and nice interpretation of the theme.
Joror
13. Dec 2014 路 13:27 UTC
Fun puzzling- sometimes a bit finicky on the physics though. :)
TheCams
13. Dec 2014 路 14:39 UTC
I like the idea :)
gebirgsbaerbel
14. Dec 2014 路 16:10 UTC
Overall the game has a nice idea. However it takes really long, so I really only tried out one mood. It could also be fun if you had different goals for different people in the house hold. For example you try to haunt the mother, but please her children...
Steven Colling
14. Dec 2014 路 17:39 UTC
Interesting idea and creative approach.... and a scary style :D
ohsqueezy
14. Dec 2014 路 17:41 UTC
I love the reactions. Especially how horrified the baby is of pornography.
cxsquared
17. Dec 2014 路 06:28 UTC
Neat idea and it was really fun. Good work.
elvaq
20. Dec 2014 路 19:40 UTC
Pretty funny and really original! I was a bit confused at first because I didn't read your instructions here but it wasn't actually too difficult to figure out just based off the graphics.
Gotta show the sexy and scary stuff to the baby!!
rodobodolfo
22. Dec 2014 路 01:12 UTC
Nice game! a bit too long to finish though