Ludum Dare News Network by SecretJuice

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made by SecretJuice for Ludum Dare 48 (COMPO)

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Ludum Dare News Network, or LDNN, is in major trouble after their Star Host, Chad "Hotshot" McGuffin came down with a cold.

Now it's up to you to keep LDNN in the green with a deep, low, smooth, handsome voice.

NOTE: The game requires a working microphone to play.

Game By: Connor Robb (SecretJuice)

Ratings

Given 56🗳️ 59🗨️

Feedback

PixelPortalz
26. Apr 2021 · 04:03 UTC
Would love to see a Web version... I downloaded the package but didn't find a binary for linux
petra_the_kat
26. Apr 2021 · 04:05 UTC
This might be the stupidest game I've ever played. It was hilarious.
The entire premise is stupid, you have to say stupid things out loud with a stupid voice and not absolutely die laughing at what you are saying, and then you have to listen to yourself back. I usually hate listening to my voice but this was just too funny.
The number of jokes in this is just too good too. Bosnian Ape Society, breaking the 4th wall, breaking breaking the 4th wall, and Mr McGuffin ... hahahaha

My only gripe is it doesn't conform with the theme too much. You're asked to go deep, but not deeper *and deeper*...

I got a 72.68 btw!
Geniye
26. Apr 2021 · 04:05 UTC
This was a genius idea me and my friend had a blast playing this! Really good job! Easily my favorite from this!
🎤 SecretJuice
26. Apr 2021 · 04:15 UTC
@pixelportalz Hey, I'm sorry about that. I guess I misunderstood that the thing Unity exports isn't plug and play with Linux. I'll work on exporting it correctly right now.

I hope you give it a chance when I get it sorted out!

EDIT: There is a live Linux version now, though I can't test it. Also, because I'm using the Microphone API, I don't think I can port it to WebGL or MacOS without a bunch of extra tinkering. Sorry if that keeps anyone out!
Swordfish
26. Apr 2021 · 04:15 UTC
This game is hilarious. Would love to know what exactly the rating means, I assume something to do with the deepness of your voice. This is probably the funniest thing I have played in a long time. It does feel a little rushed in some places, but overall great. Love the black mouth just vaguely moving in time to your voice.
AdamsMcCall
26. Apr 2021 · 04:38 UTC
I laughed way too much on this game :joy:

I could easily see a minigame like that on a party game or something, it's a great idea !

And nice reference to bosnian ape society :ok_hand:
mudlee
26. Apr 2021 · 07:08 UTC
@secretjuice please, please, please do a mac export too! My desktop PC (linux, windows) does not have a mic, I only have one on my macbook. I tried the game without it on windows and it looks a really fun which I really'd like to real try out :D please do the export, unity supports it! ;)
🎤 SecretJuice
26. Apr 2021 · 07:15 UTC
@mudlee Right now there's no Mac build because in order to use the Microphone API in Unity you have to find certain permissions somewhere to let the user authorize it. Right now I don't know how to make that work. Since you're expressing interest though, I'll look into it a bit harder. Thanks for getting excited for it!
mudlee
26. Apr 2021 · 07:19 UTC
@secretjuice many thanks! ping me if you managed to find the solution or at least I can watch a video about it to see where it evolves in the end :)
LakshyaIsAGod
26. Apr 2021 · 07:28 UTC
TODO: review game
Lajbert
26. Apr 2021 · 11:04 UTC
Very fun game, great idea!
LeSaintBiscuit
26. Apr 2021 · 11:17 UTC
Made my day, thank you
PD Dev
26. Apr 2021 · 12:59 UTC
Wow. This game is hilarious, stupid and stupidly funny all at once! This is by FAR the most creative interpretation of the theme I saw today and will probably stay for the rest of the rating period. (Just one small addition I would LOVE to see (without any undertone, whatsoever; just an idea): Try fetching a list of actual news from an API (I'm sure something like this exists) and have them displayed!) Very funny game nevertheless.
Gilokko
26. Apr 2021 · 16:10 UTC
This game is hilarious. It was really fun to play. :thumbsup:
John Gabriel
26. Apr 2021 · 18:53 UTC
![2021-04-26 19_52_09-LD48 Compo.png](///raw/a54/e1/z/3de6b.png)

