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The HeartBeat by pomelouncia

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made by pomelouncia for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

Description

Year 2077, New Dunk 

Citizens of dunk have forgotten the glory time with Mother God Buho. Instead, they have betrayed their believe by transferred their flesh body to mechanical parts, all senses are replaced by biomechanical signal transmission with the help of Moligo, the oligarch of biomechanical technology company. While people enjoying their pleasure time as "the cyber-Ed", they have no anticipation of the Armageddon of digital virus that comes from nowhere.

And you are the Mayor of this city. 

After ten days of work, your exhausted heart had finally bursted. 

Your secretary arrived on time to bridged a mechanical heart for you to avoid you from endless darkness. Hold your heart tight, extend your life and the fate of this city until your last breathe.

（This game has multi-ending.）

Control

Space——Press the heart! We suggest press it when the slot is fully charged.

WASD or ↑←↓→——Make your decision! Tell your secretary about your last decision for this city.

The key is trying best to keep it alive on the same time dealing with all the files!

Setup

Unzip the file and run TheHeartBeat.exe

游戏介绍

2077年，新敦克市。

人们已经忘却了“鸮母”的辉光，转而投向寡头生物科技公司——莫利格。肉体逐渐被机械取代，五感也被神经接口传输的信号替换。正当人们享受着作为“改造者”的舒适生活时，一款不知从何而来的电子病毒成为了新敦克市的梦魇。

而你，是这座城市的市长。

在连续工作十日后，你那颗疲惫的心脏终于发出了最后的悲鸣。

及时赶到的秘书为你在体外桥接了一颗机械心脏，把它握在手中吧，用你最后的力量，去延续自己和这座城市的心跳。

（游戏包含多结局）

操作说明

空格键 按压心脏！厂商推荐你在节拍指示器涨满的瞬间挤压。

方向键 做出决策！告诉秘书你为这座城市做出的最后的决策。

最重要的是，努力活下去，处理完所有的文件！

版本说明

v1.00 2020.4.21 终于做完了，差点心脏也炸了

v1.01 2020.4.21 修复一些BUG

v1.02 2020.4.22 添加双语切换、温柔模式

v1.03 2020.4.22 添加全屏/窗口切换，添加分辨率调节，更新CG

v1.04 2020.4.23 修复了多周目的BUG！通关一周目后可以进入小彩蛋（？

游戏截图

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Youtube https://pomelouncia.itch.io/the-heartbeat
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/the-heartbeat

Ratings

Overall 125th 4.11⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Fun 955th 3.451⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 228th 3.878⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Theme 130th 4.244⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 29th 4.683⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Audio 45th 4.288⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Mood 65th 4.293⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Given 62🗳️ 56🗨️

Feedback

spectralcascade
21. Apr 2020 · 20:25 UTC
This game is fantastic; it's an absolutely stunning piece of work all round, the narrative, graphics, audio and rhythmic gameplay work together so amazingly well. I have no major negative feedback really, besides minor technical bug - some of the text formatting for things like bold/emphasised text stops working while a new tag is being parsed. Other than that though, this is brilliant, well done.
Sn4pi
21. Apr 2020 · 20:26 UTC
Nice game! I especially love the storytelling and art style, the gameplay was fun, too. The controls were simple but even though it turned out to be a very stressful game.

Sadly I would have hoped that my decisions had more influence on the story. To me it felt like there was no actual influence.
Typori
22. Apr 2020 · 06:54 UTC
美术和文本量太赞了，游戏性方面，对于是否判定到了正确时机，没有明确的反馈感觉有点奇怪。压力到后面是越来越大了，估计就是要传达这种感受吧，挺棒的。
Rahcelz
22. Apr 2020 · 08:28 UTC
I like the art and the music! 要在短时间里读大量文字并且做困难的决策，非常有意思和紧张。
🎤 pomelouncia
22. Apr 2020 · 15:53 UTC
@spectralcascade Thanks for playing! The problem of hypertext has been fixed in the latest version, although it is quite cool in a sense
🎤 pomelouncia
22. Apr 2020 · 15:56 UTC
@sn4pi There are actually more than ten endings. You can try different behavior styles. Thank you for your love!
RroshoW
22. Apr 2020 · 19:24 UTC
Love the Music and art style! But after I died once, when I restart the game, I can not choose the decisions anymore, the only thing I can do is watching my heart beat gone away. I'm not sure if it's a bug or it's the game style that I only have one life.
mp_raxxius
23. Apr 2020 · 04:23 UTC
Thank you for syncing the heartbeat to the music, it was awesome to play.
DJN
23. Apr 2020 · 04:29 UTC
This is amazing! I love the mood you created for this game! The art is beautiful and the music complements the intense decision making perfectly. Excellent job!
Epicular
23. Apr 2020 · 05:04 UTC
Wow, the production quality - graphics, audio, presentation, the whole bit - was way better than anything I expect from a jam game. Biggest immediate issue was the bug that stopped text from rolling after attempting to play the game a second time.

