Mr Moore's Last Seconds by Tainted_Code

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made by Tainted_Code for LD27 (JAM)
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Mr Moore was in a fatal car accident, and his life flashed before his eyes. He remembered the key events in his life, and he was troubled by a few. Take it upon yourself to witness Mr Moore's life, and help him steer away from fate's harm.

Spoiler:
This game isn't meant to be 'hardcore', it simply a game that has a short story, with a solid narrative. The character is about to die in a car accident, and he goes through his past when his life flashes before his eyes and he solves his problems so he can die in peace. He also has to make sure nobody else is hurt in the accident.

Controls:
Left / Right - (A/D) or (Left Arrow/Right Arrow)
Jump - (SPACE) or (Z)
Start Game - (Left Mouse Click)

Note - APOLOGIES FOR THE DOVE COLLISION

Credits:
Tomas Banzas Illa - nobledemon.tumblr.com
Joey Clover - springmissile.com (@SpringMissile)
Paul Fredericks - paulfredericksmusic.com/
David Colgan) - davidscolgan.com/

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 3.81 43
Audio(Jam) 4.25 5
Fun(Jam) 2.98 274
Graphics(Jam) 4.20 65
Humor(Jam) 2.63 236
Innovation(Jam) 3.26 171
Mood(Jam) 4.22 8
Theme(Jam) 2.90 379

Feedback

HardScore
27. Aug 2013 · 11:52 UTC
Great audio and nice graphics, the collisions in the wedding scene are a bit weird but other then that its great entry :)
mikegbrown
27. Aug 2013 · 12:34 UTC
Very nice. Platforming on the doves was a little less fluid than I'd have liked for the theme of the piece.
RobotParking
27. Aug 2013 · 12:37 UTC
Dat artstyle.
gre
27. Aug 2013 · 12:38 UTC
Where is the theme?
Otherwise, Nice and touching story. Congrats for your game.
ArcturusDeluxe
27. Aug 2013 · 12:46 UTC
Love the graphics and music, and the voice-over. Interesting stuff done with the narrative and linking it in with the theme. Can't think of anything bad to say really!
🎤 Tainted_Code
27. Aug 2013 · 12:53 UTC
Thanks guys! The theme, is the fact that you're reliving his life, fixing memories that are embedded in his mind. Then he can die in piece. The reason you push the car at the end is to make sure it doesn't hit anybody.
syner_d
27. Aug 2013 · 13:00 UTC
perfect!!! i love your art!
Nizan
27. Aug 2013 · 13:49 UTC
Nice. The controls were a bit glitchy in places - especially when jumping on the doves.

The graphics were nice, but the audio was exceptional (and great voice acting & script too!). So created a really good mood. Nice work guys :)
Mental Atrophy
27. Aug 2013 · 13:53 UTC
Great art, music, and narration.
JellyMan64
27. Aug 2013 · 13:56 UTC
Good audio, great graphics for the audio. Nice game for the jam.
Larzan
27. Aug 2013 · 14:00 UTC
Beautiful, great music, grafix, only the dove jumping was a bit difficult.
Nice one.
Ithildin
27. Aug 2013 · 14:02 UTC
Beautiful audio, and great graphics. A nice match for the story :)
Xgor
27. Aug 2013 · 14:02 UTC
Great game. Makes me thing that this would be it if To The Moon would be a platformer.
Marcellus
27. Aug 2013 · 14:03 UTC
awesome graphics, voice acting and sound. Very poetical, I had a great time playing this and cried a bit inside of me.
🎤 Tainted_Code
27. Aug 2013 · 14:05 UTC
If anyone would like to hear the standalone music you can do that here: https://soundcloud.com/paulfredericksmusic/sets/mr-moores-last-seconds/s-FJeSw
villhest
27. Aug 2013 · 14:16 UTC
Fun game! The art is fantastic!
🎤 Tainted_Code
27. Aug 2013 · 16:25 UTC
Thanks guys! :D
lordjosephdeburg
27. Aug 2013 · 21:08 UTC
played it through.... very good dialog and story.
dcolgan
27. Aug 2013 · 22:09 UTC
Excellent storytelling and graphics and music you guys. The mood was excellent too. Thanks for letting me voice act in it!
Thermite
27. Aug 2013 · 23:20 UTC
Beautiful, and quite moving.
johnfn
27. Aug 2013 · 23:21 UTC
Lovely art and storytelling. I really liked the concept of platforming with doves, even if the execution was not 100% perfect. Great entry!
Ian Small
27. Aug 2013 · 23:21 UTC
Simple but moving little story. Very simple gameplay with little innovation, but still enjoyable.
boneloaf
27. Aug 2013 · 23:24 UTC
We enjoyed the narrative and how it frames the gameplay (and jumping on doves)
themushroomsound
27. Aug 2013 · 23:24 UTC
I had this weird glitch playing the web version (haven't tried the others), where most of the levels weren't centered in the frame - also, I got big black squares on top of everything during level changes.

