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Live another day by fishbrain

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made by fishbrain for LD22 (COMPO)
Hoooooorah!... Didn't think I'd get a chance to submit an LD22, but knuckled down Saturday night and managed this bleak piece of code. Now I must sleep as it is Sunday morning.

HOW TO PLAY:
Your goal is to mouse-over positive words; mouse-over negative words and the screen becomes more and more red, and your gun arm shakes more and more, and the gun hammer gets pulled.

There are two endings - you either survive or you don't.

There is also a 'score' at the bottom left.

Note:
Because this is quite a simple and short game, I have made it quite challenging in terms of game difficulty - this is also to increase the tension in-game, which I feel is a big part of the experience.

WARNING:
MATURE CONTENT

Web http://www.pellenproductions.com/LD22/
SOURCE http://www.pellenproductions.com/LD22/LD22_fla_SOURCE.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-22/?action=preview&uid=3007

Ratings

Coolness 49% 245
Overall 3.00 186
Audio 3.60 25
Community 2.50 326
Fun 2.24 402
Graphics 2.82 282
Humor 1.13 640
Innovation 3.31 85
Mood 4.33 3
Theme 4.12 9

Feedback

ericdpitts
19. Dec 2011 路 18:42 UTC
Nice job, thoroughly depressing. Good job with the theme.
Veralos
20. Dec 2011 路 10:21 UTC
The ending gave me a bit of a shock, though I suppose that was probably intended. Or maybe I just had the volume up too loud.

It's not exactly a "game", but it's still a great use of the theme.
馃帳 fishbrain
20. Dec 2011 路 10:28 UTC
Yeah, it is a game... maybe I need to explain...
You goal is to mouse-over positive words, mouse-over negative words and the screen becomes more and more red, and your gun arm shakes more and more, and the gun hammer gets pulled.
There are two endings - you either survive or you don't.
ASOT
20. Dec 2011 路 22:42 UTC
Wha- but... Wow. I guess you really captured the horror of suicide. The game ended and I thought, "that's it?" I guess that's what happens when someone commits suicide. (I did play again and win, just so you know)
Stavu
20. Dec 2011 路 23:54 UTC
Very powerful game... I agree that you have really managed to capture the horror of suicide. It's a constant battle, and you only get to lose once (in real life, that is). Winning this game for me was almost as depressing as losing... :) Great job on the art and music. They really help to create the right mood.
ziomorti
27. Dec 2011 路 14:10 UTC
The mood is awesome! Also, loved the tremble of the guy; I totally felt the tension!
Pierrec
30. Dec 2011 路 12:52 UTC
Clever and powerful! Thanks!
Veralos
05. Jan 2012 路 09:00 UTC
Sorry, I didn't notice that you were able to do those things the first time. I played the game again, got the good ending and adjusted the ratings I gave. Thanks for explaining the parts I missed, and sorry for taking so long to reply.
Cosr
09. Jan 2012 路 05:32 UTC
I loved this (maybe that sounds bad). Took me five or six tries until I was able to live. Sometimes it just doesn't seem like enough positive words spawn to be able to survive. I think I'm mostly ok with that, but it does seem a bit too random (considering when I finally survived it seemed pretty easy).

Little annoying to have to refresh to replay, but that's a tiny niggle, and having a replay button would probably ruin the mood.

Well done, good job with the theme.