Ben Eath: The Surf Ace by Afal

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made by Afal for LD29 (COMPO)
Ben Eath is a Hunk Surfer that loves to hang around the beach. BUT ONE DAY: he's confronted by another Hunk who's even Hunkier than he is. Do what you can to defeat Hunk Hogan and impress The Babes in "Ben Eath: The Surf Ace"!

How to play:
- Use arrow keys to move
- Press Space bar during conversations

Ratings

Coolness 75% 2
Overall 3.05 693
Audio 3.35 213
Fun 3.29 340
Graphics 2.35 1064
Humor 4.21 12
Innovation 2.44 1005
Mood 3.09 464
Theme 3.59 275

Feedback

Kevin van der Burgt
28. Apr 2014 · 00:18 UTC
Haha, im running on linux, so i cant test your game. But i like the game title! :D
mess110
28. Apr 2014 · 00:42 UTC
haha, my game has the same name. also running on linux. also like the title
shaneparsons
28. Apr 2014 · 00:58 UTC
Pretty good game, Took me a while to understand at first but all in all awesome game dude!
Fragsteel
28. Apr 2014 · 00:59 UTC
The game made me rofl, the music made me rofl again, and then the "adventure game logic" made me rofl a third time. Great job, man!
Idkfawin32
28. Apr 2014 · 01:19 UTC
Rofl I enjoyed this very much. The conversations were the best part
SenorDiablo
28. Apr 2014 · 01:30 UTC
AHAHAHA nice name :)
Mekuri
28. Apr 2014 · 02:06 UTC
lol, awesome humor in this game! I really loved the "music" as well. I smiled through the entire game. Gotta love "Adventure game logic". Good job!
jayitinc
28. Apr 2014 · 02:10 UTC
Hilarious
maerob
28. Apr 2014 · 02:12 UTC
he's a hunk he's a he's a hunk. Nice game!
Infraviolet
28. Apr 2014 · 02:19 UTC
very good music, playing it in background atm.
frankd0331
28. Apr 2014 · 02:29 UTC
Very funny!! I think your song's gonna be my new workout jam.

fyi: the game locked up on me when I talked to the girls twice in a row (tried to skip the first convo started the second and locked up)
ix
28. Apr 2014 · 02:38 UTC
I smiled at the Bechdel test thing, and the game ends right about when the music starts getting annoying. Good stuff!
Dreii
28. Apr 2014 · 02:40 UTC
hillarious dialogue, very jhonny bravo 8)
telaviv
28. Apr 2014 · 03:19 UTC
looks good but no linux support :(
cr2crstudios
28. Apr 2014 · 03:30 UTC
Interesting humor piece. :)
lamphj
28. Apr 2014 · 04:12 UTC
Hilarious game. I really enjoyed it.
Ratchetmon
28. Apr 2014 · 04:48 UTC
Ha! Loving the name. Bikini ginger is my favorite character.
friken
28. Apr 2014 · 05:42 UTC
heh, nice work
DrPrettyPatty
28. Apr 2014 · 07:16 UTC
Dingus is the best word ever haha
Jed T.
28. Apr 2014 · 08:44 UTC
Game has really good comedy :) I was stuck after getting tanned though and I don't know where to get a surfboard. My only suggestion is to have a skip dialog option so I won't have to read the text over and over when figuring out if the npc has new options available. But overall, it's a fantastic little gem :)
Norse Games
28. Apr 2014 · 08:51 UTC
This made me crack up. Gameplay wise, it was basic, but it was hilarious.
rnlf
28. Apr 2014 · 09:32 UTC
MAN. The game's name is so much win. Can't play it now, because I don't have windows machine. Will install wine later and try it out. Definitely on my need-to-test list :)

No rating so far, will do it later!
goerp
28. Apr 2014 · 10:08 UTC
To start: great title ;)

Funny adventure which was short enough for a Ludum Dare. Good jokes.
I also like the music, really something different.
FelipeTavares
28. Apr 2014 · 13:56 UTC
Very nice! You really put the mood on the game!
FileCorrupted
28. Apr 2014 · 14:41 UTC
This game is sooo good so damn funny man! And the song... "He's a hunk, he's a hunk, he's he's a hunk"
Zed
28. Apr 2014 · 15:17 UTC
Apparently, I am the best hunk. That makes me feel good inside. I also feel like I ought to go and arbitrarily add some women to my game for no reason other than to pass the Bechedel test, now...

One of those games that really makes you think.
Hyoga-3D
28. Apr 2014 · 15:30 UTC
very funny! great job!
joppiesaus
28. Apr 2014 · 16:03 UTC
"Huray! Here have some tanning lotion!"
"Why the heck do you give me tanning lotion?"
"Adventure game logic."
GiveMeAllYourCats
28. Apr 2014 · 16:03 UTC
Omg, dat music xD
UnixXNova
28. Apr 2014 · 17:29 UTC
Made me laugh but i kept on running into the speechs again
great effort
KyleDAudio
28. Apr 2014 · 17:44 UTC
I've got to give bonus points for the title, haha!
AnnaGavaldaKedavra
28. Apr 2014 · 19:26 UTC
I don't laugh easily but your game is funny! Graphics are great! Audio too.
MaesK
28. Apr 2014 · 21:16 UTC
Great game and absurdly funny. It has the weirdest music ever, and I even accidentally learned about Bechdel Test :D
Seraphic Media
28. Apr 2014 · 21:25 UTC
The dialog cracked me up :)
hnjslater
28. Apr 2014 · 22:23 UTC
Like totally Rad
Katamori
28. Apr 2014 · 23:28 UTC
THE WINNER OF MOOD CATEGORY
Katamori
28. Apr 2014 · 23:29 UTC
SH*T, I MEANT HUMOUR CATEGORY
harko12
29. Apr 2014 · 00:43 UTC
If I could give 6 stars on theme interpretation, I would. Great job
etherframegames
29. Apr 2014 · 02:27 UTC
This game was hilarious. I we made a text adventure game too, but we should have taken a queue from you and kept it simple. Good job.
parDal
29. Apr 2014 · 08:51 UTC
I just can't stop laughing when I read this title.
Simply the best "interpretation" of the theme until now.

