Mammoth by jackspinoza

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made by jackspinoza for LD26 (JAM)
i wouldn't bother if I was you. comedy about being stuck in the wrong body. not based on dogme 95 criteria and lugubrious beyond belief. sorry in advance.

Ratings

Coolness 57% 3
Overall(Jam) 2.76 419
Audio(Jam) 3.33 150
Fun(Jam) 1.81 547
Graphics(Jam) 2.94 341
Humor(Jam) 2.85 124
Innovation(Jam) 3.59 77
Mood(Jam) 3.47 121
Theme(Jam) 2.53 483

Feedback

TheColorMan
29. Apr 2013 路 23:27 UTC
I'm sure it's a wonderful game, but as soon as the part of the cutscene with the bananna came up I quit the game... sorry
馃帳 jackspinoza
29. Apr 2013 路 23:51 UTC
haha, I probably would've quit way before that.
gilmore606
29. Apr 2013 路 23:52 UTC
Is this a parody of garbage like Heavy Rain? If so, bravo, I guess.
ataxkt
30. Apr 2013 路 00:06 UTC
I've been playing for 2 minutes and I can tell that this is something special. I'm going to complete this comment at intervals to get the full experience down. Firstly though, I have to complement the author on deciding to take a huge amount of crack before making games. Very brave.

Update 1 - Comparing steak to lettuce is a running theme
Update 2 - Did you buy the sex doll for this, or do you just have one lying around?
Update 3 - We are stalking a girl. Shes turning round...thank fuck she's smiling. I couldn't have handled a rape minigame.
Update 4 - Oh god, is the sex doll bleeding?! DON'T YOU TOUCH HER!
Update 5 - Segment B, I hope this is a weird as the la...oh god, he's wearing the sex doll.
Update 6 - Level 4. This is too much for 1am.
Update 7 - Oh boy, Level 6. This game is getting denser and denser. I think the creator was coming down.
Update 8 - The return of the sex doll costume!
Update 9 - He's hitting his guitar with a small stick and wearing an accordion. You can't make this up.
Update 10 - This is getting weirdly intimate. I KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT YOU.
Update 11 - They're crushing limpets. I get the feeling this goes on forever.
Update 12 - I...won? I...I...I don't know what to make of the world anymore.


I really don't know if this is serious or not, and I can't really call it a game. Either way, this will be the most unique LD entry this year. 5 stars for insanity.
psychomonster
30. Apr 2013 路 00:10 UTC
mhmhmhm.... okay... thats interesting. It is kinda art... nor a game... but yeahh it is minimalistic i think :D Okay its a minimalistic arty game! right? hope that it is... really :D
sigfig
30. Apr 2013 路 00:13 UTC
this was interesting! i can appreciate submitting something so notgame-y for the theme. i was pretty frustrated with it. the film itself seems like a composition of random footage with an essay likely not written for the game, but regardless of intent the dissonance involved in watching is kind of thought provoking. does this mean something? am i playing a game? am i watching an avant garde piece about the human condition? or am i just subject to the silliness of randomly composited media?

thank you for being different
CyberYeti
30. Apr 2013 路 00:54 UTC
Very...interesting. It's a cool concept but I found that the gameplay and the movies were there just for the sake of being there and served no purpose along with what the narrator was saying. A cool idea that could go a long way with some more player immersion and control. Props for doing something different though!
Farjuan
30. Apr 2013 路 01:06 UTC
This was so deep
ddionisio
30. Apr 2013 路 01:18 UTC
Wow this is a very surreal yet real game, lots of valid points. I would have enjoyed just watching though :P
thatwhichis
30. Apr 2013 路 06:38 UTC
I wrote a comedy sketch once about a man so lazy that he climbed inside an elephant and plugged himself in at the navel as an unborn elephant baby. This man... was my former roommate.

Our local zoo would not let us film establishing shots with him near the back side of an elephant. They were afraid "it would set a dangerous precedent."

Just a thought that came up while playing; I can't BEGIN to imagine why. ;-)
thatwhichis
30. Apr 2013 路 06:47 UTC
Thank you for sharing this.
fishbrain
30. Apr 2013 路 10:24 UTC
A fascinating journey... thanks for sharing.
EdoMiyamoto
30. Apr 2013 路 11:45 UTC
That was something. :)
yinbar
30. Apr 2013 路 11:48 UTC
Hmmmmm... not sure about this. Sorry I didn't get too far (I think) but definitely a unique idea, and very interesting presentation.
Skywilly
30. Apr 2013 路 12:57 UTC
My God, it's... Weird o_o
Masadow
30. Apr 2013 路 20:22 UTC
That's horrific oO I don't really see the theme since the storyline is deep and awesomely weird oO The result is incredible ! Congratulations for that "thing". After finishing it... I don't know what to do of my life anymore ...
Mase
02. May 2013 路 05:43 UTC
I couldn't finish it... It was like sitting through art school video critiques again ... or that really tedious Chris Marker movie (not the time travel one). Also I believe that Dogme 95 is a set of guidelines for making a terrible movie... hmmm... plus Dogme stuff is supposed to be in color... and the non-diegetic voice-over seems like a big no-no as well. Kudos on bringing some obscenity to the competition though... I just played through your Mitt game which also really raised the bar in that regard.
Norgg
02. May 2013 路 09:54 UTC
A work of post-something. Or perhaps post-post-something. I suspect that it may even be infinitely recursively post.

I give it post/post.
馃帳 jackspinoza
02. May 2013 路 11:33 UTC
fun comments, thanks
@ mase & yinbar, ten points for calling a spade a spade, have a biscuit!
Anyone want to buy a watch? Also I can get you a dog if you want, just say, I have "friends".
Dir3kt
02. May 2013 路 17:28 UTC
This was something. I don't know what. But I went through it.
Martin_Monosys
03. May 2013 路 19:59 UTC
Hey man, I might just actually play one of your games here and now!
Or maybe later... probably later...
netmute
03. May 2013 路 20:15 UTC
I'm on a Mac, sorry :(
Mesene
03. May 2013 路 20:36 UTC
I'm glad to see something diferent. thanks :)
Martin_Monosys
03. May 2013 路 23:04 UTC
Hey that's amazing... there is still that much snow around where you live in late april?!? And you got all those people to pose/act for you in 48 hours, and still had the time to make the music and the "gameplay" (being able to press up or down was, like, amazing to say the least...) ?!?
A-MA-ZING, I must say, and enjoyable too, but at a certain point I just went to the bathroom, and when I came back I quit the game, but I'll try the whole thing from the beginning tomorrow... or the day after, maybe... ! XD

Or next week...

I'll rate then, don't worry! Just can't rate it without having played the WHOLE game ! :)
馃帳 jackspinoza
04. May 2013 路 00:47 UTC
some of it wasn't filmed during the jam (the sea spitting, table dance, snow scenes) but I came into possession of it during (I asked my friends if they had some stock footage of performances they could send me). I'm obviously not in it to win it, just wanted to make something and share it. If it bothers anyone I'm more than happy to get it removed.
Martin_Monosys
04. May 2013 路 07:33 UTC
Oh sorry man, I didn't notice you were in the jam, I thought this was a 48 hours thing...
Don't remove it, please... I'm very sorry but it got quite late yesterday and I didn't pay enough attention!! Very, very sorry, just forget what I said!! :)
MinionStudios
06. May 2013 路 14:19 UTC
OMG I paid too much for my shoes. Nice work on this piece. I did not finish because my blade was dull.
Aceria
13. May 2013 路 17:46 UTC
Thanks for your comments on our entry. Yours is... Unique? :D