Death's Masquerade by Akihidas

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made by Akihidas for LD29 (COMPO)
Little game where you're tasked by Death to choose one person at a party to kill in order to save everyone else. The way you do this is that you get to know each person and try and find out what they're really like *beneath the surface* (woaaaah). This will then inform you on what decision you want to make.

It's a bit thrown together, but I'm happy with it being the product of my first Ludum Dare :).
I think I've stomped most of the bugs, but we shall see won't we.
Have fun!

EDIT: Right okay so with people actually *playing* my game it's come to light that there's loads of bugs. Unfortunately the code in its current state is not great for debugging so I've called it a night and I'll leave it as is.

I'll say it's a feature, you've got to tip toe around the bugs to discover the game beneath the surface. There, genius. Go play. Have fun.

If you manage to get a working playthrough (Good luck) down then I'd love to hear what you thought.

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 2.40 1178
Audio 2.47 715
Fun 2.14 1166
Graphics 2.32 1077
Humor 2.48 515
Innovation 2.85 713
Mood 2.88 665
Theme 2.77 921

Feedback

SFBTom
28. Apr 2014 · 03:20 UTC
Great concept, the movement could be faster and the text larger, but I enjoyed reading every bit of it!
BallpointPress
28. Apr 2014 · 03:22 UTC
Great idea. How do I get to kill Celes? She's got to go!!
Liens
28. Apr 2014 · 04:12 UTC
Sadly I did not make it to the point where I chose a person
IAmSpencer
28. Apr 2014 · 04:13 UTC
I like the potential in this, really having to learn about people and who they really are. However, maybe I'm just dumb, but I can't seem to kill anyone.
mrexcessive
28. Apr 2014 · 05:30 UTC
Hi. I liked the idea, but after talking with everyone and getting a drink could not seem to get any further. I went round again and they all seemed stuck in the same bit of conversation...
PaperBlurt
28. Apr 2014 · 07:08 UTC
Some bugs but I rate it high when it comes to innovation.

Good job!
Kara Jayde
28. Apr 2014 · 12:02 UTC
Really loved this! Had a friend that played with a similar concept in college. I played through every story, my fav. was probably Enya. The only obvious choice seems to be the brony, haha ;)
porousnapkin
28. Apr 2014 · 13:13 UTC
This is cool! I got through the game and the ending is hard to deal with (didn't feel comfortable choosing anyone). It's great that you were able to build that emotion. I only experienced one bug and it was not game breaking.
HartLaboratories
28. Apr 2014 · 20:41 UTC
Could not figure out how to get it to do anything besides move around?
lamphj
28. Apr 2014 · 20:43 UTC
Neat concept, no bugs for me at all. Text could be larger but overall a very creative game.
Oddly Shaped Pixels
28. Apr 2014 · 20:46 UTC
I really like the idea but I couldn't designate anybody to kill. I'm on Chrome on MacOS, maybe it's a bug?
aaronjbaptiste
28. Apr 2014 · 22:00 UTC
Everythings really well done - audio, graphics, theme, mood. However I wasn't able to choose anybody. Still, great work!
quickfingers
28. Apr 2014 · 22:03 UTC
Great idea, I too did encounter some bugs, but I really started to get into the characters, with more polish and expansion there's definitely something here
FuzzyWuzzie
29. Apr 2014 · 01:12 UTC
Neat concept, I would like to see it developed more!
Techblogogy
29. Apr 2014 · 08:13 UTC
Can't read, but everything else is great
mollymus
29. Apr 2014 · 12:08 UTC
Having the same trouble as described in some other comments, after I got that drink I couldn't do much! Enjoyed the dialog while it lasted though!
howieV (binarygirl)
29. Apr 2014 · 16:23 UTC
nice idea man.. well done :)
Thorig
01. May 2014 · 09:17 UTC
Good game for your first Ludum Dare.
Jupiter_Hadley
08. May 2014 · 21:43 UTC
I wasnt sure how to kill people, but cool graphics! I included it in part 15 of my Ludum Dare Compilation video series :) http://youtu.be/f3WpQDAZRnI
Teesquared
11. May 2014 · 18:30 UTC
Nice take on the theme. Music fits well.