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Participatory Loop (and the Samovar of Time) by xlomid

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made by xlomid for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

Work for a creative agency that attracts off-kilter clients. Help a grumpy mad scientist to create a marketing campaign for his time-traveling samovar. Escape a time loop to move on with your life. And maybe learn a bit about participatory design?

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This prototype was developed as a mini-game for Methodyca, a learning game about research methods created at Tallinn University, Estonia. Check out our website here: http://dlg.tlu.ee/methodyca/

* UPDATE - 16/10/2020 * We added a second link below to the finished, post-compo version game.

Youtube https://senokos.itch.io/samovar
Youtube http://www.tlu.ee/~shenawy/Jam/0.5/
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/participatory-loop-and-the-samovar-of-time

Ratings

Overall 917th 3.421⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 971th 3.2⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 708th 3.421⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 454th 3.917⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1191th 3.105⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 697th 3.294⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Humor 230th 3.658⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1052th 3.158⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 31🗳️ 15🗨️

Feedback

LelulaGames
06. Oct 2020 · 05:19 UTC
I didn't realize I could choose more than one person for the meeting at first, but I did pick it up. There was dialog missing at one point as well. Overall an interesting concept. ![dial.png](///raw/c8c/33/z/38c7f.png)
Shenawy
06. Oct 2020 · 09:08 UTC
@lelulagames thanks for playing. unfortunately we couldn't finish it on time, that's why the last bit is like that. Ivan was supposed to give you feedback on what you chose in the meeting. We will finish it soon and upload a link to the finished game
Yoni
06. Oct 2020 · 11:09 UTC
A nice idea with some funny bits, but I quit after a few rounds because there was no way to understand If I'm going in the right direction. Hopefully the final version will be better in this regard.
ElPadlos
06. Oct 2020 · 11:10 UTC
Great music and drawings ). Simple and interesting game. Well done!
Tamail
06. Oct 2020 · 11:11 UTC
This is such an interesting idea! Liked it a lot! I just wish the speech bubble for you and others would look different, this was a bit confusing.
Jonas Michael
06. Oct 2020 · 11:13 UTC
Nice concept, however I faced the same issue regarding the missing dialogue. The suggestions are hilarious and made the gameplay quite humorous. I dont think though that you can play this game too often, as it seems quite repetitive (which makes sense regarding the theme :thinking: )
Div00
06. Oct 2020 · 12:00 UTC
A fantastic concept, I enjoyed it so much, and had high hopes for its end, but unfortunately it was missing that part. Would play it again indeed once it's finished.
Shenawy
16. Oct 2020 · 08:59 UTC
@lelulagames , @yoni , @elpadlos , @tamail , @jonas-michael , @div00
Just to let you know, the full game link is now added and you can play it all the way to the end. And yes, you can win this thing :smiley:
Shenawy
16. Oct 2020 · 09:00 UTC
@tamail agreed. Given time, I might even consider giving different font colour to each character to help differentiate them even more.
Shenawy
16. Oct 2020 · 09:01 UTC
@jonas-michael yeap, we really delivered on being 'stuck in a loop' :smile:
Try the finished version now and see how it's like after you can finish it.
Jonas Michael
18. Oct 2020 · 11:48 UTC
@shenawy I tried the finished version, and with the feedback it is actually a lot of fun finding out about the preferences of the time traveller! Good work on that one!
Div00
20. Oct 2020 · 22:45 UTC
@shenawy I have played the finished game, and I like it so much. I loved the concept even more :heart: keep up the good work and would love to play your next games :smile:
Aravill
25. Oct 2020 · 14:49 UTC
Nice idea for a game! For a while I was a bit confused about what I'm actually to do, but I picked up on it after a few minutes. Good job ^^