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Who ate all the pies ??? by DustyStylus

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made by DustyStylus for LD28 (COMPO)
You only get ONE HOUR (well... 2 minutes really) to interview each suspect and find out who ate all the pies! D:

Constable: "But sarge? That ain't much..."
Sarge: "SHUT IT YOU SLAAAAAG!".

Using an interface vaguely reminiscent of "Captain Blood" on Atari ST / Amiga, interview each suspect and try and find out who ate all the pies before the timer runs out.

IMPORTANT NOTES:
- If you don't have a mousewheel, you can use A/D with SHIFT to move the icon bar.
- You don't have to use "?" to ask a question, it is inferred and simply required for some dialog that comes back to you.
- Pies are probably a good topic to start with.
- If required, you need to insult _with_ the question, not an insult on it's own.
- If you succeed, feel free to keep asking questions before moving on. i.e., tell them you love them, etc. :)

(Uploading Linux version - I don't have Linux, so please let me know if there are any issues and I'll try to fix them.)
Web (Unity) http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47393248/Pies.html
GameWalkthrough https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47393248/solution.txt
Source https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47393248/Pies_Scripts.7z
Linux Standalone https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47393248/LinuxPies.zip
Video (Youtube) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxrJl1ZizTk
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=15902

Ratings

Coolness 97% 2
Overall 3.14 391
Audio 3.73 31
Fun 2.79 549
Graphics 3.75 148
Humor 3.81 39
Innovation 4.13 12
Mood 3.38 153
Theme 2.33 797

Feedback

ricklesauceur
16. Dec 2013 路 12:03 UTC
There is too much options, it is rather complicated to get something valid. But i like the overall humor and graphics.
BraindeadGeo
16. Dec 2013 路 12:07 UTC
Haha, nice concept but blooming hard to get your head around at first! graphics and voice are ace!
Gravedrinker
16. Dec 2013 路 12:22 UTC
This is a really cool idea. The music and sound effects fit nicely and make for a good atmosphere. The concept is fun and innovative. It's hard to find valid questions though. One improvement that could be made is adding more variations to existing replies and making it so the game recognizes more combinations. That way you feel like you're getting somewhere even if you don't manage to win.

Basically make it a bit more straight forward so you don't need to explain as much first, and you got a great game!
馃帳 DustyStylus
16. Dec 2013 路 12:30 UTC
Thanks guys, as the time ran out (I originally wanted 3 suspects) I had to trim more an more of the dialog out and the hints became less and less useful.

I've added a Walkthrough to the links. :)
alexis.pautrot
16. Dec 2013 路 12:51 UTC
Scrolling of the words is confusing. Aside from that it's very nice ! Reminds me Captain Blood.
TheCze
16. Dec 2013 路 12:55 UTC
Very nice game! I did not get very far but I really liked the concept and graphics. One of the best games I've seen so far.
Miltage
16. Dec 2013 路 13:46 UTC
I really like the concept, although the icons system is really clumsy to navigate. It would be easier if they were all laid out to see. Loved the humour, graphics and sound.
mamoniem
16. Dec 2013 路 21:57 UTC
hahahah, new way to play :)
acp_ld
16. Dec 2013 路 22:10 UTC
well made entry, the icons should be laid out so all of them are visible instead of scrolling, also it might work better with picking words instead of icons
Nancybeast
16. Dec 2013 路 22:29 UTC
This is absolutely amazing! I love the humor and how you work out what they are saying!
OriginalBigDan
16. Dec 2013 路 22:42 UTC
It's a really interesting concept! I'd love to know how you did it behind the scenes!
馃帳 DustyStylus
16. Dec 2013 路 22:48 UTC
Thanks everyone. :)

acp_ld: Yeah, "Captain Blood" (old ST game) had 2 rows of icons, now I think about it. For the limited dictionary (a lot of which isn't used due to time constraints ;__; ) it would've helped a bit.

