Artifactologically! by JiPark

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made by JiPark for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

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No talent nor passion for history, and yet you landed yourself a job at a museum. Now you must scrutinize the antiquities people bring you to prove their authenticity. The only thing you have to help you is your grandmother's - an actual expert's - journal. Will you make it or fall prey to the scammers?

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Ratings

Overall 337th 3.592⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Fun 478th 3.224⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 506th 3.066⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Theme 284th 3.842⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 70th 4.447⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Humor 574th 2.5⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Mood 208th 3.838⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Given 33🗳️ 61🗨️

Feedback

Antarktis
Oct 06th · 19:27 UTC
beautiful artwork!
Ulziton
Oct 06th · 20:31 UTC
perfect visual, like this a lot
MaxineY
Oct 06th · 20:36 UTC
Nice art and ideas, but it seems the button that shows an error can't be pressed? Did I do something wrong?
🎤 JiPark
Oct 06th · 20:56 UTC
@maxiney The training says that the declay button is pressed only if a difference is selected, this is written in the tutorial
Kamilah
Oct 06th · 22:03 UTC
Really nice artwork and music! I am having trouble progressing, however - I can see the mistake in the first item, but when I click it nothing happens, and it takes away an attempt.
Ira Baciu
Oct 06th · 22:52 UTC
The visiual work is on Another Level, wow
Sceef
Oct 07th · 02:46 UTC
The game gives off the atmosphere of the Rusty Lake and Cube Escape series. This kind of game has great potential for further development — you could add more variety to the items and expand the mechanics of detecting fakes and damages. It could even grow into a full Steam game about an antiquities dealer!
Asieke
Oct 07th · 05:49 UTC
Loved the artwork! Did run into an issue where full screen didn't quite work and some of the game screen was getting cut off. Tried a work-around of zooming out in the browser window, but that threw off the positioning of the book text.

I was also confused by the decline button being disabled. Didn't realize I had to click on the difference until I read the comments here.

Also, is every object supposed to have a reference picture? About half of them seemed to not have one for me. Not sure how I was supposed to spot the difference on the people traveling photo without one.

All in all, really solid spot-the-difference game
gelsti
Oct 07th · 11:23 UTC
it's a very cool game! The art is incredibly beautiful. It was interesting to explore the objects. I also liked the idea itself! Well done
AdelinaArtist17
Oct 07th · 11:45 UTC
The visual is very cool, especially the icon with the authors, it's very stylish. It's a cool idea to check the authenticity of antiques, I would like more, otherwise the game is very short. I liked it, you guys are great
Ali Enver Sevgi
Oct 07th · 11:47 UTC
beautiful artwork!
Soleil
Oct 07th · 11:47 UTC
Beautiful game! I had trouble finding some of the differences, but had a great time reading the description and lore
gloogsquad
Oct 07th · 12:18 UTC
I really dig the art style of this game! Only complaint I have is that some of the differences were a bit unclear. Good job!
HappySealGames
Oct 07th · 12:40 UTC
Nice artwork !
Kotolazer
Oct 07th · 13:13 UTC
Возможность быстро делать рестарт делает ограниченное количество попыток просто бессмысленным. Тем не менее, я попробовал вникнуть в суть, и это было довольно интересно. Но я всё равно не смог достаточно погрузиться в игру. Спасибо вам за старания!
Ry0
Oct 07th · 13:40 UTC
The theme is perfectly reflected, the gafic component is also done with a bang, thanks for the excellent game. PS It's nice to see references to literature
viscera
Oct 07th · 14:18 UTC
стилистка очень крутая, самая идея нам понравилась! музыка и визуал хорошо играют на атмосферу
Yoav Kagan
Oct 07th · 16:08 UTC
Beautiful art! had some issues with the full screen, but managed to play and finish:) well done!
Milana
Oct 07th · 16:20 UTC
I really like idea for this game, artwork and music is very cool,
I really enjoyed playing the game!
Kseon
Oct 07th · 16:27 UTC
I really liked the drawing
OLEGATOR0270
Oct 07th · 18:27 UTC
I liked the ending.
Kostapka
Oct 07th · 18:45 UTC
ПО визуалу немного напоминает Rusty Lake,и тема интересная. Мне нравится,но уровень с зеркалом пройти не могу,че-то туплю :)
Aviv Levy
Oct 07th · 20:20 UTC
The art is really pretty. I liked the concept, although starting from the beginning every time I failed was a bit frustrating. Very well done anyhow! Congrats :)
nassshie
Oct 07th · 20:51 UTC
speechless,,,, wow!! that is the masterpiece
evoenn
Oct 08th · 03:05 UTC
Beautiful little adventure! I like newspaper article at the end 😆
Ciphereo
Oct 08th · 05:56 UTC
A very attractive artistic style, truly astonishing
Sohei
Oct 08th · 08:51 UTC
I've got issues with screen resolution of the game. Had to adjust browser scaling to ba able to play.
The best thing of the game is the mood and the music. Graphics are fine. The game is a bit short and kind of forgivind, despite controversial attempt mechanics. The rules and usability should be revised. I had failed clicks on the obvious distinction, but it didn't count as one.

