Hairball by instantnoedel

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made by instantnoedel for LD 40 (JAM)

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You locked yourself out of your house and things are getting out of hand quickly.

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Ratings

Overall 1150th 2.194⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1147th 2.056⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 818th 2.889⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 877th 3⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1063th 1.75⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 689th 2.206⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Humor 566th 2.917⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1034th 2.417⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 19🗳️ 12🗨️

Feedback

Samuli Salonen
05. Dec 2017 · 08:59 UTC
I dislike the control scheme, it's very awkward to move with keyboard arrows and w to interact with stuff.
Are you using your own tech to render the game?
If so, that's very impressive.

The performance got really poor after the hair grew a bit longer, but this might be intentional as it's fitting the theme?
Nillard
05. Dec 2017 · 10:18 UTC
This might be the shortest one I played yet. Silly take on the theme! Tried seeing how much hair I could fill the screen with but at 4 FPS it got a bit hard to keep it in view and growing.
05. Dec 2017 · 18:36 UTC
I'm real confused with this one, the take on the theme was the performance getting worse on purpose? If so, this is the most unconventional way to fit in a theme
beanslasher
06. Dec 2017 · 06:12 UTC
I was not the biggest fan of the art, and the performance was not optimal but I like the idea
06. Dec 2017 · 07:23 UTC
Was too short to enjoy, unlike the hair.
NikorasuChan
06. Dec 2017 · 08:22 UTC
I got a virus warning from windows defender, not sure if intentional but I can't play this game because of that sorry.
Florian van Strien
06. Dec 2017 · 16:27 UTC
I've played this once, but when I wanted to try again a few hours later Windows Defender thought it was a virus. If this is a GameMaker: Studio game, maybe you can try the zip export option instead of the single exe one?

Anyway, I really liked how weird it is, and the worsening FPS is a very interesting way to use the theme (although it wouldn't work very well for a larger game I think). I liked how everything moved, like the text. I don't remember if I liked the music unfortunately, so I'll rate that if I get the game to work again.
shinyogre
07. Dec 2017 · 18:03 UTC
If you had like a dozen tiny little experiences similar in weirdness to this, and then put them into one game, it would be very cool. A bunch of weird "gameplay vignettes".

But stand-alone, there just isn't much of interest.
BlakeMcDeezy
12. Dec 2017 · 11:30 UTC
I loved the music, it set the mood nicely. Good use of dialogue boxes as well. The low frame rate was a bit tricky - I think it is better to show the handicap some other way (for example, hair filling up the screen so fast you can no longer find your house).
gustavo.christino
26. Dec 2017 · 13:58 UTC
I can't play the game because of the antivirus. =/
Drury
26. Dec 2017 · 14:37 UTC
For some reason the way it ends so abruptly is just perfect. Like, that's pretty much perfect comedic timing.
Swen
26. Dec 2017 · 14:40 UTC
Liked the concept, but I don't feel like I am working towards something. It was funny running around with a long trail of hair though.