Dear Ivan by fuzzyAgent

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made by fuzzyAgent for Ludum Dare 52 (JAM)

A game where you harvest a crop of your memory's image to tell stroies to your grandson, Ivan. The windows build is recommended for better graphics and effects!

Quick Tutorial:

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Press "space" to place down a pylon node and connect to the last. Press 'e' to enclose the region formed by your pylon nodes, and take a picture. Press 'q' to revisit the dialogue. Press 'r' to retry. Hint: Try to capture certain objects in your picture.

Authors

By Yaochu (Design, Program), Dante (Design, Program, Music), Hannah (Design, Program, Art), Ranxin (Art), and Wendy (Art)

Ratings

Given 6🗳️ 6🗨️

Feedback

fc85057
10. Jan 2023 · 02:40 UTC
Hi! Is it possible that not all the necessary files are uploaded? It looks like there's only an .exe, but program seems to have other dependencies.
LDJam user 281060
10. Jan 2023 · 03:44 UTC
Saw some "missing dll" or something as well; hope to try it later!
Christopher Hedge
10. Jan 2023 · 05:02 UTC
I figured it out! You wait for the roof to collapse, then just surround it, the windmills and the bat with nodes and hit E. There is only one level, and I feel like I missed something. It's the most relaxing game I've played so far, and the music and atmospherics give it a sentimental, melancholic sort of feel which matches its premise. I enjoyed it but it took me less than 2 minutes to finish it and I want more.
Thanks for the experience <3
S_Onoe
10. Jan 2023 · 05:34 UTC
@christopher-hedge @darzu @fc85057 Thanks so much for letting me know! I have now uploaded an embedded WebGL build which should run just fine. Please check it out :)
Bowen
10. Jan 2023 · 06:04 UTC
Dont understand how to solve the first level. Holp you have tutorial video. And its gragh is nice!
tengusheath
10. Jan 2023 · 06:06 UTC
I couldn't figure out what to do.
mrs.wheelsx
10. Jan 2023 · 06:09 UTC
Don't understand the instructions on how to play. Tried a few times and just couldn't make sense of it. But I love the graphics, audio, and mood. Really would have enjoyed continuing with the story. Good job!
ElMikosch
10. Jan 2023 · 06:15 UTC
love the artstyle, but I did not really know what to do.
yikatong
10. Jan 2023 · 06:41 UTC
I love the theme.I miss my grandpa.
But I dont know how to play this game.And the screen and model are not very good
LDJam user 142503
10. Jan 2023 · 07:02 UTC
![screenshot-20230110-150006.png](///raw/7ac/22/z/55cf0.png)
Nice artstyle, but I did not really know what to do.I only find a stairs.

Need some keys that can speed up the dialogue
S_Onoe
10. Jan 2023 · 07:15 UTC
@bowen @tengusheath @mrs-wheelsx @elmikosch @yikatong Sorry for being rather vague about gameplay as we felt that would contribute to the game's feel. I have put a quick tutorial in the page.
S_Onoe
10. Jan 2023 · 07:18 UTC
@cloistered After placing these nodes, try pressing e to take a picture. The level goals are in the opening dialogue and can be revisited by pressing q. I will work on dialogue speed. Thanks for the feedback and thanks for playing!
LDJam user 142503
10. Jan 2023 · 07:50 UTC
![screenshot-20230110-154818.png](///raw/7ac/22/z/55d1c.png)
@s-onoe What can i do now.Where is the roof .I am gonna to cry ToT.
🎤 fuzzyAgent
10. Jan 2023 · 08:31 UTC
@cloistered hi! The first level introduces a time-sensitive object in the scene. Maybe wait some seconds and see!
ZungryWare
10. Jan 2023 · 09:02 UTC
Man, I really tried to figure this out, but I just couldn't. I got stuck right at the start because I didn't know what I was doing. The E key didn't seem to be working, and I didn't know about the R button. "Harvest a crop of memory" was strange wording. I think simply "Harvest a memory" would have been better wording. But even after I figured that out and watch the tutorial on this page, I still couldn't seem to figure it out.

I think you throw too much at the player at once. All in the first level, you have to figure out:

- The controls
- What your goal is
- What all the cryptic names are referring to.
- How to get the roof to fall. (I still don't know what caused that. It just happened after a while.)
- Timing (since you have a moving object in the level.)
- Switches that activate when you place stuff on them.
- Whatever else, because I still couldn't continue even after enclosing all three things in the shape.

I wish I could have figured it out, because it looks really nice, graphically and had a great mood.
svemir
10. Jan 2023 · 09:19 UTC
I also got stuck on this, not sure about the roof clue. It's a shame because the game looks really polished too, great art style and calming mood. The idea is original but just wish the puzzles started off simpler.
LDJam user 142503
10. Jan 2023 · 10:35 UTC
@fuzzyagent thank you~
🎤 fuzzyAgent
10. Jan 2023 · 15:38 UTC
@zungryware We are very grateful for players like you. You are right that we need more work on delivering the information and perhaps a tutorial level.Thank you so much for taking the time to play the game and leaving detailed feedbacks!