Chloe's Inner Demons by LDJam user 243573

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made by LDJam user 243573 for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

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Chloe is a woman fighting to get her life back after a traumatic relationship.

She seeks for help while her inner demons tries to get to her, through panic, anxiety and depression.

And she needs all the help possible... yours included.

Get deep down into Chloe's mind and help her to heal.

HOW TO PLAY

The comands are pretty basic, you can use W A S D To move the character across the space and use 1 2 3 4 5 6 or left mouse button to select the options that will appear for you.

During the game, you will be talking with Dr. Wood, and your answers are important to understand the main story.

Also during the game, you will be asked to do some little tasks to help Chloe fight her anxiety and panic.

A SMALL HINT FOR YOU if you need it, of course

For the breathing task, all you have to do is conect the symbols in your screen using you left click button of your mouse ss_1.PNG

Now, for the panic task, you just have to keep calm and maintain the mouse arrow inside the symbol. ss_2.png

* You can use the SPACEBAR to skip the line in the dialogue*

The rest is just enjoy the story

WHO YOU PLAYING WITH?

Well, our game goes around Chloe, a woman who goes to a psychiatrist trying to uderstand about the traumas in her life.

You will be playing as a representation of Chloe inside her own head.

During the game, Dr. WoodS will help and guide you through, just talk to him ok?

You will meet some other caracters too, but without distress, they just want to help you

  • And the demons? - You ask

Well, they can't hurt you, so don be scared... ~~just a little~~

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WHAT ABOUT THE TEAM???

Well my dear friend...

We're small group of weird people from Goiânia, Brasil.

We like animals, chocolates and long walks on the beach ~~hot park beach of course~~

And yes, we're pretty too :) ~~pretty bad~~

CURIOSITY

The whole game was made from scratch, like ALL OF IT WAS MADE BY OURSELVES YEAHHHHHHHH

REVIEW

"The best game ever made" - NO ONE

"Cool story" - Sherlock Homes

"What's this?" - My mom

"No thanks" - Players

ENJOY THE GAME

GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK

LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE

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Ratings

Overall 773th 3.596⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1125th 3.212⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 715th 3.385⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Theme 637th 3.846⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 703th 3.846⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Audio 293th 3.86⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1191th 2.318⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 338th 3.962⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Given 48🗳️ 32🗨️

Feedback

No Grapes Games
27. Apr 2021 · 08:39 UTC
Cool game. It’s different, and the way the mouse was used to play the game was well utilized. I like how it was written and the overall art style really put me in a “facing your inner demons” kind of mood. Really well done, nice work!

Nice sounds too!
Labete
27. Apr 2021 · 16:48 UTC
Interesting concept. Not sure how much dialog choices affect the results. Good music, sets the proper mood. Sound affect cool too. Graphics overall good, maybe a little weird at the beginning, but it fits the game well.
Well done :)
daquxxn
27. Apr 2021 · 17:10 UTC
Loved the game, the story. The mood was incredible thanks to the art, the sounds and the characters with their dialogues. Nice job!
AbigailCorfman
27. Apr 2021 · 17:12 UTC
You're this was an intense subject to tackle. I appreciated much of the language and the acknowledgment of the fraught difficulty of the healing process.

The music was very compelling. Really added to the tone. The image of the demon was very scary.

An accessibility note--the changing inkblots on the first screen, while really cool looking, change so fast it might distress or hurt some of your players who are sensitive to that sort of thing. Maybe slow them down or put up a warning?
guladam
27. Apr 2021 · 17:15 UTC
Wow, what a super polished game, thanks for the experience!

The Rorschach test definitely looked like a :butterfly: :sweat_smile:

Great job, some feedback from me:
_Pros_:
- Great atmosphere, visual style
- Nice, polished UI
- Wonderful music
- Emotional, relatable story, feelings
- Nice mini-games

_Cons_:
- It doesn't feel like my choices really mattered
- Some spelling / grammar issues (this didn't affect my experience)

Overall, I enjoyed the ride quite a bit, wonderful game!
Let's hope Chloe will heal in time :v:
Togis
28. Apr 2021 · 16:36 UTC
I uploaded our gameplay of your game on youtube, you can find it here: https://www.youtube.be/watch?v=KLwrzc7DkDo&t=11139s

Thanks for being part of the stream, yesterday was amazing! :smile:

This game was really good, it felt like a real therapy. The graphic design is clean and fitting perfectly to the story, the control are easy to use, there is a nice atmosphere, overall: a very good experience.

If I would improve one thing: I would speed up a bit the text speed, sometimes it was too slow and I had to pause while reading it to wait for the next word to appear.

Great job!
matheuscampos2910
29. Apr 2021 · 21:30 UTC
Best game ever.
csLupius
29. Apr 2021 · 21:52 UTC
I got creeped out and coulnd't finish but parts I played was great... ha.. ha... :/
And audio was a bit high
MateusBoga
30. Apr 2021 · 17:18 UTC
I really liked playing this game on stream. Thanks so much for submitting ^^ Here's the VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1006074747
Thiago Nascimento
03. May 2021 · 14:12 UTC
That was amazing!
I liked the vibe and it is very impressive how much you guys done in such a short time!
LRVStudios
04. May 2021 · 21:37 UTC
What a deep concept to bring out, really amazing. The music fits the mood, the art style is unique, and i really think that you guys managed to transmit the essence of this game. Great work!
Shin0nome
06. May 2021 · 08:18 UTC
Hey ! Great game ! It set the atmosphere really fast, and that's not easy to do so good job ! Also you have a lot of different gameplay (mini-game) and it help the narrative, so it's on point too !

I think the music loop is a bit short and the choice that I make are not this important. But otherwise the gameplay is really good, same as the graphics and the music is good too (just a bit short in my opinion).

Good job, I had a great time !
JUSTCAMH
06. May 2021 · 13:59 UTC
Hey matey, I played your game on stream! I really enjoyed it, you can see my feedback on the twitch vod:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1012941526
Space_man
08. May 2021 · 20:56 UTC
Really nicely done narrative game. The game does a great job establishing a mood and supporting it with the graphics and music. The mini games were well done too and fit nicely into the story. The writing could use some editing to fix spelling/grammar mistakes, but it wasn't a big issue.
I enjoyed playing, great job!
skoopidy
09. May 2021 · 10:07 UTC
Incredible game. Well made narrative, fitting soundfx. From nitpicky cons, there are some typos, i'd like to be able to control the game with mouse (dialog window). I didn't quite understand the deep breath mechanic also.