Saturday Night Symbiosis by Pierrec

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made by Pierrec for LD30 (JAM)
You're turning 30.
Time to throw the best party ever!

I feel I have to explain my interpretation of the theme for this one: all the characters in this game come from previous games of mine, released or not. It turns out they're all connected.

Unzip, then run Saturday Night Symbiosis.exe. If it doesn't work: open setup.exe and switch to windowed mode

Ratings

Coolness 89% 2
Overall(Jam) 4.18 17
Audio(Jam) 3.43 204
Fun(Jam) 4.11 17
Graphics(Jam) 3.28 424
Humor(Jam) 4.22 14
Innovation(Jam) 3.87 46
Mood(Jam) 3.96 46
Theme(Jam) 3.70 128

Feedback

KhaoTom
26. Aug 2014 路 07:09 UTC
Wow, I really throw a bummer of a party, people even got arrested! Cool game.
Mike Mezhenin
26. Aug 2014 路 08:06 UTC
Oh my, this is so good! I love the characters, and the gaming/drinking party we had with them is like the best party ever. I expect myself to replay this a lot.
Robotic
26. Aug 2014 路 08:24 UTC
Shiiiit, I made mr Crepi sad :( now I'm sad too
great game Pierrec, will try to throw a better party next time for sure
Simon
26. Aug 2014 路 09:19 UTC
Very very cool. It reminded me of Anna Anthropy's game Triad but way more interesting if you ask me :)
馃帳 Pierrec
26. Aug 2014 路 09:31 UTC
Triad was ma favorite game of 2013 so...this goes right through my heart
matthias_zarzecki
26. Aug 2014 路 09:48 UTC
This is brilliant! Love calling people and finding out what they want, and to puzzle it all together. The "epilogue" is great too :D

I'll play this later again to see how things can turn out. There are so many possibilites!
primaerfunktion
26. Aug 2014 路 11:04 UTC
That was really interesting. Loving all the characters!
Morusque
26. Aug 2014 路 11:18 UTC
Fantastic game ! I like to get small stories as a reward rather than a simple score.
LeafThief
26. Aug 2014 路 11:53 UTC
Very well done! I enjoyed the character's small stories and how they connected in the end.
Ends perfectly rounded in a well-chosen song. Superb! :D
dunin
26. Aug 2014 路 13:20 UTC
My first party was horrible. Fortunately it's a game and I could make a perfect party on second try.
Good idea.
(and the neighbor remind me that I have test Agricola...)
panurge
26. Aug 2014 路 13:24 UTC
Loved it. Really nicely sketched characters, a fun mechanic, well-chosen music, cute artwork and above all a lot of heart. I've played it through three times and I'll probably come back to it again later.

(My first party was mediocre, by the way, but I'm improving!)
jerombd
26. Aug 2014 路 14:51 UTC
Really well-done as usual; it's nice to see your old characters aging.
Marcellus
26. Aug 2014 路 15:03 UTC
Again a nice game by pierrec, played it for about an hour before throwing the best party EVER.
The music is great and stays in your head after you closed the game, every character is lovely and the story behind them is great.

Damn I wish I could witness this Amy-Candy twerking contest for... hum... scientific reasons.
Great job.
AnnaGavaldaKedavra
26. Aug 2014 路 15:07 UTC
Perfect party! Took me a while but i did it. Really good game best one so far (only played 6 but still).
vctr_seleucos
26. Aug 2014 路 20:50 UTC
Dude, I really enjoyed your game. Perfect concept and nice plot! :D
ceosol
28. Aug 2014 路 16:38 UTC
In response to your comment on my game. I wish I had more content also. I wanted aliens and curve ball asteroids and such. Too little time for such ambition :)

