Poor Julio... by Sayeg

🎧 PLAY IN FULLSCREEN! 🎧
Support your good friend Julio as he bares the depth of his soul to you - without breaking down into tears yourself!
🔸How to Play🔸
Press Space / Click Mouse to hold yourself back from crying!
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🔸Credits🔸
Programming and Art: Daniel Sayeg
Writing: Anonim
Music: Spiegel im Spiegel (performed by Jurgen Kruse and Benjamin Hudson)
Font: Flunkies!
| PLAY ON ITCH.IO | https://sayeg.itch.io/poor-julio |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/57/poor-julio |
Ratings
| Overall | 295th | 3.725⭐ | 53🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 612th | 3.108⭐ | 53🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 402th | 3.294⭐ | 53🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 403th | 3.745⭐ | 53🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 409th | 3.716⭐ | 53🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 90th | 4⭐ | 17🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 58th | 4.077⭐ | 54🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 116th | 4.088⭐ | 53🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 52🗳️ | 87🗨️ |
The only thing that really annoyed me was how the text appearing kept jumping at the ends of the lines. I usually "fix" this by having all text actually be there but have the "invisible" part just be transparent. That way it's considered in text wrapping already and words don't jump from end of the line to the next one when they don't fit anymore.
Also same color text as the bar beneath is a pretty weird choice...
Anyways, good job! A "fun" experience... 👍
Visually speaking i think there's really something going on here, the background picture and handdrawn julio fits together oddly well. I really like what you did with julio.
I'm not sure my answers had any impact on julio's emotions which made me feel like playing some kind of strange clicker game...
Nice job overall
Visually speaking i think there's really something going on here, the background picture and handdrawn julio fits together oddly well. I really like what you did with julio.
I'm not sure my answers had any impact on julio's emotions which made me feel like playing some kind of strange clicker game...
Nice job overall
Very lovely game. Simple, straightforward narrative, and a touching message. There wasn't a lot of gameplay involved and the button mashing to keep from crying I think fell short just a tiny bit as a mechanic, but overall the game was beautifully done. As someone who struggles with holding back emotions, especially crying in front of people, I really appreciate the intent of the game. Great job! <3
too bad you couldn't pause the game, I got distracted and failed on the first try(

My laptop is 1366x768, there's probably some sort of configuration in the engine that lets the game window resize dinamically
All that aside, great art, fun writing, fitting music, and I did like how you ended it. Plus, mechanics don't have to be fun, and you found a way to make it memorable.

Mood fits perfectly whilst the game is being so simple, love it.
Funny game, enjoyed it quite a bit, but feels like the clicking mechanic detracts from the core strength of the game (dialog) - would prefer to read it at my own pace and not worry about clicking.
In any case, glad to have played it, thank you <3