The Screening by Suppagumma

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made by Suppagumma for LD31 (JAM)
You are tasked with the screening of the best subjects for each mission we'll give you. The cause is the cause. The cause is with you, as long as you are with the cause.

You will have to succeed through 5 random missions with random characters in order to reach the final one.

IMPORTANT: If you get a "Failed to download data file" error while loading the game just refresh the page and it should work.

We would've liked to show visually how each subject's stats/skills are used during missions but we didn't have the time. The engine's logic is that at each "mission event" a specific stat with an extra bonus skill (based on the initial mission requirements) will be needed. The live operative with the highest required values will try the feat, and get an additional bonus based on his mood. There are also other elements in play but that's the basis.

A game by Suppagumma, friends together (http://www.suppagumma.com)

Daniele Giardini (www.demigiant.com)
Concept, game design, coding, writing

Gaetano Leonardi (www.la-boite.it/games)
Game design, graphics

Luigi di Guida (www.luigidiguida.it)
Music, fx

UPDATE:
A) The morning after the jam we fixed these 2 bugs:
- Side panel showing wrong text during missions
- If you won a mission with your last 3 subjects you got a game over instead than the correct 3 new subjects
B) The evening after the jam I actually uploaded the previous fix I mentioned, because I previously uploaded it to the wrong FTP :BBB
C) Moved webplayer link to Game Jolt

Ratings

Coolness 72% 3
Overall(Jam) 4.15 17
Audio(Jam) 4.09 23
Fun(Jam) 3.84 55
Graphics(Jam) 4.48 39
Humor(Jam) 3.98 34
Innovation(Jam) 4.07 34
Mood(Jam) 4.00 36
Theme(Jam) 4.20 55

Feedback

frenzyasii
09. Dec 2014 · 01:41 UTC
WOW amazing graphics and sound, and the idea great!
ThatNaughtyPanda
09. Dec 2014 · 01:47 UTC
Greatly fun! Moar people need to play this.
NickMakesGames
09. Dec 2014 · 01:55 UTC
ah, seems like we had similar thought patterns as far as "screening" goes. Great minds think alike, eh?
An excellent game, by the way, also. Lots of interesting choices to be made. It might have been nice to have the ability to improve subject mood slightly by skipping training, but I imagine that might create an imbalance that I haven't thought of.
ad2757
09. Dec 2014 · 01:56 UTC
This one is really freakin cool
You deserve a top 100 with this one
billrizer
09. Dec 2014 · 01:59 UTC
Very well polished - nicely done!
kburkhart84
09. Dec 2014 · 02:00 UTC
This is for sure the most innovative and different game I've played so far. It just felt kind of unfair that you couldn't train people up because they would feel bad(or whatever you called it). That's the way the game is though.
Asaratha
09. Dec 2014 · 02:01 UTC
The game does not load when I go to the Web link?
biscuitWizard
09. Dec 2014 · 02:03 UTC
This was fantastic! What a great concept, and I loved the art style!
MiniBobbo
09. Dec 2014 · 02:03 UTC
"He is running away! I will stop his car with my body!" *dead*
KudukuForgiveUs
09. Dec 2014 · 02:05 UTC
Solid art and sound make for a great atmosphere. The game's sense of humor adds a lot to the experience. The concept and goal are clear and well presented.

It is a bit arbitrary at first what tests will produce what attribute in your subjects. It's also unclear what chance you have of succeeding with your selected team. These made me feel dis-empowered, as my decisions did not seem to be informed.
Javabot
09. Dec 2014 · 02:06 UTC
This was a very fun concept, and the sound was incredible. I really liked how smooth the graphics were, too. Sadly, you could have worked on the dialogue.
egos
09. Dec 2014 · 02:07 UTC
so polished !!!! the game is good to release. For me just too much text but ist great entry
floorman
09. Dec 2014 · 02:08 UTC
Brilliant game. The game looks really well polished and I love the graphics.

