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Pass it On by Ryan Jung

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made by Ryan Jung for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

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Pass it On is one big game of ~~telephone~~ international espionage. Play as a spy, obfuscating messages and passing them to other secret agents around the world. Rephrase messages and get points on how well you do. Decode other player's messages, deciphering the codes left by other real players. Watch your phrases get mangled in the dashboard, where you can see how a message has been changed from person to person. Keep the message alive!

Changelog

4/21: Fixed bug where failing by taking too long to write a phrase leads to a blank screen (see Github for more details)

Youtube https://pio.garykim.dev/
Youtube https://github.com/ldjam-aaa/pass-it-on
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/pass-it-on

Ratings

Overall 166th 4.049⭐ 124🧑‍⚖️
Fun 338th 3.795⭐ 124🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 11th 4.463⭐ 124🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1593th 3.484⭐ 124🧑‍⚖️
Humor 595th 3.409⭐ 123🧑‍⚖️
Mood 685th 3.678⭐ 123🧑‍⚖️
Given 68🗳️ 45🗨️

Feedback

ryan123rudder
21. Apr 2020 · 01:46 UTC
This is awesome! Really fun to play, and a cool concept.
Kristian Kurktchiev
21. Apr 2020 · 01:46 UTC
Very clever, well done. Really impressive, and polished too!
Ben Hack
21. Apr 2020 · 01:50 UTC
Whenever I click on the correct message, it always tells me that I got it wrong
Darylsteak
21. Apr 2020 · 01:50 UTC
Great nice idea, and nicely made, I like it!
AdonisDevs
21. Apr 2020 · 01:50 UTC
This was very fun! I can see a lot of potential in this :)
Gustavus Coding Club
21. Apr 2020 · 01:50 UTC
Pretty good game, not really my thing but I'm sure there is a market for it.
NomadicRockMan
21. Apr 2020 · 01:52 UTC
Very unique application of the them, keeping an idea alive.
Twistashio
21. Apr 2020 · 01:52 UTC
Really cool game, not really my cup of tea, however it is really well done and can see a lot of polish was put into it. Hope you guys can expand upon it in the future and I can recheck it out.

One issue I did face was that some of the menu was a little laggy.

That however was it for me:)
Uppitydonkey57
21. Apr 2020 · 01:52 UTC
This game is awesome and hilarious. Its awesome how polished it is.
Kamranicus
21. Apr 2020 · 01:53 UTC
I enjoyed this, some folks really mess up the meaning, hah! Cleverly done and super cool it all works in the browser. Great job!
Jofish
21. Apr 2020 · 01:53 UTC
i wasn't sure what i was meant to be doing at first, but once i figured it out i had a lot of fun!
scalliondelight
21. Apr 2020 · 01:54 UTC
Fantastic premise and super fun to play. I lost some time to this one!
Topolino
21. Apr 2020 · 01:54 UTC
Very cool aesthetic! Awesome to see such a well-polished game!
ANRQAngel
21. Apr 2020 · 01:54 UTC
good concept, quite complicated and not really my sort of thing.. but well done
JustJee
21. Apr 2020 · 01:56 UTC
super fun game! With more updates and polishing i could see this game as a big web game
HuddyBuddyGreatness
21. Apr 2020 · 01:58 UTC
Brilliant. I had a lot of fun playing this game! Genius idea, and I love the ominous ticking while you type
alessia-ip
21. Apr 2020 · 01:58 UTC
This is very thematic, and creative too! I can't believe this came out of a game jam with how polished it is! The timer is very stressful, but I kept playing round after round!
Cheese Team
21. Apr 2020 · 01:59 UTC
Great idea!
Frozedon
21. Apr 2020 · 02:01 UTC
This is amazing! It's so clean and leads to so many funny phrases. I didn't know I wanted an automated "Telephone" game until now
Aspect11
21. Apr 2020 · 02:02 UTC
i really like the concept but its pretty hard xD
DrewG8
21. Apr 2020 · 02:02 UTC
I really love this! One small thing I want to complement you all on is that the game is very easy to get the hang of, even with the use of spy language instead of plain speech. In the future, using phrases that are't famous lines might be a better idea, because guessing was made a bit too easy by the ubiquity of the phrases.
Mikabrytu
21. Apr 2020 · 02:04 UTC
Really nice and different but I couldn't understand too much. Maybe some tutorials and easier levels for noobs like me.
The tick of the clock was genial! Gives me so much tension!
Firebelley
21. Apr 2020 · 02:04 UTC
I really enjoyed the innovative idea behind this game. It really made me think about what I was doing and how I was rephrasing the message.
I do think it needs a little tweaking though, some messages were downright impossible to decode.
Overall I really enjoyed my time with this and it's definitely a unique idea!
mmason
21. Apr 2020 · 02:07 UTC
This is a great game, it would be fantastic if it was better moderated (not possible here I know). It feels very complete, a shame that the trolls keep entering gibberish.
togo sepultraut
21. Apr 2020 · 02:07 UTC
can't wait to see the results after a good number of people played this game.
i feel like i cheated somebody when i misunderstand a phrase but manage to decode it anyway.
CaptainProton42
21. Apr 2020 · 02:12 UTC
I had some trouble understanding what was going on but then I am also really tired after jamming all day. However, the concept seems really cool and I adore the mood the game sets. I'll probably check back on this later when I get the chance.
croze
21. Apr 2020 · 02:12 UTC
I was a little confused by the "Guess the original message" part, on my first one it gave me the thing I was decoding as an option so I chose that and won, but the next time it didn't so I had no idea what to click and lost. I'm very interested to check back in once voting ends, I'm sure the progression of the phrases will be interesting! Very unique and cool idea
ChrisEvry
21. Apr 2020 · 02:20 UTC
Incredible concept and a really nice twist on the theme!
Not The Loading Screen
21. Apr 2020 · 02:23 UTC
Amazing concept and great execution, one of my favorites so far
inact1v1ty
21. Apr 2020 · 02:28 UTC
Very innovative! A clever idea and a good implementation. And I like the style a lot
ilPrinny
21. Apr 2020 · 02:35 UTC
Man been playing for a while now, im working my way up to first (mainly cause im just having alot of fun). When Javascript came up it bounced between JS bad and JS good until “Jack Skellington's nature is to not be evil, I do declare” came up which was amazing

