Keep it alive... what? by Guy Withivy

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made by Guy Withivy for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

Work must be kept alive, but is there something else to be saved? A coder drama.Tav00.jpg

Ratings

Overall 1488th 3.375⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1688th 3.098⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1288th 3.25⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Theme 2236th 2.988⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1339th 3.537⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Humor 471th 3.541⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1719th 3.088⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Given 9🗳️ 6🗨️

Feedback

Pilarius
22. Apr 2020 · 13:25 UTC
Quick reminder to get more players: Use a thumbnail for your game. Otherwise your game is presented with this grey box. Some great Games are not played because of a missing thumbnail ... You can still change it by editing your submission page :)

![GreyBox.png](///raw/c26/8/z/32518.png)
JulienLussiez
22. Apr 2020 · 16:48 UTC
Cool game ! It's interesting to see how use drawing on paper. I managed to solved few puzzles, nice ideas !
ReadyPlayerTom
22. Apr 2020 · 16:50 UTC
This is really a cool idea! And the graphics are awesome!
Exainz
22. Apr 2020 · 16:51 UTC
o god a new type of game..
this type i have never played...
but dont worry
the music was nice and the art style was mind blowing
NoamRaz
22. Apr 2020 · 16:51 UTC
Wow! That's A Really cool And Funny Game! I Love It!!
Pixel_Error
22. Apr 2020 · 16:51 UTC
This game pooled my brain and i like it
studioNOKOI
22. Apr 2020 · 16:51 UTC
very cool art style, i like the idea of it being more of a multiple choice game. very unique, you have something cool here.
DrSkort
22. Apr 2020 · 16:54 UTC
Pretty cool entry ^^ I really liked this unique idea and design. Didn't expect a game with bootstrap ^^ It honestly felt like an iq test, but the idea was still very good. I'm just a bit tired now ^^ Cool entry :)
AguaHervida
22. Apr 2020 · 16:56 UTC
I liked the game! It's a very simple art style and the music is a great complement. I like games that makes you think, I would add some transitions between scenes to make it feel more fluid, had a great time playing it, good job.
Minusc
22. Apr 2020 · 16:58 UTC
Quite nice, with a nice little story. Enigmas are a little too hard to me. Still, it was quite fun to play !
gamescodedogs
22. Apr 2020 · 16:59 UTC
Thank for the game :)
It's a bit unfair to give me a game about a coding guy and a cat )) You knew that I am a big fan of while True: learn()!! I love how you combine puzzles and math tasks with stylish drawings and scenario :)
Wish you the best of luck!
PxGluz
22. Apr 2020 · 16:59 UTC
Very cool concept, didn't really get the correlation to the theme though. Had a lot of trouble with some of the puzzle, had to wrap my head around it somehow. The puzzles were really fun!
marcusnystrand
22. Apr 2020 · 17:02 UTC
nice drawings!
Game_Coder28
22. Apr 2020 · 17:03 UTC
Nice little game! great work
Magoca
22. Apr 2020 · 17:04 UTC
Well designed puzzles and hilarious story. Also, I think the visual style fits very well within the game. Congratulations, it is an amazing submission!
BitPokit
22. Apr 2020 · 17:04 UTC
I love any game with a cat in it! :smiley_cat: Good job!
VersatileSponge
22. Apr 2020 · 17:06 UTC
Hey, Nice concept ! Couln't win, I ran out of time, I couldn't answer the calculues properly twice lol. But the challenges were interesting. I enjoyed playing this game
Nounka
22. Apr 2020 · 17:07 UTC
This little game was quite funny and lovely. Puzzles were hard but i was so happy when I succeed in the maths puzzles ! A restart Button would be nice to start it other easily but otherwise good job guys !
Zlabya
22. Apr 2020 · 17:10 UTC
Hmmm, i helped all the girls but i didn't do the work :D nice game. :thumbsup:
Galactic Chimp
22. Apr 2020 · 17:11 UTC
Hmm, the art was interesting, and the coder's "NOOOOO" was funny, but I didn't really like the game, sorry :(
Le Slo
22. Apr 2020 · 17:13 UTC
Funny little game, but it is possible to win? I did a perfect coding run, visiting zero friends (super cruel, but it wasn't my first time, I just wanted to watch the ending) and I still didn't finish my work, I'm definitely not the best coder I guess... Some logic puzzles were nice, but maths? Not very fun to do some simple calculations. Also whatever choices I did, I passed through all the questions and situations, so I guess time stretches to my will, something like picking some random events (and not all events) would give replayability to the game, the same way as reordering the answer for the test, so trial and error is prevented (but difficult to do with those cute pen and paper drawings). With some small changes this could be pretty fun!
burg113
22. Apr 2020 · 17:28 UTC
Great game, I liked it.

good work, keep it up.
🎤 Guy Withivy
22. Apr 2020 · 20:05 UTC
Thank you for all your comments and suggestions. So... the target is not to keep alive your project, but to keep alive your humanity helping your friends... Perhaps it is not clear in the story, but this was our intent, the theme that we want to transmit... a bit autobiographic indeed ;) thank you again to all of you @julienlussiez @readyplayertom @exainz @noamraz @pixel-error @studionokoi @drskort @aguahervida @minusc @gamescodedogs @pxgluz @marcusnystrand @game-coder28 @magoca @bitpokit @versatilesponge @nounka @zlabya @galactic-chimp @le-slo @burg113 @pilarius
🎤 Guy Withivy
22. Apr 2020 · 20:05 UTC
:)
Le Slo
22. Apr 2020 · 20:30 UTC
Hey, I thought about that possibility, I actually played 4 runs:

-Helped sometimes and worked sometimes, a balance, those actions were organic to me. I got this ambiguous ending where I didn't have time to finish the job, and neither humanity. That's when I though about the humanity ending.

-I helped every one of my friends and didn't care about the code. I got a gameover ending and I thought that was the end if I followed that path. (See run 4 for future realization).

-I did a perfect work run, avoiding every friend and answering correclty every test. Another bad ending, that felt a bit cheap, it would be better if I kept the job, but at what cost.

-I tried again the humanity run, but paying attention to the code questions. I won the game. (When I asked for impossible to win the game, I should have used different words) Now I see that there wasn't actually gameplay sacrifice when helping friends, which is not consistent with the story in my opinion. Also since the theme was staying alive, how will they live after losing the job? The intro is a bit misleading. It is a good hearted message, and I enjoyed the intentions, but I think there are some inconsistencies that make the game not as powerful as it could be. Nonetheless I did enjoyed a lot the game and think you did a great job, just trying to show some criticism since giving well thought feedback is my favourite part of the jam, so it's not just a competition of making games, but an opportunity to learn, trying to point what are the good parts of a game and the flaws as well as listen to others criticism (as long as it is constructive). **Keep the good job**!
28. Apr 2020 · 08:30 UTC
fun game