OriginalBigDan: I'll do a postmortem soon! A nasty bug in a global static class almost right towards the deadline almost made me pull out of the compo until I squished it. D:
Masadow
17. Dec 2013 路 00:15 UTC
"Me love you" "? ? ? Cry Cry Cry" AHAH.

Very funny. Would be better to put all icons in one line or two so you don't need to scroll. Great concept anyway
CaptainKraft
17. Dec 2013 路 00:41 UTC
Clever concept and funny responses. Good job
kunzbe
17. Dec 2013 路 01:38 UTC
Oh something truely different.
The voice-brabel are funny and are well done.
But its hard to get a valid sentence out of the officer
Mase
17. Dec 2013 路 14:27 UTC
Nice work on the voices. Very amusing setting.
Dir3kt
17. Dec 2013 路 21:15 UTC
Very good sense of humor :) Got a bit lost with all those options XD. But it's lot of fun to explore them!
Masadow
19. Dec 2013 路 15:25 UTC
Hey, you had some issues playing my game. I've uploaded a new version for windows users. Don't hesitate to try again the browser link. If your flash player is not outdated, you shouldn't have any issue ;)
jacklehamster
19. Dec 2013 路 17:54 UTC
Yep, it really feels like Captain Blood, especially the voice over
supremefist
19. Dec 2013 路 18:57 UTC
Really good work, but super difficult! :)
ChrisMingay
19. Dec 2013 路 19:17 UTC
Hahaha "If your mouse is being a slag!" :D

Really innovative idea, it's well EastEnders.
TeamFlare
20. Dec 2013 路 14:10 UTC
Cool idea but really hard. Some hints or fewer options in the beginning would have helped me a lot. Loved the way the guy talked^^ Had a lot fun
netmute
20. Dec 2013 路 17:30 UTC
The art is well done, but I found the overall experience rather confusing at first :)

(From a technical standpoint I find it rather interesting that you implemented a simple natural language processor here. Good job!)
local minimum
21. Dec 2013 路 14:25 UTC
I felt like there were too many options to get an overview, however at the same time I would suspect you could fit them all into the screen so there's no need for scrolling? Maybe also only show those progressions that are valid question (hide or inactivate the nonsensical combinations). I think the pictogram way of communicating could be quite awesome if you work a little on it. I did retry quite a few times, so I take that as an indication of you having something good going.
TomboFry
21. Dec 2013 路 15:42 UTC
Had no idea what I was doing but the voice over was hilarious and the music was fun to dance to ;P It would probably help if there weren't so many options to choose from (or at least make there more/better responses)
dekart
22. Dec 2013 路 18:36 UTC
Haha, i love it! The art is awesome :)
loxo
22. Dec 2013 路 18:49 UTC
There is only one thing I don't like about the game, it's the one minute time limit. Otherwise it's one of the best games I played so far. Especially the audio is incredible.
Zerkruemler
23. Dec 2013 路 16:25 UTC
This was fun, but quite difficult to understand how it works at the beginning. Funny graphics and nice idea.
I don't like the scrolling. All the buttons would have enough space on the screen at one, so why scrolling?
eskivor
31. Dec 2013 路 15:46 UTC
I like it, I success to the mum then the walktrough was very useful. It could be more practical, I think, to have two or three lnes of icons with no scrolling, always available in the screen, than one line with scrolling
jomomomo
04. Jan 2014 路 01:29 UTC
Nice! One suggestion might be a bit of a tree structure to limit the players options a bit, not every word makes sense in every circumstance...
HybridMind
06. Jan 2014 路 04:33 UTC
After feeling totally confused for a while I managed to get to the second character anyway. Couldn't figure out how to get past once they were swearing about a criminal. Strange way of interaction, not sure I've ever encountered an interface like that before.
mmickyman
06. Jan 2014 路 08:49 UTC
Nice concept, maybe without scrolling it could be more confortable to play with.