/follow by 01101101

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made by 01101101 for LD22 (JAM)
You like to be alone, but this bodyguard won't let you breathe... Escape and enjoy your quiet moments.

(Still a few bugs to kill and an alternate end to code, but here you go, the release version)

Ratings

Coolness 24% 506
Overall(Jam) 4.06 3
Audio(Jam) 4.24 1
Community 3.75 21
Fun(Jam) 3.72 3
Graphics(Jam) 4.45 4
Humor(Jam) 3.36 13
Innovation(Jam) 3.33 16
Mood(Jam) 3.53 11
Theme(Jam) 4.13 2

Feedback

ladron
20. Dec 2011 路 03:18 UTC
Really well done! The art was terrific, the music was great and it was a lot of fun to play.
Arky
20. Dec 2011 路 04:53 UTC
pretty damm cool, nice work :)
馃帳 01101101
20. Dec 2011 路 12:47 UTC
Thanks! :)
deepnight
20. Dec 2011 路 16:29 UTC
Wooohoo! Great game :) It was fun to see you working near us this weekend! We will have to gather again for next LD ^^
Alistair Aitcheson
20. Dec 2011 路 17:40 UTC
Really really liked the artwork and the music. The characters look superb, and the animations are really nice. It's got a fairly brutal darkness to it that I like stylistically.

In terms of fun, it wasn't really my kind of thing. I found myself just clicking on things until something happened, and I felt it took a while for everything to respond, especially given that you have to wait for the woman to walk up to an object before she'll interact with it.

Not my cup of tea in terms of gameplay, but the audio and visuals are a treat :)
Ryhoiku
20. Dec 2011 路 20:27 UTC
Wow, this was really great. The artwork was great!
kato9
20. Dec 2011 路 20:53 UTC
Very nicely done! The graphics were phenomenal, and I found the puzzles and other gameplay to be pretty engaging. The story went from being kind of light-hearted to being really dark by the end - which felt a bit strange, but overall this is probably the best entry I've played yet. Great job!
SukiSan
20. Dec 2011 路 21:39 UTC
Really well done
defiantburrito
20. Dec 2011 路 21:54 UTC
The art and music are really fantastic, some of the best I've seen so far.
The gameplay and plot seem pretty redundant after a couple levels, it could have used a bit more depth and variation.
Still, a very solid entry!
LeReveur
20. Dec 2011 路 23:31 UTC
I had some fun playing this game, well done !
Just a question, not about the game, but... Why 109 ?
htdreams
21. Dec 2011 路 02:26 UTC
I'm browsing the game list and i'm very happy to found this gem, great execution, graphics and music!! a very solid entry!!
tiscooler
21. Dec 2011 路 05:15 UTC
Enjoyed it greatly, but was surprised that my expectations were subverted. I expected a more grim ending for our protagonist. Regardless, good job!
馃帳 01101101
21. Dec 2011 路 08:55 UTC
Huge thanks to all of you who played it! :)
Currently finishing an "enhanced" version with the alternate ending and a few corrections.
@LeReveur: 109 = m in the ASCII table. Why m? Secret ;)
soy_yuma
21. Dec 2011 路 10:10 UTC
Congratulations! I have nothing else to add. For me it's perfect.
Fififox
21. Dec 2011 路 11:15 UTC
That game is sooo nice and the music is great ! Fits the theme perfectly and the game mechanics are good, congrats!
馃帳 01101101
21. Dec 2011 路 12:15 UTC
Thanks everyone! I just added the enhanced version with the alternate ending, the credits and a few tweaks.
Pierrec
21. Dec 2011 路 12:28 UTC
Ok. This is just the greatest game I've played so far. Congratulations to all of you, it's amazing!
Canyon
21. Dec 2011 路 14:49 UTC
This game is so polished, I liked the scrolling 'boss battle' mechanic, mixed with the point and click adventure style. I really enjoyed it. Nice work!
matthias_zarzecki
21. Dec 2011 路 15:08 UTC
This is lovely. Graphics are cool, and the music works very well. I love it.
Noud
21. Dec 2011 路 15:23 UTC
isn't there an app game with the same style?
馃帳 01101101
21. Dec 2011 路 16:43 UTC
@Noud: I guess you're talking about Sword & Sorcery EP, by Superbrothers. Yes it was the main inspiration for the art :)
Dark Acre Jack
21. Dec 2011 路 18:11 UTC
S&S:EP and Skyrim theft hack. Companion cube and Scarface.

Very well-executed point-and-clicker, a real nice modern throwback to the halcyon days gone by.

Wonderful characters, very charming. Had this been a compo entry it would have cleaned up for sure.
Carduus
21. Dec 2011 路 18:14 UTC
noone finds the Cloud's sword from FF7 ? There is also 2 mat茅rias :p
gustavla
21. Dec 2011 路 18:51 UTC
Nice game! Very well executed.
alwaysinbeta
22. Dec 2011 路 06:50 UTC
Fantastic!
nddrylliog
22. Dec 2011 路 06:56 UTC
Not a fan of this type of gameplay, but both the graphics and the score were gorgeous. Bon boulot les gars :)
FredericRP
22. Dec 2011 路 13:59 UTC
Very nice little game !
And it fits in a header, totally reusable on a web site :D
Bon ok, je sors..
Andrew
22. Dec 2011 路 14:20 UTC
Reminds me a bit of mcpixel, but with a bodyguard instead of bombs. Not at all bad.
TheOMP
23. Dec 2011 路 01:44 UTC
Very well done. Great Job!
evilseanbot
23. Dec 2011 路 04:43 UTC
Love the art-style.

A little more situational variety/plot development would have been nice.
Carduus
23. Dec 2011 路 09:42 UTC
Agreed! we get totally noobed by the time limit, we'll do better next time :) I promise :p
dock
23. Dec 2011 路 10:22 UTC
Lovely graphics, albeit a bit heavy on the superbrothers inspiration! Sticking non letter characters at the front of your game name to get to the front of the listing?! ;)
Carduus
23. Dec 2011 路 10:49 UTC
For sure SuperBrother was my main inspiration (i am really fan) and it is very fast to produce.
You can also find another inspirations like Skyrim, final fantasy, Portal in this compo.
And no, we did not name this game like that to get first of the list (it change every day), at the begining we were at the end :)
The truth about "/follow" : this name is a reference to the main MMORPG command to follow another character.
Strkl
23. Dec 2011 路 13:47 UTC
Nice, the art style is great, Reminds a lot of Sword and sworcery ^^
galman
23. Dec 2011 路 14:49 UTC
Nice game!
At some point I just started to click everywhere like a crazy... But I managed to finish the game.
Graphics are amazing! Well Done!
Shigor
23. Dec 2011 路 16:46 UTC
Excellent in almost all cathegories (short and simple gameplay, but otherwise... excellent I say :)
magnolia_fan
23. Dec 2011 路 17:42 UTC
Very well done! I found it very fun to play, and it was a very nice take on the theme.
Bullseye8841
23. Dec 2011 路 21:41 UTC
Absolutely love it! Good job!
SonnyBone
24. Dec 2011 路 00:00 UTC
MIND BLOWING. Great use of theme and the music fits the mood so well. Graphics make me jealous, which means AWESOME!
Cosr
24. Dec 2011 路 04:52 UTC
The graphics were really nice. The music was good too.

Nice little narrative for such a short game, but at times the flow of it (puzzle, alone time, rinse, repeat) felt a bit repetitive, but overall it wasn't really a problem and worked well. If you wanted to expand the game it might be interesting to add a bit of narrative development to the alone times, to make them more significant (would be a nice fix to any repetitiveness I think).
shiftingParadigms
24. Dec 2011 路 05:32 UTC
This was my favorite game art wise and sound wise. It didn't have a ton of gameplay but it had enough to make this one of my favorite games played so far.
amodo
25. Dec 2011 路 13:14 UTC
Best. Entry. Really, easily my personal fevourite! Idea, gfx, music, mood, theme, all really great and inspiring. Graphics somehow had this cyberpunky feel to me and inpired me to start drawing/pixeling stuff right away..
Atomic
25. Dec 2011 路 13:54 UTC
Great concept, fantastic sound (love the "catch me if you can" style), nice pixel art!
It gets a little repetitive in the end, though.
馃帳 01101101
25. Dec 2011 路 22:04 UTC
Thank you all! It's really nice to have your feedback :) And, yes, the diversity in the gameplay and the depth in the story are the first things we would have worked on, given a bit more time ;) We'll keep that in mind for April ^^
volando
25. Dec 2011 路 22:29 UTC
Pretty cool game
Make A Game
26. Dec 2011 路 15:48 UTC
Art and sound match each other pretty well. Puzzles were a bit too easy since there weren't too many interactions on each scenario. Runner sections were also simple but were a good change of pace. Also, it's nice to see the SuperBrothers pixelart style so colorful. Overall, it's a great 72h game. :)
Tom 7
29. Dec 2011 路 03:07 UTC
Oh my god, this was superb. I'm glad this was a jam entry or I would feel awfully inadequate. :) The art stands out in particular. I didn't feel an in-game hint about the alternate ending though, and I started playing through again but couldn't do anything different from the first pass...
edibletoaster
06. Jan 2012 路 07:01 UTC
This game is fantastic! Really good!
Usoma
06. Jan 2012 路 10:02 UTC
Good job.
馃帳 01101101
06. Jan 2012 路 16:04 UTC
Thanks you all! :)
ReikVal
06. Jan 2012 路 16:23 UTC
A really nice game. And... the end was... WOW.
DDRKirby(ISQ)
08. Jan 2012 路 09:48 UTC
You guys have the most beautiful game logo ever. Your team really came together and shone on this one--music and art were excellent, top-notch for an LD entry.

The "action" sequences were a pretty risky design choice IMO, but I think it ended up working in the end. Yeah, you guys already know that more scenario/dialogue/narrative work would be nice, but what do you expect from an LD entry anyways? Also, I know it wasn't part of the compo, but I appreciated the addition of the alternate ending...
mcc
08. Jan 2012 路 22:43 UTC
I loved the sense of style in this. And the little in-jokes in the background.

The gameplay was a little shallow but I did like the "small single screens, 1 challenge each" concept a lot.
Breakdance McFunkypants
10. Jan 2012 路 01:47 UTC
Absolutely wonderful art. The best art of the entire jam. Very well done - keep up the wonderful work!
馃帳 01101101
10. Jan 2012 路 08:12 UTC
Thank you all for your comments and ratings! :)
Haddy22
21. Aug 2012 路 20:19 UTC
This was great! fun little game- I played through it twice :D