edit: so you can grind score REALLY easily if you are in every channel i have learned, since you just create new channels and can always guess correctly
Purrseus
21. Apr 2020 · 03:04 UTC
This is incredibly polished and accessible for everyone worldwide. Amazing. I might send the link out to friends who otherwise would not get much out of LD entries.

Awesome job!
No Grapes Games
21. Apr 2020 · 03:08 UTC
Really interesting and unique idea. The aesthetic is nice too. Can't imagine what a nightmare it must have been to test in such a short time too!
MyAlias
21. Apr 2020 · 03:13 UTC
omg what have I done...
![Question 5.png](///raw/619/61/z/30f47.png)

Pretty cool game! What do you use to process other lanauage? NLP algorithms?
funisfun8
21. Apr 2020 · 03:22 UTC
I think this is the best game I've played yet... My first round I just started cackling like a maniac. I then immediately grabbed my sister and her Fiance so they could try the insanity. I think the game could use more phrases (I saw a couple repeat which took the fun out of guessing) but this is just about perfect already. Expand and polish this and you have a viral social game on your hands!
kromeboy
21. Apr 2020 · 03:27 UTC
Simple idea. Great execution.

It was a while since I played some sort of telephone game online

Great job!
SophieMae0
21. Apr 2020 · 03:38 UTC
I had so much fun playing this game! I could never get the answers right but loved coming up with sentences
rodel77
21. Apr 2020 · 03:42 UTC
omg, this game is so amazing, apart from being very polished the concept is very unique and interesting.
Horus
21. Apr 2020 · 04:12 UTC
This game has such a simple concept that I absolutely adore. The theme is nice, the music chill, and the group think everywhere. Super polished, very stylized, I love it in all respects. Gonna hold onto this one.
James Kusardi
21. Apr 2020 · 04:41 UTC
fun in a nonsensical kind of way!
Echo Team
21. Apr 2020 · 04:50 UTC
Damn, son!

Only issue I ran into was that when I failed to encrypt a message (i r slow) the mission summary would never show up and it was F5 or the highway.
ianteo
21. Apr 2020 · 05:26 UTC
Very innovative game, with great execution. I had a lot of fun changing up the sentences and guessing the codes from other people
Owl_Skip
21. Apr 2020 · 07:40 UTC
This is a really cool game. Great tone and mechanics. I love that it asks the player to think creatively and come up with their own conclusions. Would make a great online party game.
jayesstee
21. Apr 2020 · 09:50 UTC
Really fun and original idea especially for someone who loves words!
Effarek
21. Apr 2020 · 12:58 UTC
Really smart game idea, fun and original, I liked it a lot !
🎤 Ryan Jung
21. Apr 2020 · 16:54 UTC
Loving all the messages everyone is putting in here! I'm playing the game right now (trying to get some fun ones for you all to rephrase).

