I felt like it’d become tedious to have to redo all three character interactions at the end of each of them. You only need to get one question wrong in order to fail the character interaction, and the time frame of the GMTK wouldn’t have allowed me to write separate interactions for each hypothetical day. So even if you got one question wrong you’d have to go through all ten questions again and again until the day ended.
I also wanted to avoid the concept of a time loop because I knew it’d be heavily used with this theme, and narratively it would’ve been a lazy explanation. The loop of interactions is meant to just be a game mechanic rather than a plot point if that makes any sense. I originally wanted to incorporate some kind of dislike/like bar or heart system but ran out of time. The challenge is guessing and remembering the right answer based on what you think is more socially acceptable, but the options are meant to be vague so the right one isn’t completely obvious. That being said I didn’t really intend for the game to be difficult so it is meant to go by pretty fast, skipping the parts of dialogue you’ve already gone through to get to the stuff you haven’t was expected.
This game is so satisfying to play! All the little people are drawn so cute, and I love the sound effects they make when they click together! A very cute game overall!
This game was a lot of fun! It was a little confusing at first, but once I got the hang of it, it was an entertaining play. The way the cacti are stylized is really nice visually, too!
Thank you! All the backgrounds were photobashed with an added noise to give them an 80s film look. I would've liked to have hand drawn all the backgrounds unfortunately but I didn't have the time. I may update it with hand drawn backgrounds in the future!
This game was so satisfying to play. I love the sound effects the TVs made when you fixed them. I also think the color palette worked very well, and everything worked so smoothly!
I tried my best to make sure every player experienced at least one loop, but there is always the possibility of playing all the way through, guessing every right answer. If I had more time, I would have liked to have a workaround, but that kinda thing is inevitable with a visual novel format.
I would suggest players purposely get questions wrong if they want to experience every interaction!
The character design is absolutely adorable! Maybe it's the Sonic fan in me, but I loved her balling up animation! Unfortunately, I couldn't get the swinging feature to work, but otherwise this is a super cute game!
I'm glad to hear that! Hopefully, I'll be able to go back to this project in the future and rework it once I've improved my skills. But I'm just glad everything seems to work for now...
Any similarities to Tokimeki Memorial are purely coincidental. I've actually never heard of the franchise before your comment. But after listening to the soundtrack, I hear the similarities LMAO!
I originally had plans for the interactions to alter after restarting, but ultimately ran out of time! I wish I could've done something more intuitive. This was my first time ever making a game, so I didn't wanna make it too difficult before I learned the ropes.
This is a really cool game! The dragon is adorable! I do wish the enemies had some kind of health bar to indicate how close you are to defeating them. Other than that, it's super cool!
I thought this was really cool! My only qualm is the fonts; the white on grey was hard to see at times. Also, there is a typo in the photo album where it says Shork rather than Shark. Otherwise, I thought this game had a really cool vibe!
The narrator is already your friend; he tells you how it is. <3
Yeah, I figured a game where you want to stay inside on your computer for the summer would be relatable to Game Jammers. The irony is definitely not lost on me!