The concept was fantastic but the execution was questionable in some ways. It was frustrating having to cut through irrelevant filler text before getting to the important stuff. I particularly disagreed with the attempts at humor, which I found to both be in poor taste and to significantly detract from the epic mood that you had just worked so hard to set. Like, you successfully constructed one of the most somber and stressful moods of any game in the entire jam... and so you decided to suddenly weave in a joke about pornographic emails??

Overall I still loved the game, great presentation and an awesome unique concept.
JoAMD
23. Apr 2020 · 05:43 UTC
Amazing game! Wow it look so very cool! Awesome graphics, art, sounds and mood, love it! Nice touch with the heartbeat. I somehow completed the game in my second try successfully.
You made all the art for it? The drawings etc?

Also, as a side note, after i lost in my first try i tried playing again but the secretary wasn't reading out the questions, so i restarted the game and it worked.
yangying
23. Apr 2020 · 06:28 UTC
可怕的美工，恐怖如斯。氛围感很强，学习到了。
YiNian
23. Apr 2020 · 07:03 UTC
这也太强了吧，感觉要火
timeloopedpowergamer
23. Apr 2020 · 07:15 UTC
Best use of theme I've seen yet for a jam entry! Great art and sound. Gameplay is a little awkward, but that seems to be by design. Had to click through to get the final "end game" scenes, which wasn't specifically prompted but seemed to work okay. Looks like The HeartBeat is one of Ludum Dare #46's best in show for the Jam.
RhinoFreak
23. Apr 2020 · 07:27 UTC
One of the best I've played so far. Very topical too. I loved the music, it kept me engrossed, also really really liked the artwork. The story was too heavy and dialogue too but that's fine maybe. Keep it up!
HomunculusGames
23. Apr 2020 · 09:10 UTC
This game creates a crazy tension atmosphere with the music the beat and making big decision regarding your city. Excellent job guys, you nailed the theme!
gamepopper
23. Apr 2020 · 09:56 UTC
Love the artwork you've done on this! Incredibly detailed scenes. Brilliant concept too, having to make swift political decisions while maintaining your heartbeat. It definitely helped that the music went in beat to your heartrate, although I feel the music should at least loop instead of abruptly going silent.
smhsky
23. Apr 2020 · 16:15 UTC
为什么我的城市反复地失去了心跳，看得我好难受啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊
Amergiglia
23. Apr 2020 · 16:22 UTC
Wow, this game is amazing, graphics are OUTSTANDING and it perfectly fits the theme. Good game!
Payne325
23. Apr 2020 · 19:38 UTC
The visuals and audio were superb in this game, the audio in particular really helped get me into the rhythm aspect of the game play. I did find myself skipping large sections of the text to keep myself focused on staying alive for longer, which I guess was the point but it made me care less about the outcome of the plot, I just wanted to live for as long as possible. That said, the idea to make the rhythm tied to your life was genius and I was enamoured to the mechanic instantly.
Devastus
23. Apr 2020 · 19:55 UTC
A very interesting concept, and some really incredible artwork and music! This entry is certainly up at the very top of the list when it comes to audiovisual prowess and mood.

It was clear that the huge amounts of filler text was part of the intended gameplay, to really drive home the stress, but it might have still been a bit too much. Granted, I did enjoy the tension it created, but some of the written content did feel a bit "artificially lengthy", if that makes sense.

