Devils Advocate by CptNero

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made by CptNero for Ludum Dare 55 (JAM)

We made a small game where you are the new part time judge at hell. Your goal is to send sinners to their appropriate circle of hell.bestgaem.png

Controls: Left and right arrows to scroll dialogue text. Double click on items on the desk to open them. ESC to close them. While the ouija board and the evidence document is open use your keyboard to type out words on the paper, and then press enter to submit.

Programming by: * CptNero * excraptor

Art, and Writing by: * talanhuszk * @timika_

Music by: * talanhuszk * @b4rt4gergely

Ratings

Overall 987th 3.194⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 981th 3.028⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 772th 3.158⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 865th 3.289⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 299th 4.105⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 662th 3⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 232th 3.667⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 674th 3.472⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 24🗳️ 10🗨️

Feedback

Mcgiants
16. Apr 2024 · 01:58 UTC
Fascinating game. Took a while to realize you are supposed to type the word that matches the written testimony then hit enter. Unfortunately, I felt like I typed every word for the fanfic ghost, yet couldn't get the last evidence, so I stopped there. Wonderful art! Options menu doesn't do anything when clicked. Still, thanks for sharing!
Phillip Schulze
16. Apr 2024 · 18:29 UTC
Really had a lot of fun playing this one. I would definitly play this if this was a full game.
Greate audio and graphics.
FramboiseDodue
16. Apr 2024 · 19:02 UTC
It's a really good idea, but I never found the last enigma of the mafia man sadly :( Great game though !
Hieu
18. Apr 2024 · 12:56 UTC
For a detective-ish game, I don't really see how the words are connected, you should try Seance by Alex Jones, similar concept but it was really well done. Nice entry, but I too couldn't get pass the mafia man. Hope this help!
CircleOfLife
18. Apr 2024 · 12:56 UTC
The idea is quite interesting. I also liked the visuals and music. Unfortunately, I couldn't get past more than 2/3 on Rosy, although I tried, it seems, every possible word.
Flatgub
18. Apr 2024 · 13:26 UTC
This was absolutely adorable! While I did find myself wishing I could backspace what I was tying into the ouija board, thats a really minor gripe! Really really well done, it was fun!
SleepyStudios
18. Apr 2024 · 21:59 UTC
Absolutely loved the graphics which was very well done. I particularly enjoyed reading the causes of death as well as humour behind the testimonies / reports etc. I would've liked to see some logic to the 'evidence' words - it was really fun when they linked back to their cause of death / sins etc. but at one stage I ended up typing every single word I could see just to obtain the right evidence (my sheer stubborness prevailed). Would absolutely love to play a full version of this game otherwise!
zablas
22. Apr 2024 · 14:09 UTC
Cool idea. Felt a bit like papers please but with no papers. Great humor as well! :D
ryusui
22. Apr 2024 · 14:13 UTC
The interface is really clunky and unintuitive. Why do I have to *double-*click on items instead of single-click? Why do I have to use the keyboard when there's an on-screen Ouija Board I should be able to click on? (And why doesn't it show the word I typed, only each letter?) Why do arrow keys scroll text and not clicking or any of the other keyboard keys? I literally couldn't get past the first stage; I'm not sure what kinds of game in this vein you've played before but I've certainly never played one as awkward to control as this. (I recommend giving Papers, Please a whirl - *much* better interface in that one!)
AlvaroRomeral
25. Apr 2024 · 08:32 UTC
Andy look like jerma lol! Good work is rally interesting the idea!
lima victor
28. Apr 2024 · 16:52 UTC
Like both idea and implementation but for me it's really hard to find the evidences. Would be great if you gave some clues after like a few unsuccessful enters. Having complete walkthrough would be also nice just to see what was the logic and what are other summons

UPD: Actually beat it. Still would be nice to have some clues but at least saw the whole game. Nice character design