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Lonely Cylinder by craighasdysentery

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made by craighasdysentery for LD 38 (COMPO)

https://craighasdysentery.itch.io/lonelycylinder

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A post-modern psychological thriller about a young white cylinder whose world is crumbling around her. New friends arrive by the boatload, but she is unable to accept their love, as touching them will cause existence as she knows it to be obliterated. Instead, she must end their lives without mercy, and constantly run around to prevent the ground from disintegrating. But each time she does, she wonders: Is a world that requires her to kill just to keep it alive truly a world worth saving? Perhaps it would be better to step off the edge and let this world vanish into oblivion...

But she perseveres. Ever diligent, ever moving, ever isolated. The lonely cylinder. This game evokes thought, introspection, catharsis. As you play, you might discover that the real lonely cylinder was you all along.

Rated M for violent imagery, drug use, and cylindrical themes. If you can't reach 700 points you're a scrub

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Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/lonely-cylinder

Ratings

Overall 92th 3.789⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 158th 3.474⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 154th 3.474⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 203th 3.579⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 319th 3.053⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 108th 3.474⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 12th 4.158⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 79th 3.706⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 2🗨️

Feedback

lectvs
24. Apr 2017 · 04:06 UTC
Drama: 10/10
Action: 8/10
Romance: 10/10
Camera Zoom: 11/10
Phil Fish Nudes: 0/10, button is broken

Overall a provocative critique of the world we live in. Truly a Ludum Dare masterpiece.
Spinaljack
03. May 2017 · 00:52 UTC
Hilarious description, I wont try to come up with a jokey comment. The graphics are clean and simple which I appreciate.
Kakureta
03. May 2017 · 01:07 UTC
Oh my god. First off: To anyone who plans to play this game, please spend more than just a few minutes on it and try to get the highest score as possible. TRUST ME, it's really worth it.

This game is truly amazing, I found myself laughing at most if the writing and the silly graphics and the fact that half of the game actually tells a good story and cannot be found unless you spend time in the game is really clever and original. Graphics are bad but that's the point :rofl: and audio is good enough. Really one of my favourites this LD.
emarcotte
03. May 2017 · 01:07 UTC
F**K SEAGULLS

(lovely ending... 5/5 would roll again)
Hector Piñeiro II
03. May 2017 · 01:31 UTC
Oh gosh :rofl:

Ahem -- So, there is a bit of addiction that comes with the cubey world of this game as one keeps working their way toward earning a hefty 700 points. I would have loved to see some flashy powerups for the cylindrical protagonist.

The music wasn't bad, and works with the simplistic graphics.

Overall, a humorous journey. My biggest suggestion: More dogs, fewer children :wink:
ectucker1
11. May 2017 · 02:16 UTC
# SEAGULLS
# E
# A
# G
# U
# L
# L
# S

Valid Criticism Here
adhesion
12. May 2017 · 00:55 UTC
Good god, this is great. Even though LD has a humor category, very few games that try to be funny actually make me laugh. This is a most beautiful exception. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :dove: :syringe:
cosine
14. May 2017 · 23:11 UTC
Holy shit this was hilarious! I was really enjoying the "game" part, and then I couldn't stop laughing and shaking my head, not believing you did this. I like syringes almost as much as anime girls so it was worth it.

The "game" (game...y part of the game?) was also super fun. Bless white squares!

5 Stars out of 5 in 6 categories!!
Jezzamon
16. May 2017 · 03:22 UTC
Inspirational
SimonReiser
16. May 2017 · 10:26 UTC
Wow, this is a really great entry, very creative. The gameplay is fun, I like the music and you don't see very humorous games very often in LD. Also the description is nice too.

:thumbsup:

PS: The linux version works (played on Ubuntu Mate 16.04)
julianeder33
17. May 2017 · 20:11 UTC
The awesome description makes the simple and solid game to a real LD-Masterpice (at least in some categorys).