Sorry - I tried playing, but most of the screen was cut off. I am playing on windows in chrome browser.

@Comari Good Cath, should be fixed now

This was hilarious! Really enjoyed it

I loved the music and sound effects. Really felt like hell, in the best way possible lmao

so fun :D

Very fun!

I've started laughing when recognized "the loop" implication :grin:

Well, that's certainly unexpected. Now I know how to say end in Sweden.

hahahahahahahaahahahha very funny game hahahaha, nice!!!

JESUS THOSE SCREAMS hahaha

Great art! Is the daughter a Ten-lined June beetle? The jokes were a surprisingly good incentive to get to the top, I wish there were more jokes!

I think this game 100% achieves its intended purpose... whatever that actually is.

That was immensely fun!

Ohh, this game makes me feel that I can't even climb on the hill with a piece of shit, I love interpretation of myths about Sisyphus in this game, sounds, humor and graphics are great, but I think it will be hard to improve this game

@thebooksnail shes a Colorado potato beetle! thanks for playing!

Funny game! It's impressive the amount of art you made for this in a weekend. I was having a hard time getting the green bar to work on the second part for some reason, but it didn't really detract from the craziness haha

Great job! I'd love to see more - What is the lore behind the beetle industry in hell? Would love an accompanying YA novel with more fiction!

The jokes were bad, and so, so worth it. Super fun game, and really convincing sound effects for the background. I think it's a really effective and hilarious contrast to start in a regular seeming room and slowly see the flames burning in the background, only to skid back with every failure.

I spent far too long trying to haggle down the price.

Definitely a super creative take on the theme, and my excitement to play your game was met!!

This is a hilarious game, and I can't believe you can haggle and it actually works, haha. Very unique in design and funny, great job!

Reminds me of the indie games of the experimental gameplay project era. Super relatable game, this game had it all: the plight of the dungbeetle, the screaming sounds of the lost souls, the long road to financial independence. Perfect game in every way.

This is one of the most unique and confusing experiences of the jam. I loved it, can't wait to see what you've got in store next :D

What did I just experience....

XD

Anyway, love the art and the music, and of course the humour. I was confused but I laughed.

Oh. My. Freakin'. Gosh. THIS WAS SOOOOO FUN! :smile: Like seriously great idea, execution and everything!

OMG - don't have anything fitting... weird weird weird :rofl:

:purple_heart: :dart: :frog:

The real sisyphean task was me hoping there was a new joke. I'll never know I guess...

The calming tropical music combined with the screams of the damned was a hilarious juxtaposition. :smile:

This is a nice and simple game, but has a ton of personality and a wonderful art style. Nice job!

Super weird, but fun! Once I figured out how to move the dung up that hill! Please try mine as well: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/loopys-run

What the hell xD

Ahahahahahah! Yesss!! This is hilarious! This is the first game I have laughed at like crazy all today! Love the big ass boss beetle coming in and shaking his fist at you. Where did you even come up with the idea haha!

This was a really funny and enjoyable game! the visual style was great and the little jokes though-out made me laugh a lot! you also managed to link to the theme really well.

Great job and a great entry! Well done, It was the first game to make me laugh this Ludum Dare ;)

Love the mood and setting of the game, the gameplay is simple but it goes to the point and tells the story quite nice, I LOVE THE ART <3

What an experience, I loved it

That was very interesting! Not gonna lie I was smiling the whole time

Can't really say that I understood what was happening, but good job I guess :D

Heh. Great.

So much fun! The audio really pushed it over the edge! Well done!

Love the mood on this one, as others have also said. The ending got a good laugh out of me too. Nice work!

This was a very confusing one, but the sound design is top notch xD

I actually went and checked if slut indeed means end in Swedish :laughing: - and it does! Learning all the time.
The setting is hilarious. And those constant screams of the damned. Brilliant. Gameplay may not be very engaging (as rolling poo up hill should not be very engaging!) but the atmosphere of the game makes it all worth it. Great jam job!

I came into this expecting... not this... I intentionally didn't look at the screenshots before playing it and was surprised and entertained when I first made my way up the hill and saw the great art in the background! Super entertaining, very apt audio (if a bit loud), and a fun concept. I'm not sure if the time share is really an escape from hell but I guess to each their own! Nice work!

@jordanfb Even when you get the timeshare, you're still stuck in the loop!!! :0

What did I just experience? I'm confused, and upset, and weirdly satisfied. 9/10.

Decent submission, a bit too meme-y for my taste. Its lacking an actual gameplay loop. The sounds were too loud and they were all over the place. Camera movement didnt follow the beetle. After the joke the camera reset to bottom but beetle was still at the top

Doesn't feel too much like a game in the traditional sense. The graphics and humor are definitely good, and I like the reference to Sisyphus. Although, I think I managed to break the loop after a while of never missing a push. It was a fun little experience in hell.

This game is super confusing, the art style is really original and the core mechanic of pushing the dung uphill was pretty clever, although I discovered you can jump directly to the ending by retiring early and haggle the price, it would have been nice that the amount of souls grew with every peak reached, also the screams were really confusing until you notice where they come from. An original idea but I think it could be better executed by adding some more gameplay elements.

