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One Last Letter by fosf0

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made by fosf0 for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

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It tells the story of an old man who wants to finish his last letter before he dies. Adding time to finish his writing is vital, so he will have to go around the house looking for medicine and various other things, trying to prolong his life

The hands of this old man have so much to write. Try to find out what he keeps in his old heart.

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It’s a first version of the build. We want to continue polishing the game and correcting bugs! any review is great for us! THANK YOU!

Credits

                               Code:          

                                                Ian  kuznicki
                                                Thiago Avellaneda
                                                tatoyoda600

                               Art:
                                                Olivia Fainberg Rocchi
                                                Tobías Wolsey 
                                                Ulises Vicente
                                                Candela Formigo 
                                                Sofia Podestá
                                                Ezequiel Muñoz
                                                Lara Menéndez

                             Game Design:

                                                Miguel Pignatiello
                                                Ciro López 
                                                Justino Paz Cruz
                                                Bárbara Cerrudo

                            UI/UX:
                                                Ulises Vicente
                                                Lara Menéndez
                                                Bárbara Cerrudo
                                                Miguel Pignatiello


                             Music - SFX:

                                                Matías Jara
                                                Paul Shelley
                                                Huberth Laurent Ariza Varela
Link https://f0sfo.itch.io/a-last-letter
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/one-last-letter

Ratings

Overall 797th 3.453⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1194th 2.845⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 250th 3.744⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Theme 74th 4.286⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 641th 3.698⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Audio 287th 3.75⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1034th 2.3⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Mood 257th 3.917⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Given 87🗳️ 66🗨️

Feedback

Starship captain Becca
05. Apr 2022 · 03:10 UTC
I loved the art and the graphics. The animations were nice, especially the walking up and down.

I was a little sad that unfortunately the game loaded too large for my resolution, so I could not walk to the lower part of the screen. Nothing I interacted with seemed to do anything besides give a little story context. I was disappointed I couldn't solve the game. Another bug was that from the instructions I had no way to go back to the menu screen.

But the music is lovely and very atmospheric. The story idea seems great. I loved the title screen art and the pixel graphics too.
🎤 fosf0
05. Apr 2022 · 03:14 UTC
Thank you for your comment! We are already scoring bugs to fix this month, thank you very much and your comment helps a lot!!!
luquio
05. Apr 2022 · 03:14 UTC
The writing mechanics are awesome. Not so much the walking by the house part.
🎤 fosf0
05. Apr 2022 · 03:18 UTC
Thanks for your comment! It helps us a lot!
TwistedHawk
05. Apr 2022 · 03:21 UTC
I really liked the direction you are going with this game. You took a theme, and made a really good story about it. I wanted to play it more, but I kept running into bugs that froze my character and prevented me from interacting with anything else. If you can touch them up, I would love this play this game again! The story is engaging, and I want to learn more about the character's life!
🎤 fosf0
05. Apr 2022 · 03:24 UTC
Thank you very much! Our idea is to be able to improve this game and we are very proud that you liked it! ;) ty again
DevZhrssh
05. Apr 2022 · 03:27 UTC
I loved the art, music, and graphics. The animations are also nice. Although there are some bugs when interacting with the piano and the bed (See the image below). The window is also not resizable and i have a small screen resolution so i was not able to fully enjoy the graphics because it gets cut off. Overall, it's really good, just needs a bit of bug fixing.

