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Go! Go! Purgatory! by Captain_Genial

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made by Captain_Genial for LD29 (JAM)
A young girl wakes up in the underworld. She is looking for a way to go back home.
Help her to follow a vertuous path while she meets witty, charismatic characters.
Meet George, the magic Hobo, even God himself and more.



Staff:
Art : Anthony Teixeira ( @CaptainGenial )
Scenario : Maxime Failyau / Anthony Teixeira
Code : Joris Valette
Traduction : Joris Valette / Camille Trubuil

Music : Menu-select - Xerferic
More elevator music - Apple32
Smoothie - OfficialNovacore
Teaching my students - Bosa
Going up? - Voltus

Thanks to Ren'Py team for the visual novel engine and their great documentation.
Windows/OSx/Linux https://www.mediafire.com/?vz2at3t5cjzzyy9
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=21045

Ratings

Coolness 59% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.20 376
Audio(Jam) 3.70 111
Fun(Jam) 2.67 542
Graphics(Jam) 4.43 43
Humor(Jam) 3.35 117
Innovation(Jam) 2.50 601
Mood(Jam) 3.49 184
Theme(Jam) 2.64 599

Feedback

mechabit
29. Apr 2014 · 03:21 UTC
Nice artwork
xensky
29. Apr 2014 · 03:25 UTC
that was very disappointing. ow, that grammar. looked amazing though.
tiffi
29. Apr 2014 · 12:40 UTC
Wow, great graphics!
ArcturusDeluxe
29. Apr 2014 · 14:20 UTC
Visual novels aren't really my thing, but I did really like the graphics. And some of the dialog was kinda funny.
xdegtyarev
29. Apr 2014 · 22:01 UTC
Characters are so adorable! Like it!
Solifuge
30. Apr 2014 · 08:38 UTC
Hi, this is Vector from the Victory Garden team! (posting under Solifuge's account)

Wow, I really admire your graphics and scene-setting for this one! You have some great characters, too, and the music works well to create a good ambiance. However, the narrative's a bit random, and it only superficially seems to match the theme. I hope you submit more visual novels next time! I get more and more excited with every one I find to review.
ruerob
30. Apr 2014 · 08:47 UTC
Nice work. The visuals and the sounds are very good. And the story was interesting. Thank you for this game.
Dreii
30. Apr 2014 · 08:48 UTC
Wow the best graphics I've seen so far, also REALLY loved the transition style! the story/dialogue was obviously made quickly but it was good for what it was! :D
Thorig
30. Apr 2014 · 09:41 UTC
These graphics! One of the best of all games I played so far.
simplesmiler
30. Apr 2014 · 12:27 UTC
Hey! Hey, listen! This art is awesome, and music is too!
jojva
30. Apr 2014 · 18:23 UTC
Dev here. Thanks for all the graphics compliments, I think CaptainGenial is happy to hear about that. :)
@Dreii: Transitions between acts are inspired by Shaft (an anime studio), fast rhythm. We liked them too. ^^
Quick note on the narrative: we had to translate everything from french to english (with the help of Camille, thanks a lot), and the most delicate part is humour, because the semantics are so different from one culture to another.
GrooveMan
30. Apr 2014 · 19:26 UTC
You really have the Japanese creepy-cute aesthetic down with the character designs - I especially like Aguaron. However, the script could do with a little refining - some of the dialogue felt a little stilted, which made certain parts hard to follow.

There's a lot of polish in how you handled the act transitions (The night club opening was good in particular). There are some faint seamlines on the characters for the different heads and mouths - I'm not sure if that issue's unique to my computer.
burgerdare
30. Apr 2014 · 21:27 UTC
I don't know what that was, but I'm super glad I played it. Crazily memorable.
Moosefly
01. May 2014 · 14:09 UTC
The art was superb, no complaints there. Audio worked well enough as well. The basic premise is interesting, but the dialogue and story felt too random. Played trough twice though. Nice humour. Also noticed the lines that GrooveMan described when playing fullscreen (1080p monitor).

Anssi@MooseflyGames
DonovanWu
07. May 2014 · 02:32 UTC
So moe! I love it X3
jsmars
07. May 2014 · 15:31 UTC
Really nice artwork!
matthias_zarzecki
07. May 2014 · 16:58 UTC
ahh, the graphics are lovely! :D
jujule
07. May 2014 · 20:54 UTC
Ce n'est pas tant la masse de travail qui m'impressionne que la cohérence du tout. Et forcément, j'aimerais aussi avoir les textes en français. Beau travail.
arrogant.gamer
07. May 2014 · 21:18 UTC
Nice music, mood, and character design. I kept playing mostly to see the next character! The story wasn't very engaging, but I think with more time spent developing the characters and setting you could have something really neat.

I especially liked the small round police officers!
GFM
07. May 2014 · 21:36 UTC
Great graphics! The simple animations were really cute! :)

I was able to get to three endings: bed, magic and money. I wish the options had more consequences than it seems... Most of the time, it seemed like only one or two answer were actually meaningful...
Jupiter_Hadley
08. May 2014 · 03:30 UTC
Super awesome graphics! I included it in part 14 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you'd like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/-VvtqXfr-Xs
meszka
10. May 2014 · 15:49 UTC
Great art and character designs. The plot is pretty much a collection of gags but there is some nice humor in there.
joe40001
14. May 2014 · 10:50 UTC
Good art, I played 4 times trying to get different endings but I could only get 2 (bed and money). Interesting idea for a story and again the art was pretty well done (though for some reason the characters had single lines across their face for me)

Good job :)
BlazingFanfish
15. May 2014 · 04:54 UTC
First of all, the art is great, and the audio is nice. The concept of the story is interesting, but it didn't executed well. Put more mystery in the story, and let the story unfolded one by one. I'm sure your game will be a great one. :)
2HitAdam
16. May 2014 · 15:50 UTC
Love the art, the story lost a little in translation but was still pretty funny at parts, I could see what you were trying to do with it :)