Press Start For Nothing by evilobjective

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made by evilobjective for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

This is a game about nothing. It isn't even really a game. You should quit before you even begin...

SOUND IS REQUIRED - GAME WILL AUTO-START ON LOAD

Controls: Start Button (Controller) or ENTER (Keyboard)

Credits:

Savethejets - Art / Sound / Design

EvilObjective - Code / Design / Sound

Track 'Adventure' by Bensound.com (https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/adventure)

Ratings

Overall 391th 3.604⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 527th 3.313⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 407th 3.396⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 60th 4.188⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 812th 3.042⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Audio 170th 3.771⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Humor 42th 4.063⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 262th 3.739⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 31🗨️

Feedback

Raomer
07. Oct 2019 · 19:21 UTC
Okay....i was confused in the beginning...then i went with the flow. The idea is good and the execution is fitting well. And i went until the end :) Reminds me of "The stanley parabel". Sort of. Thats a good thing!
merkisoft
07. Oct 2019 · 19:30 UTC
funny but also nothing
mitsu.artemius
07. Oct 2019 · 19:31 UTC
beautiful
sansman01
07. Oct 2019 · 19:32 UTC
That was a very innovative story :) (Remindes me of the game ICEY -> also has a narrator you can defy)
🎤 evilobjective
07. Oct 2019 · 19:39 UTC
Thanks for the feedback everyone.

@sansman01 cool I'll have to check it out!
PietPtr
07. Oct 2019 · 19:39 UTC
Nice to see a fun story driven game here. Great idea you guys had here and you put it into practice in a nice way.
Nisovin
07. Oct 2019 · 21:10 UTC
Interesting game, amusing to play. It was actually longer than I was expecting, given the description.
Unicorn Studios
08. Oct 2019 · 00:44 UTC
very charming and funny, good job :)
nj_vs_valhalla
08. Oct 2019 · 19:41 UTC
Very cool! Narration is a bit annoying with this synthesized voice, but twist with Klaus is truly brilliant!
Benji Kershenbaum
08. Oct 2019 · 19:52 UTC
Cute game, but could do with a tiny bit more interaction.
blobo
08. Oct 2019 · 21:32 UTC
Poor jeff. I eventually couldn't figure out what to do, but i enjoyed everything that i played.
🎤 evilobjective
08. Oct 2019 · 21:45 UTC
@benji-kershenbaum We had a bunch of other interactions planned but unfortunately we ran into the classic Ludum Dare issue of running out of time! In particular we wanted the interactions to have fail states that create branching paths. Oh well, maybe for a post-jam version!

@blobo If you made it to Jeff's fate then you reached the end, there was nothing else to do.
Yaroslav Kravtsov
08. Oct 2019 · 22:18 UTC
Jeff!! Nooo!!!!
philomory
08. Oct 2019 · 22:28 UTC
By the Queen's beard, that was... strange. What a strange game.
Bocodillo
08. Oct 2019 · 22:28 UTC
2019's best nihilism simulator.
Palemek
08. Oct 2019 · 22:34 UTC
Thank you for that calming experience, really well executed(godot face as particles ;D), i was stuck a little with black screen at end, but finally i read your post that it was the end :) I think that without any branching paths its even better, because its more like a short humoristic movie that you play a part in, not an experience called "what did i miss". Thanks!
johnnysix
08. Oct 2019 · 23:20 UTC
Great stuff, bonus points for what I think was a BlackAdder reference in there , and for the general Doug Adam's style story telling.

![ld45_db-012.jpg](///raw/028/2/z/28fd0.jpg)
Ulisses
08. Oct 2019 · 23:42 UTC
Truly amazing! I played over and over!!!
🎤 evilobjective
09. Oct 2019 · 04:19 UTC
@palemek Thanks for playing. No intentional BlackAdder reference (you can take away the bonus points!) though I've heard of it I haven't seen the show before

@ulisses Wow thanks!
Yhi
12. Oct 2019 · 21:10 UTC
Good simple game with the concept of nothing. Even with a limited interaction (single button), it stays fun.
Franciszek Pyrć
13. Oct 2019 · 16:50 UTC
This was fun!