Grandpet by deadroach
* !!! PLAYABLE IN BROWSER ON ITCH.IO !!! *
SO TOO HAVE I WILTED.
Grandpet draws inspiration from the flash webgames of yesteryear, back when I still had a sparkle in my eye. I yearn for those times more than you could possibly understand. The internet felt so much more intimate back then, and participating in Ludum Dare is the closest thing I’ve found to emulating the feeling of those times. The community is tight-knit, friendly and super supportive - while at the same time I get to play countless short games from people who are actually passionate about game development. This game serves as both a nod to that and a personal experiment, as we’d never attempted a point-and-click adventure prior to this. We had a lot of fun putting this together and we hope you guys enjoy trying to find all 5 endings.
THERE ARE 5 ENDINGS. CAN YOU FIND THEM ALL?
CONTROLS
* R to restart the game, Left click for everything else. Click and drag to carry your grandpet. *
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CREDITS
Programming / Audio by Deadroach
Art by Autotrophian
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* v0.1.1 BUGFIX PATCHNOTES * -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Resetting the game (R) no longer leads to the clock ticks doubling indefinitely and speeding up time
Untangled spaghetti that was breaking certain voicelines and most endings
Fixed grandpet phasing through walls. The collisions are still fucky but if you don't play like you're playtesting it should be fine lol
Removed unused assets
* v0.1.2 BUGFIX PATCHNOTES * -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Made it so you can drag your grandpet up through ceiling hatches rather than clicking them
Patched a bug that made you go to the bathroom when you tried to enter the closed exit door
Patched a bug that made it easier to escape even though nobody has said they actually managed to escape yet
HTML SUPPORT ON ITCH.IO
* Download the v0.1.2 Bugfix! Some endings are impossible in 0.1! *
| Itch | https://deadroach.itch.io/grandpet |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/57/grandpet |
Ratings
| Overall | 591th | 3.333⭐ | 50🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 709th | 2.917⭐ | 50🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 519th | 3.115⭐ | 50🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 733th | 2.99⭐ | 50🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 252th | 4.03⭐ | 52🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 282th | 3.561⭐ | 51🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 151th | 3.615⭐ | 50🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 355th | 3.698⭐ | 50🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 128🗳️ | 88🗨️ |
Took a second to figure out I could move the guy by clicking and dragging him.
Round of applause for participating!!
The game is stable now if you want to try for the endings rather than just flinging around an old fart.. We'll be streaming game ratings in around 5 hours, I'll wait until you're around to play yours but after the masterpiece poppet was I can hardly contain my excitement
I think we all know it is the best ending.
I LOVEEEE the art. It's so well done. The pick up and drop animations are also unexpected and superbly made. The voice fits well and the ambience is also well put together. All that is to say, the production quality is awesome! There is a gem here, hidden somewhere under all that dirt and trash in his apartment. I look forward to more updates! :D
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You can now play Grandpet in browser on itch!
https://deadroach.itch.io/grandpet
It's finally the webgame it always should have been, thanks for all the support
I know it can be hard to cram in everything you want in a jam so overall great job on what's here!! And again maybe I'm just dumb and need some hints for the other endings.
Found the sleeping end and the all lights on end.
Working on the password but still confused. It seems the keypad monitor 6 numbers.
Is it about the handwriting of HANG since the 4 is like H, N is like 2, and G is like 6?
Finally, a game that’s not about tunnels, pits, or canyons.
I really love how you interpreted the theme Depth — it felt fresh and meaningful.
The voice acting and art are top-notch, really reminded me of old Flash games.
Combined with the game’s theme, it genuinely hit me with a wave of sadness.
Thank you for this game. 💙
Dragging the dude around was good fun, I like how he just kinda accepted it. I hope he is able to keep hanging in there :( bro also wtf is up with his toilet???? My god, is he a gamer or something? That is the bathroom of a gamer. Don't ask me how I know.
Super creative entry, good work on this one! All my little criticisms have already been mentioned above so I'll just leave my praise here :D congrats on a successful jam!
(So the clock always starts at 3 something, maybe that's something?)
For now, loved the entry, it was miserable, and I love that even the fake oven is sad.
Watch the VOD [here](https://www.youtube.com/live/ZGWGev_rONc?si=16YvqwBDv2PHnvNf&t=2813)
EDIT: I found all 5 endings and holy shit, that was hard. Good game. 5/5
Couldn't figure out how to get the code.
The theory was that it's either the family picture or colors on the remote + cans in the basement, but neither helped.
Well done!
Found the three easy endings easily enough... found the door code by chance, then went back to figure out the right way to do it, and it really feels like there's a clue missing -- how were you SUPPOSED to figure out the 7th button? And then I found the last ending... which was easy enough, but it took me three tries before I did it without making any mistakes.
Gotta say, that wasn't good for my thanatophobia. >.> But that's just a me thing.
Fear of death is an unfortunate one to have but also very normal! Not everyone's fear is inevitable but in a sense I think that probably makes it easier to cast it from your mind, being that it's the one thing we all do. You've not existed for far longer than you've existed and you weren't panicked last time you didn't exist - so not only are you stressing an occasion you won't be around to experience, but also the very thing you're afraid of will relieve you of that stress. Consider the possibility that the unborn do fear life. We're both here and living, blissfully unaware of such fear and any worrying about us being born would have been wasted energy. We don't know that at the time of course, which is why I think your true fear is the uncertain circumstances of death - and once again that fear will one day be relieved by the root cause. My grandparents on my dad's side are nearing their time and have been hiding from the world holed up in a small house 2 hours away from anything since the beginning of covid. They have lived out what is sure to be their last years miserably. If you spend your whole life running from death you may very well forget to live. Now ask yourself which of those outcomes is truly scarier. Don't know why I felt compelled to type all that out but I hope it's helpful in some way.
No, 0.1.2. You're right that I didn't guess it organically; I ran `strings` on the data package to see what assets might be hiding out in the game that I hadn't discovered and that was the only 6-digit numeric-only sequence I found. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
> If you spend your whole life running from death you may very well forget to live. Now ask yourself which of those outcomes is truly scarier.
Oh, I know. But I'll be turning 43 in a few days. By the statistics, I'm most likely past my halfway point. I have a wife and a son. If something happens to me, who will take care of them? My wife has had a lifelong struggle with depression... If something happens to _her_, who will support _me?_
It's an uncomfortable reality, but I try to let it drive me toward making my little part of the world a better place.
I have tried for some time now, but could only find 2 endings...
I really love the point-and-click idea and I want to make one for the next LD. The voice acting is very good and adds a lot to the experience. Really a great entry.
One thing I liked was the audio and the atmosphere. Dialogue is clear, sound effects are good and even though they are used sparingly, I think they are just enough
I also noticed some layering glitches when dragging the grandpet and there was that one time where going down to the basement would automatically teleport me back to the kitchen. Also, fullscreen on the web version is weird, had to decrease the page size to view the whole game
Overall, I liked the game, but I wish it wasn't so random in what you are supposed to do.
Your game is very interesting and sad at the same time. I died on a dofa and got stuck in a room full of lamps. I couldn't find anything else.
Your art is very beautiful and detailed and the lack of music was really the cherry on the cake, giving the feeling of emptiness in Grandpet's life.
A sad end to a well-made game.
I await updates!
Congratulations!