Running out of spoons by Andrea
In this educative simulation game, you play as a disabled person trying to go about their life. You'll be face with many challenges that disabled people face every day, including lack of energy, lack of support, capitalism and the absurdity of a system that doesn't want to have anything to do with you.
On the plus side, you have a cat.
The game, in HTML5 canvas, was made with me and my boyfriend in 3 days, using Notepad++ for the code and Clip Studio Paint for the graphics.
Thank you for playing! <3
| HTML5 (web) | http://dev.androidandrea.com/ld39 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/running-out-of-spoons |
Ratings
| Given | 0🗳️ | 0🗨️ |
Positive things:
- interesting concept, definitely gives a new perspective to the theme. I'm not familiar with the lives of the disabled so I was really curious about how you would portray the world these people might live in.
- the gameplay works well and is very simple to learn
- good graphics, the pictures are very clear and the colors are easy on the eyes.
Some criticism:
- because you were able to click on the items with your mouse, there wasn't really any point in walking around - I'd say, choose either or. I personally found the clicking a lot easier, but moving the character around did make it feel more real, like The Sims.
- once you get the hang of the game itself, it became very easy and the important message wasn't conveyed like you had probably intended. As long as I just slept twice in a row, my spoons would get to 100% and I got the wheelchair in no time. I didn't really find any difficulties in my disabled life.
- No ending? I played til day 23, had bought everything I could but there was no resolution to the game.
Anyhow, overall it was a really interesting concept and the gameplay worked well, so good job!