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Dystopian Orphan by caryoscelus

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made by caryoscelus for LD34 (JAM)
A short adventure game about raising a kid in dystopian society. Unfortunately, i had to cut most of the planned content, so there's not as much growing as there perhaps should be.

I spent too much time on graphics, adventure stuff & sounds integration (and on being lazy) so the dialogue is pretty meh and the story is short, gapped and poorly understandable. Enjoy!

Controls: mostly mouse (click on things and menus), arrows to walk, space/click to advance dialogue, rclick/esc for ren'py menu; also mouse wheel to rollback (ren'py feature as well)

Made with renpy ( http://renpy.org )

Btw, except for the main line, there are 4 additional "bad" endings (not full branches, just endings)
Jam Desktop (GNU/Linux, Windows, OS X) https://github.com/caryoscelus/dystopian-orphan/releases/download/v0.0.1-ldjam/dystopian-orphan-0.0.1-all.zip
Source repo https://github.com/caryoscelus/dystopian-orphan
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=17960

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 3.22 608
Fun(Jam) 2.75 824
Graphics(Jam) 3.62 427
Humor(Jam) 2.34 677
Mood(Jam) 3.66 189
Theme(Jam) 2.75 1001

Feedback

AdamAlexander
15. Dec 2015 路 06:03 UTC
Interesting art style! I got stuck in the opening scene with the dirty river though. I couldn't find anything to click on.
馃帳 caryoscelus
15. Dec 2015 路 09:58 UTC
Use arrows to walk there.
gene-z
15. Dec 2015 路 16:47 UTC
Vera Nice concept and art
exhidor
15. Dec 2015 路 16:53 UTC
Nice work, i really like the graphic style, it create a strong mood. With more work, you can do a really interesting game ! :)
Taffaz
15. Dec 2015 路 17:03 UTC
I loved the art and the music. Really created a depressing mood which fits with the story.
Drauthius
15. Dec 2015 路 19:38 UTC
And enjoy I did! The art was very nice, and I liked the sound.
fullmontis
17. Dec 2015 路 20:23 UTC
It is great to see other games made in renpy! I like the idea of using it for an adventure game. I think that using arrows to move around in a point and click game can be confusing, I had to look it in your instructions cause I felt stuck otherwise. The story is quite confusing, but you said you had time problems so that's understandable.
argosenpaikun
18. Dec 2015 路 12:44 UTC
The art design seems ok, but I hope u can add some few animation and guidelines so player wont get confused.
pi_pi3
18. Dec 2015 路 17:19 UTC
I killed the society twice. I didn't even look at the child on the third playthrough. On the fourth playthrough I decided to raise the kid. I named her "Snowman". She was a happy girl until I lost the game when she was 7. I wish I killed the society s'more.
Bastionride
18. Dec 2015 路 18:54 UTC
You can throw baby into the river! Best game ever!
Steven Miller
20. Dec 2015 路 02:07 UTC
Awesome game! I loved all of the choices and the art was amazing.
ChiPassGames
21. Dec 2015 路 18:17 UTC
Great looking game.
Almax27
22. Dec 2015 路 17:08 UTC
Was relaxing at first but soon became an addictive challenge :P great work!
nihilaleph
26. Dec 2015 路 15:55 UTC
Pro:
+ Interesting art style
+ Story concept is great
+ Good mood with audio
Con:
- Control was a bit weird (specially with arrow and mouse usage)
- Choices doesn't affect story line (but you already said there was lack of time)
Obs:
o I only got 3 bad endings (life support, ignore child and throw in the river)

Great work!
themadknights
30. Dec 2015 路 16:07 UTC
The art is style is very curious :D. I didn't know about renpy, looks fine for this kind of games. I think it needs some kind of in game instructions because I read in the comments some pepole got stuck in the river scene.
ashdnazg
01. Jan 2016 路 16:28 UTC
As you said, the game had great potential but scope was apparently too large.
I really liked your art style, I think it may have been better to have the girl drawn in the same style as the rest.

Audio use was very good!