Finish Your Project by AgentParsec

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made by AgentParsec for LD31 (COMPO)
A lonely mouse must finish his project while taking care of other needs in order to keep his inspiration up.

Click on the region of the room you want to go to in order to have the mouse perform an action: sleep, eat, work on project, or watch TV. All activities affect your stats in different ways (and can sometimes be affected in unusual ways), and your inspiration will go up if your other stats are kept low. Complete the project to see the ending.

(Please note: You can't set a new action for a few seconds after an action starts. This is by design; it's not being unresponsive.)

The music changes as your stats change. It's sometimes subtle but should be noticeable.

This entry was made in Unity (as always).

*EDIT* Posted a video of the ending, since it takes a very long time to get to it and many people probably won't see it. Took down the Linux link since some people were having problems with it, sorry.

Ratings

Coolness 84% 2
Overall 3.32 423
Audio 3.59 97
Fun 2.46 1033
Graphics 3.88 133
Innovation 3.11 569
Mood 3.54 123
Theme 3.74 372

Feedback

lisac
07. Dec 2014 路 23:31 UTC
Well done, really good subject and the style and atmosphere fit the theme really well.
BaneStar007
08. Dec 2014 路 00:07 UTC
Tried to get him to full red.. expected some kind of table flip or something.. doe any of the bars do something extreme at the top end?
馃帳 AgentParsec
08. Dec 2014 路 00:12 UTC
@BaneStar007 - If the blue or green bars max out, it forces your next action to be sleeping or eating. Otherwise, the main effect is that the higher the bars are, the less your inspiration builds. If they're overall too high, then your inspiration will actually go down, making it impossible to work on the project until you can get everything back in order.
Insality
08. Dec 2014 路 03:05 UTC
Nice idea and graphics ;] but i couldnt complete the game ;[
Muffinhat
08. Dec 2014 路 03:08 UTC
Love the whole "show don't tell" thing you got going on. The switching between activities isn't very responsive, but then again, that's pretty accurate towards project work.
FloatingGhost
08. Dec 2014 路 03:08 UTC
For linux:
$ unzip finishyourproject.zip
$ chmod +x finishyourproject.x86
$ ./finishyourproject.x86

Otherwise a reall nice game, good job
tinykidtoo
08. Dec 2014 路 03:09 UTC
I love the animation and the design of the character.
daviosmash
08. Dec 2014 路 03:09 UTC
Fun game. I had to finish the project, nice job!
Jupitron
08. Dec 2014 路 03:09 UTC
Hi!
At first is a bit confusing, like clicking in some parts doesnt seem to work, but after a few tries it works nicely.
It reminds me to the sims mechanics, addictive game!
egos
08. Dec 2014 路 03:11 UTC
so nice i really appreciate
But there are any challenge
shyupuff
08. Dec 2014 路 03:11 UTC
Loved the art style and music. Really set the mood.
vekjeft
08. Dec 2014 路 03:12 UTC
It's like my/our last 49 hours are repeated in a videogame:D Love the mood, music fits very good.
AlSweigart
08. Dec 2014 路 03:13 UTC
Good mood, but it was hard to figure out the relationships between the tasks. Does eating or sleeping make you feel less grumpy? Does watching tv make you more grumpy or less? Does working on the project make you more grumpy or less?

Good use of mood, and the graphics fit well together.
ENDESGA
08. Dec 2014 路 03:45 UTC
Awesome little game you have here :D
Quarterflip
08. Dec 2014 路 03:52 UTC
I feel like this game is a representation of a certain something we just spent 2 days participating in...
BtheDestroyer
08. Dec 2014 路 04:26 UTC
Oddly relaxing in my opinion...
Groydis
08. Dec 2014 路 07:00 UTC
Not an overall fan of these types of games, but still, this one has nice graphics, cool music and all the mechanics work. Good Work!
jfreax
08. Dec 2014 路 09:53 UTC
The graphic is quite cute. Well done. The background music fits the mood.

The gameplay is rather long and not thaaat much fun. But overall good implementation and nice idea and it fits the theme perfectly. I like it.
mrexcessive
08. Dec 2014 路 19:09 UTC
Hi there. Despite the lovely graphics and music, this is very bleak ;) Good job creating that atmosphere. Found overall too slow to be a game holding interest, not enough to do.
ViKing Games
08. Dec 2014 路 21:54 UTC
The game got boring relatively quickly, and I didn't finish it due to how long it was. However, the mood was very well done both through the mechanics and through audio (the changing audio was certainly a nice touch). You were able to get a lot across without much text! I didn't feel like the friendly, cartoon graphics fit the game, and this may have been done on purpose, but it didn't work for me.

