FFirst Impression by chiguireitor

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made by chiguireitor for LD28 (COMPO)
Snarky date sim. You have a blind date, you don't know jack about your date, but everyone on the mall does, so you have to talk around to determine what your date likes or don't. Also some things make you comfortable, and some don't. Pick wisely.

EDIT 0: Just to clear it up, take the Ludum Dare theme, concatenate it with a space and then with this game's title and you've got how it fits the theme ;)

EDIT 1: Game mechanics: Ever played Carmen San Diego? You must inquire on the shops about your date so you get a good idea of what it likes or doesn't likes (people know more about its dislikes than likes). Then, after you have a nice idea of what your date likes and doesn't likes go and acquire the best balance between yours and hers/his likes/dislikes. Red=You don't like, Green=You like. Watch your confidence meter. Controls are crap, i know, my bad, focused more on content and humour and forgot to tune the controls.

EDIT 2: The best outcome is >= 5 points, and the worst is <= -5. Both are relatively hard to achieve.

Ratings

Coolness 97% 2
Overall 3.00 491
Audio 2.23 620
Fun 2.77 564
Graphics 2.81 557
Humor 3.41 102
Innovation 3.23 288
Mood 2.86 435
Theme 2.72 580

Feedback

AlanZucconi
16. Dec 2013 路 03:59 UTC
Mmm... :p how come everyone else knows your date? :D
Jan Marcano
16. Dec 2013 路 04:00 UTC
Bastante entretenida la idea, me agrado ver a mi personaje con todas combinaciones todas extra帽as gracias a los gustos variados de la muchacha y los propios.

Le falta pulir bastante, los controles son un poco tediosos para moverse y no puedes echar para atras. Pero la idea es buena, con un poco mas de trabajo puedes tener algo brutal :)

PD: El titulo del juego dice "FFirst Impression", deberias arreglarlo
馃帳 chiguireitor
16. Dec 2013 路 04:13 UTC
Hola Jan, la doble F es a prop贸sito :D. Gracias por el review sincero ;) Ya jugu茅 el tuyo, interesante la mec谩nica.

脡xitos!
馃帳 chiguireitor
16. Dec 2013 路 04:14 UTC
Alan, there's a saying in my country "Small Town, Big Hell" :D
archaeometrician
16. Dec 2013 路 05:35 UTC
Hahah I paid dinner and ran to my house :P Great work, really funny game.
jmcrafty
16. Dec 2013 路 07:14 UTC
You. I like you. The would needs more offbeat games like this.
y2bd
16. Dec 2013 路 07:35 UTC
This is such a strange game, everything about it. Like if you looped the music for 20 minutes, you'd have the next best selling art music album.

I love it, great work.
ErikU
16. Dec 2013 路 07:40 UTC
Haha, 'stache, afro, condom, baguette, swimwear. Looking pretty fly. Too bad the lady didn't think as much.

Funny, innovative game.
Mnemusyne
16. Dec 2013 路 21:56 UTC
Interesting idea. A bit of a pain to navigate. Not exactly the most interesting piece of software.
benjih
17. Dec 2013 路 02:31 UTC
I was most impressed by my ability to run around town with a baguette under my arm. Truly, the simulator of kings.
afterisk
17. Dec 2013 路 03:23 UTC
Great, off-beat game and music. Had a lot of fun playing it! I wish right-side stores had better access.
Ariake81
17. Dec 2013 路 03:43 UTC
love it, very original and great to dress em up for some funny dissapointment. poor guy!?...
mcapraro
17. Dec 2013 路 04:10 UTC
interesting concept
Adam Tea
17. Dec 2013 路 05:12 UTC
Like the idea! But oh my god, awful controls :S
JaymeeMak
17. Dec 2013 路 07:27 UTC
The music... so painful!

The movement is difficult to get the hang of and players should be able to see what shops they're entering, no matter what angle they're entering from.

