Start The Game (Together) by Raivk

made by Raivk for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

https://youtu.be/WwJ0nx9qX2c

START THE GAME IN ORDER...

...TO START THE GAME

You just got home after a long day at work. Time to get some well deserved entertainment and play a nice and relaxing game ! Get to your computer and start the game ! You just got home after a long day at the game. Time to start the well deserved entertainment and play the game ! Get to your start the game and start the game ! You start the game after a long start the game. Time to get some well deserved start the game ! Start the game and start the game !

Use the ZQSD / WASD on your keyboard to move, LEFT CLICK to interact with what you are looking at. When using the TV, the controls are displayed on screen.

THIS GAME USES INTERNET. If you don't let it use internet... Some things might not work correctly. But if you want to block it anyway, you can still do. You will still be able to play.

Start The Game (Together) is a game about starting a game, but let's do it together ! Some things will be shared between players, but shhhh... we won't say anything more.

START START START START START START QUIT ?

Developer / VFX / UI / 3D Artist / Sound Designer : Thomas Lebrun (Raivk)

3D Artist / Artistic Direction : Léa Pequignot (Silveria)

System / UI Developer / Mini Games : Anatole Chaumont Frelet (CharlieTU)

Gameplay Developer / Mini Games : Jean-Christophe Joubier (eFrag)

Mini Games : Paul Godard (Hitnrun)

Together we're Teagher Studio : Teagher Studio

V1.1 - Offline Fix

Fixed a bug preventing the game from loading while playing offline.

Youtube	https://teagher.itch.io/start-the-game-together
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/start-the-game-together

Ratings

Overall	159^th	4.038⭐	42🧑‍⚖️
Fun	936^th	3.237⭐	40🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	66^th	4.158⭐	40🧑‍⚖️
Theme	41^th	4.395⭐	40🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	72^th	4.487⭐	40🧑‍⚖️
Audio	239^th	3.855⭐	40🧑‍⚖️
Humor	449^th	3.181⭐	38🧑‍⚖️
Mood	312^th	3.861⭐	38🧑‍⚖️
Given		47🗳️	41🗨️

Feedback

Locopelli1

06. Oct 2020 · 06:12 UTC

Hey, let's start the game (together) everyone! It has beautiful graphics, insane audio, clean controls, and once you start the game, the game has started! Glad I joined in the fun, and I dig mini games. I'll be back. it's beautiful!

c42

06. Oct 2020 · 12:54 UTC

loved the art and the concept... set up a few high scores and then tried for five minutes to quit the game, had to ALT+F4 it in the end lmao

pfs

06. Oct 2020 · 13:22 UTC

It's a beautiful and polished game. Liked the minigames! This would probably look amazing in Unreal Engine with the lighting properly set up.

I don't really get the social experiment thing, maybe it's just me :P

Also, having a crosshair (or just a dot) would really help with interactions.

MidoriMelody

06. Oct 2020 · 15:38 UTC

This looks awesome!

Hundred

06. Oct 2020 · 23:14 UTC

DUDE THIS ART WTH MAN, and the concept is mighty juicy!

🎤 Raivk

07. Oct 2020 · 09:31 UTC

@locopelli1 thanks for playing ! The game will evolve depending on player actions. It could even be different from your last playthrough right now... ;)

@c42 Haha we saw your high scores :D

@pfs thanks for the kind comment. The "social experiment" thing is... well... can't say much about without spoiling. All I can say is that the game evolves depending on player actions ;)

@midorimelody Thanks !

@hundred YEAH THANKS FOR THE COOL COMMENT ! :D

jefvel

07. Oct 2020 · 10:56 UTC

I went in deep ![ZLWoocm.jpg](///raw/f9d/1/z/3966d.jpg) and I think it took me to the end.

It has a very polished feel to it, and it's an interesting concept. Cool experiment!

🎤 Raivk

07. Oct 2020 · 11:45 UTC

@jefvel woaw... We didn't expect to see this THAT soon, congrats, that's QUITE an achievement !

