Love you more by Jod

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made by Jod for LD27 (COMPO)
Love you more - A visual novel about the last ten seconds of a bank robbery aftermath and why things escalated the way they did.

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There are four different endings, and almost every scene can be viewed in at least 2 different ways. Enjoy finding them all!

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My second Ludum Dare entry. I managed to add some sound effects and music this time.

Apologies in advance for the typos. Out of time... out of time...

TIPS:
-Right mouse button brings up the menu during the game where you can save.
-CTRL lets you go through text you've already seen
-Four different endings, including a realy happy one!

A Ludum Dare Visual Novel entry.

Created with the Ren'Py framework in the JEdit editor.
Pictures made with a Samsung S2 phone.
Graphics edited with Paint.net
Sound made with FL Studio.

Game contains mature content, cursing and violence. You're welcome.

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The game contains 427 screens of dialogue and at least five movie references.
These screens contain a total of 7,733 words of which about two are spelled correctly,
for an average of 18.1 words per screen. A widescreen. Why did I use a widescreen resolution?
The game contains 26 menus and part of my soul.

Ratings

Coolness 35% 1500
Overall 3.30 322
Audio 3.35 135
Fun 2.82 639
Graphics 3.29 326
Humor 2.00 693
Innovation 2.59 838
Mood 3.90 28
Theme 3.35 378

Feedback

vittorioromeo
26. Aug 2013 路 10:39 UTC
Not a fan of visual novels/text adventures, but it's a nice game! Liked the story, the options menu, and the sounds/music. Only critique I have is that the file size is very big.
馃帳 Jod
26. Aug 2013 路 20:31 UTC
@vittorioromeo: Thanks for the kind words! And yes, it's way too big, isn't it? I messed up there somewhere.
ChronusZ
27. Aug 2013 路 02:40 UTC
Wow. This was intense. Despite the frequent spelling/grammatical issues (I'm assuming English isn't your first language), I enjoyed this very much. I was thunderstruck when I told Sofie I loved her more and she only said "I know". I have no idea how you wrote so much content in the 48 hours. This is incredible :)
Shmarah
27. Aug 2013 路 20:43 UTC
As someone who really loves visual novels, this was an interesting one! The graphics weren't really my taste, but the story was definitely very engaging. Great work!
Arrow-x
28. Aug 2013 路 17:18 UTC
even though I am not a big fan of Visual Novels but I liked this one ... great work
oajfh
28. Aug 2013 路 17:56 UTC
Very interesting, although I seem to keep getting the same ending through my choices.
Jupiter_Hadley
28. Aug 2013 路 19:42 UTC
Nice word game, I like the story. I featured it in my compilation video of Ludum dare 27 games, if you'd like to check it out http://youtu.be/PSym67k7zBg
Croze
28. Aug 2013 路 22:10 UTC
Agreed @vittorioromeo, these text adventures are really common for some reason, but the graphics and audio were great. Not much "fun" though, also doesn't really fit the theme, oyu just sort of threw 10 seconds in there
kristof
28. Aug 2013 路 22:26 UTC
Interesting. Although not really my type of game, I can see how much work went into this.
GSM Productions
29. Aug 2013 路 16:12 UTC
Great story and take on the theme! You really used the visual novel format very well, and produced an highly engaging work. Very good job!
hbocao
31. Aug 2013 路 02:56 UTC
I never played/watched a VN before. And... well... I want more now! Excellent take on the theme. Good story. Sometimes it was difficult do read the "top" texts. Great job!
Crowbeak
01. Sep 2013 路 00:48 UTC
This is a really good idea for a narrative, and one that used the theme quite well. However, given that you didn't do anything particularly special with the game engine, I feel like you should have been more careful about your grammar. Get to know the engine a little better, too... when the flashback titles popped up, it would have been better if the titles had come up automatically rather than waiting for player input on a black screen.
Khopa
01. Sep 2013 路 01:06 UTC
I love visual novels when it's well written, and yours was really great.
Very nice experience.
Jarcas Studios
01. Sep 2013 路 01:29 UTC
Great atmosphere and very engaging story. Also great work with the sounds and music. Especially the dynamics of the music volume. Not much "game" here since there's not much player choice, but good work all the same.
mitkus
03. Sep 2013 路 19:14 UTC
This was awesome! Liked the story very much, I'll make sure to get all the endings.
Mironix
08. Sep 2013 路 11:34 UTC
Damn, intriguing story! Wasn't expecting to get into it. Over stylized photos strangely work ok in this case. And all that in 48h ! Crazy amount of work. Great job!
infernet89
14. Sep 2013 路 22:29 UTC
Very nice atmosphere in that.. Did you make all those photos in the 48hour, while programming? That's amazing! Didn't liked too much the filter you used, but probably help to mantain the atmosphere of flashbacks.. Nicely done!
Antylum
16. Sep 2013 路 12:11 UTC
Nice story, it's rarity to see a novel among other games.
Lokarunith
17. Sep 2013 路 00:37 UTC
Great work, I tend to like visual novels a lot more than normal games and this one is way above the average LD games I've played, well done!