Full disclosure, asking for responses in a different language *may* have been a questionable idea but we're rolling with it!

Good luck! Can't wait to see how crazy some of these messages get!
bar0net
21. Apr 2020 · 17:19 UTC
A really fun concept. It made me realise I might need some english review lessons to come up with alternate ways of saying things faster.
tobiasw
21. Apr 2020 · 17:22 UTC
I'm a bit sad when I make especially nice sentences, but get "message invalid" :'(

![chrome_2020-04-21_19-15-24.png](///raw/830/1/z/31c6b.png)
Elmos Minion
21. Apr 2020 · 17:24 UTC
Great game, great concept, great execution!
Connie Liu
21. Apr 2020 · 17:44 UTC
@tobiasw I think you need to phrase it more than six words instead of exactly six, hope that solves the problem!
tobiasw
21. Apr 2020 · 17:47 UTC
That seems a bit arbitrary, @connie-liu, but good to know. Thanks!
tobiasw
21. Apr 2020 · 17:55 UTC
Alright, played a bit more now. I love it! It's quick, it's funny and it works well. It's also the first game that I have bookmarked and will probably open multiple times in the next days!

(And thanks for the inspiration! Now I want to try to make something with chains where players build upon each other next time. Probably a better idea than my game for this LD, where the timing is too critical for this distributed community.)
🎤 Ryan Jung
21. Apr 2020 · 18:12 UTC
@tobiasw I played your game and it was amazing! Can't wait to see what you make, hopefully you have a (slightly) less chaotic time than we did making ours. Admittedly the word limit *is* a little long :sweat_smile:
Zennith
21. Apr 2020 · 18:21 UTC
This is pretty neat! I'm clearly not cut out for this game since I failed after only a few turns in but I had fun either way. I think it really sets the mood right into making you feel like a true spy and it's rewarding when encoding and decoding the messages. Great job!!
Kiln
21. Apr 2020 · 18:25 UTC
This was fun. I'm not too sure how it fit the theme, but regardless the concept is neat and not one I've seen done before as an online game. I remember playing this in middle school drama class, so it definitely brought back some memories.
SaadSirius
21. Apr 2020 · 19:57 UTC
The concept is really cool but i a tutorial or an easier starting phrase(maybe im stupid) would be an improvement
VeniTheRich
21. Apr 2020 · 21:28 UTC
Really innovative concept. Simple yet really good, it shines through it's simplicity. Keep up the good work!
🎤 Ryan Jung
21. Apr 2020 · 21:36 UTC
@saadsirius Im sorry your starting phrase was difficult! Sadly we didn't have enough time to make a short tutorial with a starting phrase, so its very possible that the first phrase was undecipherable.
Doritolord
22. Apr 2020 · 09:25 UTC
this is a really creative concept, i was confused at first because the phrase didn't look like anything, but later on i got the hang of it eventually.
noirdrive
22. Apr 2020 · 11:24 UTC
Wow, this is the most creative concept in the event with a great execuiton. Well done!
tobiasw
22. Apr 2020 · 11:34 UTC
@ryan-jung I'm glad you enjoyed mine too! Yours definitely has much more solid gameplay. And likewise, can't wait to see what I'll make, haha.

And when is a game jam ever not chaotic? I'd be disappointed to be honest :D
Danielcmcg
22. Apr 2020 · 12:50 UTC
Wow, nice idea, that old kids game reviewed for good. Thank you!
Dane Tesla
23. Apr 2020 · 20:49 UTC
Lol I loved it! It was fun and entertaining. Really creative. If I was to correct anything about it, I'd give maybe a few seconds before the timer starts for the first time so the player can read the tips on the bottom first and then proceed to the game ^^ Amazing one, definitely one of the best ld46 games I played so far :D
Kevin Prehn
24. Apr 2020 · 01:52 UTC
very interesting idea! It's a cool pseudo-multiplayer game
hypermania
26. Apr 2020 · 05:21 UTC
The only game I've given five stars across the board to this jam. Amazingly fun concept, execution, and general tomfoolery. The only real suggestion that I have is to give greater rewards the further down the telephone line the guessing player is due to the significant difference in difficulty between a five man line and a twelve man line.
emmyoop
26. Apr 2020 · 16:07 UTC
Took me a bit to get the game but ended up fun. Like how subtle the music is.
angelina
04. May 2020 · 02:02 UTC
@hypermania glad you enjoyed our game!!
tobiasw
15. May 2020 · 01:48 UTC
Congrats on your innvation rating, folks! It's good to see fellow online games do so well in LD :D