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Sores by bradleysmith

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made by bradleysmith for LD 40 (COMPO)

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I'm an Illustrator learning code so there's little to no gameplay. I apologise.

This prototype was also built for Games For The Many a political game jam backed by the Labour party.

PROTOTYPE DESCRIPTION

  • Sores is an experimental game about the lengths people go to just to survive.
  • Inspired by real events, Sores attempts to illustrate the brutal nature of how extreme the class gap can be in today's society.

HOW TO PLAY

Click on your infected sores to pop them and your pennies will increase. Pop enough within the day and you get to survive another day - joy!

If you leave your sores for too long, the worse it is and that's game over for you! See you in the next life.

Try not to get pissed on!

CONTROLS Mouse (point & click)

HTML5 (web) https://bradleysmith.itch.io/sores
Source code https://drive.google.com/open?id=1MB8Zmz09EoTwLg3fA-0naH1woF9hPBeK
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/sore

Ratings

Overall 369th 3.33⭐ 46🧑‍⚖️
Fun 627th 2.523⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 373th 3.07⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Theme 361th 3.407⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 33th 4.239⭐ 46🧑‍⚖️
Audio 252th 3.17⭐ 46🧑‍⚖️
Humor 409th 2.414⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Mood 64th 3.733⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Given 30🗳️ 27🗨️

Feedback

meatpudding
04. Dec 2017 · 05:47 UTC
Ew
mightymarcus
04. Dec 2017 · 06:06 UTC
Nice story.
Who
04. Dec 2017 · 06:59 UTC
Wow, that's depressing. Dude pissed all over me.
Tomáš Selmeci
04. Dec 2017 · 09:03 UTC
That background. Nicely done!
BeansandEggs
04. Dec 2017 · 12:41 UTC
Love the art style!
JohnnyO
04. Dec 2017 · 20:58 UTC
The hitbox of the pimples could have been a little bigger.
jlreymendez
04. Dec 2017 · 20:59 UTC
Nice art setting the general mood. The game feels very polished. Continue learning to code, hoping to see more from this!
krasse
04. Dec 2017 · 21:07 UTC
Well, that was depressing. Very dark and disturbing game. It was really great though, don't get me wrong.
I agree that the hitbox should be larger on the sores.
Tezza48
04. Dec 2017 · 21:08 UTC
Ditto to what i said on twitter :) Poignant.
mgadrat
04. Dec 2017 · 21:27 UTC
This game makes me think. Cool graphics !
Kirill Venzhin
05. Dec 2017 · 03:54 UTC
nice to one game session. GL!
6smith
05. Dec 2017 · 04:30 UTC
nice, cohesive games! everything about it seems like it does exactly what you wanted it to do.
toboggan
05. Dec 2017 · 06:10 UTC
Really gross, but nice art style. Fair use of the theme.
terakorp
05. Dec 2017 · 11:53 UTC
wow, a very real game. sad but eye opening. thank you and nice job. oh and your art is great!
Nivbeth
05. Dec 2017 · 20:29 UTC
Kinda disturbed me a little bit, but made me think about the topic. Good job
Z4zion
06. Dec 2017 · 07:17 UTC
The theme is sad but the game is good !!!
Triastase
06. Dec 2017 · 07:24 UTC
This is so sad... Well done, especially the graphics (of course), but also the idea.
asixjin
06. Dec 2017 · 07:25 UTC
I didn't really understand the game and sometimes I clicked on the pimple and nothing happened.
Jani Nykanen
06. Dec 2017 · 07:26 UTC
Well, that was something different. I'm pretty sure I won't forget this game very easily. The art was wonderful and the idea unique. Wonderful job!
fangzhangmnm
06. Dec 2017 · 07:29 UTC
I'm sad to say, it is not a depression game. In contrast, it is a relaxing game and will let the player laugh on the poor man instead of compassion. Why? The **presentation** of this game may be about a poor's life, but the very **essence** of this game is nothing more than **Click the red spots and get money**. That did be an addictive game, but will never made the player depressed.

To make a really depression game, you should try the art of frustrating players without scare them out. Maybe let the black figures blocks the player more often?

Anyway, I liked your drawing

You may take a look at Japanese visual novels and galgames. They are masters in depressing storytelling within games.
Korpokrowa
06. Dec 2017 · 07:32 UTC
Very depressing stuff. I really like graphic style. Well done!
antoined73
06. Dec 2017 · 08:16 UTC
Good graphics but i didn't really find gameplay and i think it does not fit in the theme :/
tvance
07. Dec 2017 · 22:08 UTC
Poignant intro set the mood but the game was kinda of sadly silly. Kinda confusing emotionally but very interesting. Great job on the art and wind sounds.
rodobodolfo
13. Dec 2017 · 02:19 UTC
loved the art and overall presentation! The intro transition is really cool. Also there is a good mood set up. Unfortunately the gameplay kinda ruins it for me and I don't think it quite fits the theme. Good work!