Overall, it was alright. Fantastic mood, but a game about working on a project just isn't fun for me.
Liam :D
10. Dec 2014 路 12:57 UTC
Love it love it love it!

This is what a good version of the game I made looks like :) So happy I found this!
ben_pxlplz
10. Dec 2014 路 14:43 UTC
Very funny and familiar! Great job with this!
tedling
10. Dec 2014 路 15:03 UTC
Good graphics, thought out game mechanics. It was too long for me though. The mechanics are very simple and it takes too long to complete the project imho.

But this kind of game mechanic is really awesome and can be applied to a lot of differenct scenarios. Stick to it!
wdebowicz
10. Dec 2014 路 15:40 UTC
Because of sad music, it reminds me studying for exam ;-) Good mood!
FergusonTV
10. Dec 2014 路 15:45 UTC
Nice theme, the art serve it much. Well done!
klianc09
10. Dec 2014 路 16:50 UTC
I like the graphical style, and also the music is relaxing. But everything takes so long, and there isn't much depth to it. It felt more of a chore *click - wait 30 seconds - click again - wait 30 seconds* without having to think about it. A 3x as fast version would have been more interesting.
xhunterko
11. Dec 2014 路 00:45 UTC
*applauds* Well done. Very very real. Came in expecting exactly what I got. A little long though and could've used a bit more ways to get inspiration. Still, solid, solid game!
Tifu
12. Dec 2014 路 01:43 UTC
Very meta.
Cute mouse! I liked the ending a lot. It took me like 50 minutes to get there though, could have been a lot shorter =/
Lacaranian
16. Dec 2014 路 05:01 UTC
Solid piece of work! A bit long (the music got repetitive), but it helped to reinforce the theme.
Nick Weihs
17. Dec 2014 路 06:28 UTC
This game was extremely slow, but set up a very melancholy mood. The music and concept work well together to give you the sensation that this is just a very draining experience which is honestly what it's like if you are a lonely creative type person. As a game, however, and especially as a jam game, I think the length of the game detracts from the overall experience. I spent what felt like quite a long time making progress on my project and only filled up a little bit past the "finish" word. I assume that this is a rather personal game for you since it defies that kinds of expectations you would have from playing most other games. As an emotional piece, it works rather well. I really with that the gameplay itself had more depth. It seemed like there wasn't actually any fail condition, which makes the game not tense, but just something that requires more endurance. If there were some mechanic that allowed me to jump start my inspiration, rather than just watching tv all day, which is honestly not a good way to inspire yourself, then I think I would have enjoyed this game more. I was able to watch the video you created to get the ending of the game, which I found rather intense. The visuals clash somewhat with the mood since everything is rather cute looking, even the UI is more colorful than you would expect. For such a depressing game, I figured you would have a lot darker tone with the art. The things you did with the audio were cool, but rather subtle to the point where I probably would not have noticed unless it was pointed out to me. Nonetheless, the music itself was very fitting with the mood. The "events" that impede progress were rather frustrating too, although I only experienced it a couple of times. I really hope you enjoyed creating this game, because I enjoyed playing it. Thanks for making this game and sharing it with me!
Dietrich Epp
19. Dec 2014 路 21:23 UTC
It's a nice concept but after playing for 10 minutes, I think I was less than 20% done with the project :-(
brainstorm
20. Dec 2014 路 07:20 UTC
Innovation 5/5: Pretty innovative, at least more than the mouse, who took inspiration watching the tv!!

Fun 3/5: Fun, but too slow-paced mechanics.

Theme 3/5: Run in a single screen.

Graphics 5/5: Great graphics!!!

Audio 4/5: Good music, but there aren'tany sfx.

Mood 5/5: Great atmosphere!!!

Overall 4/5: Great, but I'm not a big fan of slow-paced games like this.
pht59x
29. Dec 2014 路 17:59 UTC
Lovely graphics, animation and music. But the gameplay is far too slow. Sorry...
puppetmaster
29. Dec 2014 路 19:42 UTC
Must be a sad project! Love the concept, implementation and recognize of emotions in face of the mouse.

Well made!
SK16 Games
29. Dec 2014 路 21:01 UTC
I really liked this game, and the everyday life simulation kind of thing. The graphics and music just made mood perfect. It was very long and repetitive though, so I'm glad you uploaded the spoiler video. Nice ending. We're all just mice doing the same shit over and over again :)
DevoNoel
30. Dec 2014 路 00:04 UTC
Its a little tedious, but I guess that's kind of the point. Neat idea.