![bugg.png](///raw/c61/44/z/4c4dc.png)
🎤 fosf0
05. Apr 2022 · 03:30 UTC
This helps us a lot! Thank you very much!
Mateu
05. Apr 2022 · 03:30 UTC
This was a really cool concept. It was fun figuring out the old man's story and what he had to say. Like somebody said, the resolution was way too large. Having a fixed resolution for a game is never a good idea. Sometimes it felt like selecting things and exiting was a bit buggy, which made walking around the house frustrating. If the art matched the title page that would have been awesome as well. Anyways, I thought this was a great entry and enjoyed my time with it.
Owinmowe
05. Apr 2022 · 03:33 UTC
Nice game, i loved the aesthetic and the ambient. Good job!
T C
05. Apr 2022 · 03:35 UTC
Nice game! I also had the same issue where I couldn't resize so the very bottom line of the letter got cut off, so sometimes arranging words got really difficult. The writing the letter portion was really interesting, and the atmosphere was pretty incredible!
🎤 fosf0
05. Apr 2022 · 03:43 UTC
Thank you so much everyone! ;)
Sarduc
05. Apr 2022 · 06:50 UTC
I just can't begin to describe how deep my heart sank as I was picturing my grandmother writing her last message for me, as the phrase "Forgeting just frees up space for new things, live as long as you can". I just couldn't, it broke me, it certainly hit where it hurts. I have no words to explaing how touching this was for me. Good job, you guys are amazing.
ricardopino
05. Apr 2022 · 13:46 UTC
Me gusto la temática, el concept es muy bueno, y el estilo RPG Puzzle. Tiene mucho potencial, ojala puedan continuarlo.
Recomiendo trabajar en el eventsystem de los dialogos que a veces no se quita, y agregar musica de fondo.
🎤 fosf0
05. Apr 2022 · 14:08 UTC
Muchas gracias! La música sí esta implementada, que raro... pero sí pensamos pulirlo! Muchas gracias otra vez por el comentario! :)
3LSTMsInATrenchcoat
05. Apr 2022 · 14:57 UTC
Haven't tried the game yet, but I thought you might want to know that you're tied with a couple other games for second-largest team in Ludum Dare history (or, at least, since LD38, which is how far back my data goes). The only team larger than yours has 27 collaborators.
🎤 fosf0
05. Apr 2022 · 15:02 UTC
JAJAJAJAJJAJA
Boyterr
05. Apr 2022 · 15:25 UTC
Con la idea original y triste que tiene que combinado con un muy bonito arte generó un juego muy lindo y disfrutable. Lo malo que tiene es que al menos en mi caso si toco las opciones no puedo jugar más y que el personaje se bugea con las interacciones.
🎤 fosf0
05. Apr 2022 · 15:53 UTC
Muchas gracias por tu feedback! Nos alegramos de que al menos el setting haya transportado a los jugadores a esas sensaciones. Esperamos mejorar el juego y que sea totalmente jugable, sin entorpecer experiencias. Muchas gracias!
Rouxy
05. Apr 2022 · 18:55 UTC
Amé el arte y la historia. Preciosa forma de abarcar la temática :3
NicolasJL9
05. Apr 2022 · 19:27 UTC
Buena idea, muy bien ejecutada, se nota que plantearon crear una sensacion y esta bien plasmada en la parte estetica y narrativa, muy buen laburo!
LecheConCafe97
05. Apr 2022 · 19:45 UTC
Todo esto en 3 días?, parece hubieran estado mas de una semana, buena organización parece. Ojala hagan algo todavia más grande juntos. Pueden agregarle cortes de luz para dificultarlo, que sean tipo como si se le estuvieran cerrando los ojos al protagonista
DPS2004
05. Apr 2022 · 20:30 UTC
The story is good, and there is a lot of promise, but the bugs really detract from the experience. I had a lot of trouble getting it to launch in a playable resolution, and the game crashed a few times. I like the art, but you might have benefitted from picking a single style, between the cartoonish painting, the realistic title screen, and the pixel art overworld. I think you have a very solid game overall, though!
Tangoboy
05. Apr 2022 · 20:53 UTC
La idea es muy buena. La atmosfera generada es concordante con el tema, lograda principalmente por el arte y la musica. Hay que corregir las fallas de la mecanica pero van por un buen camino...Felicitaciones!
math1369
05. Apr 2022 · 21:00 UTC
The game is very coherent and the idea is great. Unfortunately, the game does not run without errors. In the main menu, for example, when you look at the credits, then the back button does not work. i like the music. It fits very well.
Ismael Rodriguez
05. Apr 2022 · 22:47 UTC
Cool game! Art and music is really good. I ran into a handful of bugs I needed to alt-f4 away from, but typing and arranging the words was an interesting story telling mechanic. Good job!
Akkadion
06. Apr 2022 · 05:32 UTC
@starship-captain-becca @twistedhawk @devzhrssh @mateu @t-c @ricardopino @boyterr @dps2004 @tangoboy @math1369 @ismael-rodriguez
Thank you everyone so much for your feedback! We just uploaded a new build for the game with way fewer problems, and you're all invited to try it again! We are still working on polishing it, but we fixed some annoying things like the resolution issue so its not so frustrating to play. If you all would have more comments on our game we would love to hear them! :)
BoClow
06. Apr 2022 · 07:27 UTC
That was very moving experience. The struggle to write down words was well implemented and the feeling of doing daily tasks just to keep your mind working was well done. There were obviously some bugs, and controls and moving felt bit janky but overall very cool and wonderful concept.
🎤 fosf0
06. Apr 2022 · 13:45 UTC
Hi there! https://f0sfo.itch.io/a-last-letter/devlog/366346/fixed-some-small-bugs we post a changelog with some little things we fixed! the process just started :)![TO exIt activity (1).png](///raw/65c/93/z/4d162.png)
Narffy
06. Apr 2022 · 16:22 UTC
very nice experience and good graphics !
Mowerick
06. Apr 2022 · 19:35 UTC
Game is OK i guess but a little bit too dull for me. I like the art style!
Emaigualmc2_art
06. Apr 2022 · 19:38 UTC
Es una gran idea e historia, muy emotiva y acompañada perfectamente por la música. Las mecánicas son muy simples y es un punto a favor, tal vez mejorando las colisiones con los objetos y paredes en el escenario, las animaciones de movimiento del personaje (por ejemplo cuando camina hacia abajo se los pies no están en la perspectiva correcta o cuando se mueve hacia arriba vuelve automáticamente a la posición original y tal vez el personaje debería quedar apuntando hacia el lado donde se apuntó) la experiencia de gameplay sería mucho mejor. Sin dudas es un gran trabajo, fuera de esos detalles que se pueden seguir trabajando y puliendo artísticamente esta muy bien logrado. Felicitaciones xD!!
zubspace
06. Apr 2022 · 20:00 UTC
The art looks nice and the idea of writing your last letter is an interesting concept. Would have loved more different kinds of mini games because after a while you just do your routine and hope for the letter (or your life) to end :)
VonFuzzius
06. Apr 2022 · 20:19 UTC
Me gusta la atmósfera y el writing. Es melancólico, pero tambien creo que el hombre no está triste y eso lo hace interessante.
Lo que no me gusta tanto son los gráficos, porque aunque son bonitas, no son consistentes en el estilo y en el tamaño de los pixels. Tambien creo que las mechanicas de extender su vida no son tan interessantes, aqui me gustarían unos minigames o algo así.
Pero sí me gusta el juego, bien hecho!
Erilhir
06. Apr 2022 · 20:28 UTC
Wow ! I spent a really good time, even if I can't help but feel a little sad for the character. Sadly I didn't achieve to finish my letters (I retried 4 times) but I kept bumping into every corner each time I needed "life". But the overall game was really really good, I love the way you took the theme to make something deep and moving.
Great job !!
Miguel Pignatiello
06. Apr 2022 · 21:13 UTC
Thank you all for the feedback!