I really enjoyed it apart from that! :) Loved climbing the doves.
Andrew Shouldice
27. Aug 2013 · 23:24 UTC
Cool game! I quite like the idea of exploring a moment in time. The platforming in the wedding scene especially.
Kad
27. Aug 2013 · 23:25 UTC
Why did mr Moore had to die ._.;?
It's hard to believe that such a short time can be enough to create a truly piece of art.
Your voice actor is really cool too.
GarethIW
27. Aug 2013 · 23:26 UTC
It was a clever idea with the theme, I liked the approach of telling a short story over any serious game mechanics too.
🎤 Tainted_Code
27. Aug 2013 · 23:28 UTC
Thanks guys, means so much to us :D
arezita
27. Aug 2013 · 23:39 UTC
Very nice game! Congrats!
farmergnome
28. Aug 2013 · 00:58 UTC
Awesome story, nice art also.
endermath
28. Aug 2013 · 01:44 UTC
Fantastic in all respects! Very impressive :)
Lustdante
28. Aug 2013 · 02:16 UTC
Wow, such a haunting story. I really really love how you have to push your car away from other potential victims in the end. That was definitely best thing I had to do in LD. Excellent!
🎤 Tainted_Code
28. Aug 2013 · 02:21 UTC
Thanks! :D
MrRoboman
28. Aug 2013 · 03:02 UTC
Really nice production! Love the art, sound, and voice acting. It wasn't really a game in the traditional sense, but then again, neither is my entry :) Good job!
AdventureIslands
28. Aug 2013 · 12:34 UTC
Whoa. That was very well done. Very emotional. Nice sound and voice work and great pixel art! Touching ending.
kristof
28. Aug 2013 · 12:39 UTC
Very good story telling. I like the art style.
dancingflame
28. Aug 2013 · 12:45 UTC
This is incredible! Everything is perfect! If you put more gameplay in it, you got a champion!
MidCry
28. Aug 2013 · 12:52 UTC
Nice game guys ... great mixture of story and player interaction ...
🎤 Tainted_Code
28. Aug 2013 · 13:12 UTC
Cheers people! :3
CryoGenesis
28. Aug 2013 · 13:21 UTC
Happy to see Colgan doing the narration!

