A Short Detour by Kyrio

How much excitement can a bus driver expect during his daily ride? Little? Let's say the town is full of monsters then. Oh, and a bunch of dreadful incidents force you to change your course every day. Is that not enough? Well then, you might want to listen in on your passengers' conversations.
How to play
- Starting on Monday, you will drive your bus through its usual route, taking passengers where they need to be.
- Incidents can happen on the road ahead, and are indicated on the map. When approaching one, you will have to choose between two alternative routes to avoid it. Each route will skip ❌ a number of stops, and serve ✔ others instead.
- The only control is the left click ;)
Credits
All graphics, designs and code were created during the Jam, by @kazu, @helicule and @kyrio.
Find us on social media if you enjoyed our work :slight_smile: - Hélicule, who painted everything you see on the top screen, is on Twitter, Instagram and itch.io - Kazu, who drew all things bottom screen-related, is on Instagram - Kyrio, who wrote all the super technical bus driving code, is on Twitter and itch.io
Huge thanks to BBC Sound Effects for the recordings we used in the game.
The Web version should have no issues, as long as you're not playing on a phone! Choose a native build (Windows, macOS, Linux) if you encounter performance drops.
Ratings
| Overall | 846th | 3.464⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1411th | 2.732⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 652th | 3.466⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 435th | 3.931⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 17th | 4.69⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 209th | 3.704⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 32th | 4.379⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 18🗳️ | 23🗨️ |
I didn't understant everything, but that was a great moment
I was confused at first but it's a nice concept and refreshing idea!
Just going with the flow and let's the mood sets in.
Good job :clap:
I managed to end game, story was fun, but objective is really unclear.
Overall, it was interesting experience.
If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/767505473?t=0h26m54s
Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D
💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady
https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin
The audio is also on point, simple but does work well, nice job!
I enjoyed how chill it was, but maybe there was a little too much waiting even if the characters were speaking.
However I did not understand the gameplay, it was really confusing, the stops weren't clear on the map which one was named which one, it's not very useful that the choice is over the map so I can't see the map while deciding, and only one choice per day is maybe not enough. I played multiple times to try all choices, it had no impact, only the precinct on the third day was where the murderer was, I found it a little sad only the third day was engaging with actual info on the murderer that were usable.
The concept is interesting though and original, nice job!
I'd love to have just this aesthetic of animation looping on a screen in buses just because it's cute and chill at night :)
And thanks for submitting your game!