Grow a Beard! by martin-denizet

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made by martin-denizet for LD34 (JAM)
My name is Handsome Dave and I'll be your personal trainer to guide you through steps to get a manly beard.

TIME TO GROW A BEARD!

Handsome Dave will push you to your limit in these fast paced mini-games.
We had quite a laugh doing this, we hope you will have fun playing it too!

Note: Images are less pixelated if you use the "Web Desktop" link instead of the embedded version.

CREDITS:

All sounds effects in VoiceActing3000.
Animations in GhettoVision xHD.
No rabbits were hurt making this game.
We do not promote excessive alcohol consumption.
Please do not high-five random wild animals.
All the virtual meat in this game was produced organically.
Made in France.
Mime content guarantied < 0.27%.

Martin Denizet
Graphics / Voice acting
http://martin-denizet.com/

Benjamin Baldassini
Musics / Panda testing
http://www.benjaminbaldassini.fr/

Louis Denizet
Game design / Development
http://louis-denizet.fr/


Edit : We corrected the bug that led to 404 error sorry :/
Edit2: We reduced the difficulty a bit
Edit3: We reduced the difficulty for the "Steak" game. Thanks for the feedback!

Ratings

Coolness 92% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.64 223
Audio(Jam) 3.58 201
Fun(Jam) 3.80 90
Graphics(Jam) 3.50 492
Humor(Jam) 4.29 13
Innovation(Jam) 3.06 571
Mood(Jam) 3.44 332
Theme(Jam) 3.82 375

Feedback

Mr. Chocolate Salmon
16. Dec 2015 路 08:58 UTC
It says the link can't be found :(
lastninja2
16. Dec 2015 路 10:49 UTC
Enjoyed this one ;)
Hot Box Games
18. Dec 2015 路 20:50 UTC
Heads up, your link is a 404 dude!
NirabazGAMES
18. Dec 2015 路 23:19 UTC
this link have error 404 unfortunately, because screen looks good.
馃帳 martin-denizet
20. Dec 2015 路 20:40 UTC
Sorry guys, we fixed it :/
Joror
20. Dec 2015 路 23:23 UTC
Fun set of mini-games! :D Very original angle and execution. A tad difficult, but I settled for a minor beard - to trump your mother.
Pandaman3D
20. Dec 2015 路 23:50 UTC
My favorite entry thus far in Ludum Dare 34!!! \(^.^)/ Although I was only able to get to level 10 :'(
Xanjos
21. Dec 2015 路 00:01 UTC
The intro at the start was absolutely hilarious and I enjoyed all the minigames (especially the barber one).
mahjong50
21. Dec 2015 路 01:39 UTC
An enjoyable game, however a bit too hard or unclear feedback
ChaosCult
21. Dec 2015 路 10:41 UTC
OMFG it's awesome. 5 stars all categories =)
bob_fish
21. Dec 2015 路 13:17 UTC
reminds me of warioware, amazing! Very amusing and great voice acting :D
ellipticaldoor
21. Dec 2015 路 13:21 UTC
haha good initial story
Shurty
21. Dec 2015 路 14:35 UTC
Very funny ! I like the Beard concept and the voice is freaking hilarious.
I would reduce the mini game difficulty (the barber mini game and the beer mini game especialy). But otherwise it's awesome. great entry mister beard !
RadStar
21. Dec 2015 路 14:35 UTC
nice cool game! but I think the overall ergonomy of the game could be improved to make the gameplay of each minigame more obvious. Nice voice acting, with the different accents and everything, it was funny :)
piper82
21. Dec 2015 路 14:37 UTC
super fun, wish there was more minigames to play! good job.
Weeping Rupee
21. Dec 2015 路 14:57 UTC
This feels a lot like a series of quick time events within another game just strung together. Still, its... interesting. I think you're probably going to clean up in the humor category, but it didnt tickle my funny-bone personally: Felt too much like nonsense youtuber humor.

The minigames themselves were kinda hit or miss for me-- Either they were very intuitive (ex: pick the manliest phrase of these 4) or not very intuitive (still dont get how to win the beer drinking one?)

