Turing 404 by SIMON_SIMON

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made by SIMON_SIMON for LD31 (JAM)
« Turing 404 is a game which aim to explore human behaviour from an external point of view, in a humorous and visually appealing way. »

That's what we said to our parents. In fact, the idea came out in the craziest possible brainstorming about buttons, robots, and blue dogs. We spend a lot of times finding funny sounds, cool graphics and silly jokes. We rushed to implement levels the last day, in the last hours.

We spend time thinking about each thing, and we hope this game will make you think.
It was really fun to make, and we hope it will be fun for you to play too. :)

It's our second game in cooperation, as usual :
- Blazingzboub (Graphics, Voice actor, Game Design)
- Pyrofoux (Code, Silly Jokes, Game Design)

Now, please play it, rate it, and comment it !

Ratings

Coolness 46% 1500
Overall(Jam) 3.50 256
Fun(Jam) 3.53 170
Graphics(Jam) 2.90 671
Humor(Jam) 4.37 5
Innovation(Jam) 3.50 237
Mood(Jam) 3.52 184
Theme(Jam) 3.97 154

Feedback

tmpxyz
09. Dec 2014 · 02:41 UTC
Clicking on the "begin the test" button, and nothing happens?
Pyrofoux
09. Dec 2014 · 02:57 UTC
@tpmxyz. The red buttons only works when the page is fully loaded, so you may need to wait a few secs before you can start the game. If it still doesn't work, please tell me which navigator you're using. :)
Meedoc
09. Dec 2014 · 12:20 UTC
Excellent! You provide a great experience!
t4u
09. Dec 2014 · 13:54 UTC
Text loads too slwoly. No way to speed it up. I cant play it, too slow!
🎤 SIMON_SIMON
09. Dec 2014 · 13:59 UTC
@t4u : The game is mostly about the text...

We didn't want the player to skip every dialog to get to the end, it's not the point. We want you to read our silly jokes :)
Blobby101
09. Dec 2014 · 14:06 UTC
Very funny - Took me a few tries but I think I worked out mostly what the buttons are. Nice idea, and the humour makes it great!
PlasterPhantom
09. Dec 2014 · 14:14 UTC
I really liked the dialogue! Normally I'm not much of a reader but the topic really got me interested. Nicely done! Funny game (: Just not really anything I'd 'play' for long, but that's okay! Also the style worked really well with the sillyness, although the graphics themselves could've been a bit better in my opinion.
hwinwuzhere
09. Dec 2014 · 14:15 UTC
Very fun to play. I only find the sounds a bit annoying after playing like 5 minutes.
🎤 SIMON_SIMON
09. Dec 2014 · 14:16 UTC
@Hwinwuzhere : Yep, that's what we thought too. That's why there is a "Mute" button :)
ceosol
09. Dec 2014 · 14:34 UTC
Really fun to play. I finally passed on my 3rd try with 5/10. I agree with t4u on skipping text, but only the beginning part. Once the test begins, I don't think you should be able to skip. But the beginning part seems to take a long time when you are playing a second time.
MurrayL
09. Dec 2014 · 14:40 UTC
Brilliant - I love it. Burst out laughing when I told a mugger I love him.
pancakecity
09. Dec 2014 · 15:28 UTC
Great job! I love it, so much, I'm going to replay it a lot!
cyrus
09. Dec 2014 · 15:51 UTC
LOL. Nice take on the turing test. Would like to restart the game without waiting for the intro text though ;)
🎤 SIMON_SIMON
09. Dec 2014 · 20:13 UTC
A version without intro is now available !
ceosol
09. Dec 2014 · 22:37 UTC
Mark the new version as post-comp so people do not confuse it with what they are judging.
Elemental Zeal Games Studios
10. Dec 2014 · 03:42 UTC
Very entertaining, nice job!
TKF15H
10. Dec 2014 · 13:50 UTC
This was great! I'll go play it some more!
psychonull
10. Dec 2014 · 16:39 UTC
Great that you uploaded the version without the intro for replay! Enjoyed the different situations and humor.
rainshapes
10. Dec 2014 · 18:48 UTC
I love that you included a version without the intro! Funny stuff!
JJEvil
12. Dec 2014 · 17:33 UTC
Quite humorous.
klianc09
12. Dec 2014 · 17:38 UTC
I really would have loved a speed-up button. I get your point about the game only being about the text, but you also expect us to play through it multiple times when one wants to see all answers, and then it's really annoying having to wait for the same text to finish for the 10th time...
The post-compo version without the intro made this a lot better, else I wouldn't have bothered playing it multiple times.

But nonetheless I really liked the humour. This is one of the funniest games I have seen this LD. :D
It's just... that I hate waiting.

Also, would it have been so hard to create a restart button, other than having to re-load the site completely. (My internet isn't the fastest, so reloading that takes again around 12 seconds.)
🎤 SIMON_SIMON
12. Dec 2014 · 20:59 UTC
Yep, we're aware of that and thanks for this nice feedback ! :-)

The thing is, time was a precious thing during this Ludum Dare and we barely finished the game on time... Next time, you will hae 146848415135187 Restart buttons !
Instant Noodles
17. Dec 2014 · 13:52 UTC
Clicking on the "begin the test" button, and nothing happens? (on chromium)
🎤 SIMON_SIMON
17. Dec 2014 · 20:23 UTC
You may need to wait until the page fully load before the Begin the Test could work. A good way to see if the page is fully loaded is to check the "loading" icon in the tab corner. Still spinning = still loading
Jupiter_Hadley
21. Dec 2014 · 20:44 UTC
Quite the funny game! I Included it in part 13 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/yuPvpTdD-O8
ponk
29. Dec 2014 · 14:17 UTC
Funny :) !