In any case, this was great. Amazing work!
Nogam
23. Apr 2020 · 22:24 UTC
A really good one , the art style is just gorgeous ! But I think there is too much text, i can't have time to read , and they talk to say nothing really interesting , we don't know if our choice has an impact. But it's a good game !
JustusPan
24. Apr 2020 · 13:31 UTC
Masterpiece. The quality of this game is incredible high. The graphics, the UI interface, narrative, two languages support, all of them are polished well. It exceeds my any expection for a Jam title. Good job man, I have inspired much from this game.
Houdou
24. Apr 2020 · 15:20 UTC
Incredible artwork and scripts
美工和文案都太强了！

以及，好多梗啊hhhhh，“还不可以休息哦”
toasteater
24. Apr 2020 · 15:50 UTC
The art is very well done, and the mechanic worked very well to create the atmosphere of emergency. The heart beat being synchronized to the music is a nice touch. The writing is good, including the most certainly considered decision to make it filler-heavy. All in all, this is definitely an excellent jam game in terms of production value. Great job getting it finished!
Maverick Fan
24. Apr 2020 · 20:36 UTC
哇哦，很惊艳了！那种紧张感很直观的表达出来了，真不敢相信是一个人做的，受教了！
Duuuer
25. Apr 2020 · 09:58 UTC
游戏的美工太棒了，但是每个选项选择之后似乎没有较大的反馈。总体来说还是挺喜欢的
Duuuer
25. Apr 2020 · 10:04 UTC
游戏次数3次，玩出了打败了病毒，家人平安的结局。不错
zoarfy
25. Apr 2020 · 16:41 UTC
Wow, honestly Im very impressed, this was great! It goes without saying that the art here is really really well done, so congrats there. The music is also done exceptionally, it adds to the stress and the rhythmic sounds of the heartbeat are great too. Even the visual distortion when you press the heartbeat is really cool. The idea of having to focus on difficult and confusing paragraphs and make tough decisions while beating your own heart is really unique and cool. I wish it started off a bit easier with some shorter paragraphs and easier decisions to ramp you into the idea of what youre doing and then from there really make it confusing. But otherwise awesome job!
Quinn_Patrick
28. Apr 2020 · 21:39 UTC
A seriously strong effort all around, I can tell that every member of this team is top notch. If I had to offer any criticism, the actual gameplay seems to be the weakest part. To me it seemed mostly like a guessing game, but I also didn't play for very long, so I may just not get it. You guys are clearly way beyond having to take criticism from me, anyway, keep up the good work.
Pspkins
30. Apr 2020 · 19:33 UTC
Looks like a nice concept for big animation movie. Character design is really amazing. Like neon futuristic colours, and some webpunk and retrowave vibe.
fatPenguin
05. May 2020 · 18:50 UTC
This was amazing and enraging at the same time. ;)
The graphics were absolutely outstanding, the music was perfect and I can't believe what you managed to do by yourself in mere 3 days, wow!
the idea is refreshing and cool, the storymode was awesome, together with the artstyle and music the mood was simply perfect. Such a good job.
I'm impressed how you can come up with a storyline like that in 3 days! No wonder you're from a continent that comes up with 92834602394 great mangas/animes every year ^^
But FOR F***CKs sake, this is too hard, man!!!! ^^
Please realize the fact that non-Asian people's brains are way slower than yours xD just kidding. Sorry for the "positive racism" here. Still, it reaaaaally was too fast to grasp everything AND keep yourself alive, I feel like you could have divided some texts into 2 or 3 chunks of info instead of one :3 oooor summarize the whole paragraph at the bottom, or at every choice make a summary of what the effects are of that said choice :)
Bottom line is: I'M A PERSON WHO WANTS TO READ EVERYTHING AND I COULDN'T! xD >o<
What you definitely managed was giving me and adrenaline rush, haha.
UI and interface also felt really polished btw. Such a great work, truly impressive! <3
pocarinnu
06. May 2020 · 10:54 UTC
太强了！！！！简直不敢相信是一个人制作的！！是大佬orzzzzzz
游戏cg和UI的美工也好好TUT多周目可玩性也很高，结局很多很用心，太神了！！！！
GameOverMexico
11. May 2020 · 05:56 UTC
I love the Artstyle, nice job!
![wolfs.jpg](///raw/aa6/03/z/33f8d.jpg)
Zitao YE
12. May 2020 · 15:25 UTC
第二次玩调整了中文才好好地玩了下来，一般来说在gamejam尽量避免这种有大量世界观和设定的游戏，但是这个游戏却用精良的美术撑了起来，玩法很符合我的想象，在一定程度的分心与有节奏的beat中同时做一些其他的决策——相比于单纯出现文字，做有意义的伦理选择显然是一个更好的设计，很棒，写的选择都很有意义，体验很赞，多结局也做得很好。
peter66akatsuki
07. Jun 2020 · 16:03 UTC
很棒的游戏！配乐十分出色，美术极佳！心脏变红的那一段真的很紧张总之很不错！