Syndrome by Anoarith
So, here's our entry for this Ludum Dare :).
It's a game where you control a psychiatrist in an asylum and you have to find out patients' mental diseases by asking them questions.
We're not psychiatrist at all so it was hard to find cool (in term of game design) mental diseases x).
We don't know if there is spelling mistake (since we're french) and if the game is well-balanced but we hope you'll enjoy it :) !
@MCD_Artagnan & Eleonore Bernez
From Nice Penguins (http://nicepenguins.tumblr.com/)
If you want to see the ludum game of another member of Nice Penguins : http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=29515
It's a game where you control a psychiatrist in an asylum and you have to find out patients' mental diseases by asking them questions.
We're not psychiatrist at all so it was hard to find cool (in term of game design) mental diseases x).
We don't know if there is spelling mistake (since we're french) and if the game is well-balanced but we hope you'll enjoy it :) !
@MCD_Artagnan & Eleonore Bernez
From Nice Penguins (http://nicepenguins.tumblr.com/)
If you want to see the ludum game of another member of Nice Penguins : http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=29515
| Web / Windows / OSX / Linux (Gamejolt) | http://gamejolt.com/games/puzzle/syndrome/25845/ |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=24843 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 92% | 2 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.59 | 133 |
| Audio(Jam) | 2.85 | 463 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.25 | 222 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 3.42 | 361 |
| Humor(Jam) | 3.21 | 146 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 3.85 | 43 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.35 | 242 |
| Theme(Jam) | 3.83 | 67 |
Anssi@MooseflyGames
But probably a little to overwhelming for a "normal" gamer (too many questions and disease choices from the beginning).
We don't know psychiatry either, that's why we put the short definitions for each disease. We didn't expect the game to be that hard x)
The audio was all right--a bit stale and wearing, and didn't quite seem to fit the subject. However, the graphics were very suitable and I enjoyed the characters' different personalities--I thought it was especially cute to have the characters represented by accessories.
There's another game in this vein which I think you might get something out of reviewing: http://jayisgames.com/archives/2004/07/the_asylum.php
It's a different approach, but has some similarities.
I think it would also be useful to have a clearer sense of progress. In many cases, it felt like each question and answer was completely independent from the rest, regardless of order. I don't know what mechanics were *actually* occurring in the game code, but I didn't feel a strong connection between questions or from the order of questions.
The in-between conversations with the nurse were a nice touch, though.
The UI for guessing the disorder was a bit confusing. At first I thought the three columns of specific disorders somehow mapped to the three categories at the top, but it was actually just three separate sub-menus. To help with that, perhaps add something visual to indicate that the disorders currently visible on the screen all belonged only to the category that had most recently been selected.
Thanks for your feedback :) !
Devoir juste trouver la maladie (et non pas un soin par exemple, ce qui serait intéressant à implémenter dans une version plus loufoque) m'a paru bizarre au début, mais la fin explique bien la chose...
Thnx for making it!
Nice work!
The twist ending was unnecessary I thought.
This was awesome! It took me 4 tries to get 4 of them, but I still don't know what is the 3rd one's problem.
Really liked the graphics and the idea. It's really fun and interesting! =D