Headache by Number6406

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made by Number6406 for LD 40 (JAM)

You play the role of St.Peter, and have to manage the entrance to Paradise. You must choose where you'll send dead people according to their acts. Sending people in the wrong place will increase your headache. Care about the timer, you have to deal with every case before you run out of time.

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The game was built in less than 10 hours of work, I couldn't implement all the functions I wanted, but I think it's playable :)

Ratings

Overall 872th 3.109⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 707th 3.159⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 620th 3.114⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 782th 3.159⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 975th 2.636⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 593th 2.8⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 238th 3.571⭐ 16🧑‍⚖️
Mood 836th 2.932⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 29🗳️ 10🗨️

Feedback

doosead
04. Dec 2017 · 23:09 UTC
I just gave a son of satan a passage to heaven. I really enjoy the humor here, though i cant rate it. Still, a fun experience :D
TheTopHatNoob
04. Dec 2017 · 23:09 UTC
Reminds me a lot of papers, please. And given that you made it in only ten hours is extremely good. I liked how the names were a little different and the sound effects helped me figure out what was happening. My only suggestion would be to make the rating system a little more obvious, but that is only a personal preference. Good job overall.
CaptainDreamcast
04. Dec 2017 · 23:56 UTC
How many sons does Satan have? The guy sure gets around.

You had a good thing going on with the timer and making it a rapid-fire of choices. Also the things on the lists made me laugh, good job.
🎤 Number6406
06. Dec 2017 · 17:23 UTC
Hello guys (and girls and anybody else, who I am to judge ?)
Thanks a lot for your feedback !

@doosead : I wasn't sure my game was humorous or not, I thought it was not at all, so I decided to remove the ratings for it, but my translation for "humor" is maybe erroneous ? I'm french, so I'm not sure for the meaning of this. Else, maybe that my notion of humor is not the same as everybody, but pretty sure that if I decide to expand this game one day, I'll add so funny sentences and interactions :slight_smile:
You can now vote for humor if you want :wink:

@thetophatnoob : Of course "Papers, please" inspired me ! I wanted to had some timing things, but the time was not with me so I decided to make it more simple to implement. I would have prefer souls to become hasty so St.Peter's headache get worse, but maybe this will outcome in another life :grin:
I keep your suggestion as a potential game update !

@captaindreamcast : Satan might be a bad-ass that every single human would like to have a child with, I guess :thinking: But anyway, if his son saved a cat, everything is alright, he can go to paradise, couldn't he ?

Cheers again everyone !
tulipekoni
06. Dec 2017 · 17:35 UTC
Nice entry you got there!
X Budsterized X
06. Dec 2017 · 17:42 UTC
I don't quite understand it - how do I determine who goes where? I am frustrated, my world is a lie :D

Other than that I like the graphics, sound and idea of the game and considering you only had so little time to develop this piece of work... damn that's great! Congrats! :D
🎤 Number6406
06. Dec 2017 · 18:49 UTC
Thank you guys !

Yeah, peoples can't be bad nor good, it's a pure mix of many different attitudes :D
Mizelfindi
06. Dec 2017 · 19:55 UTC
Some nice ideas here, I guess other comments cover almost everything... Loved the cards, made me thought about Reigns :) I loved the shiny / dark effect on the screen as you move your mouse to heaven or hell. Well done, especially in this little amount of time ! :)
🎤 Number6406
06. Dec 2017 · 20:11 UTC
Thank you ! I indeed had few inspirations from Reigns :)
aaronw
06. Dec 2017 · 21:35 UTC
Great concept! Very funny.
Spencer Hower
06. Dec 2017 · 21:38 UTC
I like the concept behind this game a lot. It's sort of confusing and I don't know exactly what makes the correct answer correct, but it's quite humorous either way! I like music and sound effects, they're quite relaxing. How can someone have a headache while listening to that! Anyway, good job.
notpresident35
06. Dec 2017 · 22:10 UTC
Good concept, but this game seems to literally just challenge the player's morality and beliefs. Boring too
simonhutchinson
07. Dec 2017 · 03:11 UTC
I like it. Great concept. I'm not sure I entirely understand how to judge people, so it's probably for the best that that's not my job.

Good choice of bgm too.
Felipe Guimaraes
07. Dec 2017 · 18:44 UTC
I loved the idea, but the time was so damn short! I think there really should have more time, but it's still a lot fun to play.^^
🎤 Number6406
23. Dec 2017 · 16:23 UTC
Sorry guys, I'm a bit late, but thanks for the feedback !

@spencer-hower I'm currently working on making this even more confusing, hope it will be great ! Sadly musics are randomly generated. If one day this game has a new version, I'll try to find someone who can help me working on this part :)

@notpresident35 Sorry if the game hurt your morality, that was not the aim at all ^^

@simonhutchinson Every "action" a dead people did has a single "evilness" or "kindness" value, and the total is sum up to a evilness final score, so yeah it's a bit hard to determine if a son of Satan can be saved ahah :D

@felipe-guimaraes I agree with you, the timer is not good enough, I'll try to implement the first mechanics I wanted to be in the game instead of a single timer. I had not the time to setup it for the Jam :)
notpresident35
24. Dec 2017 · 00:23 UTC
@Number6406 I'm not saying it hurt mine, but I am saying that the game very obviously asks the player for his beliefs, and if they don't exactly meet the game's expectations of perfection in morality, then the player will lose.
🎤 Number6406
24. Dec 2017 · 16:14 UTC
@notpresident35 I understand your point of view, thanks for you comment. I don't really know how to improve this aspect of the gameplay. I tried to expose very "obvious" actions so it was easy to distinguish what is "good" or "bad" but apparently it's not the right thing to do... I'll try to find a way to make the game less moralizing but I think it will be a bit difficult ^^