Tommy is the Shapeshifter by ashdnazg
Mike, Tommy, and Bobby are your friends.
Unless one of them is secretly a Shapeshifter.
Try to discover who it is!
(I think it's probably Tommy)
Instructions
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It's a dialogue simulator, press the number buttons to choose your action.
1) Find who you think the Shapeshifter is.
2) Convince everybody that you are right (you can ask them what they think to verify)
3) Expose the Shapeshifter! (Using the "Blame" menu option)
4) Discover all 5 possible endings
5) Leave a comment :)
Interesting bits
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Includes 4 minutes and 25 seconds of recorded dialogue.
Unless one of them is secretly a Shapeshifter.
Try to discover who it is!
(I think it's probably Tommy)
Instructions
============
It's a dialogue simulator, press the number buttons to choose your action.
1) Find who you think the Shapeshifter is.
2) Convince everybody that you are right (you can ask them what they think to verify)
3) Expose the Shapeshifter! (Using the "Blame" menu option)
4) Discover all 5 possible endings
5) Leave a comment :)
Interesting bits
================
Includes 4 minutes and 25 seconds of recorded dialogue.
| Windows | https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/204076271/ashdnazg_tommy_ld35.zip |
| Source (.love 0.9.2+?) | https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/204076271/TommyIsTheShapeshifter.love |
| Source (repo) | https://github.com/ashdnazg/LD35 |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=21623 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 47% | 1248 |
| Overall | 3.25 | 436 |
| Audio | 3.80 | 51 |
| Fun | 3.74 | 101 |
| Graphics | 2.78 | 586 |
| Humor | 4.41 | 3 |
| Innovation | 3.17 | 420 |
| Mood | 3.60 | 115 |
| Theme | 3.57 | 327 |
I think my main feedback is that some of the best jokes are buried pretty deeply in the dialogue trees; this adds to their effectiveness, of course, but it means that lots of folks will miss them, which is a shame.
The writing is solid. Some delightful jokes, good character differentiation. There isn't a lot of depth or character investment/development, but what can you expect, it's a compo game :D
Pretty good voice work, the different characters have nicely distinct (and most importantly, internally consistent) sounds. Took me a moment to understand everyone, but this didn't impede my enjoyment of the game. Audio came out clean. Subtitles were a fantastic touch, and really helped replayability (skipping dialogue I've heard before after scanning the text - yes please).
Music was pleasant and effective, avoided becoming annoying despite all the time I spent listening to it (I played the game N+2 times, where N is number of endings).
Despite the "small" total amount of total audio dialogue, it felt like there was a lot to see/hear/explore. I think this game does a better job of accomplishing the feeling of "impossible amounts of audio content" than MInfo, given how the pieces are parceled out to the player.
On a technical level the code is remarkably clean, and I encountered no bugs at all.
Success! Onwards and upwards!
Still, had a very good time, especially being able to convince everyone that they're the shapeshifter after all. Nice work.
On its own, the game mechanics are a bit overly simplistic and fast become a grind, but thankfully the game is about as long as you need to finish it enjoyably.
Despite much longer hokoaudio in your previous game, I think it was a lot more interesting. Not every game can be groundbreaking though, can it?
-gajop
Good job, behatzlaha!
The drawing style might be a bit low-fi, but it totally underscores the hilarious dialogs.
I had a lot of fun :D