Blank Spaces INC. by Oneki

made by Oneki for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

Welcome to Blank Spaces Incorporated, where we take pride in preparing everything blank!

From pages, drives and desks to people stares, we make from something – nothing. Our mission is to help all those poor souls get rid of their indispensable items and precious memories. When you are desperate to start anew, Blank Spaces saves the day!

You (and only you) have been carefully selected for our Beginner Learning Assistant (not College) program. Please come in at any time between 3AM and 8AM, when usually nothing happens. Which is how we prefer it. Take that as your first free lesson.

Yours truly,

Simon Void

Senior Manager of Vacancy

Note: Black Spaces Incorporated (incorporated in Bareington, U.S.K) is not liable for any damage or harm caused by removing individual’s possession from their life, with or without their prior knowledge. Most notably removing money from their pockets and bank accounts.

------ INFO ------

Game has no audio.
Gamepad Required.
Right Trigger is the big lower button on the back of your gamepad :) Putting a picture in the tutorial next time!

Tip: Try holding Right Trigger just a bit, instead of all the way.

----- THANKS ------

Youtube	https://maybegreat.itch.io/blank-spaces-inc
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/blank-spaces-inc

Ratings

Overall	807^th	3.188⭐	34🧑‍⚖️
Fun	877^th	2.875⭐	34🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	479^th	3.281⭐	34🧑‍⚖️
Theme	645^th	3.203⭐	34🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	763^th	3.156⭐	34🧑‍⚖️
Humor	255^th	3.375⭐	34🧑‍⚖️
Mood	754^th	3.097⭐	33🧑‍⚖️
Given		31🗳️	32🗨️

Feedback

Xenoxygene

09. Oct 2019 · 14:10 UTC

10/10 fingers would wiggle again

BilalCh213

09. Oct 2019 · 15:38 UTC

Nice little game there! I like some of the dialogues. Good effort!

🎤 Oneki

10. Oct 2019 · 07:23 UTC

@bilalch213 Thanks for playing an rating. Returned the favor :)

🎤 Oneki

10. Oct 2019 · 07:34 UTC

@xenoxygene Thanks for playing and rating. Enjoyed your team's game!

Pedro Miranda

10. Oct 2019 · 11:02 UTC

Great concept! I like the storytelling and how it fits the theme.

unfortunatelly the controller is kinda frustrating, It is too sensitive. Maybe making the trigger stick your arm out and the right triger move it in all directions would make it better.

Anyway, nice entry

NachtWitch

10. Oct 2019 · 13:00 UTC

Excellent story, and fantastic gameplay, really co graphics too, 10/10

coachsisyphus

10. Oct 2019 · 13:03 UTC

Story killin it; I want to know these skills. Great work!

🎤 Oneki

10. Oct 2019 · 13:15 UTC

Thanks everyone for the feedback and rating.

@pedro-miranda Definitely fidly, as physics based controlls tend to be. My first experience with them here. So happy for feedback such as this to try different things. Controls sadly, as you likely know, are something you lose the idea of how difficult/easy they are without other people.

AliceCrd

11. Oct 2019 · 12:25 UTC

Very good game, like so much the story :) Good work !

moechen

11. Oct 2019 · 13:21 UTC

I like the story and the dialogues. The atmosphere is great! I like the clean wall and the contrast between the white space and the black letter. But it hard to control the hand. Great story!

Dominas

11. Oct 2019 · 16:32 UTC

Great narrative! Reminds me of Stanley Parable and Portal. Maybe lack of voices sounded better in my head rather than could have been achieved in such short time. Great stuff.

croewens

12. Oct 2019 · 12:07 UTC

Controller felt a bit to clunky, but you get used to it after a while! I liked the overall vibe and story!

Mickxe

12. Oct 2019 · 13:04 UTC

I couldn't get it to work with a Dualshock 4, is it a general bug or just me?

HiveMinds

12. Oct 2019 · 13:13 UTC

I liked the storytelling it was well written and added to the experience.
The hand mechanic is comedic and is a fun idea to base your game around to use, though I wish it was slightly better to control, it felt slightly weird to control it and it wasn't clicking well enough with how the camera presented your point of view. Slight tweaking with the positioning and pov might have really helped.

But it was really enjoyable, as many said before, gave off Stanley Parable vibes :)

mahalis

12. Oct 2019 · 15:07 UTC

This is extremely odd and I like it. Spent a while wrestling with the controls until I think I got the hang of it, but I had a really hard time in the second room - got the name plate thing to the edge of the table then couldn't for the life of me knock it off. Easily the most unique control scheme I've seen in an LD game. Nice work.

🎤 Oneki

13. Oct 2019 · 00:50 UTC

@mickxe Tested on the Xbox One controller only. Thinking about it, likely didn't add specific setting for DualShock. Thanks for the feedback. Sorry it stopped you from playing.

🎤 Oneki

13. Oct 2019 · 00:52 UTC

Thanks @mahalis @hiveminds and @dominas for the kinds words and feedback. Happy you find something intruiging about the control-scheme, as have I. I'll be working on the v2 next week, hopefully something good comes out of it.

Mickxe

13. Oct 2019 · 06:15 UTC

This was a nice concept, and the Surgeon Simulator-style is something I haven't seen in LD before! I got the DS4 to work using InputMapper.

jamioflan

15. Oct 2019 · 12:54 UTC

That was rather silly, but enjoyable. Although, isn't starting with something and creating nothing the exact opposite of the theme?

🎤 Oneki

15. Oct 2019 · 13:44 UTC

@jamioflan Right-o on the theme switch, for the game as is. The idea was the get to the starting point, where you would then start with nothing (but your own knowledge). I tried to at least play a bit around it within the writing, which is quick to produce during jam.

Thanks for the play.

SheepDog123

15. Oct 2019 · 17:38 UTC

Couldn't Play. There was a runtime error.... :frowning:

Rialgar

15. Oct 2019 · 20:09 UTC

Thanks for reminding me to drink water. The writing was really good. Funny and yet mysterious. I want to know more about this organization that aims to undo creation. See me flailing and giggling here: https://youtu.be/DmeHAnTZxis

🎤 Oneki

15. Oct 2019 · 22:23 UTC

@sheepdog123 Oh no! I'm sorry about that. Any other Unreal Engine 4 games that do that for you?

SheepDog123

16. Oct 2019 · 01:00 UTC

@oneki :shrug_tone1: I'm not really sure. Hmm, is there a special program I need to run Unreal Engine games?

🎤 Oneki

16. Oct 2019 · 16:25 UTC

@sheepdog123 There are some runtime libraries that I have not packaged in since it adds into already huge installer. I'd say you've managed to avoid all of those up until now or missing one of the files. I can repackage, you'd have to re-download. Let's wait for a new version of the game to make it worth all the hassle. This was super helpful feedback and something to look after while distributing. Thanks :)

SheepDog123

17. Oct 2019 · 21:28 UTC

@oneki No problem! Would you like me to send you the screenshot of the error? :)

🎤 Oneki

18. Oct 2019 · 11:38 UTC

@sheepdog123 I'm good thanks. :)

karrar home student

22. Oct 2019 · 01:59 UTC

love your game

🎤 Oneki

22. Oct 2019 · 10:11 UTC

@karrar-home-student Thanks for playing. Your thang was a breeze to get through, thanks to the 'god mode' on :wink:

elysiagriffin

30. Oct 2019 · 01:08 UTC

Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my livestream!

If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/494941349?t=3h1m23s

Hope you got some valuable feedback on your game and looking forward to seeing you next LD jam if I dont catch you before then! :D

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady

https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin