Theresa Dreams of Wheat by essell

made by essell for LD 39 (JAM)

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A short, silly first-person narrative thing by Steve Lee (@essell2) for #LDJAM 39! The theme was "Running Out of Power" and I was very wary of doing something that lots of other people would too. So now you have a weird thing about Theresa May, her dwindling political power, and her attempt to flee from office and escape to the wheat fields with a frying pan.

Recently updated to v1.2 with bug fixes and a bit more polish, but the zip file you download contains a zip of the original release, for fair rating purposes.

Thanks for taking a look <3

Follow me, if you like: http://www.twitter.com/essell2

(Oh and watch this if you haven't heard about the Theresa May thing with wheat fields...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGmYPi7IzFo

Windows	https://essell.itch.io/theresa-dreams-of-wheat
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/theresa-dreams-of-wheat

Ratings

Overall	304^th	3.538⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Fun	199^th	3.538⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	267^th	3.346⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Theme	469^th	3.423⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	596^th	3.038⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Humor	20^th	4.222⭐	29🧑‍⚖️
Mood	120^th	3.846⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Given		21🗳️	33🗨️

Feedback

Vovin

01. Aug 2017 · 09:35 UTC

Clever take on the theme, nice work.

mdacoffee

01. Aug 2017 · 09:41 UTC

Would have loved to rate this but unfortunately it doesn't run too smoothly on my laptop, so I'l wait until I've tried it on another computer to give this a rating. Already seems quite entertaining though!

ruba

01. Aug 2017 · 09:46 UTC

I enjoyed playing your game a lot! What a story telling! Every character have something to say to you.
Thank you for this entry - your project cheered me up for today :)

stormforce02

01. Aug 2017 · 10:03 UTC

I was kind of really sad that I couldn't talk to people anymore once you pick up the frying pan ;-;

OrionK

01. Aug 2017 · 10:12 UTC

Really funny game, those professional newspapers are the best.

🎤 essell

01. Aug 2017 · 10:16 UTC

Dear @storm-force02: you can! Pressing F will hide your frying pan, allowing you to talk to people again. I'll add an on-screen prompt for this in an update :/ Thanks for your feedback!

flukeshot

01. Aug 2017 · 10:39 UTC

There is some really nice touches here and there throughout this game. The use of sound is quite atmospheric and does its job at selling each scenario. The opening scene of the game is great. It has a nice cut in there and the use of title cards is well done throughout. The choice of colours is well thought out and I appreciated it. My major critique is the shocking mouse sensitivity (far too sensitive in my opinion). Though, if the mouse sensitivity is a commentary on the disorientating nature of politics I suppose it may actually be too effective of an analogy because it certainly made me feel spun around at times.

Zirrrus

01. Aug 2017 · 11:34 UTC

Cool idea to go with a political power theme.
I remember that wheat comment...if it went down like this it certainly was very naughty! Ended up committing 30 assaults.

Damoy

01. Aug 2017 · 18:35 UTC

Very funny, congratz, I can't manage to hide my mouse while moving though ! Well done

SeanNoonan

02. Aug 2017 · 01:13 UTC

Lovely little game. Perfect length. Solid visual style too; though your conversation text could have done with a drop shadow, outline, of blending style (several instances of white on white).

The text through walls and on screen mouse cursor were bothersome, so I would love to see a post jam version. I look forward to an excuse to play this again :)

Simple Ghost

02. Aug 2017 · 21:02 UTC

It was a little bit unfinished, but still awesome! Great way of story telling. Loads of originality and humour. Scene it the field was really pretty. I enjoyed playing your game. Thanks for making it! Cheers :)

Olowynd

02. Aug 2017 · 22:59 UTC

Oh boy, I've got so much trouble rendering 3D text that can't be see everywhere and only on one side (not for this jam, but for older unity projects), I'm sorry that I didn't remember where I have find a solution, it has take me a lot of research and I wish I could gain time for you :(. I think it was only done by a shader, not even a script, but I'm not sure... Anyway, the game was really funny, didn't know that Theresa May fun fact. Very original twist on the theme ! Great job on the sound design tho, with all the peeps talking and with the sound volume evolving between rooms and distances.

🎤 essell

02. Aug 2017 · 23:14 UTC

@olowynd: Yeah it's crazy to me that they haven't integrated the fix into the engine yet - it is a shader fix, and i plan on doing it soon. Thanks for the nice words and glad you liked it :)

🎤 essell

02. Aug 2017 · 23:15 UTC

@simple-ghost @orionk @vovin - thanks :)

🎤 essell

02. Aug 2017 · 23:15 UTC

@mdacoffee: i had a feeling the performance would be bad for some people - sorry about that. Thanks for taking a look though :)

🎤 essell

02. Aug 2017 · 23:16 UTC

@ruba: thanks - great it hear it cheered you up :)

🎤 essell

02. Aug 2017 · 23:17 UTC

@flukeshot: thanks for the kind (and detailed) comments, and yeah you're not the first to mention weird mouse problems... they're on my list to investigate. Thanks!

🎤 essell

02. Aug 2017 · 23:17 UTC

@zirrrus Hehe 30 isn't even many - you can keep clicking on that screen to continue to whallop farmers (err... if you like)

🎤 essell

02. Aug 2017 · 23:18 UTC

@damoy hmm interesting - i've had that too. Will investigate. Thanks for playing, glad you liked it :)

🎤 essell

02. Aug 2017 · 23:20 UTC

@seannoonan: cheers, and good call on adding drop shadows to avoid white-on-white text - I thought of a quick hacky way to do it and it's in now :)

Sarrixx

06. Aug 2017 · 14:34 UTC

Hahaha nice :P F*cking hilarious!

Also the text on the signs for all the doors can be seen through all the walls somehow??

Heh, heh, heh.... nice... (Y)

Vasco Rodrigues

06. Aug 2017 · 17:27 UTC

Really fun game. Loved the visuals and beating people with a frying pan felt really good. Ended up assaulting 52 farmers and all of my staff xD
Also a good use of the theme. Congrats :)

omriysh

06. Aug 2017 · 17:43 UTC

I laughed so much without even knowing the Theresa May thing with wheat fields... This game is great. Graphics are pretty good (besides the weird text bug) and they do the trick, and the sound is good. The storytelling here is phenomenal, and I enjoyed every second of this.

🎤 essell

09. Aug 2017 · 09:28 UTC

:) awesome, thanks peeps @sarrixx @vasco-rodrigues @omriysh

AViTT

16. Aug 2017 · 22:43 UTC

Very funny! loved bashing people with the pan. Has good story telling and decent level design too.

DDSFloko

19. Aug 2017 · 17:50 UTC

I had so much fun while i bashing peoples wtih the pan kkk. I realy liked of sounds, graphics, controls, story and atmosphere. Good job.

Wolfie

20. Aug 2017 · 09:40 UTC

Absolutely hilarious. Only bug I found was that you could keep killing farmers even after the newspaper appears when you get caught.

One of my favourite games this jam, well done!