This Loop (TM) by CJGladback
Enjoy the soothing visual novel activities of participating in an interdepartmental meeting at Clockwork Inc, the leaders in their field. Strengthen friendships, learn your coworkers' names, and try to figure out which one of them is a murderer.
Good luck!
CW: Cartoon depiction of blood and mentions of death

This is officially my second-and-a-half playable submission for a game jam. We got images WITH story this time, and better-noted code that feels like I might actually be able to use it again. I'm pretty hyped.
I used Ink and Unity, implementing a lot more (and surprisingly a lot less copy-pasta) in both engines than the last interactive fiction I made. There were still plenty of points where I realized I was being an idiot and had to just do the code the inefficient way after struggling to fix the efficient one for several hours. But learning was had nonetheless.
Only wish I'd gotten more of the story and some music.
Already uploaded a bug-fix after discovering a chunk of the Ink went missing, leading to several very unintended loops.
| Youtube | https://cjgladback.itch.io/this-loop-tm |
| Youtube | https://github.com/cjgladback/LD47 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/this-loop-tm |
Ratings
| Overall | 729th | 3.553⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1244th | 2.947⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1291th | 2.842⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 294th | 4.053⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 900th | 3.447⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 238th | 3.647⭐ | 19🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 928th | 3.265⭐ | 19🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 18🗳️ | 12🗨️ |
If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/767497194?t=10h08m26s
Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D
💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady
https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin
Loved the sideplot of starting a fight and getting caught by the police!
GG WP (Great game, well programmed!)
Good job!
Really liked the clarity of the graphics.
The people highlighted when they speaks its a nice solution
Like the dialogs
