$Player Disconnected by Bomb-X

* Explore a strange pyramid and try to escape from a malevolent software in this text-based game but beware of the choices you make : the sotfware never forgets ! *
Game made for the LudumDare43 in 72hours by ENJMIN students.
How to play
Use your mouse to choose your next action and type some answers with your keyboard when needed ! This game is using multibranching story as its main mechanic, do not fear to replay the game, you could be surprised !
Meet the team
- Florent Vain : Programming ~~& the giggles~~
- Hugo Bombail : Programming ~~& stickmaster~~
- Guillaume Dartoen : Game Design ~~& cooking~~
- Mélusine Wagner : Graphics ~~& gloss~~
- Jérémy Guarober : Composer ~~& dialogue fanatic~~
- Thomas Chastagnol : Sound Design ~~& screams in the night~~
| HTML5 (web) | https://makorj.itch.io/player-disconnected |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/name-disconnected |
Ratings
| Overall | 252th | 3.729⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 403th | 3.396⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 149th | 3.688⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 141th | 4.063⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 408th | 3.708⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 146th | 3.761⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 45th | 4.167⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 21🗳️ | 28🗨️ |
Possible bug: The text disappeared for me after a while. I had just asked a person I gave my leg about something. Their answer appeared for a second but then all text, the choices too, disappeared. Couldn't get it back.
The game has an otherwise great, dark mood!
@hugonun , sorry for that, we are checking that immediately ! As soon as it's fixed I'll tell you :)
Pros :
- Great text-based storytelling, with a lot of choices, twists, and a gredat "main character" that doesn't give in to all of the player decisions.
- Contrarily to many narrative games (my own ones included), this is a true game, with statistics and choices influencing your ability to go further down the story tree.
- Excellent sound design
- Great UI that also participates in conveying the mood
Cons :
- The game really is at its best when using short, impactful sentences. The blocky exposition at the start might discourage some people. I understand, however, that it would be difficult to proceed otherwise.
- Short-span decisions are a little too short (no time to really read the text)
I would be very interested in what you'll make of this game, so for the sake of all of us narrative game lovers, please carry on !
Thank you very much again !