Elephant In The Room by binroot

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made by binroot for Ludum Dare 50 (COMPO)

Control the conversation at dinner for as long as you can!

You can type in anything, for example:

  • "spider man"
  • "elden ring"
  • "chess"
  • "norway"
  • "hotdogs"
  • "daft punk"
  • something vulgar
  • etc.

The game ends when people notice the elephant in the room.

elephant.png

Controls: type words and press enter

Credits: * Game engine: Godot 3.4.4 * Sprite editor: Piskel * Audio editor: Audacity 3.1.3 * Music virtual instrument: superlooper * Font: Gluten (from Google Fonts) * Topic map: Wikipedia API * Analytics: Rudderstack + ElephantSQL * Hosting: Netlify

Ratings

Overall 95th 3.85⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 133th 3.725⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1th 4.85⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 39th 4.2⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 351th 3.325⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 259th 3.316⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 21th 4.25⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 152th 3.579⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 12🗳️ 15🗨️

Feedback

Sam Horner
03. Apr 2022 · 20:41 UTC
I think I had a dream like this once...
Wogabi
04. Apr 2022 · 05:08 UTC
Wow I loved the AI searching internet terms. That was super cool! Great game! Good work
LDJam user 279610
04. Apr 2022 · 05:09 UTC
Very interesting idea
Lucas Guimaraes
04. Apr 2022 · 07:06 UTC
I like the idea behind this. It definitely shows what's possibler with tech and games - I'd love it to be a little more... clear? Like, it felt like I wasn't playing a game or couldn't really get into the loop per se. If done right, a new version of this game could really go places.
Linus Lindberg
04. Apr 2022 · 08:29 UTC
Very cool and interesting. Was fun to play around with :)
Puree Adventure
04. Apr 2022 · 13:11 UTC
OMG that is so funny ! So so so cool !! Like really really cool ! And the idea behind it is so funny ! Well done ! I'm sending it to my friends
MacabreArtGames
05. Apr 2022 · 03:23 UTC
Super cool idea. I liked playing it. I think I'll play it a little bit more after.
gord10ahmet
05. Apr 2022 · 22:44 UTC
One of the most original ideas I've seen in Ludum Dare! Loved it.
Ani
05. Apr 2022 · 23:08 UTC
Really enjoyed playing this, it's a smart idea. Had fun coming up with random stuff!
LDJam user 279546
06. Apr 2022 · 01:32 UTC
I typed in "dogs" and then it went off on a tangent about Quentin Tarantino. Absolutely fantastic! It's really cool how you made it just talk about all of these different topics!
marcmagus
06. Apr 2022 · 14:46 UTC
Thanks for bringing your game by my stream for feedback! If you’d like to revisit the play and commentary you can view the highlight at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1447203080

Super-innovative approach. It's probably unlosable if you don't get bored, but it's really fun to play around with for a little while and see what happens.
Harrison Dunn
07. Apr 2022 · 16:30 UTC
I had a really hard time figuring out what the "game" part of this was. Is there anything to do when the music and pointing isn't going on?

That being said, this is a really fun idea and I loved my few minutes with it. Very well done. Getting these little goofy mouse people to talk about random things was amusing, but seeing them segue into related topics was even more entertaining.

Not much game but certainly entertaining. Well done! And for a jam game? Congrats!
Mateu
08. Apr 2022 · 03:26 UTC
This was a really cool concept. I really liked the AI talking about things, that was awesome. (I wonder how you did it). Even though there wasn't all that much of a game, it was still pretty cool. The only problem I found was that you could get super high scores by just typing jibberish like "cool bananas are the cats that when they and go to" etc. etc. The mice would just talk about whatever for a long time. Still, neat idea and decent execution!
caudatecoder
09. Apr 2022 · 06:44 UTC
A very unexpected and innovative concept! It's really interesting to try to come up with a theme that's going to produce a long converstation (_spolier:_ ww2 does that great). Truly creative way of using wikipedia API!

It's also really interesting how you could easily lose, while distracted by the conversation and then not come up with anything when music gets intense and they start to notice the elephant. I had my wife sitting next to me so we kind of cheated the game coming up with ideas together and at some point I decided to just stop. So increasing difficulty overtime might be a thing you'd like to do. Anyways that's a really well done compo entry!

I was streaming and recording my playthrough of your game, here's a link in case you'd like to see it https://youtu.be/xAmitsB_F9k
pickens-inc
11. Apr 2022 · 22:34 UTC
Super bizarre and fascinating concept! Really impressive the way they pull the related titles, this might be the first LD project that I actually delve into the source code for to have a snoop around. Took me a bit to realise there was a certain timing required, and once I did I found that it was quite easy to just keep thinking of any random thing. But it was worth keeping playing just to see them bring up the different topics. Very neat!
sacredyouma
13. Apr 2022 · 02:23 UTC
Nice concept! However, it just becomes either somewhat endless or ends after a long time as long as you have the topic. You should increase the spike of the speed they notice the elephant to make people think faster. Other than that, great work!
Kora0h
13. Apr 2022 · 02:50 UTC
Brilliant concept, the best game I've seen so far. Absolutely fantastic! I hope one day I can play this game on my phone with my friends, it will definitely be fun! 11/10
evgeney24
10. Jun 2022 · 08:13 UTC
This was a really cool and original concept.