Mr. Kaplan by lasagnegames

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made by lasagnegames for LD31 (JAM)
Mr. Kaplan is a shy guy, he prefers to express himself only by using his facial expressions. Help him find the right face for every situation!

(Look out for the odd hint here and there, in bold).

AUDIO ONLY AVAILABLE IN BROWSERS SUPPORTING MP3, SORRY FIREFOX.

Ratings

Coolness 74% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.43 312
Audio(Jam) 2.86 446
Fun(Jam) 3.30 313
Graphics(Jam) 2.75 735
Humor(Jam) 3.78 68
Innovation(Jam) 4.02 46
Mood(Jam) 3.14 430
Theme(Jam) 3.41 631

Feedback

schuranator
09. Dec 2014 路 05:24 UTC
Game doesn't run even when I go full browser.
BlueTheLemon
09. Dec 2014 路 21:06 UTC
Congratulation for making this game ! \o/
The concept is fun and original.
There is two things, thought : The reythme game isn't really comprehensible. I dont know when i should do the adequate expression. The second is regarding the text, that i think, should be near the "Command panel"

Graphics are cool and the sound ambiance added to the humor of it. A little music would have been nice
Kim Sj枚berg
10. Dec 2014 路 08:41 UTC
Pretty fun and clever. However, I found it hard to make the faces on time due to all that text sometimes and the placement of the text should've been more centered or at the controls.
馃帳 lasagnegames
10. Dec 2014 路 22:40 UTC
Thanks for your feedback guys, really appreciated. Yeah, sorry audio only works in chrome, didn't get around to doing the .ogg files. ;-)
Team Flashlight
11. Dec 2014 路 03:16 UTC
I have never seen a creative concept like this. Definitely good job! Looking forward to much more reactions Mr. Kaplan may do. This could be a ground-breaking hit in the market, and I love the happiness it brings to me.
Miziziziz
11. Dec 2014 路 03:18 UTC
This game is awesome, I loved it!
the interview is great, very cool game
the rhythm part was a bit out-of-place, but the rest was cool
pjimmy
11. Dec 2014 路 21:24 UTC
brilliant :D so funny and original, well done
banana4life
11. Dec 2014 路 21:36 UTC
Nice game but i would prefer another front because the used is hard to read in a short time.
ilokimo
11. Dec 2014 路 21:38 UTC
Very fun! Good innovative and fresh idea.
GFM
11. Dec 2014 路 21:58 UTC
I'm not sure I finished the game... I got to a rhythm-game like part, but nothing happened afterward.

Also, on that part, the controls were too far from the "music score". I still hadn't memorized every input, so I had to look back and forth to search for the corresponding key. Also, not having one lane per instruction made it only harder...
psychonull
11. Dec 2014 路 22:13 UTC
haha nice game. I liked the idea of doing expressions with the keyboard ;)
I think it it should make you loose when you fail the expression, pressing all the keys will make me score :P.
I felt there were too many keys, too much to read and both too far from each other .. for being a fast game.
Cool game, keep it up! ;)
UrbanLogicGames
11. Dec 2014 路 22:16 UTC
Interacting through facial expressions, wow. One of the most original ideas I've come across in a while! As others have said, I'm not sure the rhythm game quite worked, but the face control as a core idea is brilliant and well worth taking further.
OFF
12. Dec 2014 路 11:15 UTC
The rythm part didn't work but the interview part is a really great idea.
I always wanted to work on a gam about Theory of Mind for autistic people, and your game give me a really great trail. Using the good face emotion in the good situation.
It's a little bit hard to read and take control of the game, maybe with audio instead of text it would have been more intuitive, and you could in this case implement tone speak.
Inspiring. :)
Pixlexia
13. Dec 2014 路 11:25 UTC
The interview thing is a really great idea! Especially facial expressions controls. Good job!
calavera
13. Dec 2014 路 11:29 UTC
The most fun part of the game was just making silly faces :P
freaknarf
15. Dec 2014 路 11:42 UTC
perfect but i can't get the music part =) I would like to do job interviews like this =))) very funny concept, i'll try on another browser to see the end...
AMS
15. Dec 2014 路 11:51 UTC
This was a really fun game, I enjoyed it alot, great innovation right here, good job!
Downtown
17. Dec 2014 路 07:20 UTC
very funny, the expressions looked great. Not sure about the rhythm game parts, and the text prompts were a little two far from the face which made it a little frustrating sometimes. Overall really memorable game, had me laughing out loud.
jtpup0
21. Dec 2014 路 20:39 UTC
Funny game, could've used more sound but fun and enjoyable
rodobodolfo
21. Dec 2014 路 20:53 UTC
this was original and unexpected really nice!!
I had really trouble reading the font and the rythm game should be by emotions not colors. Anyways, great job!!
Si1ver
21. Dec 2014 路 20:58 UTC
This was fun, but very strange :-芯
MaesK
23. Dec 2014 路 00:19 UTC
Original game. Buttons are a bit complex, but it's great to reflect changes on the face with buttons :D However, it got stuck after the button pressing game. Was it the end?
SecondDimension
23. Dec 2014 路 09:35 UTC
Really fun game and a great idea. Good job.
TriSquare
27. Dec 2014 路 02:13 UTC
This game. . . is different, hard to almost call it a game. It wasnt bad it worked very well and i like the art style. This game would be way cooler with some musica!
voxel
28. Dec 2014 路 14:01 UTC
Excellent, original entry. Audio was a bit of a mixed bag, but graphics were fun and the interview was great. The end rhythm game was a bit weird, but that can only be good really, right? Memorable game!