It was pleasant to see this type of game in Ludum Dare. Food game.
Evgeniia Filonova
Oct 08th · 10:57 UTC
Very cool! In some places, the text shifts a little and it becomes hard to see, but these are small things.
Iaroslav
Oct 08th · 12:49 UTC
good and interesting game
Maria Sh
Oct 08th · 18:01 UTC
I had trouble finding some of the differences, wanna zoom in/out and see all the detail. But art and sound are great!
JonasOlsson
Oct 08th · 20:40 UTC
Nice artwork and really nice music! I enjoyed playing the game. Although it was pretty short it was an enjoyable moment of relaxation. Why did you opt out on the audio? I would have voted 5/5 :)
The only bug I experienced was that the text was a bit off in the book and that made it hard to read. Other than that, great work!
🎤 JiPark
Oct 09th · 13:08 UTC
@jonasolsson Unfortunately, only because the music was generated by ai
maneoliz
Oct 10th · 05:33 UTC
the graphics are absolute chef's kiss! this reminded me of those cube escapes games. my only complaint is that the game is this short, the potential is amazing, i hope you consider pursuing this further!
Avi
Oct 10th · 09:35 UTC
Im just amazed by the art! Its stunning!
Jahwffrey
Oct 10th · 20:47 UTC
Great work! Really good art, great matching music, and a really cool idea. I had a great time and only became a laughing stock a few times.
Kabbi
Oct 11th · 12:19 UTC
Love the authors page)
MrBamboo
Oct 12th · 01:50 UTC
Love the art style! Goodjob!
6Knowledge
Oct 12th · 10:12 UTC
The art was the highlight of this one. Have come across a few of these inspect and decline games but this one is not quite at the top unfortunately. The gameplay is quite thin without many gimmicks to keep it interesting, and the lack of transitions, sound effects or interesting camera work really hurts it. The first item I got I could clearly see an error on the handle, but clicking at the part that connects it to the body isn't counted as a valid "error spot" which obviously spends the amount of points you can click on. Didn't play much but guessing the exact same thing plagues the rest of the game as well.
HaaYaargh
Oct 14th · 11:18 UTC
I like it. Obviously very beautiful 2D art, very clean, and consistent art style.
Both art and gameplay reminds me a bit of Strange Horticulture & Antiquities games.

I do have so questions regarding some of the puzzles, because I'm a bit confused:
- First when we see a little pendant of a miniature bird god, the description says its "four-legged" so I thought it was a mistake/forgery, because it has one leg and 4 talons/fingers, but it turns out it was all good.
- Then we see bigger statue of the same bird god and the picture in the book is very different; one is sitting, another is standing, so it is definitely wrong, but somehow only selecting the foot correctly marks a mistake. And here we see 3 talons/fingers, as opposed to 4 in the miniature version.
- Last photo we have a description that people took "everything they could" but also left behind a lot because of "terrain" I assume was difficult/rugged. But the photo shows people without much baggage, walking on a flat terrain, and the post sign says Gorad N. which is like "New City"? I don't get why that would be a mistake in that case? Because the Migration thingy seems like an ancient event, and this is a modern alphabet?