HAHAHA OH MY GOD THIS MUSIC.

Well, I'm happy to see someone programming in the same engine as myself (like, really, I didn't see any other game in GM:S until now). First of all, I think you noticed that Gaem maker isn't the best engine for programming adventures, next time I would suggest you to test coding in AGS or similars.

Second, the gameplay is pretty bad even for 48 hours, you could made the dialogs trigger by button pressing + collision and not just the latter. The design is pretty disorganized, for example, I gave the bucket to the kid without even knowing he wanted it (I spoke to him first time AFTER getting it) that could happen with any character as they are scattered along the beach without anything limiting the player to talk them, this freedom can make the players confused if they don't follow the order of actions you had in mind.

Besides that, I laughed a lot with the bechdel test part and the ending was just fantastic, it would be nice to see a longer and well-polished remake of this one, you have potential.

Congratulations for participating.
Exergy
29. Apr 2014 · 14:09 UTC
Hahaha! This was the funnies I've played so far! Excellent "music" :)
BlazingFanfish
29. Apr 2014 · 14:16 UTC
Praise the music!
dmcfarline
29. Apr 2014 · 19:36 UTC
Haha, this is fantastic, great job
KickBack
29. Apr 2014 · 19:53 UTC
Heh, heh. Really nice adventure! And great music!
raulincze
30. Apr 2014 · 11:47 UTC
Hilarious music!
BauhausGamesSyndicate
30. Apr 2014 · 23:26 UTC
Laughing the whole time =D really funny and...dunno like it somehow ^^
TeamPurpleDolphins
01. May 2014 · 21:38 UTC
Really funny game. Great music
alexdantas
02. May 2014 · 02:16 UTC
Can't.... Stop... Laughing....
Sides.... In orbit...
ThingoStudios
02. May 2014 · 02:29 UTC
Hands down the FUNNIEST entry, between the great dialogue and the brilliant music. I'd also like to commend you on the walking animation, which I found sort of impressive despite its simplicity.

Also, that title. Genius.
Fragsteel
02. May 2014 · 16:08 UTC
I'm giving you five stars for audio because that soundtrack stayed in my head for days. XD
alexdantas
05. May 2014 · 02:00 UTC
Hello, there!
FYI your game was featured on this blog post:

(9 Gems from Ludum Dare 29)
http://alexdantas.net/stuff/posts/9-gems-from-ludum-dare-29/

Thanks a lot for making this awesome entry :)
🎤 Afal
05. May 2014 · 18:36 UTC
Unfortunately the host I've been using is playing silly beggars right now. I've uploaded my work to somewhere else. Sorry for the inconvenience
howieV (binarygirl)
08. May 2014 · 01:09 UTC
im glad someone else did a play on words theme ..haha nice man :)
matt_j
08. May 2014 · 01:14 UTC
On a mac, but otherwise I'd play this!
kidder
08. May 2014 · 06:18 UTC
I cannot believe there are two (more than two?!) games that used this pun. Well done, sir.
🎤 Afal
16. May 2014 · 21:03 UTC
For those of you using Mac or Linux (or any other operating system other than windows that has a modern web browser), you can (finally!) play the game! Thanks everyone who's played so far, and thanks for all the kind words you've given :D :D :D
CodeNMore
16. May 2014 · 23:45 UTC
Creativity, but very short, wish there was more to it...
Oye Beto
17. May 2014 · 01:07 UTC
Funny.
Catchy song.
Creative use of the theme.
praporomsk
17. May 2014 · 08:54 UTC
LOOOOOL
Man, you must make the next chapter of the game! I wonder what will happen next with Ben Eath!
ruerob
17. May 2014 · 10:32 UTC
Thanks for the port to HTML5. Thank you for mentioning the bechdel test. I've just look it up on wikipedia and found it very interesting. The music was nice to. Thank you for your entry.
mrjohnson22
18. May 2014 · 05:16 UTC
That was delightfully silly. Hilarious dialog, silly background music, funny fetch quests...this game has it all.

I only have beef with the giant hitboxes around some characters that triggers a conversation when I don't want one, and how I can't hold Space to skip through parts of the dialog. But that's just a minor nitpick. As for the game itself, the fetch quest is actually pretty fun and even thought-provoking at times, especially with that "twist ending" (wink wink).

This really brought a smile to my face. Nice job! :)
🎤 Afal
18. May 2014 · 10:09 UTC
Yeah, I realise that if I am going to do something similar to this again then I need to:
- Make it so that you press a button if you want to talk to a person
- A skip button for dialogue so that anything you've read before can be skipped easily.
- Make it so that if you have an item that someone needs then you select it from some form of menu. (some people pick up the bucket way before talking to the kid with the smashed sandcastle, and it doesn't make that sense that you'd go straight to them without any knowledge why they'd need a bucket)

I feel like making a polished version of this game once the compo is over, if only to fix those issues.
SK16Games
19. May 2014 · 16:27 UTC
HAHAHA very fun game xD Love the soundtrack!