The Life of John by jackyjjc
Update: Added the link to the post compo version which has major fixes for the bugs like 'Marriage' and 'Gift Planning' keep reappearing. Use the 'Web' version to judge and use the 'Fix' version to enjoy the game :)
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Growing up is not easy, as you can see from the life of John.
In the tutorial I said you can hover the stats to see more information. I lied (well, I ran out of time). Here is the list of stats explained:
1. (Card) Number of cards you need to select this turn to advance to the next turn
2. (Cake) John's age
3. (Heart) John's health, when it reaches 0, the game ends
4. (Smiley Face) John's happiness, when it reaches 0, shuffle 'Depression' into the deck
5. (Book) John's knowledge, mostly just affects if you get 'Promotion' or not.
6. (Chat Bubble) John's social stat. Very important stat in the beginning because if your social is less than 5, you would be forever alone in the game (No relationship and marriage cards)
7. (Couple) John's relationship stat. A 'Marriage' card will be shuffled into your deck when it reaches 50. If it is below 0, a 'Breakup' or 'Divorce' card will be shuffled into your deck.
8. (Money) John's financial stat. When your money drop belows 0, a 'In Debt' card will be shuffled into the deck.
Author: @jackyjjc
Website: www.jackyjjc.com
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Growing up is not easy, as you can see from the life of John.
In the tutorial I said you can hover the stats to see more information. I lied (well, I ran out of time). Here is the list of stats explained:
1. (Card) Number of cards you need to select this turn to advance to the next turn
2. (Cake) John's age
3. (Heart) John's health, when it reaches 0, the game ends
4. (Smiley Face) John's happiness, when it reaches 0, shuffle 'Depression' into the deck
5. (Book) John's knowledge, mostly just affects if you get 'Promotion' or not.
6. (Chat Bubble) John's social stat. Very important stat in the beginning because if your social is less than 5, you would be forever alone in the game (No relationship and marriage cards)
7. (Couple) John's relationship stat. A 'Marriage' card will be shuffled into your deck when it reaches 50. If it is below 0, a 'Breakup' or 'Divorce' card will be shuffled into your deck.
8. (Money) John's financial stat. When your money drop belows 0, a 'In Debt' card will be shuffled into the deck.
Author: @jackyjjc
Website: www.jackyjjc.com
Ratings
| Coolness | 73% | 3 |
| Overall | 3.55 | 244 |
| Fun | 3.13 | 501 |
| Innovation | 4.00 | 49 |
| Mood | 3.56 | 143 |
| Theme | 4.11 | 147 |
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9395835/LD34/web_build_small/index.html
Some text layout issues. And needs a once over on the rules and cards. E.g. your parent can pass away many times, you can get many cards about gift planning and do all but one, it says you planned anniversary but then forgot it. But these are minor issues.
Overall I found it had good variety and reminded me of other life-living games.
@bazz_boyy Thanks for the comment! I agreed it is a bit repetitive sometimes (I had a lot of cards I wanted to put in but I ran out of time)
@adamyounis thanks for the feedback! I planned to use the icons to replace some of the card text but I failed to get rich text working in unity.
Liked that I'm not a slave anymore and I earn 3 cash after each work.
Really sad that I didn't have much chances to improve my Knowledge.
After a time I really wanted to break up 'cause my lover was asking too much of me.
Nice game!
Great Job!
I don't really get money. There doesn't seem to be much use for all the money you get and it just disappears after your reach 55, so all of your senior and manager work cards just end up being a negative since you have to pick them to not lose happiness.