Werecop's Archives: Case of Deeper Excrement by Shigor

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made by Shigor for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

A (not very) interactive short fiction, fully voiced, about a man who gained strange superpoweres after a drunken cop bit him and turned him into a fighter for the Lady Justice.

Every LD I always thought that if worsts comes to worst, I can always make an interactive fiction. I never did. This time I planned it from start. Didn't end up as I planned and it's missing the crayons illustrations it was supposed to have, but I'm very happy with the story anyway. Too bad I didn't have time to add some proper branching so it's extremely linear.

Some fun facts: according to my sport watch I walked 27 kilometers around my house, mostly in night under a full moon, thinking about the story and later about which parts I'll have to cut out. The story has about 8k words. About an hour of audio.

I didn't make the time limit for the compo by few hours, sadly, mostly because I grossly underestimated how much time I'll need to cut the recorded voiceovers. So, jam it is.

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Tiny update: after some feedback from friends I added a toggle to the title screen to pause the game after each voiced sentence and another to disable voiceover for those who don't want to hear my rattling voice (although you're missing half the fun and about 35 minutes of voice)

Tiny update 2: added windows build to itch io, I also recorded the whole game as video to youtube, 36 minutes of my rasping voice :)

Ratings

Overall 1387th 3.238⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1180th 3.167⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1275th 2.95⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1730th 2.762⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 154th 4.048⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 201th 3.75⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1107th 3.35⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 31🗳️ 13🗨️

Feedback

Predominant
26. Apr 2021 · 06:41 UTC
Absolutely amazing voice acting!! Well done
arnold-990
26. Apr 2021 · 16:03 UTC
funly art i like this
LocustJin
27. Apr 2021 · 11:13 UTC
Haha, this is very very nice and funny. You just invented interactive audiobook. I enjoy listen to this!
KepperSnapper
28. Apr 2021 · 07:44 UTC
Really really liked the humour in this game! Very immersive experience! You've got a talent in voice acting for sure!
Genpaku
28. Apr 2021 · 08:54 UTC
Funny interactive story, love this game :) Story is well written and enjoyable.
miej
30. Apr 2021 · 07:01 UTC
THIS MUST BE THE WORK OF THE SHIT FAIRY. definitely going to use that at my next opportunity in a work meeting. this was hilarious. nice writing and voice acting! wouldnt have minded a little more interactivity :)
🎤 Shigor
30. Apr 2021 · 15:43 UTC
@miej: yeah well... some more branching and interactivity was the first thing that got to go when I finished the draft and realized that there's no way I could finish the whole story in time unless I'll cut everything to bare bones :/
jkyd
01. May 2021 · 04:03 UTC
Yes. This is everything, it made me so happy :) Real disco elysium vibes. The only thing I found myself reaching for was a pause button/menu, just so I could go get some popcorn without missing any of the dialogue
Rolle
02. May 2021 · 10:59 UTC
:smile: Fun and interesting story and nice voice acting! It must have been fun making even if it probably was quite stressful, both on your throat and on the stress (bcs of time).

Congrats on a well made unique game!
fabula_rasa
09. May 2021 · 20:17 UTC
Inspired by Rorschach, the Wild Cards series and Disco Elysium :grin:

Not much of a game, but I enjoyed the hell out of it! Nice story with a twist, fine writing, very enjoyable to listen to and contribute slightly. Would be glorious if there would be branching paths and alternative outcomes, but we all know the time constraints of a jam.

Very cool voice acting and good quality of recording. I noticed two "bugs":
- Near the beginning part of the text is missing from the actual text ("...know. So just wait a bit."). It's said, but not written.
- Later there is a bit that is written but not voiced (voice-over sort of cuts away): "although he didn't step in it."
🎤 Shigor
09. May 2021 · 21:32 UTC
@fabula-rasa yeah, when I was recording, I often corrected typos or changed the line slightly, and I guess I didn't fix the text always, or cut it correctly - I was in a hurry to make compo time limit :/
🎤 Shigor
09. May 2021 · 21:34 UTC
@fabula-rasa you know, I never got to Wild Cards :) maybe I should :D
fabula_rasa
09. May 2021 · 21:37 UTC
@shigor I can recommend trying it out. There is nothing quite like the great and powerful Turtle :)
VixenMink
11. May 2021 · 02:54 UTC
Loving the voice. Reminds me of Sin City meets Dark Knight but great job!
Gossian
12. May 2021 · 22:24 UTC
This had me laughing! Really enjoyed the story, the writing and the voice acting. Didn't mind the linearity of the story either because it was nice to know I could just choose the madness options without it affecting things too terrible. Really good job!