Talkie by recursor

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made by recursor for Ludum Dare 59 (JAM)

You are a boy in the woods. If you can find your walkie talkie, you may be in for an adventure. Who is the mysterious person on the other end? The only way to find out is follow the signals and explore.

Controls:

Move: WASD or arrow keys

Ineract: E

Talkie: T or Space

Version History:

  • Version 0.2 - Fixed Settings panel and a bug that caused the chicken to "escape" into another dimension.

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Ratings

Overall 682th 3.159⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 577th 3.152⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 755th 2.705⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 652th 3.217⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 625th 3.261⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 401th 3.348⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 263th 3.273⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 411th 3.652⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 24🗳️ 28🗨️

Feedback

Ternarycat
Apr 21st · 07:48 UTC
404 on the itch page :^(
🎤 recursor
Apr 21st · 11:43 UTC
@ternarycat Yeah I just realized I never made the page public. Fixed.
Ternarycat
Apr 21st · 11:51 UTC
It's simple, but i enjoied, thanks for game!
DZO
Apr 21st · 15:48 UTC
simple and awesome, really liked the ms paint art!
door_casts
Apr 21st · 15:54 UTC
adorable little game thank you and i liked your art! little game has a lot of heart
LDJam user 260720
Apr 21st · 15:56 UTC
nice little game, I liked the art! I'm not sure if I skipped some part or not, because I got the tools and could reach the guy pretty fast, even thought the talkie didn't tell me to
whiteCloh
Apr 21st · 15:59 UTC
It was really enjoyable just being in the game — even after finishing the story, simply wandering around the world felt great.
Meemog
Apr 21st · 16:02 UTC
Had a lot more depth to it than I was expecting. I love that you could always just chat to the guy. I couldn't find the chicken though, was that a red herring?
🎤 recursor
Apr 21st · 17:27 UTC
@meemog I checked on the chicken. It escaped into another dimension because its directional vector was not being normalized. This has now been fixed. Chicken contained.
Meemog
Apr 21st · 18:27 UTC
I'm glad you found the chicken. I hate it when my directional vectors aren't normalized
coatline
Apr 21st · 22:05 UTC
So cute! I felt happy the whole time. Especially when the chicken made its way right back to grandma. Really like the ambience and style of course. Even just some little typing sounds when the people are talking would add so much. That was a relaxing experience!
Sarah
Apr 22nd · 01:33 UTC
What a cute game! I wish I could use space for everything but overall it's fun to explore around. I like getting to have a walkie talkie too! I'm glad the chicken came home <3 Great work overall!
Sheepolution
Apr 22nd · 11:48 UTC
Cute game. Reminded me of those old RPG Flash games.
Naviski
Apr 23rd · 18:22 UTC
Short, sweet, simple, relaxing. Loved it!

I do still feel like there was in fact maybe one more thing after the ending that I couldn’t figure out how to trigger, but I had nice break time with this one!
harujam
Apr 24th · 14:37 UTC
Adorable little adventure! With my goldfish memory I wish I would have had a task lisk ala untitled goose game.
johnnyalfonso
Apr 24th · 16:30 UTC
art was great. I like this style of game. Reminds me of Peasant's Quest from homestar runner. Those were the days....

Would have preferred the character movement to be faster
Doridie
Apr 24th · 20:48 UTC
A very cute and relaxing game! I especially liked the pet log story
BeastPanda
Apr 24th · 20:50 UTC
The dialogue was cute and the art was really charming. I liked the overall vibe you were going for.

The gameplay is mostly walking around and talking to people, with a few similar fetch-style objectives. For me, that didn’t hold my attention for very long.

I think adding more variety or something to break up that loop would help a lot, because the presentation is already doing a lot right.
VenomousMouse
Apr 25th · 20:18 UTC
Very cute little game. Nice job!
Mastoast
Apr 26th · 09:57 UTC
nice entry ! I love the work on ambiance and sound design. I also liked the small interactions with trees and plants, it really bring some life in the game
RenD
Apr 26th · 18:22 UTC
Cute little game, I really like the sound design of the game, it gives a very cozy mood. It's a bit short on content but I think it's a great foundation for something bigger.
unfavorable_enhancer
May 02nd · 08:20 UTC
I expected talkie to be used more than a tips giver, but it's still a really cute and fun little adventure.