Great graphics and really good story-telling. Reminds me of Bastion. Good work!
Valerien
28. Aug 2013 · 13:27 UTC
The audio is really clean and the visuals are good overall. However, the game doesn't feel related to the theme and there isn't much gameplay to enjoy there. I think it's a nice try, but you could have had a gameplay centered around changing the character's fate or wife's fate at his own expense in 10 seconds (even with time stretching in his last moments), with different endings for example. The game design just needs a clearer relationship with the "10 seconds" thing.
spitfire87
28. Aug 2013 · 13:35 UTC
Nice idea, writting, sound and voice acting. Good job!
Reaperguy
28. Aug 2013 · 13:44 UTC
Took half an hour to load and when i clicked play i just got a black screen :(
Froom the screenshots, tough, it seems very nice.
🎤 Tainted_Code
28. Aug 2013 · 13:50 UTC
@Valerien, you do, the details are in the description.
@Reaperguy, yeah, that's why there is a 'backup' link, and you're supposed to get a black screen for about 10 seconds.
Vaalen
28. Aug 2013 · 14:29 UTC
It's a game really orginal. They're some collision problemes sometimes and it's a bit short. Good work, though !
rezoner
28. Aug 2013 · 15:24 UTC
Great voice acting and assets. Have a spare handkerchief?
Erhune
28. Aug 2013 · 15:38 UTC
Very beautiful and emotional. The writing and voicing was top-notch, music perfect, really I cannot think of anything bad to say (even the length was just perfect to convey your message I think).
Urfoex
28. Aug 2013 · 15:48 UTC
Great entry.
Visuals - audio - story - very well fitting together.
🎤 Tainted_Code
28. Aug 2013 · 15:55 UTC
Thanks guys! ;)
ratalaika
28. Aug 2013 · 16:13 UTC
good job. entertaining game
SneManden
28. Aug 2013 · 16:22 UTC
Very nice thing with voice-over! The graphics were absolutely stunning.
JALgames
28. Aug 2013 · 16:51 UTC
Nice idea to combine a platformer with a story. I don't know if it was that I hadn't got any speakers avilable but I didn't understand how the game was based on the theme.
I personally don't like these quite high-res pixel-art, but as said that's my personal opinion.
🎤 Tainted_Code
28. Aug 2013 · 17:03 UTC
@JALgames, You have to play it with sound, otherwise, you wouldn't get it. It has a narrative.
Diptoman
28. Aug 2013 · 17:05 UTC
This is a wonderful piece of art.
Depressing games usually don't depress (from my point of view at least), but this hits the nail on the head. Wonderful graphics and audio, and excellent mood created. Hats off, sir.
zkenshin
28. Aug 2013 · 17:22 UTC
Nice to see a story game. :)
🎤 Tainted_Code
28. Aug 2013 · 17:43 UTC
Thanks guys!
cwkx
28. Aug 2013 · 18:21 UTC
This was a fantastic entry with some very talented work on display. Congratulations on working together to produce this. My first 40/40 :)
🎤 Tainted_Code
28. Aug 2013 · 18:33 UTC
Wow, thanks!!
EncryptedCow
28. Aug 2013 · 18:46 UTC
Amazing game.
Nerlin
28. Aug 2013 · 19:41 UTC
Perfect game atmosphere, graphics and audio are awesome! Well done.
pighead10
28. Aug 2013 · 19:52 UTC
Not really much of the theme present in the game. Fantastic mood with graphics and sound.
zlowrance
28. Aug 2013 · 20:20 UTC
Pretty great art and a good concept. Platforming felt fairly solid. Did not see a strong connection to the theme but I thoroughly enjoyed it
Martin_Monosys
28. Aug 2013 · 20:57 UTC
Good graphics and sound, nice enough gameplay. Story was spoiled a bit by the narrator, as it was supposed to be a sad story (it was, wasn't it!??), and he didn't make it sound sad in any way, at least not to me. The rest was nice! :)
flamecow
28. Aug 2013 · 21:14 UTC
Interesting concept and neat game! Very nice art style, too.
ellipticaldoor
28. Aug 2013 · 21:24 UTC
0_0 good and nice storyteling. I really love this one.
🎤 Tainted_Code
28. Aug 2013 · 21:33 UTC
@Martin_Monosys, well, it was rushed last minute for voice acting. Cheers guys!
JoeDev_net
28. Aug 2013 · 22:16 UTC
Very good narration and the music tied in perfectly to the mood of the game. I also thought the dove level was really well done! Great job.
Pinktreeleaf
28. Aug 2013 · 23:47 UTC
simple, but awesome graphics, looks like you put a lot into it. Cool music and points for VO
Crazi456
29. Aug 2013 · 00:00 UTC
Absolutely amazing visuals. Great narration, good job!
murilo
29. Aug 2013 · 02:04 UTC
After the starting narration the screen goes black and it stays there forever :( I tried more than once. Very nice audio and graphics, from the little I could see!
ghRibacki
29. Aug 2013 · 03:05 UTC
This is actually the first game I play where "10 seconds" is the theme (OK, not exactly "10" but...), not a mechanic (including my own game). That was really nice!

The story is interesting and the music is splendid! Graphics are really cool and detailed, I liked especially the first/last scene!

(also, I couldn't find the problem with the dove collision)

Thanks for this awesome experience! =D
Ossi
29. Aug 2013 · 03:16 UTC
Charming game! I really loved the wedding part and the narration was a cool touch. Pushing the crowd to use as a platform was also neat. I wish there were more things to do that used the environment like that and perhaps have the collectibles be more like the art style of the characters, they seemed a bit out of place. Excellent mood, good job!
hypp
29. Aug 2013 · 03:51 UTC
Very nice. Great graphics and great mood. It really felt like I could correct his "mistakes"
namrog84
29. Aug 2013 · 05:37 UTC
great music/audio, voiceover was beautiful.

Great story/mood

Loved the dove scene!!

Although the story is the primary goodthing. The gameplay does complement it nicely, but i think the gameplay aspect of it could be reworked slightly.