Kpedatte

07. Oct 2020 · 12:26 UTC

Wow graphims are really good. Good job

Mark Kelly

07. Oct 2020 · 12:50 UTC

Managed to get to 100 quits! Yay!

hitnrun76

07. Oct 2020 · 12:57 UTC

Thanks for all your comments guys ! :smile:

Narom42

07. Oct 2020 · 18:17 UTC

Really cool graphics and the idea is great. It was hard to push this bar to the start side on my own, I gave up. Congrats !

TarvisPlays

08. Oct 2020 · 03:43 UTC

Really cool game, would recommend!

Croxel Studios

08. Oct 2020 · 09:13 UTC

Wow I loved it! The concept is really innovative and it is really impressive you managed to make all those switch minigames in a Jam.

Really great!

Did you try compiling for WebGL? I really think you would get more ratings if you did.

🎤 Raivk

08. Oct 2020 · 09:22 UTC

@kpedatte @narom42 @tarvisplays thanks for the kind comments !

@mark-kelly congrats on the 100 quits ;)

@croxel-studios thanks for the comment, we did not try already, but the game files might be too "heavy" for a WebGL build. We could however make a less "pretty" webgl version, should get light enough to work with it. We'll take a look ;)

erikiene

08. Oct 2020 · 11:47 UTC

Just started my rating spree and boy oh boy are other games unlucky as this just set the bar quite high.
I liked the clean visual style, the punchy soundtrack and of course the concept. The minigames are a nice touch to add to the "fun" part of it.

Needing to force-quit the game is a nice touch.

🎤 Raivk

08. Oct 2020 · 17:09 UTC

Thanks for the really kind comment @erikiene ! We're glad the game pleased you ! Oh you did a force quit... There's another way out... But shhhhh.... that's a secret ;)

Trexxak

08. Oct 2020 · 23:22 UTC

This is a neat concept with incredibly polished resources! The lengths you must've went for this experience are unreal... Kudos to the whole team! You did a maginficent job at this. This is a neat concept with incredibly polished resources!

Rainbows are Fun

09. Oct 2020 · 06:48 UTC

The graphics are very well done, I like it. I had the same idea for a game, but the execution is very different. I really liked your interpretation.

🎤 Raivk

09. Oct 2020 · 07:45 UTC

Thanks @trexxak for the kind comment.

@rainbows-are-fun I tried your entry, and yes indeed we had the same idea, incredible ! Yours is really cool too ;)

Aljon

10. Oct 2020 · 13:41 UTC

Great concept man! Also the graphics is amazing. Can;t believe something like this can be achieved in such a short time!

VPhyre

11. Oct 2020 · 03:53 UTC

Wow, it's one of the most creative games on this jam! I really liked the graphics and the atmosphere in general. The mini-games are cool and classic too. Your project is very promising. I hope one day to play a bigger and more complete version of your game. Congratulations on the work.

RetroSpecter

11. Oct 2020 · 19:27 UTC

The atmosphere was on point. Really good work all around.

jaxsen

12. Oct 2020 · 20:09 UTC

This game has amazing graphics! It gave me SUPERHOT vibes, which I love. It's amazing what you guys were able to create in such a short time!

blobo

12. Oct 2020 · 20:27 UTC

This is a super unique entry! Amazing job on the graphics!

sacredbacon

13. Oct 2020 · 01:25 UTC

Wow, incredible concept. I liked the UI and the community stats. Well done!

LRVStudios

13. Oct 2020 · 03:18 UTC

Really liked the graphics, but that is not why the game is so interesting. Great job with the interpretation of the concept, the UI and the transitions - all surrouding the theme. Well done!

ursagames

13. Oct 2020 · 05:44 UTC

Your game was played on my stream ( https://www.twitch.tv/ursagames/videos ) on 10/12. Thank you for sharing your game with us! You can find the timestamp of when your game was played here: https://tinyurl.com/yy4oycvv

🎤 Raivk

13. Oct 2020 · 08:19 UTC

Thanks everyone for the kind comments :D

@ursagames just checked your stream, thank you for playing. Yes there is quite more to the game, but we didn't check the global loop depth, looks like some players pushed the start count to 300+ overnight ! That's quite impressive... But it looks like right now that someone got it back to 0. You might want to check the game again, as things may have changed ;)

ursagames

13. Oct 2020 · 09:15 UTC

@raivk Ohhh, nice! I checked it out for a bit and got to try some of the minigames, very cool! Shame I was stuck in the small room loop based on my timing. Awesome entry!

