SPEED COURT! by flwns

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made by flwns for LD34 (JAM)
SPEED COURT is a game about quick and arbitrary decision making.

In SPEED COURT, there is no time for tedious tasks like reviewing evidence, or waiting for juries to decide verdicts. You(Judge), must decide someone's fate by quickly judging their NAME, CRIME, and FACE, then hit F (for Freedom) or J (for Justice).

I encourage you to review the SPEED COURT[Official Guidebook®] within -[HELP]- on the main menu, to better understand your role as Judge.

(there is a mini-game on the main menu, Hint:RGB)

fullscreen is a bit broken

Thanks for viewing.


[Mechanics]
All faces, names, and crimes are randomly generated. A guilt amount is calculated for each character based their facial expression, and crime.
If the sum of your face and crime is above a certain guilt threshold, the character will be determined guilty. If they are under this threshold, they are innocent.

Your Job is to arbitrarily determine if they are guilty or not by judging their face, name, and crime.

This mechanic is not perfect but it feels accurate for a good amount of the time. Certain face elements with stereotypically "evil" characteristics weigh more toward the guilt threshold. Similarly, for crimes, the severity of the crime is based upon a simplified US law system of (infractions, misdemeanors, and felonies), where felonies weigh the most towards the guilt threshold. If you incorrectly judge people(i.e. sending a guilty man free, or a innocent man to prison) 10 times, you will be disbarred. If you commit 5 time penalties you will be disbarred. If you correctly judge 10 people, with no more than 1 time penalty you will receive a special message.

Stats: (possible faces = 36k+)(possible names = 10k+)(possible crimes = 180, pretty low in comparison to the other 2, I found it hard to find good lists of crimes so I had to enter these manually)

Ratings

Coolness 57% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.24 592
Audio(Jam) 3.10 472
Fun(Jam) 3.21 464
Graphics(Jam) 3.21 634
Humor(Jam) 3.69 101
Innovation(Jam) 3.45 286
Mood(Jam) 3.10 614
Theme(Jam) 4.10 150

Feedback

LavWa
15. Dec 2015 · 03:07 UTC
Nice idea ! Love the procedural generation for the characters, impressive for a LD game. Really interesting idea. The artwork and animations are very well done. Great work :) Cool arcade use of the theme :)
fergarram
15. Dec 2015 · 03:20 UTC
The art could be better, the idea is ok. I like the audio.
yesandgames
15. Dec 2015 · 03:27 UTC
Nice, this one is hilarious.
xevozfighter
15. Dec 2015 · 03:28 UTC
I got sort of a "Papers Please" vibe from it. Found it hard to tell if people were criminals or not.
TeamKawaiiju
15. Dec 2015 · 03:42 UTC
This is the next Ace Attorney.
emmavanderbrug
15. Dec 2015 · 07:09 UTC
Enjoyed it! Great idea with speed identifying targets. Good use of theme :)
Ghen
15. Dec 2015 · 07:09 UTC
eh this remind me of a game in steam, forgot the name, pointing finger or something
quite nice idea with the speed judgment,the audio nice, and the graphics probably need a bit more workout as a jam works
but overall great :)
Charging Llama
15. Dec 2015 · 07:11 UTC
Neat idea, kind of random as to which people were criminals but overall I liked it, nice job.
VideoDog
15. Dec 2015 · 07:11 UTC
Slick Intro graphics and fun concept! Wish how many "strikes" you have gotten was displayed.
sirono
16. Dec 2015 · 19:26 UTC
Hahahaha, How a meaningful game. It also test my english skill. although it is a simple graphic but it is fun.
pkenney
20. Dec 2015 · 16:57 UTC
An interesting idea well executed. First playthrough it felt a bit too arbitrary and maybe like it was just a joke, but then I read the description and I started to get better. I still didn't get the special message for being a good judge though, I always made a few mistakes and never just one.

The variety of faces is great, the crimes are often funny, and the conveyor-belt court system with the hammering fist ruling in the absence of evidence was all a nice farce.

Good work.
luysse_l
20. Dec 2015 · 18:54 UTC
nice word man
zenmumbler
22. Dec 2015 · 11:08 UTC
After trying a few times I could infer no correlation between facial expression, crime and guilt. Fun idea, would like it to be a bit less random. I think the music in the help screens is the nicest.