The Tragic Tale of No Bones Jones by darefus

made by darefus for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

Controls: MOUSE ONLY

This is an 18+ game. This is a game about making friends and helping them through rough times. You meet a young skelter with literally nothing. No job, no possessions, no significant other, no dog, no limbs, no name. Maybe you can help him??

We kinda ran out of time midway through so a lot of directions cut short, sorry!

Youtube	https://darefus.itch.io/the-tragic-tale-of-no-bones-jones
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/the-tragic-tale-of-no-bones-jones

Ratings

Overall	615^th	3.405⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Fun	725^th	3.071⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	981^th	2.571⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Theme	845^th	2.905⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	215^th	4.091⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Humor	201^th	3.5⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Mood	346^th	3.605⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Given		23🗳️	12🗨️

Feedback

gSamore

12. Oct 2019 · 17:55 UTC

Can't find the game on itch.io!

RedHermit

13. Oct 2019 · 03:13 UTC

Nothing at that itch.io link to play :( - Love the cover art though!

🎤 darefus

13. Oct 2019 · 21:42 UTC

@gsamore @redhermit try now?

gustavo.christino

16. Oct 2019 · 00:22 UTC

Is the dog (in Itch.io) in the image a reference to Gantz?

PopDaddyGames

16. Oct 2019 · 15:26 UTC

The artwork looks great, and no bones Jones is a clever name! xD

Pegasus

24. Oct 2019 · 16:34 UTC

Amazing to think that you made this in 3 days

Phoenix Fireflower

24. Oct 2019 · 20:42 UTC

Great job finishing the game and getting all the artwork done even concidering you couldn't put in everything you wanted. Still had fun playing it. :thumbsup:

krx271

24. Oct 2019 · 21:23 UTC

Nice game!

adhesion

25. Oct 2019 · 02:02 UTC

Nice! The writing was hilarious and evocative and the art ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) was great too. For a game like this the gamefeel is really good too, particularly the little graphical effects and the sound design, nice work there. The unfinished stuff was a bit of a bummer, I wanted to smoke some jade :( also got a dead end at the snake lady. Would love to see more if this is updated. Nice work!

BrokenMirrorMedia

25. Oct 2019 · 05:07 UTC

I would like to review this game, but when I run the exe nothing happens... I can't tell if it's a problem on my end or not, but if you make any changes that could fix that before the deadline just ping me and I'll rate this game!

CaptainDreamcast

26. Oct 2019 · 13:28 UTC

During my first run I thought I'm gonna trick the doggo, what's the worst that can happen and that took a turn.

I got stuck at the snake/orc/butt lady too, the text gets stuck on "y-yes s- snake lady" and doesn't continue. Would love to replay it if you could fix that. So my comments here are exclusively graveyard dog centric. Once again I loved the writing, I laughed multiple times during playing, especially during the Jones/bone-stepper interactions in the woods and the beginning. And every time barking was involved. I think the two had great chemistry, it was the relatable buddy-skeleton drama I never knew I needed. Dog girl was very cute, I thought the art really shined at that point. Also liked how it played with some blur/color/funky background effects.
All in all top stuff, hope you can fix the butt lady so I can kick around more bo- err, I mean help Jones become complete again.