Doug's Existential Potato Paradox by Ryan Kline

made by Ryan Kline for LD35 (JAM)

This game is a Visual novel about a young man becoming a potato. Doug is a 19 year old man working at Potato Palace.
Some strange occurrences started happening to Doug. Now he is turning into a potato. Time is short, you must find Doug a suitable fate.
Can you make Doug stand the test of time? Doug can go skydiving or rob a bank. Find all potato related endings.

Controls
Press enter to start
Press enter to continue
Use the arrow keys to navigate dialogue options.

Windows	https://www.dropbox.com/s/lix9mxvqe03kmzk/DEPP.zip?dl=1
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=44153

Ratings

Coolness	52%	3
Overall(Jam)	3.35	431

Audio(Jam)	3.15	396
Fun(Jam)	3.35	346
Graphics(Jam)	3.48	457
Humor(Jam)	3.85	55
Innovation(Jam)	2.60	889
Mood(Jam)	3.09	559
Theme(Jam)	3.38	514

Feedback

Marc F.

19. Apr 2016 · 03:13 UTC

Actually really liked it. Seems simple on the surface, but thematizes on the "shapeshifting" nature of disease and how to deal with that (I think, anyways). Really liked the music, too!

Recursiveanomaly

19. Apr 2016 · 03:13 UTC

The art has a lot of character. I was hoping for a surrealist journey, but it ended up being mostly random and not as funny as the premise. I did appreciate the David Bowie reference.

Exolun

19. Apr 2016 · 03:14 UTC

Entertaining! Good work!

EighthNote

19. Apr 2016 · 03:17 UTC

hahahahahaha

BrainSlugs83

19. Apr 2016 · 03:19 UTC

That was awesome. I have to admit I'm a little bit biased (team potato), but my favorite ending was the one where you become the potato king. :-)

pixelgriffin

19. Apr 2016 · 04:37 UTC

This was seriously funny haha, "I have urges to bury myself in the dirt."

dcolgan

19. Apr 2016 · 04:41 UTC

Great, funny a real stoner movie of a computer game. I like these kinds of things a lot, but I would also like to see more real gameplay. I will still rate well though.

GrooveMan

20. Apr 2016 · 07:31 UTC

Both the art style and the writing reminds me a lot of 90s MTV cartoons, and I very much appreciate that.

mayank.technical

20. Apr 2016 · 18:50 UTC

Good Time pass fun game.The concept wise its good specially the music

Rulrite

21. Apr 2016 · 18:34 UTC

An original interpretation of the theme, to say the least! You guys did an awesome job, especially with so many backgrounds and branching pathways... story/text-based games are a lot of work when you're under a strict time limit. The music was excellent, too, ranging from light-hearted and fun to downright creepy at times.

Freank

23. Apr 2016 · 07:17 UTC

Hi, nice game ! We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #35.
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description

jk5000

25. Apr 2016 · 14:45 UTC

This is really super wierd. Well done.

The Walking Kiwi

28. Apr 2016 · 18:47 UTC

Got four different endings before I quit, but I might go back for more... Really funny art and dialog.

medidog

28. Apr 2016 · 18:54 UTC

A game with multiple endings! Really liked different outcomes, especially **SPOILER ALERT** baked one :D

CaptainPilot

02. May 2016 · 11:59 UTC

Excellent game :) Think I played enough to get 8 different endings, the music is sweet, and the humour right up my street!
I wanted an option to make all the text appear at once, but I understand why you wanted to make it quick to skip through! The fact it has a delay on the options so you don't just accidentally pick one is a really nice touch :)