Lifes Decisions by squarepug
This is a story based game, designed to target real life emotions, the dialogue is arguably more important then the gameplay with something like this I feel.
I decided to use the theme of 'you are the monster' to create something a little different to what other indies were doing, so I used a popular game called Thomas Was Alone as my inspiration. Obviously I have got nowhere near that level of quality, but I feel for such a short amount of time I am pleased with the effort.
The aim of it is to help you question yourself about the decisions you make in life, and consider the subsequent effects they have on other people. We always think other bad people are the monsters, but maybe you are the monster too?
Please play it all, it will take you less than 5 minutes so you can rate honestly. Thanks for your time, game on players.
If you don't want to play it there is also a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bydMPIotKR8
Change log:
Aug 25th - Ported to windows (plays much better then the flash experience!), fixed a few major bugs, gameplay is identical tho.
I decided to use the theme of 'you are the monster' to create something a little different to what other indies were doing, so I used a popular game called Thomas Was Alone as my inspiration. Obviously I have got nowhere near that level of quality, but I feel for such a short amount of time I am pleased with the effort.
The aim of it is to help you question yourself about the decisions you make in life, and consider the subsequent effects they have on other people. We always think other bad people are the monsters, but maybe you are the monster too?
Please play it all, it will take you less than 5 minutes so you can rate honestly. Thanks for your time, game on players.
If you don't want to play it there is also a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bydMPIotKR8
Change log:
Aug 25th - Ported to windows (plays much better then the flash experience!), fixed a few major bugs, gameplay is identical tho.
Ratings
| Coolness | 48% | 1268 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.47 | 313 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 3.37 | 257 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.94 | 73 |
| Theme(Jam) | 3.53 | 471 |
Something about the deadly text obstacles seemed off to me. They didn't feel solid or deadly enough at first. And the rhythm needed to stay on the ceiling felt clunky.
Great experience overall!
Interesting 2D Platformer that lets you jump infinitely though, and like I said, the music set a great mood. The Thomas Was Alone inspiration is also pretty obvious, but that's not a bad thing.
which means you will possible be a monster and
you are not monster even never be.
Flash version works though. I think your game is better written than mine. And considering I just did something in Twine, that's either something you should be proud of or something I should be ashamed of. Maybe a little bit of both.
In some cases it felt like I needed more information to make a good decision (for example, I could donate money at the start but I have no idea what else I might need that money for later, because the game didn't tell me enough about my character)
Btw, I noticed it's possible to farm coins by dying on the first stage over and over, or by jumping over the exit warp.
I see where you were going, but it is not always that simple in life to make these kinds of decisions. Plus, the green guy seems to be making a lot bad choices on his own when he only has $100 to his name (which was given to him by the wise one) and keeps getting his lover pregnant.