For such a simple game, I loved it! The whole concept is so random and unique, there's definitely not ten of these floating round the jam! The style was funky and really fit the vibe. I think it could have been made slightly clearer how you earned the souls to buy the timeshare though and balance the audio a little better. Dad jokes were a great touch and actually made me laugh out loud not just sharply exhale through me nose in mild amusement. Awesome job overall!

This is really cool little game! The whole atmosphere is fantastic, the sound effect and music work really well, it's hilarious and I super love the silly little pun! Great job!

I really loved this one! The sound effects kill me :laughing:

Really cool refer to Sisphyus!! Everthing is absurd but funny and the art style and music is pretty cool. Execllent experience to be a Dung beetle!haha

I love this game. I like that the character's name is Sisyphus, I like all of the dad jokes, I like the fact it's set in hell, and has a lovely background, and I like the ending, and the fact that you can haggle for the price. Also, the art is cool. I think you could probably do a bit more with gameplay, maybe pushing the dung up the hill could be done through puzzles rather than the bar thing, but I appreciated the humour and art, so good game overall

Poor beetle...

a bit weird, but unlike some other games it's simple and playable.

.... im speechless.

lol 10 stars for humor and an 11th star for the Sisyphus reference

What did I just witness, that was ridiculous and great!

lol those screams and texts :D this would be a great mobile game to waste some time with, the interface would be easy to adapt for touchscreen

So wow I regret trying this out with a headache. What was I thinking? The screams, the music all perfect for getting me in a hellish mood. It made me smile tho.

does my daughter hate me now

Nice screaming, dude!

Excellent job on the presentation and silly humor. The aesthetics were pretty consistent and informative of the environment our beetle works in. I liked the dialogs as well.

One of my bigger gripes was actually the instructions: specifically, letting the player know they can just cash out their time share. I chose to do that first (skipping the timing minigame), then immediately clicked "haggle" and "accept." I guess the intent of that instruction was to let the player know they can escape the situation, but for this player, it lead them directly to the end credits with no context, and left them very confused. I had to play the second time to have a better understanding of the absurd humor.

I'm terrified of the process used to get those sound effects haha. Really love the graphics and the VERY funny jokes. 10/10 would play again.

This was absurd, surreal, and hilarious. The art style was very nice, especially liked the background art in the main scene and the people conveyer belt. I don't know what inspired you to make this but I'm pretty glad you did

Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my livestream!

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By satan, I love those puns!
Also like the sweet surprise of my whereabouts when first winning the uphill battle!
The emblematic gameplay being completely optional was furthermore just a very poetic realization.
It's... the strangest favourite I have collected this ld so far. Well done! :'D

I enjoyed all the weirdness of this game! More jokes would have been great...I kept playing to take in all the amazing things happening in the background of hell....lol

Am I going to hell because I love this game?

@marvalgames ya

Great entry! One of the few games I've ever encountered that deserved high marks in Humor!

Lol, wow, this is my favorite game of the jam so far! The gameplay was pretty sparse, but the narrative, story, art, audio, and mood were spectacular!

This is great, I want more. Make more you? :)

The only problem with this game is that there aren't enough Dung Bettle Dad Jokes (tm) :) The art is really cute.

Awesome! Beautiful art and presentation. Job well dung.. done!

I liked the graphics and humour, but the constant screeching of tortured souls in the background felt a little unnecessary -- I already hear plenty of voices in my head as it is. The gameplay itself also wasn't very substantial.
Overall, this game's a mess, but a charming one!

This was hilarious! I loved the screeching of tortured souls in the background and the artstyle of the game. I think there might be a bug in it though because I was able to buy a timeshare with only .5 souls and then finish the game ? Anyway, very great submission I loved it!

@snowinn don't worry, you bought it on credit!!

Amazing idea and the story! Very, very original! I like a lot the conversations! The entire situation is hilarious and funny! Please keep doing games! :pray:

Haha, this was hilarious. Loved the setting!

That was awesome. Different and that's what I think Game Jams are for! I love the story of Sisyphus and him being a dung beetle seems pretty close already! Very clever! I would have loved to play more of it and I did struggle a bit at the start with the green bar (either I am motorically not capable or the hitbox is different then I would expected) But all in all it's a great jam entry! If all games were this lovely and wacky I would probably be playing until the next ludum dare!

Love the art and the mood and the humor and the story and the music too! Really excellent job!
Minigame was a little buggy though, Sisyphus kept vanishing every time he got to the top of the dung pile.

please tell mr sisyphus I love him

this was a really fun little game!! it was weird and the jokes were cheesy/terrible but it really made me smile :) I love the art too (especially all the craziness going on in the background)

Short but sweet; perfect for Ludum Dare! The graphics and audio were perfect and the mood was really good. Great job!

Definitely a creative and unique take on the theme!! Super funny and hilarious game. Beautiful art and really amazing music/sound effects! Great entry!

That was.. interesting. Really funny and unexpected. I have no idea why you decided to add dad jokes but for some reason it improves the entire experience. I think it's a little too short, but the details in the animated background, world building, and audio all come together to make this an enjoyable, funny little game. Nice submission!

Fantastic! the end was hilarious XD the title says it all, and the game delivers

This is so much fun, the only thing I could say was a llittle annyoing were the screaming noises, everything else was great, also, you could work on the camera.

Wow your game is weird, but fun hahaha. I liked the graphics and the sound is funny. Gambling is simple, but you can have fun. Congratulations.