Still it looks very nice.
herniewise
21. Dec 2015 路 14:58 UTC
I love mini games!
themadknights
21. Dec 2015 路 17:21 UTC
Hahahahahahahaa. A real man game. Good job guys, I'm not able to complete Steak minigame but others are really awesome
Miltage
21. Dec 2015 路 17:26 UTC
Why even go to the barber's if you're just going to dodge his razor? Haha.

I liked the concept, but the audio quality could be better.
Kuality Games
21. Dec 2015 路 17:31 UTC
Awyis I grew a full beard! Awesome game, funny sound effects too. Got me in the mood to grow a beard.
el_kloklo
21. Dec 2015 路 17:36 UTC
I didn't understand the think with the steak, but I had lot of fun with al the other. And that's an all voice acted game!
Drauthius
21. Dec 2015 路 17:37 UTC
Hahaha,what a great game, I really like it! :D
Japes
21. Dec 2015 路 17:42 UTC
lol! awesome. My favourite was the barber. Noooooooo!
@Shurty: Strange, I found those the easiest. Hardest for me was the steak.
ChiPassGames
21. Dec 2015 路 17:43 UTC
Obviously the game looks great, is great fun for a short time, and is really funny. Perfect game jam entry. Still laughing.
PaulJs
21. Dec 2015 路 21:38 UTC
Very Nice game !
DinnerInTheDark
21. Dec 2015 路 22:00 UTC
Enjoyable game.
puppetmaster
21. Dec 2015 路 22:04 UTC
My first 5* for humor!! :-)
Congrats, very funny game!
Markus Brand
21. Dec 2015 路 22:25 UTC
At 20 handsome Dave was finally satisfied with my beard :)

Awesome game: verry addictive, cool graphics and sounds and alot of fun and humor.
Best Game I tested this year, so far :)
Squid Blink Games
21. Dec 2015 路 22:31 UTC
I've always liked these Wario-type, fast-paced, mini-games and this was pretty good! The accent at the beginning was a little hard to understand.

Love the music and the graphics. Great stuff!
mr. a
21. Dec 2015 路 22:32 UTC
Winning energy!

Sometimes things are baffling, but that is part of the amusement. Figured out all of the mini-games by the second try, which is good.

Steak-eating is hard with just a trackpad.

Subtitles/text would be helpful. (Supposedly, if you record in a closet with blankets nailed to the wall, you can get less echo.)

Favorite scene: dodging the barber.
Ludipe
21. Dec 2015 路 22:35 UTC
The minigames were pretty fun and I thought the overall theme was funny. Some of the games(like the questions) got old pretty quick, some (like the steak one) were quite hard to learn and I found some frustrating bugs.

But I had fun :)
Jacob123
21. Dec 2015 路 22:36 UTC
This one was a really great one!
Ithildin
21. Dec 2015 路 23:11 UTC
Nice micro-game based entry, it was funny and fun to play. Well done!
OwT
22. Dec 2015 路 23:15 UTC
The barber is the best xd This game is awesome, the idea of mini-games isn't new, but it gave me so much fun! I like the audio, especially that voice which is talking to me, it's brilliant xd Graphics is simple, but nice, and humor, oh my, this is so funny to play! Growing-beard games is not new for this theme, but this game is really cool after all.
CPau
23. Dec 2015 路 14:14 UTC
Ahah really nice and fun mini games!
Calciumtrice
27. Dec 2015 路 21:30 UTC
This is cute and definitely got a smile from me. Handsome Dave was proud to be my coach, apparently. I think the barber dodging game was probably my favourite.

Good job. :)
Oye Beto
31. Dec 2015 路 04:30 UTC
Fun game, I enjoyed it more once I found how to play all the mini games.

Some feedback on why the player failed could be better. For example in the stake eating contest I guess I lost because I clicked the bone but I'm not really sure. On the bunny high five I don't know why I lost.
SecondDimension
03. Jan 2016 路 19:47 UTC
Very fun game, really enjoyed all the mini games. Game had a nice art style as well.
Instant Noodles
04. Jan 2016 路 01:23 UTC
I make him proud !
Mini games always work nice in Ludum Dare ! ^^