What Would Make Me Feel Alive? by unrealward

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made by unrealward for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

A short visual novel and our first game ever. Escape from a funeral home (and figure out why you're there in the first place!) in this zombie adventure.

Features multiple endings​, 100% original art and music, and more glue than you'd expect.

Ratings

Given 7🗳️ 1🗨️

Feedback

Jeremy Ryan
21. Apr 2020 · 01:35 UTC
Wow. That was quite the experience. And it was, in fact, more glue than I expected.

Overall, it was a good experience. The cartoony art style and wacky story came together well, and there were a surprising number of illustrations for the various characters and backgrounds. The UI was smooth, courtesy of RenPy.

While the music was individually nice track-by-track, I think it could have done a better job at portraying the same mood as the narrative. Some of the more suspenseful scenes in particular would have been elevated by more suspenseful music.

Great work for 72 hours!
William Derksen
21. Apr 2020 · 23:07 UTC
I loved it! I am impressed by the amount of art and music y'all managed to create! It was fun to explore some of the different options. I'm pretty sure I died in almost every early way possible.

I liked the style of the art! It was consistent, stylish, and helped immerse me in the story. My favorite drawing was the one in the glue corridor.

I agree with @jeremy-ryan that the tracks were pretty dope but didn't feel very cohesive!

Proud of yall
Paul Nadan
22. Apr 2020 · 22:39 UTC
This was really cool! I liked the bold/cartoony art style a lot, and I actually thought the music fit really well with the plot. I also enjoyed the storyline. My one suggestion is that most of your branches terminated right away and it would have been neat to see at least a couple different longer story arcs you could chose between, each with their own choices etc, but also I know it's a game jame and it's impressive enough how much content you fit into the game already. Great work, especially for your first time!