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The Journalist by mato26

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made by mato26 for LD 39 (JAM)

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It's not easy to become successful Journalist. So when there is the opportunity you have to go for it!

But be careful with your coffee, there are rumors that the Big Boss doesn't like people who drink a lot of coffee. Weird right?

I would suggest you to minimize the use of coffee and to not waste your precious energy on some typos. Just to be sure.

Also, don't forget to share your awesome articles on Twitter!

This was my 3rd finished Ludum Dare game but it was the first time I attended on my own, and to be honest probably the one I enjoyed the most working on.

I was not able to finish in 48 hours but I am more than very happy with the outcome :). As always with Ludum Dare game there are a lot of things I am looking forward to improve in the next ones. This time it was mainly the audio part of the game. Hopefully it will be better next time :D

I hope you will enjoy.

I've added Web build but I suggest you to play it in fullscreen :)

P.S. There is ~10k words so happy typing :D

Windows https://mato26.itch.io/the-journalist
HTML5 (web) https://mato26.itch.io/the-journalist
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/the-journalist

Ratings

Overall 568th 3.136⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 634th 2.818⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 718th 2.5⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 766th 2.762⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 398th 3.591⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 238th 3.429⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 184th 3.095⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 509th 3.05⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 23🗳️ 12🗨️

Feedback

Spice135
01. Aug 2017 · 17:01 UTC
Interesting game, but didn't feel complete. Enjoyed myself though!
Capitals
01. Aug 2017 · 17:13 UTC
Interesting game, it fits the theme well. However the gameplay is limited and I couldn't help but think that the game would have been more fun if the words coming down formed a headline and typos were included in the final article. Overall a interesting entry.
GeraldFIngBurke
01. Aug 2017 · 17:18 UTC
I tweeted you! Ha! But, no, that was a really clever mechanic. I had a lot of fun with what could have been a super-simple typing game. I enjoyed the theme and the art, though I will say that I didn't get running out of power from it, but I really didn't need to. Besides the theme, everything else was pretty much 5/5, clever, fun. I enjoyed the sound and the art a great deal. Awesome job!
🎤 mato26
01. Aug 2017 · 17:32 UTC
@geraldfingburke Thank you! I am really glad you like it :) Yes, I realized that the game progression is really slow... It takes a lot of time until it gets to harder, longer words with higher falling speed etc. And you are right it feels too easy. But keep in mind that the most of us in here is used to write a lot and fast (especially during ludum dare :D ) so the game for us is much easierthan for people who don't write on pc x hours a day. But to be honest, it might take too long anyway. But anyway, glad you like it :)
bveeramani
04. Aug 2017 · 05:56 UTC
Great job! I had a lot of fun with this game. I thought that the art was very fitting and that your interpretation of the theme was clever. And the ability to post articles is also brilliant. There were two issues I found when I played the game. The first, as it has been mentioned before, is the slower game progression. The second was that I would often reattempt to type a word I made an error on, causing me to accidentally mistype the next word. However, I found myself doing that less as I played more rounds. Thanks for making this game!
Pedro Cipriano
07. Aug 2017 · 17:37 UTC
Good job! It would be nice to have a web version!
Fwazle
08. Aug 2017 · 19:13 UTC
Very interesting game! The workplace background sounds fit perfectly. Well done!
galacticglum
08. Aug 2017 · 19:18 UTC
The art looked really nice though the text was very hard to read. Overall, the game wasn't bad though the gameplay was lacking.
damdoshi
08. Aug 2017 · 22:04 UTC
Pretty game. It is simple but esthetic.
These old keyboard sounds make me feel like if I was typing super quickly. x)
GoldRanger
10. Aug 2017 · 01:10 UTC
Wow typing game! I love it!
Also I love your art style and when you drink coffee, the boss stretch his head out and look at me!
HaHa this little interaction let me feel I am really the game character! Great Entry!
urbanhelsing
10. Aug 2017 · 18:45 UTC
Fun! The joy of typing is very underrated. The things that I would like to improve is firstly the font is a bit hard to read, which is frustrating some times. And the other thing is that it was quite slow and simple. Maybe with an adaptive difficulty level the game could get harder when the player is better. Maybe adding more features would complicate things enough to increase the difficulty level.
alobker
10. Aug 2017 · 19:09 UTC
I can't believe nobody mentioned the conjoined triangles of success.
🎤 mato26
10. Aug 2017 · 19:12 UTC
@alobker OMG THANK YOU.... YOU BROUGHT THE HOPE BACK xD
Meta-link
10. Aug 2017 · 19:15 UTC
Cool game ! Very polished, I like playing it !

Good job :)
🎤 mato26
10. Aug 2017 · 19:16 UTC
@urbanhelsing Yes, adaptive difficulty would be very good idea, did not came to my mind so thank you for suggestion! However I still feel that would not be enough tho. There would probably need to be another gameplay element that player needs to keep in mind/react to in order to make it challenging. However, as I mentioned in comments higher, to non-coding friends this already challenging was :D

This (making things just hard enough and not too much) is so far very hard part of development for me. Hopefully getting better :D

Thanks for playing :)
SimplePotential
10. Aug 2017 · 20:38 UTC
Needs some work, maybe each day the words are harder or fall faster something like that. I had to purposefully type wrong just to see how the theme was implemented. Wasn't bad, I love typing games. The overall look of the game is great.
PeculiarCarrot
10. Aug 2017 · 20:45 UTC
The gameplay isn't exactly original, and it seems like you forced it to fit the theme. But otherwise, everything else is pretty well done. Good job :)
PeachTreeOath
11. Aug 2017 · 04:10 UTC
Damn I was hoping to be the first person to notice the triangles of success!

Nice, polished game. Other than the already mentioned things about difficulty, I thought it was very clean and the typing felt good to do, mostly because of the sound effects, despite you saying you'd like to work on the audio more next time. If anything, for this kind of game with simple interaction, maybe some smaller particle effects or something on the letter when you type could go a long way.
🎤 mato26
11. Aug 2017 · 08:57 UTC
@simplepotential The words are actually getting harder and falling faster every day, but it is adding up very slowly :/

@peachtreeoath Particle effects would be cool, shame on me for not thinking about that :D maybe post LD version :)
Pedro Miranda
14. Aug 2017 · 12:35 UTC
Cool game! Kept me typing for a good while xD I lik ethe graphics and the sound fits well, nice job!
🎤 mato26
14. Aug 2017 · 17:20 UTC
@pedro-miranda Thank you :) Glad you liked it.
Jason200101
16. Aug 2017 · 18:43 UTC
Nice game! The sound effects and music are awsome, and the idea seems nice too! The articles are super random and you have kept the difficulty curve between levels! This game feels completed! Well done! :smile: