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The more hair you have... by Naca

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made by Naca for LD 40 (JAM)

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A game about woman hair.

CONTROL: mouse + left click

On the link below you can find both jam and post-jam versions.

All art, sound and coding by Carlos Pérez and Nuria Pico. Beach ambient sound by dkustic (freesound, CC - Attribution)

Engine: Phaser. Graphics: Photoshop + Illustrator. Sound: Audacity.

Thanks for playing :]

Release notes (spoiler alert)

Hair removal is not the goal of the game. Although it seems to be at the beginning, the actual goal is to remove from the screen all the people that shout at the girl because of her hair. What you do with the girl's hair doesn't count for the outcome of the game. With this game, we intend to rise concern about the widespread misconceptions related to women's hair, and turn upside down the perception of hair as something like "the more you have, the worse it is".

Post-jam version changelog: - Fix typo on the ending text - Fix sound bug - Tweak a couple of gameplay parameters

HTML5 (web) https://naca.gamejolt.io/ld40/
HTML5 (web)
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/the-more-hair-you-have

Ratings

Overall 603th 3.423⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1050th 2.587⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 213th 3.637⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Theme 58th 4.202⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 262th 4.029⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Mood 364th 3.541⭐ 51🧑‍⚖️
Given 43🗳️ 42🗨️

Feedback

Tad
05. Dec 2017 · 16:22 UTC
I'll be honest - I was really iffy on the concept when I first started playing, but I'm so glad I stuck it out!

Really, really well done here.

Also, an extra kudos for the fantastic work on the graphics!
Siege
06. Dec 2017 · 02:59 UTC
I like the message of the game. Cool to see games with a message!
rargrave
06. Dec 2017 · 03:03 UTC
The sounds weren't working for me, but it was an interesting concept and great take on the theme. I was disappointed I couldn't pluck the chest hairs off the men.
Team Infernus
06. Dec 2017 · 03:06 UTC
I really like where you took the concept! I just wish I could have plucked the hair on the other people.
Jack Maxwell
06. Dec 2017 · 03:09 UTC
Great game, did find one thing. At the end when it says "The more assholes you have, the worst it is" worst is improper grammar and should be worse. Overall an interesting idea
🎤 Naca
06. Dec 2017 · 03:36 UTC
@rargrave @team-infernus As you may have noticed, the hair you see on some men is not a coincidence. We put it deliberately to represent the hipocrisy of some people with this topic. We thought that the player should not pluck their hair, but rather "pluck" their judjements. Anyway, your point of view is also interesting, and we may reconsider it for the future.

@jack-maxwell yeah, we know. It will be fixed soon.
mooncalf
06. Dec 2017 · 05:08 UTC
Interesting take. The game looked and played beautifully. Sound was great. Loved that the difficulty lever was only changing the color. Well done!
regisrquoi
06. Dec 2017 · 16:05 UTC
Good take on the theme. It's nice to see that in a LD Game.

The art is really cool, the sound they make is too. Maybe it's a bit too slow to grow for someone who's not convinced by your message at the beggining to convince them...

The end message is not even needed I guess, it's clearly understandable haha !

Sending love toward your direction !! =)
Togimaro
06. Dec 2017 · 17:31 UTC
Fantastic game!
It's super cool for a Ludum Dare game to have a such great protest message!
The arts are really great and the concept is fun!

Great job :D
Marine Furlan
06. Dec 2017 · 18:55 UTC
I love how you touch on the subject, it brings the game to the theme with fun and ethics at the same time, nice job !
solluxx
07. Dec 2017 · 02:10 UTC
The ending is fantastic. A great message that was delivered well. Great work!
DarkSamus9000
07. Dec 2017 · 02:14 UTC
I liked the humorous take on the theme, and the drawings were very well done! That woman looked more and more ugly as the hair piled on. Extra points for the creative use of the theme and good art, even though I disagree with the message.
GoldRanger
07. Dec 2017 · 02:17 UTC
At first I click on the man just because I want to try to remove the hair from the man's chest.
However, the man just make a disappointed sound and leave but the woman smile, then I get the point!
Well done! Games that try to positive message is always great!
steven-pinto
07. Dec 2017 · 02:19 UTC
Hahaha, I had fun playing! By the end of the game she looked more like a man xD But ye, good message at the end! All in all great art and good approach on the concept. Well done :)
Pls feel free to play and rate my game: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/split
All the best!
Burnt
07. Dec 2017 · 02:22 UTC
The art is amazing, and I like the theme. I love how everything is so simple, but so creative.
Iamsodarncool
07. Dec 2017 · 02:28 UTC
(spoiler alert)

This is a great example of games as art. It was very interesting feeling my own emotions change over the course of a game: from "really? A game where removing body hair is the goal? Tasteless, stupid and offensive" to "hahaha stupid assholes you can't judge me ya jerks" to finally "what a wholesome positive message." Additionally, sound and graphics are both very pleasing. Creates a very nice atmosphere.

Good work.
Fluffi
07. Dec 2017 · 02:31 UTC
Like anyone else here i like the message. But i also wanna be constructive. So i found it nice that you had more than one voice acting for the women and men yelling but yet not enough to not make it feel repetetive too fast. Assumin you record 3 versions you could still pitch each of those then in 3 slightly different pitches and you have 9 variations. Not much work but a great effect.

Anyways, i really liked it :-)
farofa0
07. Dec 2017 · 02:31 UTC
Wow. You definitely did something interesting here, I found the idea very good. I think it could be more difficult to play, but I still think it's awesome. Congratulations!
Simon Rahnasto
07. Dec 2017 · 02:43 UTC
Yeah you guys got me too, I clicked on it thinking that it was made by a bunch of 12 year old boys and left with a good and wholesome message! Really well made and great visuals.
spyispie120
07. Dec 2017 · 02:44 UTC
Haha, I really like where you take this game to. A small, and simple game with a nice message at the end! Nice aesthetic, and relaxing mood.

Great job by the way!
Jake White
07. Dec 2017 · 03:20 UTC
Wholesome af, great message.
Amir Bayareh
07. Dec 2017 · 03:27 UTC
Nice concept!

Har freedom for all!
IHateYouse
07. Dec 2017 · 04:22 UTC
i liked it...kind of had an Italian beach feel with the voices and style. I didn't get the comments on the tweezers for awhile, but then I started getting it. Thanks alot for the effort. This was fun to play and well done!
🎤 Naca
07. Dec 2017 · 18:55 UTC
Thanks everybody for the valuable feedback!! We're very happy to see that our game is having this great reception!
PeachTreeOath
08. Dec 2017 · 05:18 UTC
Surprsingly I went for the enemies first and only realized I could remove the hair after a few rounds. Maybe that's just the gamer in me....
lexi
09. Dec 2017 · 16:01 UTC
As peachtreeoath I went for the enemies first as well. Cool concept, especially that you can resolve the situation in two different ways.

The graphics were really nice.
sbarrio
09. Dec 2017 · 16:05 UTC
This is really well done, the graphics and sound fit in perfectly and the fact that the game tries to convey an idea makes it stand among others.

Buen trabajo!
Hugimugi7
09. Dec 2017 · 16:06 UTC
Interesting....
gwolf86
09. Dec 2017 · 16:10 UTC
Nice work and an interesting take on the theme. It was good that you could complete it both ways for different endings. It's rare to see games tackle social issues like this and this one was really well presented.
zenmumbler
09. Dec 2017 · 16:10 UTC
Good reversal! Nice visual style as well. If it had some suave music and sound effects, would have been perfect. Well done.
🎤 Naca
09. Dec 2017 · 16:55 UTC
@lexi @gwolf86 Actually the game has only one ending (the text on a white background). If you've seen also the text on a black background, that's just a help tip in order to move forward in the game. Maybe we should make more clear the difference between them with some additional feedback for the player...

Anyway, glad you liked it and thanks! :)
gwolf86
09. Dec 2017 · 16:57 UTC
Ah, fair enough. I just assumed it was the "bad" ending. You could treat it that way and have it as a win/lose kind of game.
nahual
11. Dec 2017 · 00:15 UTC
@naca your game seems really.. Complete. You have the message and want to send it. And I like that your game has some.. background :)
I was suprised after the plot twist, when I realised, that I can remove assholes instead of hair it is also a proposal :)
Also the graphic is cute and very attractive.
Good job, the game is awesome!
regisrquoi
11. Dec 2017 · 17:42 UTC
@naca tried to find you on twitter but didn't succeeded, I dunno if you have one but i'd be glad to see your next projects =)
🎤 Naca
12. Dec 2017 · 01:12 UTC
@regisrquoi We don't have a twitter account :/ You can contact me (Carlos) on [my gamejolt](https://gamejolt.com/@Naca), but honestly, I'm not a very active user (just another couple of LD entries). Anyway, I really love Ludum Dare, so it's very likely that I keep taking part in the following jams (hope at least once a year). You can also hit the "Follow" button in my LD user page so we become jamming friends hahaha :right_facing_fist::left_facing_fist:
axoona
16. Dec 2017 · 00:03 UTC
it's a really cool entry. I like to see subjects like that treated lightheartly and on LDJAM :)
The graphics are very original too!
Omiya Games
25. Dec 2017 · 21:47 UTC
I kind of wished I didn't read the first few words below the spoilers (by accident, I swear!) before playing this game. The startup felt a bit slow, since it's just a whole lot of waiting until the tweezers appear, and the lose condition takes forever, but the message was really nice. I definitely would appreciate nicer people surrounding my area.

A small and short experience, but I think it delivers on its promise. Keep it up!