Nine Lives by sudojess

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made by sudojess for LD 44 (JAM)

Nine Lives is a relatively dark game about a Cat that just wants to help people. There are 11 different endings

It was made in 72 hours for Ludum Dare 44.

Arrow keys or WASD to walk

A/Alt to interact

There is an optional download for a GB rom. This should work on a real gameboy, as well as most emulators

Credit to Chris Maltby for GB Studio

Jessica Winters for the overworld tileset and programming

Rachel Franklin for the Actor sprites, animations, other tileset work and writing!

*Download*

For some reason ludum dare won't let me post my game link in the proper place. You can play it here

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Ratings

Given 9🗳️ 2🗨️

Feedback

kyavi
29. Apr 2019 · 17:05 UTC
what a BEAUTIFUL narrative game! i loved permanent changes in the world between the cat's lives, it gave a strong 'every day the same dream' vibe which i ~love~. i played the game before i read the description and it only dawned on me at the lake that on my last life, there was more to accomplish in the world, which was striking!

the graphics are beautiful and the cat's perspective on a world that could be independent of it is a fantastic setting.

things on the technical side:
- grid based movement would feel nicer, but this isn't a big deal :)
- with concurrent text popups, the window disappearing felt like the end of the text sequence even though there was more to come
- on firefox, there's a 'click' when the audio initialises. maybe since there's no sound you could disable the audio entirely? this is probably a GB Studio thing though

well done on a great game with so much content!
gamepopper
29. Apr 2019 · 21:09 UTC
A very nice and short adventure game. I really liked the multiple endings and how they leave a permanent effect on your playthrough. Like what @kyavi said, there was an odd clicking sound when I was playing on Firefox but it didn't bother me too much. I did find the grid movement a bit awkward, especially since when I went outside, I didn't realise there was more to explore until I went east on the road, the route appears blocked on the pavement.

Also really liked the digitised photos on cutscenes and the title, they look great at a low resolution. Good job!
pandan
30. Apr 2019 · 01:50 UTC
Some of the deaths were kinda silly, but I loved this game. Really nice work, and how it's running on actual hardware is great
yojammerjammer
30. Apr 2019 · 03:34 UTC
This was a really interesting game. Nice work.
cppchriscpp
30. Apr 2019 · 04:19 UTC
I totally want to play this, but it looks like your download links are gone?

I'm excited to see gbstudio entries starting to show up in Ludum Dare! I've made a few retro games with my own tools, but GBStudio seems like it opens up a whole bunch of new doors.

Will check back later!
Jani Nykanen
30. Apr 2019 · 06:33 UTC
This is the second GB game I seen in this LD. People seem to like to make GB games, heh. Nice game, by the way.
🎤 sudojess
30. Apr 2019 · 11:24 UTC
For some reason every time I try to re add the ludum dare link it disappears. for now, I've added the html link in the description!

EDIT: Should be fixed now! But I've kept the link in the description just incase
boaheck-artgent
30. Apr 2019 · 18:01 UTC
This is a crazy good concept and clever interpretation of the theme. Really enjoyed this, well done!
cppchriscpp
30. Apr 2019 · 22:02 UTC
Managed to play it this time - fun little game! I liked the graphics, and think you used GBStudio pretty well. Finding all of the endings was pretty fun.

Always glad to see more retro games in the jam!
jyrkface
01. May 2019 · 05:45 UTC
"It's getting dark." "I'm scared."
Did a jam game just make me cry?
Beautiful work, as always.
mcovert
02. May 2019 · 07:13 UTC
The poor kitty ;-;
hsandt
03. May 2019 · 18:50 UTC
At first I thought there would be 11 different complete endings depending on how you spend your nine lives, but there are actually 11 ways to spend your life. The old man is my favourite, I didn't expect it!

Also, I had a look at GB studio after checking another game boy entry, so I knew what the framework already provides and could appreciate the variety of the content.