We Don't Know How to Approach You by Drusilla

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made by Drusilla for LD35 (COMPO)
Hey. I'm pretty new to programming, starting with Lua two or three weeks ago. So, this is mostly a learning thing for me.

You are an alien visiting earth. You have to choose the right form and opening line to get the locals to accept you and offer you fruit.

Most likely they will sends waves of bleu cheese and dates at you.

Select form/words with the mouse.

Use WASD/Arrow keys to move, z/space to 'shoot'.

R to return to the dubiously titled character select thing, ESC to exit.

Soon I'll figure out how to pause the 'music'.

Made with Love2D v. 0.10.1, Famitracker for the noises, and GIMP. Source in the .love.

UPDATE: I fixed the Win 32, otherwise you can get L枚ve here: https://love2d.org/

Ratings

Coolness 64% 3
Overall 2.79 793
Audio 2.72 460
Fun 2.85 655
Graphics 2.74 609
Humor 3.55 70
Innovation 2.94 566
Mood 3.03 392
Theme 2.81 777

Feedback

fizzhog
18. Apr 2016 路 16:47 UTC
Can't run it. Win32. Missing love.dll. Need to include it with your game or at least tell people where to find it. Like the images :)
馃帳 Drusilla
18. Apr 2016 路 20:31 UTC
Thanks for letting me know!
Ovidios
18. Apr 2016 路 20:37 UTC
A very surreal experience... Thus judging art and music's kinda hard. One thing though, you forgot to disable the console! ^^
kivlor
18. Apr 2016 路 22:05 UTC
wasn't able to run the os x version :(
Kazetsukai
18. Apr 2016 路 22:26 UTC
Funny idea. Liked it.
TheSambassador
18. Apr 2016 路 22:34 UTC
The x64 version didn't seem to work at all (it just said "No Game") until I also downloaded the .love file and put it in the same directory.

The "locals" seem to just spew an endless spray of bullets that eventually are undodgable. I did a Cow+moo and "beat" the game I guess, but there wasn't really anything that really made sense to me?
DragonZBW (SparkLight Games)
18. Apr 2016 路 23:07 UTC
weird but funny
Aaranos
18. Apr 2016 路 23:29 UTC
The locals seem to be amazed at the flying cow.
Baknik
19. Apr 2016 路 00:08 UTC
I'm not sure how to play. I selected my character and word, but died instantly every time. Am I doing something wrong?
rantt
19. Apr 2016 路 00:22 UTC
Different, but I liked it. Nicely done
nihilaleph
19. Apr 2016 路 00:37 UTC
That was strangely funny.... kkk I would like to point out only that the graphics are a bit inconsistent, the locals are waay too pixalated compared to other assets.

Great entry!
bobismijnnaam
19. Apr 2016 路 21:39 UTC
Hahaha, wow! This game is great :D The graphics are simple but very coherent and you immediately understand what they mean and what the implications are. The controls are simple but effective, and you surely have a nice sense of humour. Keep it up and make an even better game next time! :D Be sure to include a "pause music" button though :)
Reis Mahnic
19. Apr 2016 路 21:39 UTC
Certainly unique! I had fun with it, even if it took a couple restarts to understand what my character and 'word' was affecting. Fun concept that would be cool to expand on!
glitchu
20. Apr 2016 路 00:00 UTC
What an interesting take on an interesting question. I enjoyed the outcome and the different possibilities
Lady Beardo
20. Apr 2016 路 01:28 UTC
I love everything about this one. The music, the characters, the outcomes, the jackfruit. So good!
ruchirbapat
20. Apr 2016 路 02:48 UTC
odd game but still nice!

play and rate my game here: http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=88260
馃帳 Drusilla
20. Apr 2016 路 03:02 UTC
Thank you all for the advice and wonderful compliments! This has been a great experience for me.
Ampera
20. Apr 2016 路 03:06 UTC
Neat.
josefnpat
21. Apr 2016 路 07:45 UTC
Yaaay! I did it! The fruit is life. Life is fruit. Moo, pew pew, obey.
cptalbertwesker
23. Apr 2016 路 17:54 UTC
Moo!

I wanted to be a harmonious snail alien but Earth just wouldn't have me :(
CAT_IN_THE_DARK_WOOD
26. Apr 2016 路 03:30 UTC
[offtopic] Such unreadable color scheme on downloads page [/offtopic]
Linux version seems not to work, may be because of lack of resources. But windows one works fine. I like the mechanics of choosing different forms and words before reveal yourself to people and see their reaction. Nice and simple idea, perfectly fits for theme.
notime4games
07. May 2016 路 15:56 UTC
Well, that was different! :)
Managed to both win and to kill everybody, which gave me the curse of being followed by deadly flying potatoes for the rest of my days apparantly! Fun fact: Had 0.5 hp left
danielilett
08. May 2016 路 12:58 UTC
What did I just play :p
I liked the idea - it's certainly different! I seemed to just get eradicated with a hailstorm of cheese with most combinations. Maybe one day I will find love.

Also, as someone else has said, the downloads page could do with a different colour scheme, but that's not part of the game so it's fine. I'd like to see how you could expand on this. Good job, especially if you haven't been programming for long!