We'll keep polish and improving the experience with it. Stay tuned for future updates!

Gracias a todos por el feedback!

Seguiremos puliendo y mejorando la experiencia. Manténganse al tanto para futuras actualizaciones!
Jirushi
06. Apr 2022 · 23:38 UTC
I really liked the game, even though it dragged after a point. It had some funny bugs, but hey, it's a jam. And I could avoid them so it's cool. Music was nice. Art is nice, but very inconsistent. I assume it can get hard to handle 7 ARTISTS! lol
Yaen
06. Apr 2022 · 23:42 UTC
Very interesting idea, totally unique gameplay concept and multiple game loops interlocking to create something cohesive. My favourite feature was the music dynamically getting more messed up when getting closer to death. That was a really cool touch!

There were several bugs like the text UI not going away when going towards the bed and the double piano guy but I'm sure you're already aware of those.
I wish the graphical style was a bit more cohesive since it felt like there were several styles existing besides each other. Maybe because there were multiple artists working on this. I really like the logo and the title screen art though, that looks super cool!

Oh and idk how to solve this but it kinda goes on for too long. It feels repetitive once the pills & strawberries run out. I was just in a loop of writing, going to the piano, going to the mirror and back again for quite a while.

Still though, really charming submission and I enjoyed learning about this man's life & doggo
Fluri
07. Apr 2022 · 00:35 UTC
Cover art is really cool :)

I wished the letters didn't spawn on the same place when drag and dropping them.
MaxPowerGD
08. Apr 2022 · 03:20 UTC
Sinceramente esta bonito el juego y el tema de empastillarte para no morir es lo mejor(? UwU 5/5
I1415
09. Apr 2022 · 21:23 UTC
What a mood, so good!
MPK90
09. Apr 2022 · 22:19 UTC
I really like the creative idea and the graphics are charming. For me, the text boxes? are not displayed completely. Maybe a problem with ultra widescreen screens. also manually switching to 16:9 format with lower resolution did not help.
radmccool
10. Apr 2022 · 12:07 UTC
this is a fantastic use of the theme. there were issues with getting stuck next to things after using them which really spoiled the experience but the main mechanic of trying to get your final words on paper was overall well executed
HA7Oes
21. Apr 2022 · 08:38 UTC
Love the art!! The challenges were very innovative and got along with the theme well. It's such a pity that the character was stuck after some interactions with the surroundings. Thanks for your game! (BTW you are welcomed to play our game One Last Round.;))
Saryah
21. Apr 2022 · 08:44 UTC
Very cool concept. I love the graphics, the photo drawing in particular is super cute. I like the way you used the theme here, the old age/death inevitibility but also it was harder and harder to get the words out as you went on, so a good used of the mechanics to invoke the mood and feeling! Music was great too. As other have mentioned a few gltiches and bugs with interacting with things and walking around, but nothing a bit of button mashing didn't fix for me. A very good entry for this jam.