This was really fun! Playing back the recordings after each day was really cool, and the writing kept me wanting more.
🎤 SecretJuice
26. Apr 2021 · 19:12 UTC
@john-gabriel Noice lol :ok_hand:
negabyte
26. Apr 2021 · 19:28 UTC
Such a fun and funny concept! This wouldn't be out of place in WarioWare back in the DS days.
Almighty Games
27. Apr 2021 · 06:10 UTC
best entry I've played so far. A lot of fun, especially while live streaming.
Pandalk
27. Apr 2021 · 06:11 UTC
So funny to play Holy hell, most innovative game I've seen so far !
anchorlight
27. Apr 2021 · 06:19 UTC
This is wonderful. Congrats for the first 5 on Innovation I've given across two LD events. It's so hard to go through those textboxes while trying to be serious.

This is a small nitpick, but I think the mouth would look better if it had no frame interpolation and had no texture filtering. It also should have a metric for scores to give players a general estimate of what to expect for a decent score, good score, great score, etc.

That's really the best I can do as far as criticism goes. Thanks for making the most out-of-left-entry I've seen yet.
🎤 SecretJuice
27. Apr 2021 · 08:00 UTC
@mudlee Good news! I theoretically have a macOS build live on itch.io now! The link to it might not show on the LD page but it is indeed live on itch. As I don't have a mac idk whether it works, but let me know if you see any issues. Thanks for your interest in the project!
YellowKamel
27. Apr 2021 · 09:11 UTC
This is a very fun idea executed well. Great work. Some rough edges (especially concerning Text sizing and placement), but incredibly fun.
mudlee
27. Apr 2021 · 11:45 UTC
@secretjuice Something is still not OK. The zip contains windows related files and stuff like that. Ideally it must be only one .app file which I can run, but looks like it does not run somewhy :(
🎤 SecretJuice
27. Apr 2021 · 15:54 UTC
@mudlee Oh no! I'm sorry about that mishap there. I just uploaded a possibly fixed version. Like I've said, I'm unable to test it internally so I can't be 100% sure it works. Hopefully it pans out better now!
mudlee
27. Apr 2021 · 19:33 UTC
@secretjuice unfortunately I get the same error. Maybe because I use a new M1 mac.

Anyways, I cloned out your project and tried to build it for myself. The problem is (ant the reason why I HATE Unity) that even though I used the exact same version of Unity for opening the project, the scenes are just empty. It's so frustrating that I have to code, but cannot make it work.

And you know what, before I go sleep, I'm gonna install this version of Unity on my windows too and try to build it there for my mac. Let's see if it works.

Update: OK, I gave up. I'm really sorry but somewhy it still doesn't work :( For Mac users: yes, I tried to open it with Rosetta, but still nothing good.

At least I gave you feedback that either Unity or OSX is a shit. Or both :)
🎤 SecretJuice
27. Apr 2021 · 19:50 UTC
@mudlee Well, I'm glad you went through all that effort and I really appreciate it. I'm sorry it didn't end up working out. You're game was sweet btw!
Vimlark
27. Apr 2021 · 21:20 UTC
Great work! This was hilarious on stream. Got an 88.something lol.
anticdope
27. Apr 2021 · 21:22 UTC
Hilarious take on the idea of going "deeper and deeper". Prompt text was a bit small for me... and I could cheese it with just mumbling super low but it was still great!
Okolyr
27. Apr 2021 · 21:25 UTC
This game was really hilarious to play! Although hearing my own voice was really cringy haha
The concept was really creative and the execution was nicely done as well, fantastic work!
jujuformatic
27. Apr 2021 · 21:27 UTC
Lol, just hilarous and an unusual game and... just wtf but very good
Simpathey
28. Apr 2021 · 04:40 UTC
I am so smoothaty! I wish I could pick the font for the teleprompter. Other then that this game was great, fun to play with a live audience too.
ruyoliveira
28. Apr 2021 · 05:00 UTC
Great job! Hilarious game and really innovative
JudgeZedd
28. Apr 2021 · 10:06 UTC
I guess technically I have to give you a 5/5 for audio, right? Because it's my own voice, and who wouldn't love that? This is genuinely genius, and as someone who also I guess put a news *theme* in their entry, I'm feeling pretty outclassed right now. Superb job, well done.
jitspoe
30. Apr 2021 · 11:34 UTC
Here's where I played it on stream: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1004348513?t=3h1m

Funny, when working on the jam, somebody suggested having a game where the voice lines just keep getting deeper and deeper until they're indecipherable. This isn't quite that, but close!

