Framed by Malte Hedenstrom

made by Malte Hedenstrom for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

Welcome fellow art enthusiast! Enter into your new studio of culture and history as our new art evaluator! It is your job to search through and collect the rarest true pieces of art that comes through our doors. But be careful! There are a lot of fakes and forgeries out there and we need you to determine which piece is real and which is a scam!

Be careful in your search and use all the tools at your disposal to make your choice!

Otherwise you might be suspected to be working with the scammers out there.

To play through a day you need to successfully identify 5 artworks.

Pick up and put down Magnifying glass and UV-light: Left click

Pick up measuring tape and use: Left click and left click again

Put down measuring tape: Right click

Inspect art: Left click and hold

To continue to the next piece make your choice with the buttons. Can you manage to fill your collection?

Link	https://mr-m123.itch.io/framed
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/framed

Ratings

Overall	580^th	3.24⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Fun	738^th	2.52⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	446^th	3.167⭐	26🧑‍⚖️
Theme	467^th	3.56⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	525^th	3.36⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Humor	625^th	2.283⭐	25🧑‍⚖️
Mood	656^th	3.04⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Given		15🗳️	29🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 375016

Oct 07th · 13:05 UTC

Interesting idea. It could have been more fun if there was something simpler at the beginning. I didn't know where to look.

The font is too small - it hurts my eyes. Also the magnifying glass is a bit off, so I had to look for the object sometimes.
When I read your description, I was frustrated that the tools didn't work :D I didn't know I had to unlock them. It makes sense, but since I read it here, I thought they were already available.

Good job.

Imos

Oct 07th · 14:35 UTC

The artwork is beautiful, but I'm unsure what to do. I think there can be more guidance in the game.

Baluj

Oct 07th · 18:25 UTC

I liked the art. I wish there was a web version.

GonkinDroid

Oct 08th · 06:20 UTC

Kinda reminded me of a pottery making game I played like a decade ago, very cool :)

APDT

Oct 09th · 04:30 UTC

It's a cool idea, and a good execution in such a short time. I would like a bigger picture. Even at this stage, it is not yet clear why a magnifying glass is needed, and the signatures are the same everywhere and differ from those in the picture. I hope everything will work and look as it should in the future. Good luck)

6Knowledge

Oct 10th · 11:06 UTC

Could've used a bit more polish. The examination process was quite detailed but the way to get to the conclusion was quite a hurdle with the icons being quite small and at a weird angle, and the signatures being quite odd (never figures out which ones were correct). The tools was a nice addition, as most other games would've just done without any of those.

Torami

Oct 10th · 12:12 UTC

Hi very very nice game, I really like the atmospheric artmuseum jazz, however I could not figure out how to access the tools mentioned as the mouse buttons did not work for me however it is a very nice game and with some polishing it could be amazing. Great effort.

Roitchie

Oct 11th · 18:57 UTC

This is a cool entry. It reminds me of Papers please with how each day gets progressively harder as you have to check more and more things to verify the artwork is legit. The different tools are interesting but I also had some issues with the magnifying glass where it didn't show where I would've expected. But otherwise a fun and very unique entry. Well done.

stefaink

Oct 11th · 20:45 UTC

My college 4 course simulator
10/10

csuth17

Oct 12th · 17:31 UTC

I felt the timer really rushed things so I couldn't enjoy examining the pieces but that might be a taste preference. Very solid game, well done!

yana666

Oct 13th · 21:32 UTC

it's a really cool idea, but it becomes difficult on the second day - it's inconvenient to use the magnifying glass, and time is running out :( thanks!