Your game though, I think is the most well rounded games I have seen this competition. Some games may be rated slightly higher in certain categories, but you hit all 7 aspects very well. Great entry.
Kayelgee
28. Aug 2014 路 17:49 UTC
Really nice concept. I felt a little sad after throwing a shitty party :D
Nnnnneeeedddd
28. Aug 2014 路 18:32 UTC
good
Artamus
28. Aug 2014 路 20:44 UTC
Very good game, loved it, congrats!
tvc15
28. Aug 2014 路 20:52 UTC
Please make a mac version! I'd love to try it but I can't with OSX
Crocanti de Pollo
28. Aug 2014 路 23:30 UTC
This is great! My party went hilariously disastrous. Quite realistic if you ask me :P
Hypnohustla
29. Aug 2014 路 06:30 UTC
I think your take on the theme is very good. :) I threw an epic party and loved it! Great game.
jahmaican
30. Aug 2014 路 10:02 UTC
I really enjoyed the game! My party wasn't very good though :( Excuse me while I go and play again!
bluemaroo3
30. Aug 2014 路 16:40 UTC
Love this game. Great little stories for all the characters. I thought I had thrown a great party right till the very end when the game told me it was mediocre :D Will definitely be going back and playing this some more.
Jod
30. Aug 2014 路 16:46 UTC
That's really cool! I liked it.
Gaeel
30. Aug 2014 路 16:48 UTC
Looks like I know a lot of stoners, huh...
ponk
30. Aug 2014 路 21:38 UTC
Cool game!
Really enjoyed it, restart 3 times to get my party right.
Nice dialogs and cool consequences from choices
moi93101
31. Aug 2014 路 21:53 UTC
I love the personnal use of theme.
UoLCompSoc
31. Aug 2014 路 22:22 UTC
I've played 3 times already and this is the only game I've not deleted straight after; it's really "finished" for an LD game. I'll probably go play it again to try and get it right!

Love the creativity with the theme, and now I want to go make more games so I have enough characters to do something similar. :D
Franklins Ghost
01. Sep 2014 路 12:30 UTC
One of the nicest experiences I've had this LD, very sweet. The characters were distinct and interesting and I liked trying to decide who to invite. My party ended up okay but unremarkable which I was quite happy with. Will have to go back and play because I'm interested to see on what other epilogues I can end up with. Nicely done.
Code White
01. Sep 2014 路 13:25 UTC
Oh wow. Most of the games you find here are over in a minute. I spent an hour with this game, and I was still getting bad parties. There are so many possible combinations!
Ted Brown
01. Sep 2014 路 22:12 UTC
There really needs to be a Ludum Dare rating system for Writing, because this was a five star story experience. :) Well done!
Traumendes_Madchen
02. Sep 2014 路 14:34 UTC
Cool idea. Now I'm really curious to know more about your other games...
(This bubble sound effect on the title screen irks me though >__<)
馃帳 Pierrec
02. Sep 2014 路 18:17 UTC
They can be find here : https://abunchofgames.wordpress.com/ :)

I might add some music in the game for a post-compo version. Maybe the bubble sounds will be more bearable then
NicePenguins
03. Sep 2014 路 22:20 UTC
I've just play two times and love the idea and the replay value. We thought about the idea "Everyone is a world" but dropped it, glad to see you thought the same and made it in a non-expected way ! The characters were cool and funny.
Lythom
04. Sep 2014 路 15:22 UTC
Hi Pierrec, here's some feedback.

What I liked :
- Story consistancy. Tried a few things but couldn't make the story inconsistant, nice one !
- Game play really based on character relations and importance of call order.
- Characters descriptions : short and helpfuls.
- Epilogs

What imo could be improved :
- save points or option to undo last call (in order to test more scenarios =))
- UI graphics lack some fantasy
- Window mode instead of fullscrenn (or did I miss it ?)

Overall is excellent ! I really enjoyed your game =)
Thanks !
ncannasse
05. Sep 2014 路 11:58 UTC
Great and solid game, really enjoyed playing it ! Still trying to make a better party, I'll keep playing a bit more
EMAK
05. Sep 2014 路 12:43 UTC
6 or 7 stars in humour!!! so much replayablility!!!
Jilt
05. Sep 2014 路 13:40 UTC
All my parties are awful but I loooooooove it
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GrooveMan
06. Sep 2014 路 03:46 UTC
I threw an average party, but that's good enough for me. Some of the choices feel like they exist more as guesswork than things I could have genuinely puzzled out, but I don't begrudge that too badly.
Alexandre Szybiak
07. Sep 2014 路 20:30 UTC
An heartwarming game, with clever writing and relatable situations. I want to try every possible ending, but it's getting late and I have to sleep :D Great job
Benjamin
10. Sep 2014 路 06:58 UTC
So refreshing. This one really have a HIGH replayability rate ! Too bad it's not a Ludum Dare vote category yet :D

But somehow, I feel robed on my first party *spoiler* :
- Mark found no gaming partner although I was kind enough to invite Mr Crepi to my party
- Ami miss booze and music and I had 2 on each of them ! ( w the draft beer system )
- I really worry about joe because he drank for two thinking his wife will take him home, but he was alone.

I could not manage to make the perfect party but tried only 3 times until now.
Ashley Coulter
19. Sep 2014 路 16:43 UTC
Why does it take so long to load a game that's just pixelart and some text?