KRYSH

13. Oct 2020 · 13:35 UTC

What really got me was after starting so many times and then trying to quit and realizing what that was gonna be like haha. Really cool idea and I like the little apartment!

pickens-inc

13. Oct 2020 · 23:01 UTC

What an interesting entry. I was very impressed at first that the UI and menu had so much care put into it, then realised after a few minutes why - I was going to be spending a bunch of time in it. :sweat_smile: what a gorgeous game, though! I have no idea if I discovered most of the things to be discovered, I'm guessing not. I admit, however, that after trying all the games and playing with the floating furniture, I dedicated myself to singlehandedly Starting The Game. I was somewhat disappointed by the lack of payoff from it, though perhaps I missed something! I did however become curious as to what happened if we QUIT the game. But by then I wasn't going to quite 201 times so I'll have to consign that to the annals of history ;)

Genuinely though, one of the most intriguing entries I've seen in an LD, lovely visuals and UI, and online functionality in an LD game is always impressive.

The LD site is being garbage as usual so I can't post my image proof, so I've uploaded it to imgur:

https://i.imgur.com/UCBIHMy.png

🎤 Raivk

14. Oct 2020 · 07:20 UTC

Thanks for the nice feedback !

@pickens-inc thanks for playing ! You discovered about... half of the game ? But yeah, that's a lot of quits to see the other part of the content. Anyway, you could check in a few days, the numbers of start & quits are changing from time to time depending on players, so you might discover something new !

Congrats though, that's quite a lot of starts, nice achievement ! We're glad you got to enjoy and explore the game ;)

Tomssuli

14. Oct 2020 · 21:20 UTC

I decided to push to the quit side from 100 starts, I've seen some things. I don't know if there is more to it than two places, but maybe I'll check again later. Minigames were a nice touch! Graphics are good and the game kept me trying to explore for more.

Tomssuli

15. Oct 2020 · 21:03 UTC

![Clipboard01.jpg](///raw/a34/d1/z/3a2ff.jpg)

I found a way out, sort of...

🎤 Raivk

15. Oct 2020 · 21:20 UTC

@tomssuli It looks like you saw a lot of what the game has to offer ! Thank you for playing ;) And you found a way out... kinda ? haha... But have you found the REAL way out of this game ? (it's well hidden and not obvious...)

Gaming Night

16. Oct 2020 · 10:07 UTC

very polished game in every details :)

Polymorph

16. Oct 2020 · 11:01 UTC

Haha nice idea.

Virtual Turtle Studio

27. Oct 2020 · 08:39 UTC

Alrighty, this is a seriously underrated Ludum Dare entry. This HAS to be my favourite Ludum Dare 47 game, period. It's the only one that I felt deserved a 5/5 stars in the overall category, and I don't take that lightly! It's clear that you guys are a professional studio, full of incredibly talented people. I don't know how, but you managed to make an incredibly polished, fun and interesting game in one weekend! That's a huge deal. Seriously, good job. I won't spoil anything for other readers, so I won't go into further detail, but you'll have to play this. I love all the attention to detail, like the amazing graphical fidelity, the UI (animations) which are just so clean, the sound design, all the different little games, the networking features. Sheeze.. there's just a lot of work for 1 weekend. Congratz guys :)

🎤 Raivk

27. Oct 2020 · 10:12 UTC

Hey there @virtual-turtle-studio ! Thanks for the kind comment ! We're extremly happy to hear that :) We indeed work together as a small indie game studio beside our main jobs, and we hope to continue improve and make better games. Comments like yours are what makes us continue making games. We've been working together for a long time, so we know how to optimize our time. We also like to make smaller but more polished games, that explains the level of polish :D