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Tip of My Tongue by KeithSwanger

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made by KeithSwanger for Ludum Dare 47 (COMPO)

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Have you ever forgotten a word but could feel it on the tip of your tongue? Has your mind ever been stuck in a loop, trying its hardest to remember that word? That's what Tip of My Tongue is all about.

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Is there something in the water? The townspeople are forgetting words, and it's driving them crazy! They're stuck in a mental loop until they remember the word they forgot.

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Tips

  • Use WASD to move

  • Press Enter to interact

  • You get a score at the end of the game! Return to the concerned citizen after interacting with everyone!

Changelog: (Oct 06 2020: Beginning movement prompts enabled)

Changelog: (Oct 07 2020: Ending dialog triggers when player enters trigger instead of waiting for player to press Enter)

Play or Download

Youtube https://github.com/KeithSwanger/TipOfMyTongue
Youtube https://keithswanger.itch.io/tip-of-my-tongue
Youtube https://keithswanger.itch.io/tip-of-my-tongue
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/tip-of-my-tongue

Ratings

Overall 24th 4.145⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Fun 21th 4.065⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 16th 4.267⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Theme 55th 4.2⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 286th 3.468⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Audio 82th 3.733⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Humor 3th 4.333⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Mood 33th 4.016⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Given 26🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

dkdwrek
05. Oct 2020 · 02:06 UTC
This is a very fun and creative game! I enjoyed playing and I think this is a great idea.
Victor Hallock
06. Oct 2020 · 07:12 UTC
Really nice job! Looking forward to more of your stuff!
digitaldude555
06. Oct 2020 · 08:31 UTC
Great and unique take on the theme, music is calming. Terrifying when you kill them and their corpse says they had a family, what was solution for laughter party? Doesnt seem to have an ending though I got them all. Anyway really unique game, good job.
🎤 KeithSwanger
06. Oct 2020 · 08:39 UTC
@digitaldude555 there is an ending! You go back to the concerned citizen at the beginning of the game! Thanks for playing! If you want to know the answer, you could search for "laughter" in the source code github ;)

It's a reference to a song, if that helps!
wormius
06. Oct 2020 · 13:26 UTC
I forgot the word to say how great this game is... wait... HO NO *BOOM!!*
josephdevelops
07. Oct 2020 · 03:21 UTC
good stuff.
josephdevelops
07. Oct 2020 · 03:21 UTC
good stuff.
PopDaddyGames
07. Oct 2020 · 04:05 UTC
Excellent idea, and great execution!

This game will make a thesaurus out of you!

Easy to play and pick up- the only advice I have is to

A.) Make the map smaller, or add a map

and

B.) a prompt when you get to the end telling you to press Enter to step forward the mission.

I loved this!
ursagames
07. Oct 2020 · 06:08 UTC
Your game was played on my stream ( https://www.twitch.tv/ursagames/videos ) on 10/6. Thank you for sharing your game with us! You can find the timestamp of when your game was played here: https://tinyurl.com/yy4oycvv
almost
07. Oct 2020 · 06:40 UTC
I played after seeing it on ursagames stream. I like the word puzzles! I think I got one wrong and failed to find another. It would have been nice to have some indication of which way to go.
RGilPT
07. Oct 2020 · 10:14 UTC
@keithswanger Really nice work, I love your graphics and the idea.
AfroAnt
07. Oct 2020 · 14:52 UTC
Fantastic! Two for two :D Love the atmosphere and just the way the game makes me feel. Excellent animations and humor, and great implementation of the theme. Some words are way harder to get than others, which is fine, but I want that high score, dang it! And blowing people up never gets old. Great work!
Tino
07. Oct 2020 · 15:05 UTC
One of the word your supposed to guess was on the tip of my tongue...
Fatsheep
08. Oct 2020 · 18:58 UTC
Played it live on https://www.twitch.tv/fatsheep__ Really liked the idea of having to type the words yourself, I expected there to be a multiple choice menu, but I was pleasantly surprised. Some of the riddles were kinda funny too, loved this!
Codeman1010
09. Oct 2020 · 06:34 UTC
That was a fun and challenging game. Thanks so much for making it!
kogyblack
11. Oct 2020 · 07:14 UTC
Really good. Had to cheat after not knowing haha tried more than once, really nice concept.

I would suggest to indicate somehow how many tries you still left. Maybe tell you the answer when you get it wrong also.
coderTrevor
16. Oct 2020 · 12:06 UTC
I love this game! There's like three riddles that I still can't solve despite many attempts. I'll look at the source if they don't come to me eventually. :stuck_out_tongue: However, after like 7 playthroughs, with some luck, I was able to get a perfect score!

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It's a really innovative concept, well executed, and funny. This is a perfect jam-game; you can see the idea and almost all of the content in a few minutes but it's also fun to replay and try to get a perfect score. I really like the ending text. I was impressed that even on my seventh playthrough I was still encountering new riddles. I loved the music. Awesome job!
🎤 KeithSwanger
16. Oct 2020 · 14:11 UTC
@codertrevor Thank you so much for your thoughtful review! I'm really glad you liked it. That's so awesome that you got a perfect score.
Ava Skoog
26. Oct 2020 · 14:45 UTC
They… exploded… 😶

My shock aside, nice game! Lovely music. 💜 This could have easily worked as just a typing game with no setting or graphics to talk about but the fact that you added those as well as a little story adds so much! Character is really nicely animated too, if only in one direction~ Was fun trying to figure out what words they wanted. Nice work!
Flying Cat of the Pepes
31. Oct 2020 · 14:01 UTC
First time I played, got 10 correct, killed 5. Now I think I'm just gonna use "murder" for all my guesses. Great game obviously, congrats on this compo!