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A jam submission

A Night At The OperaView game page

A narrative game where you get to direct a theatre play
Submitted by LukasWho — 1 hour, 48 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#1074.3234.323
Overall#4413.9033.903
Presentation#5774.0624.062
Enjoyment#13073.3233.323

Ranked from 65 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
The game features actors who literally get to reverse their roles. Also, in this game, you're not an actor (i.e. an active part of the story), but a director.

Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam

Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam

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Submitted(+1)

I love the voice acting and art :) Great idea, great concept, I'm excited to see what this game would look like with more work!

Developer

Thank you! Gotta be honest, not sure if this game will get a post-jam update, but who knows, maybe inspiration will strike!

Submitted(+1)

This is an amazing game. The story is great, the voice acting is amazing. and it is overall just an amazing game to play. I have seen nothing like this game so far in the jam. I got a 0.1 for all acts, so I think I'm ready to become a director. (Dont worry, after that I actually played the game correctly).

Great game. Keep it up♥

Developer(+1)

Thanks for the kind words! Very glad you enjoyed it :)

Also, congratulations on becoming the world’s worst director! After all, negative publicity is publicity as well. I bet everyone will want to see your work now!

Submitted(+1)

This was so silly xD I'm pretty sure there isn't another game quite like this in the whole jam. And fully voice acted! This was great and a breath of fresh air, good job!

Developer(+1)

Thanks a lot! We figured if we can’t win the jam, we can at least try to make a few people laugh along the way :D

Submitted(+1)

I love all of the meta jokes (major/minor tom 🤣) and the voice acting is top notch!
Overall, this is a very unique entry with an interpretation of the jam's theme that I haven't seen anywhere else. Well done!

Developer

Thanks! Heh, yeah, we had a lot of fun coming up with silly characters and jokes for this one :)

Submitted(+1)

This is amazing! The voice acting is hilarious, and it looks great also. Very good job!

Developer

Thank you very much, glad you liked it! :)

Submitted(+1)

That's incredible! This idea is too original for this jam. I am very like it. Arts and sounds so good.

Developer

Thanks a lot, glad you enjoyed it! :)

Submitted(+1)

This was a pleasure to play. Cute story and it looks great! Loved the acting. You guys are stars.

Sometimes selecting backstage characters needed some shuffling. It was hard to select a character unless they were completely separated from the others.

Developer(+1)

Thank you, but the real star is you :D

Yeah, we went with the “it’s a feature, not a bug”-approach, but we’re aware character selection can be pretty painful. Sorry about that!

Submitted(+1)

Very interesting game, would have loved to play it to the end but I got stuck.
Pretty early on in level 1 the instruction is "Draco enters the stage" but he is nowhere to be found.
Maybe it's a bug or I'm missing something?
Either way I liked the idea, the art and the voice acting!
Would be super interesting to have a game like this where there are no step by step instructions but just actors and effects that all have unique interactions with each other, driving the story forward organically. Of course that would be very hard to make ^^'

Developer

It should be possible to right-click characters to reveal their second role; in this case, if you right-click Deva (the angel), Draco should appear. If that doesn’t work, something went seriously wrong :D

And yeah, when we brainstormed ideas, I also quickly thought about having a dynamic play depending on the characters available, but quickly discarded it as way too much scope. Maybe with generative AI tools, something like that would be possible.

Submitted(+1)

Ooh I think I still haven't caught up on enough sleep from the jam xD
That makes sense. Did a full playthrough now. Again, great job!

Developer

Heh, relatable!

Submitted(+1)

Seems a bit rough around the edges on the technical side of things, but certainly a very creative take. Not only on the theme, but gaming in general. My fly like attention span struggled with this one, but it's kinda cool if you have a bit more of said attention span :P

Developer

Yeah, a lot of our time budget went into the creative aspects this time, so there were definitely some technical issues that we couldn’t get to fix. Thanks for giving the game a go! :)

Submitted(+1)

Such a creative game! Very cool

Developer

Thanks! :)

Submitted(+1)

I really liked your interpretation of the theme. Super creative, funny game, enjoyed playing it. 

I accidentally placed the actors behind the curtains multiple times, and the hitboxes in general could be improved. It would be interesting to add positions as a variable, since the position on stage is very important in theatre and fixed positions the actors could snap to would fix the hitbox issue

Developer

Thank you! Those are all very valid points, and I’ll blame most of them on not having enough time :)

Submitted(+1)

Whoah! What an interesting take on the theme of the game jam! Love the overall aesthetics of the game and the voicing. Super well done!

Developer

Thank you very much! :)

Submitted(+1)

Most unique idea I've seen in this years jam. Loved Meowfoy, I actually have a cat called Meowfoy! Brilliant concept, gorgeous art, and great fun! :)

Developer

Thanks! Haha, that’s awesome! Give them a pet on our behalf :)

Submitted(+1)

I loved the art and the story, really cute. 
The only thing I struggled with was that sometimes it was hard to grab and click the right character, which then put your scoring at risk. And I felt like the back stage should have been slight bigger, that's where I mostly had trouble clicking the right character needed. 
Good job! 

Developer(+1)

Thank you! Yeah, grabbing the characters offstage can definitely be a little painful. Unfortunately, we didn’t have time to find a good solution to that problem. Glad you enjoyed the story, though!

Submitted(+1)

You two still did great job with the time limit with this game.

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Lovely art, and the functionality was pretty good too! Great job! My biggest complaint was that it was very hard to control the characters backstage. Sometimes I had to move them around to get to the right person. And also, I'm not a native English speaker so I had to guess a little bit with the sound effects. Glad I got to try it out - got all the way to complete act 2!

Developer(+1)

Thank you! Yeah, we definitely experienced backstage crowd troubles too, but couldn’t figure out a way to handle it in time. Also, I bet anyone who ever took part in an amateur theatre production can confirm this is actually pretty true to real life :D

Submitted

Lovely art, and the functionality was pretty good too! Great job! My biggest complaint was that it was very hard to control the characters backstage. Sometimes I had to move them around to get to the right person. And also, I'm not a native English speaker so I had to guess a little bit with the sound effects. Glad I got to try it out!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Loved the art, really reminds me of like an eerie kids book. Really enjoyed it, well cute

Developer(+1)

Thanks! My girlfriend did pretty much all the art and I can assure you, the game would have been pretty terrible without her :)

Submitted(+1)

Wow! This is a really well made and polished game! It almost felt like a suitable game for kids to learn to read and follow instructions! The story of fun and acting was cute. Great job :)

Developer

Thanks for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed the story :)

Submitted(+1)

This game was thoroughly entertaining and the voice acting is very good. I enjoyed all 3 parts and I was very invested in the story when I got to act 2. I wasn't very good at playing the game I did not care too much about my score. Thanks for the experience!

Developer

Haha, thanks for the kind words! Yeah, gameplay-wise this game is probably not a jam winner, but I’ll count it as a win if some people get a good chuckle out of the story :)

Also yeah, voice acting was a lot of fun to do!

Submitted

Interesting concept

Developer

Thanks! Do you also like its execution? :)

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