It's also fairly difficult to move away from a shop once you've entered it.
Paradeem Team!
17. Dec 2013 路 07:35 UTC
That's great. This is great. I just want to know how it fits the theme.
Kroltan
17. Dec 2013 路 10:32 UTC
Really hilarious! Walking backwards would be great, tohug.
DanielSnd
17. Dec 2013 路 12:39 UTC
Such a strange, awesome game. Good work.
chamberlainpi
17. Dec 2013 路 15:54 UTC
Not really sure if this was meant to be a game where you must get the best outcome, but seeing all the various items you can buy, there's almost... too many combinations to try (if there's such a thing?). Navigation was pretty bad, everytime I came out a shop and try to turn away it would get me right back to the 1)2)3) selection screen. It'd happen sometimes 3 times in a row... ARRRRGH!
The variety of items you can buy though was ... interesting. Vibrators? Yep. Native feather hat? Huh uh! Ackward date? You bet!
aldian
17. Dec 2013 路 17:40 UTC
Very funny little game :D one bug is someitmes you bounce off the fountain.
bitserum
17. Dec 2013 路 18:09 UTC
Had fun on this one. Needless to say, i got some action in the end. Fun game, some shops were hard to enter but never the less. Nice one.
Riilu
17. Dec 2013 路 22:02 UTC
A very enjoyable game, it was fun and interesting to play. I can only complain about the difference in levels of sound volume between effects. And the fact that you cannot go backwards, turning in doors to get out causes you to go into the shop again. But otherwise it's a functional and fun game. 4/5
tiffi
17. Dec 2013 路 22:28 UTC
Haha, hilarious
Jupiter_Hadley
18. Dec 2013 路 02:59 UTC
Super funny game. Nice Job. I included this game in my Ludum Dare Compilation series, if you'd like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/6i2NO94dPrk
insane66
18. Dec 2013 路 05:08 UTC
Neat 3D world. Camera control gets cumbersome, but otherwise it has that early N64 look to the world. Great work!
Azzar
19. Dec 2013 路 13:54 UTC
It's hillarious.
Controls could use some polish and shops around the left and bottom edges of the screen are a bit hard to get into.
But the humor compensates for that.
careless
20. Dec 2013 路 02:25 UTC
Be nice if the camera rotated for you, other than that bit of fun, date went ok but I never got to see her
henrykun
20. Dec 2013 路 02:54 UTC
Very funny game! an interesting approach :), how did the idea come up?
馃帳 chiguireitor
20. Dec 2013 路 03:41 UTC
I brainstormed what things do you get in real life only once. As important things go, the first impression on your beloved one is a big one, one that brings sometimes painful memories (because it was an awkward moment), stress (trying to create rapport between you two), longiness (when you miss that one date when you met that special one) and happiness (because it went very well and you ended with someone great).

Then, after coming up with the idea, i tried to represent it in a way that doesn't involves a gender directly (if you look closely, there's no defining characteristic in your avatar that predefines gender, you define it through the accesories). This was important because i didn't want a "bro-game" where everything is for the average hetero white caucasian male (demographic in which i'm included) nor do the PAX "Diversity Lounge" thing where you try to be so Diverse that you end up patronizing "Diverse" people.

So, after all, this game is about being yourself, that's why most people assume the other party is of certain gender and won't ask questions.

:-D
Denis Chakarov
20. Dec 2013 路 17:10 UTC
Man that's genius and hilarious!!! Congrats for the idea and the humor! Also the way it fits the theme is original. Of course there is room for improvement and polish as always but the base is solid. Respect!
Xaychru04
21. Dec 2013 路 10:10 UTC
Nice game, the concept is nice, I liked the different objects! :)
Conflei
21. Dec 2013 路 22:07 UTC
Buen trabajo, es bueno ver los puntos de vista de donde los demas tomaron sus ideas jaja.
En cuanto al gameplay me imagino que fue como tu lo quisiste hacer :).
Saludos desde Venezuela chigui.
mystakin
23. Dec 2013 路 16:40 UTC
I enjoyed the writing on the hints, but they were occasionally too vague for me to figure out. Still a fun entry, and a clever use of the theme.
Andreas Brandt
24. Dec 2013 路 00:30 UTC
Really cool, 5/5
Andreas Brandt
24. Dec 2013 路 00:30 UTC
addictive
jomomomo
06. Jan 2014 路 22:27 UTC
Nice job!
Jezzamon
07. Jan 2014 路 00:07 UTC
Your player likes winning and losing as much as possible
Your player likes figuring out hints
Your player dislikes the sex shop existing but maybe that's just me
Your player doesn't dislike the music even though some do
Your player likes the interpretation of the theme