A Social Life by Owen Davies

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made by Owen Davies for LD 40 (COMPO)

This game is based around gaining followers on social media. It is designed to infuriate you. I am sorry.

Controls: WASD - Move E - Interact Esc - Exit GUIs

Screenshots: Capture.PNG

Capture2.PNG

Ratings

Overall 610th 2.762⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 673th 1.857⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 604th 2.452⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 629th 2.595⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 483th 2.905⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 381th 2.786⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 100th 3.524⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 557th 2.524⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 10🗳️ 9🗨️

Feedback

WoooWooo
04. Dec 2017 · 04:41 UTC
I like any game that lets me get followers without having to follow other people. Well done.
CaptainDreamcast
04. Dec 2017 · 06:06 UTC
Numa Numa WILL come back, you'll see. It's just taking a break.

I very rarely stumble upon meta games in LD, so this was pretty novel to me. And I thought it was funny. I got way more out of this than out of No Man's Sky, I'll tell you that.
Sholf
04. Dec 2017 · 06:42 UTC
Haha it took me a while to realize there's nothing to do beside watching my followers go up. Or is there? I guess I'll never know. GG
orcdraco
04. Dec 2017 · 16:57 UTC
Nice graphics and music! :) The humor fits the theme very well, I think. More days gone by, but the followers are slow to grow... which make the player feels... sad(?) Good job, btw! :)
ffs2309
05. Dec 2017 · 14:37 UTC
I really liked your game even though, featurewise it is, let's say a bit thin, but still for me you've totally won the humor category as well as graphics and audio are really nice. It definitely is a solid entry for sure :)
🎤 Owen Davies
06. Dec 2017 · 08:40 UTC
Thanks all for your feedback!
Jegus9
06. Dec 2017 · 17:44 UTC
Plot twist: if you get to 100 followers, you get a cutscene of Trump and Putin making out.
🎤 Owen Davies
06. Dec 2017 · 21:10 UTC
That isn't a bad idea, hahaha
randomphantom
07. Dec 2017 · 14:32 UTC
Heh, a literal idle game. Wish I had this many followers IRL. (guess this says something about my social media presence..). A bit unfun, but I guess that's the point!
Slyddar
08. Dec 2017 · 00:35 UTC
Fun comment on the state of social media. Nice work.
lautregars
08. Dec 2017 · 01:29 UTC
Fun graphs, interesting idea of a no-game. But the theme's well fitting. Lots of points on humor too.
SaraMartins
09. Dec 2017 · 22:17 UTC
This was interesting. I understand the idea behind it, infuriating the player, but it really just felt annoying, or not really, as after 10 followers I left the game running in background to check a few times later...

So yeah you don't really do anything in the game, a bit boring, but it is indeed what you intended to so you accomplished it.

The music loop was nice and the pixel art nicely made too. Maybe you should have drawn the smartphone in the same style as the room and items. Congratulations :)
Chipmonkey
10. Dec 2017 · 16:30 UTC
The pixel art/music was good, but as far as the gameplay... :P
MagonX
12. Dec 2017 · 16:20 UTC
The boy has more followers than me in real life hahaha Good annoying game! :p