Really nice work. The game idea is awesome and there's humour! =D
ParaPup
09. Dec 2014 · 02:08 UTC
This was very exciting.
Ryan Kline
09. Dec 2014 · 02:17 UTC
I'm in love with everything about this game. Now only is it funny and interesting, it introduces a very interesting mechanic where Your best operatives often times aren't thrown into every mission.
jpcote
09. Dec 2014 · 02:35 UTC
Awesome game. I would play a lot on mobile !
Anikki
09. Dec 2014 · 10:10 UTC
Great idea. Would have been nice if the job briefings would have received their own dedicated space in the interface. Needlessly clunky to have them as sheets in my opinion.
🎤 Suppagumma
09. Dec 2014 · 11:33 UTC
Thanks a lot for the nice words :)

@Anikki I (Daniele) have a thing with papers so I just love having those papers apart. But that's completely based on personal kink and I agree it would be nice to at least have an additional mini-panel with the mission's required stats.

@KudukuForgiveUs I added a little explanation of how the stats work. It's not as simple as I wrote, but those are the basics :P Sadly we didn't have time to add animations that actually showed that stuff happening visually.

@NickMakesGames Loved your game and your concept. Even if I felt terribly stupid because it took me quite a while to understand how it worked :D
ramonparaiba
09. Dec 2014 · 13:14 UTC
i loved this pixel art stile... The theme's choice is very interesting too. Congrats
dsoft20
09. Dec 2014 · 13:51 UTC
Nice entry! I really like the graphics & audio.
The gameplay is fine too!
Ciro Continisio
09. Dec 2014 · 18:51 UTC
Great graphics and sound. I love the 'screening' idea, you're one of the few that hasn't taken the theme literally, good job on that! (5/5 on the theme for sure!)
stvr
10. Dec 2014 · 13:09 UTC
Best game I've played this jam! Great graphics, highly polished, and very funny. Amazing work!
Gungnir
10. Dec 2014 · 15:20 UTC
I'm getting: Failed to download data file.
Bummer, I wanted to play this.
Gungnir
11. Dec 2014 · 13:56 UTC
Ok, the GameJolt version worked fine.

I wish there was more of an overall goal as a motivation. It felt a little aimless.

It looks and sounds excellent though.

Thanks.
Frump
12. Dec 2014 · 00:22 UTC
This was all around excellent, I really enjoyed playing it.
aaronjbaptiste
12. Dec 2014 · 12:02 UTC
Really really cool. Glad I found this game. Thanks bro
NicePenguins
14. Dec 2014 · 21:23 UTC
Great concept, but a little bit random. I like the music and the mood.
UrbanLogicGames
15. Dec 2014 · 18:42 UTC
Wow, this is really clever. Great use of the theme. The game was pretty easy to play despite all if the info onscreen. I'd agree with comments that the UI could do with some streamlining, but art and music are great. One of the best games I've played so far.
greytram
20. Dec 2014 · 12:24 UTC
Great game!
I love the espionage setting and the humor in every description.
Great graphics and the music is just fine, speeding up when field action starts :-)
Very well done! Would like to see these agents in new adventures soon!
Chaoseed
20. Dec 2014 · 12:46 UTC
Weird, but interesting! I like the idea a lot, even though it's morbid. The graphics are great and the gameplay is smooth. It's quite hard, though...
alpha_rat
20. Dec 2014 · 14:47 UTC
Great job!
sirdorius
20. Dec 2014 · 18:45 UTC
Excellent overall, as we've come to expect from you guys!
mathmadlen
22. Dec 2014 · 22:09 UTC
I loved it! Funny, well thought-out, witty, with beautiful art - great work!
mechabit
23. Dec 2014 · 15:27 UTC
very well done, difficult to see how to keep playing past the first couple missions as I keep failing them without knowing why.
sP0CkEr2
26. Dec 2014 · 16:18 UTC
i like everything about this game - with a few more elements it could be a great game
Erkberg
28. Dec 2014 · 00:07 UTC
That was fantastic! Really liked the idea and the gameplay, also the visuals and audio were great, and the humor even more so. One of the best games I played this LD, amazing job!
🎤 Suppagumma
29. Dec 2014 · 13:40 UTC
Thanks for all the comments :) We are preparing the design to develop it into a full game, with a kinda complicated story and a lot more stuff to do (but still focusing the game on a screening process).
- Daniele
adamwfindlay
29. Dec 2014 · 14:44 UTC
Fantastic game.
Zi
20. Jan 2015 · 08:34 UTC
Just got around to playing this. Awesome stuff! :D