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Information Age by tater-hater

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made by tater-hater for LD 44 (COMPO)

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This was a fun one to make. The game needs you to buy things with personal information. The Game is Heavily inspired by the 1975 Album "Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships" and Bastille's single "Doom Days". Gotta admit, the game isn't really "fun" but for the direction I went it really wasn't supposed to be fun. I played around a lot with a e s t h e t i c s and 2D Lighting. the lighting turned out to be pretty neat.

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Disclaimer: I do NOT keep/track/record any of the information entered. It is more fun to use Real information, and I was too lazy to do form validation. I also don't necessarily agree with any points made in the game, but the message fits really well with the theme.

Used Rymtik Studio for music, Gimp for assets, and Unity as the engine.

HTML5 (web) https://taterhater.github.io/LD44/
Source Code https://github.com/TaterHater/LD-44Source
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/information-age

Ratings

Given 13๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ 15๐Ÿ—จ๏ธ

Feedback

LiauJ
29. Apr 2019 ยท 14:56 UTC
Powerful message here. Kinda ironic that the message is strengthened through entering personal information onto a stranger's video game haha. I really enjoyed this, not because it was "fun" per se, but because it lets you ponder how our digital future will end up some day.
Von Vista
29. Apr 2019 ยท 14:58 UTC
Going philosophical here. I love your twist in the theme for this LD44. Definitely can be considered an eye-opener and a philosophical game. (Also, shoutout for the disclaimer about the privacy of info). Only criticism is it could be longer. But good otherwise
cheesepencil
30. Apr 2019 ยท 02:09 UTC
5 stars for mood
Dan Thompson
30. Apr 2019 ยท 03:29 UTC
I really liked your take on the theme, and your a e s t h e t i c s were top-notch.
Adam Elaoud
30. Apr 2019 ยท 04:15 UTC
I actually really enjoyed this, the atmosphere you created with the lighting, music, and simple fact that all the people on the street looked exactly the same was really incredible. Gotta say though, the detail where I gave name to the baker then as I was walking to the clothes store saw my name on the billboard was absolutely insane. That took my experience from a 7 to an instant 9, absolutely BEAUTIFUL touch - really made me feel immersed. I had a real moment where I was like, "woah, wait, did that just happen?"
hypp
30. Apr 2019 ยท 04:25 UTC
I really liked the mood in this game. Well done!
Gao Ming
30. Apr 2019 ยท 04:27 UTC
Very creative, like your game very much๏ผI find it interesting when I buy something that I need to fill in. I think it's worthwhile to buy something like that.Hope you can see mine, too.
Amerigo Gazaway
30. Apr 2019 ยท 04:54 UTC
Very cool concept and atmosphere. The billboard was hilarious! Would have liked to see the information get used more, maybe you could get spam on your phone in the game or people start coming after you. Great work!
Vinay Rao
30. Apr 2019 ยท 15:56 UTC
This experience oozes with the theme of this Ludum Dare and sets a strong mood. That music was perfect. You'd mentioned you were playing with 2D lighting in this one, and I'd say it turned out pretty well.

Good job! I await the spam E-mail, haha!
๐ŸŽค tater-hater
30. Apr 2019 ยท 16:33 UTC
@vinay-rao Funny you mention that, for work I send alert emails via C#, so I _Almost_ added that as an actual feature... But that would have been really annoying lol.
Tamail
01. May 2019 ยท 17:03 UTC
Great idea, one of few games that seems to have a message! I enjoyed the ambient music and the neon-y visuals.
Sloan Kelly
03. May 2019 ยท 01:08 UTC
I think you hit the nail on the head with the theme. Well done!