Phil Alone by Gabriel Dias Oliveira de Almeida

A game made to Ludum Dare 47 - Stuck in a loop
ABOUT THE GAME
Meet Phil
Phil is alone in home when he wakes up and wants go out with his friends! But first he needs to all his tasks! Help him before the day ends...or it doesn't?
CONTROLS
Arrow Keys - Move the cursor and the main character, Phil!
Enter or Z - Confirm!
X or Backspace - Cancel!
F4 - Fullscreen! (By the way, I think it's better this way!)
CONTENT WARNING: Suicide Players with poor psychological, I suggest not playing this game...
CONTACT
My twitter account - https://twitter.com/gabrieldevbr
BUGS
If you find some bugs or the game is crashing, put in the comments and I will repair that! I tried to look for everything, but I still don't know if something can happen in the middle of the way!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOWNLOADING PHIL ALONE!
If you are a gamer, a streamer, a youtuber, or even someone that wants to have a little of working in games experience as a Tester, please let me know! Thank you so much!
THANKS TO
LimeZu and his pixel art assets! Every asset of this game that is pixel art was made by LimeZu, this guy is an amazing artist and I hope I could work with him more!
| Youtube | https://gabrieldevbr.itch.io/phil-alone |
| Youtube | https://gabrieldevbr.itch.io/phil-alone |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/phil-alone |
Ratings
| Overall | 1154th | 3.253⭐ | 75🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1268th | 2.917⭐ | 74🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1058th | 3.095⭐ | 76🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 598th | 3.804⭐ | 76🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 801th | 2.701⭐ | 69🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 660th | 3.521⭐ | 73🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 63🗳️ | 102🗨️ |
I will try again tomorrow :D
@veeramandadraws thanks! did he really got out? hahahaha
@radgegames Yes, it was an amazing pixel artist that made them, the link of his page is in the itch.io page
@n8dev hahahaha I am happy that you liked :D
@gonzalol omg hahahaha but you saw the true ending?
I will be updating here! ^^
@rhoff95 @snowinn there is a version of web browser now! ^^
I am really happy that you liked my game, I will be looking yours and posting a feedback :D
I wonder what's the true end, tho...
@snowinn hahahahaha I am really happy to see this feedback ^^
I'll keep trying later, anyway. Congrats for making such intriguing game...
@wendel-scardua The true ending "ends" the loop, but it's an open ending for the player basically and you can see how many days you died to complete the game :P

Your English could use some proofreading and corrections. It's just a bit clumsy at times and it spoils the impression a bit in a game where you have to read to play.
@dxk2294 thank you man :D
@fabula-rasa Thank your for playing and for the feedback, unfortunaly english isn't my first language so sometimes I still have some problems :/
@orange-oceans thank you for playing! There are a lot of endings, but you know when you get the true ending :D
The funniest part was the cute music that plays when you die in your sleep...
Can I put this feedback on my itch.io page?
https://twitter.com/gabrieldevbr
@mariana-mattevi thanks for trying! I posted with a CONTENT WARNING exactly because of that, a lot of people think the game is really cute because of the graphics
@jvdwijk thank you so much for the feedback!
@eugenik thanks for playing! ^^
The puzzle of how to get out worked pretty well, you left a nice trail of breadcrumbs throughout the game toward the solution.
As we discussed on my stream, the underlying story didn't quite work for me to have the intended effect, but I think it was a really interesting thing to attempt.
I've seen a couple of people play it now and I'm intrigued by how differently people react emotionally to the opportunity to manage the health of the house plant.
I was really happy to see you playing and the way you saw the game :D
As for game, you did creepy part well, it is very cute and very creepy at the same time.
My game link is on my LD profile description, I didn't manage to submit it in time for LD, give it a try if you want.
But I hope you still liked s2
@noam-blei yeah there is a little bug there and I will fix it! hahahaha You will know when you get the true ending, I promise you!
The concept is really cool. I think I'll play it a bit more to see if I can get a good ending. Nice job.
I hope you found all the endings :D
Keep trying and you will see it... But I am really happy to see that you tried a lot ^^
I am gonna try your game too :D
- The polish took a hit when objects were destroyed but some of the pixels were leftover and the collision box remained. Also some sound effects were out of place (clock making a water noise) and some of the interactions were off (if looking at the drawer from the side, interacting gave me text for the window)
- Having to interact with the same object multiple times is not intuitive for players. All the text for the closet should have been together.
- The poor English, which is understandable when it is a secondary language, really takes away from the immersion. In a game like this that is very narrative/text heavy, this is can really impact the player experience.
- The solution for the true ending just was not intuitive. I eventually got it but only by dumb luck as opposed to having an "a-ha" moment. Maybe I missed a clue or something, but I was pretty thorough and even after completing it was unsure how I was supposed to arrive at that solution with the clues given
Sorry for the wall of text. And I hope this doesn't seem harsh, it wasn't meant to be! I do think it is a good jam game. Just a lot of things that I think are very fixable and would improve the game as a whole. And things to consider if you make similar style games in the future!
The queue was empty, so I moved on to the games marked "only play when present"
I hope you really liked the game! ^^
I wished I worked harder next time in the next Ludum Dare :D
Bom trabalho!
This is a different type of game that I use to work with
It took me a long time... I don't know what I did to win, but I did it. :sweat_smile:
Nice game! Good job. :)
I really don't think Phil Alone needs to be marked as 18+, according to companies such as the ESRB this could settle with a Teen rating. It's just a little suicide, it's not 18+ level.
@gabriel-dias-oliveira-de-almeida , you have been given the "Trickiest Game" award for making a game that so seriously stumped me! Normally I can crack any puzzle/puzzle game, but Phil Alone brings a puzzle master like me to his knees. Well done, I'm going insane now.
Are you playing which version of the game?
Hardest puzzle game I've played... well done, you're fantastic at puzzle-narratives!
Ah ha ha! Finally got it. I get the feeling there could easily be a bestselling Steam game of this if you add more mysteries and scenarios! (It stumped me for so long, that's a good sign! It's a nice brain exercise too, that really got me thinking and now I feel like an expert when it comes to getting stuck in your house with a murderer who trapped you in a time loop.)
1,00 dollar, 2,00 dollars, anything that can help me to released it on Steam I am happy! ^^
(Sadly I don't have an account for Steam or anything. I wish you the best of luck!!)
(Another added parentheses note: interested in spreading the word about your Steam kickstarter? I've got just the thing.)
(Yet another. Here's a strategic marketing strategy: you can try to publish a full paid version on Itch.io or something and use this version like a demo, and with how good this is people will surely pay for the full version! The Itch.io funds can help support expansion to Steam, and places like Itch.io are still "big stores" like Steam and Microsoft Store.)