Has anybody tested what score you get if you just rip a long fart into the microphone? :D
🎤 SecretJuice
30. Apr 2021 · 20:51 UTC
@jitspoe Thanks for playing it on stream, I enjoyed seeing it! I can't say I've seen a fart ripped into it, but I would say a lot of test runs involved pretty much shoving the mic into my mouth, and that produces pretty decent scores lol
LDJam user 238552
02. May 2021 · 22:49 UTC
Played the mac version, it is working. This game made me laugh --which is always a plus. This game is like no other I've seen or played during LD48, so congrats on the uniqueness and creativity. Not sure how the ratings are calculated, didn't seem to do better with a lower voices or a goofy high one. Really fun to goof around with though.
quackBehavior
04. May 2021 · 23:26 UTC
Most creative game of this LD. It have potential like some kind of party games. Very cool!!!
LDJam user 2331
09. May 2021 · 08:58 UTC
I don't know what I expected but I loved it! :D I'm curious how exactly the rating gets computed from the audio.
kaytrill
09. May 2021 · 17:58 UTC
By far the most creative take on the topic of the entire jam. Trying to get the most deep voice as possible. A very unique way to control game by using your microphone. Art is minimal but sufficient to serve its purpose. My main criticism is that there should be 2 or 3 better funny takes at the end. It was quite clear you were out of funny ideas, but the funny ones you had were great.
LDJam user 250426
12. May 2021 · 06:39 UTC
I was really nervous playing this one on stream having to read and all xD
and then at the end it plays my voice back to me omgosh I never even hear a recording of myself it felt like a direct attack on me haha

I really had fun though! it's such a unique take on the theme, it really stands out with the mechanic, but is also supported well with the sounds, humor, and even the graphics adds to it. The black circle for the mouth is hilarious and I wouldn't have it any other way >:)

Well done secretjuice!
PS: You definitely have the voice to replace Chad "Hotshot" McGuffin :P
ColeSlaughter
12. May 2021 · 21:37 UTC
[Thanks for submitting your game to the stream!](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1015845981?t=05h31m18s)

Now this is just the kind of goofiness that is right up our alley. :smile: Such a nice simple premise squeezed for every drop of humor it's worth. I love how you encourage players to get extra goofy with it by rewarding points based on how "deep" they go. Really awesome work here. :ok_hand:
ChrisAP
13. May 2021 · 00:08 UTC
THIS WAS HILARIOUS! I had so much fun playing this game getting my voice as deep as possible. I feel like theres some creative endeavor here where you can make more gamplay around the fluctuations of the players voice. Absolutely incredible voice acting by the guy who replaces CHAD, super creative game play, I'm very impressed! Congrats!
BluishGreenPro
13. May 2021 · 15:50 UTC
I tried to make my voice so low I forgot to breath; https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1021175044
Thanks for submitting the game to the stream; this was lots of fun! I'd love it if the prompts were randomized on repeat playthroughs, and perhaps you could add an alternate more where you could challenge yourself to make your voice as high-pitched as possible? (Obviously not in keeping with the theme, but just for the fun of it).
kuro
14. May 2021 · 06:04 UTC
Hey @secretjuice !

Finally got around to play this game. I was waiting for a time when everyone was out or asleep so I wouldn't embarass myself :smile:

And my god, what a gem your game is. I was going into it thinking I'd really hate it, since I'm not too comfortable with my voice, but damn! This was hilarious, it was entertaining, and I loved every second of it!

I got a score of 70.something. What is a good score? Would it be higher, if I didn't end two of the promts with "what the f**k"? :smile:

Anyway, I really had a blast. I have bookmarked this game to train deep voice with it :smile: Let me know what score should I strive towards :smile:

P.S.: I had a lot of fun on your stream. Thanks for that too!
Talops
15. May 2021 · 19:29 UTC
When I first tried the game I was eating pasta, needless to say I ended up choking on them while laughing and trying to impersonate a lumberjack at the same time. Worked really well with a good mic.

Incredibly inventive and hilarious game! Tell this "Secret_Juice" intern he should get better at coming up with prompts in time by the way, I don't think these would work in the journalistic world :smirk:

Congrats and thank you for testing my game!
ToxicComputer
17. May 2021 · 22:58 UTC
Favorite game this jam hands down. I rated this all 5 stars besides graphics. Holy moly this needs to be a real game.