Group Chat by Meatball
A Short Walking Simulator

Story
Everybody's chatting
Objective
No Objective! Just walk around and check out your pals :smile:
Controls
- WASD + Mouse to Move
- Hold Shift to Run
- Right Click to Zoom right in
Post-jam changes
- Tweaked the camera during the intro
- Added a loading screen to help load streaming audio
- Added phaser on the guitar solos (EVH 4ever)
Devlog
Made using Unity and FMOD
| Youtube | https://mattbeckett.itch.io/group-chat |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/group-chat |
Ratings
| Overall | 1261th | 3.164⭐ | 63🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1395th | 2.754⭐ | 63🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 857th | 3.288⭐ | 61🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1564th | 2.55⭐ | 62🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 941th | 3.402⭐ | 63🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 586th | 3.415⭐ | 61🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 300th | 3.517⭐ | 61🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 468th | 3.695⭐ | 61🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 89🗳️ | 114🗨️ |
This is definitely a weird one. Not sure I'd call it much of a game, but it was fun to look around and see all there is to see.
The graphics are simple and cute but it works and the all that give a good mood to the experience.
Interesting and relaxing experience!
If there were an objective, I think this game would really be someting extra special. good job!
Graphics are very trippy and the concept could actually be an interesting one. Spending your days chatting as a loop. If you included some actual chats between your characters, that would be cool. Just imagine what those strange, strange creature could have to say! But for now it is indeed just a walking simulator.
Good job, and thanks for sharing!
I love the variation of character designs here! I do kinda wish zooming in would also enlarge the group chat cameras, but I still had fun tracking down where everyone was on the map. The camera angles and bobbing movement of everyone's faces really nailed the "Facetime" aesthetic. :smile: Nice job!
To me, my only objective is doing some selfies with the other characters using their cameras (skeleton for president! :skull: ).

Good job! Congrats!

Great food for thought - hopefully I'll figure out a way to get a nice fullscreen option down the road!

I would love it if there was just a tiny bit more to do or too look at, but the mood is soooo great!


It's good to have chill experiences here and there. With the kind of games I've played in this jam, my mind really appreciated this short experience. Chatting up with friends in Zoom and Discord calls is a relatable situation specially these days. As for the game itself, the multiple cameras and the music really brought up the mood for this one. Fun, cute experimental game! Well received! :whale:
EDIT: The movement was perfect as well