Just finished and overall it was simply brilliant
truiton
29. Aug 2013 · 08:51 UTC
But... But... It's sad! :(
Great mood, great graphics, great audio. It's uncommone. It's art. I like it. :)
🎤 Tainted_Code
29. Aug 2013 · 09:34 UTC
Thanks ladies and gents!
HD408
29. Aug 2013 · 12:42 UTC
Solid narrative, that's right. Impressive polish and art!
Brian Stegmann
29. Aug 2013 · 17:01 UTC
Very nice and artistic.
Almax27
29. Aug 2013 · 17:31 UTC
Nice story telling.
Volute
29. Aug 2013 · 22:06 UTC
Very creative
Capro
30. Aug 2013 · 10:49 UTC
Well realized and quite original. Interesting!
Orni
30. Aug 2013 · 11:32 UTC
great entry - nice narration can improve a game a lot
loved it - the graphical style is amazing as well
BenWhi
30. Aug 2013 · 18:42 UTC
Great story! Really nice graphics and voice acting was really good too! Easy, but excellent work!
XaiZil
30. Aug 2013 · 22:04 UTC
Lovely story telling in this
koe415
31. Aug 2013 · 06:04 UTC
Like others have said, the dove platforming was not as intuitive as the rest of the game was but this is nitpicking. This game is awesome. Great story, great audio and great art. The complete package. And Moore's final act? Pitch perfect. Very high quality production. Please continue the great work. Looking forward to more from you guys!
tripleVisionGames
31. Aug 2013 · 11:14 UTC
AWESOME. I loved playing through that sad little story. Great idea linking the goals of each little part with the narrative. Fantastic entry, just needed better controls and collision (and maybe voice acting hehe) but everything else was perfect and all fitted together amazingly well.
Delca
31. Aug 2013 · 16:59 UTC
Audio and graphics were very good and fitting each other. The end made me kind of sad.
Overall, a nice game, although I do not see the theme very well. Did those flashbacks happened in the ten last seconds of his life ?
🎤 Tainted_Code
31. Aug 2013 · 17:01 UTC
@Delca, yeah :P
hbocao
31. Aug 2013 · 17:28 UTC
Very pretty art, dudes! I also loved the narration and the cute and sad little story. :'(
Lokarunith
31. Aug 2013 · 18:29 UTC
Such a shame it's so short, very atmosheric and great storytelling, I simply love the aesthetic, that level with the doves was beautiful.
Nezzhil
31. Aug 2013 · 19:15 UTC
I love the art style and the use of the narrator.
darkshadow
31. Aug 2013 · 20:15 UTC
Lovely story and by far the most effort spent on audio I've heard, really pays off well! Poor, poor Mr Moore.
5* for Theme, Audio and Mood.
Jod
31. Aug 2013 · 23:42 UTC
Wow. I really, really liked what you did there. The combination between gameplay, sound and graphics was really good! Excellent voice acting combined with a really good (and really sad) story! The little scenario's underline all the beautiful little moments he has to lose. One thing to improve would be the final scene. I think I understood exactly what mr. Moore did (and well done to him!), but there's just a few steps that could be explained a bit better.

On the other hand, if I got it, why would we bother cheapening the experience by explaining it? Quite the little quandary. I honestly don't have an answer. Loving it all the same!
ZYXer
01. Sep 2013 · 01:41 UTC
Wow! Just an amazing little game!
Atridas
01. Sep 2013 · 12:17 UTC
Fantastic! The best entry I've found (for now)!!!!! Really, I am amazed.
graytest
01. Sep 2013 · 14:16 UTC
Very different from most other entries. Like the story but the game play was a bit trivial.
Mago
01. Sep 2013 · 14:19 UTC
Great story, voice acting and art. This game has a great depth and emotional feeling. I'm amazed truly amazed how so short game make me feel. superb job!
Pitzik4
02. Sep 2013 · 01:36 UTC
The gameplay may be lacking, but anybody who has participated in a LD will be impressed bu just how much content is in this game. The soundtrack is by far the best I've seen in any Ludum Dare game, especially. I like the dove-jumping level especially - it shows the player that Mr. Moore is really just fantasizing, since he can't really jump across a flock of birds to retrieve a ring. The concept reminds me of To the Moon.
andwhatnot
02. Sep 2013 · 18:30 UTC
A game driven by good narrative and simple interactions that reinforce that narrative - I like it!
01rafael
03. Sep 2013 · 10:10 UTC
cool, but too short))
psychomonster
04. Sep 2013 · 21:01 UTC
So much feeling in this game... maybe this games should win the jam... no other game touched me this way. Thanks!
TeamWithoutLegs
06. Sep 2013 · 09:38 UTC
Awesome arts, music and narration, congrats
theholychicken
15. Sep 2013 · 23:17 UTC
This sent shivers down my spine. Truly amazing work!