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Vibe Check by PureGarlic

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made by PureGarlic for Ludum Dare 59 (JAM)

THE VIBES ARE BAD. SCAN FOR THEIR SOURCE AND SAVE US ALL!

In Vibe Check, you're tasked with using your phone to scan people's brainwaves and find the sources of some bad vibes. Be careful you don't get spotted though, or folks will slap your phone away!

NOTE: Some camera issues have been observed when playing the web build in Firefox. Please use a Chromium browser, or download the Windows build for the best experience. The itch.io embed is a better playing experience than the ldjam embed.

LD59 Lost Phone.png

Controls:

  • WASD to move. Shift to sprint.
  • Space to jump.
  • Mouse to look around. Hold Left Mouse Button while looking at a person to scan them.
  • Right Mouse Button for some in-game tutorial text!

LD59 Starting Area.png

Tools

  • Game engine: Godot Engine
  • Audio: Logic Pro for iPad, Ableton Live 11, OP-Z, psx.sample
  • Images: Procreate, Pixelmator Pro, CorridorKey
Link https://github.com/puregarlic/ld59-vibe-check
Itch https://puregarlic.itch.io/vibe-check
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/vibe-check

Ratings

Overall 263th 3.808⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Fun 114th 3.885⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 100th 3.936⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Theme 247th 4.038⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Audio 112th 4.041⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Humor 9th 4.526⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Mood 145th 4.114⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Given 31🗳️ 61🗨️

Feedback

falubaz
Apr 21st · 17:26 UTC
Nice one, but I couldn't find the baddie :(
kapitstick
Apr 22nd · 02:59 UTC
Interesting idea, definitely has a humorous aspect and fits with the theme. I loved the people slapping your phone out of your hands and the mechanics of your phone bouncing away and having to track it down. The gameplay was a little tedious, it would have been cool if there was another way to narrow down the baddies without checking every person (or maybe there was and I missed it!) The perspective felt a bit too low like I was half the height of the rest of the people in the game. I did find 1 baddie before being knocked off a tower and losing my phone. :) I didn't see a graphics rating, but I thought the art pixelated, slight nondescript art was a perfect fit for the game.
HelloImBenjamin
Apr 22nd · 02:59 UTC
I ended up liking this way more than I expected. I was about 3-4 baddies in and then my phone got slapped away and I lost it, so I couldn’t even finish it. Still had a great time with it though, really fun overall. Amazing job!
Sceef
Apr 22nd · 04:11 UTC
Мой сон при температуре 37.1
ursagames
Apr 22nd · 04:20 UTC
I loved the aesthetic! The audio was great too! It felt like a fever dream to play, I wasn't entirely sure what was going on, but I was enjoying it. I could only find a couple baddies, but I really liked the getting the phone knocked out of your hand mechanic and having to pick it back up, the audio design there really sold it!
Alexander Stepanov
Apr 22nd · 10:56 UTC
Super mega style, sound, aesthetic, and Vibe. But I absolutely didn't understand what to do, even with the hint))))
YurisCat
Apr 23rd · 06:19 UTC
I love the jumping and dashing, it feels like parkour! The phone getting knocked off scared me lol, I could only watch it fall helplessly. Really enjoyed it!
YurisCat
Apr 23rd · 06:23 UTC
Is this a phone or a bouncy ball lmao the bounce physics are too good 😂 I really love the way you guys made the NPC sprites, everything looks so funny haha, let me play it again!
Xientra
Apr 23rd · 13:23 UTC
Banger alert. Took me a bit to figure out but its really funny.
NikiProT
Apr 23rd · 17:44 UTC
its pretty funny but finding baddies was a bit hard
jk5000
Apr 23rd · 17:48 UTC
Funny and pretty weird. Well done.
LDJam user 383510
Apr 23rd · 17:50 UTC
Really makes it feel urgent when the character is moving like they are on crack. Good shit
Muraena
Apr 23rd · 18:38 UTC
A total banger, awfully addictive with how simple the concept is!
Luka420
Apr 23rd · 18:40 UTC
This is super funny! Didn't expect to have my phone slapped out of my hand hahaha
thomaspixelart
Apr 24th · 03:45 UTC
Man, love the old Duke Nukem vibes. Love the phone slap hahaha Congrats
Xiao Duye
Apr 24th · 03:51 UTC
Very fun game! My phone kept getting slapped out of my hands hahaha
Julester
Apr 24th · 06:47 UTC
Couldn't find all the baddies but I love aesthetic. very funny. and the phone slap is genius.
OadT
Apr 24th · 07:00 UTC
Super funny idea and assets :smile: I took me a second to understand that I have to hold LMB, but then it was a nice game. Felt like some dudes were impossible to vibe check, but the slapping mechanic was fun nonetheless!
VerttiXPertti
Apr 24th · 07:02 UTC
Oh my flipping god I was actually doing good but then a guy did the most insane slap and I flew like 5 meters into the void. Super funny game, maybe just a little too simple with the gameplay, but the animations and the humour made up for it. Thanks for this.
FuryOhFury
Apr 24th · 07:03 UTC
Looks and audio are really fun and goofy. Gameplay tho lacks smth, there's no criteria how to find right ones so you just scan randomly
VenomousMouse
Apr 24th · 07:45 UTC
Like the overall idea and how u made it, but i don`t like that filter, it makes my eyes burn. So i couldn't play for long.
alexey_bobrovskiy
Apr 24th · 08:05 UTC
Great game, graphics and sound, I really enjoyed the atmosphere. Thanks for the experience.
Lenny Rudeberg
Apr 24th · 10:00 UTC
Nothing like a bit of DOOM scrolling. Interesting concept, got a few bad vibes but struggled to find many. Love the 90's photo capture esthetics and feel of the game. GG!
IRKAR
Apr 24th · 11:11 UTC
Very cool visual and i love so much movement. Great job!
vlaflya
Apr 24th · 12:40 UTC
GIGA VIBES on this one! Really liked the game - art is amazing and bounce on the phone is super cool touch
Loki Drams
Apr 24th · 12:42 UTC
Very beautiful game! Why can’t we vote for the visuals? It’s perfect!
Good job!
johnnyalfonso
Apr 24th · 16:40 UTC
"Wonderful!"

Awesome game. The strongest entry i've played so far from LD 59. 5 Stars across the board.
Made me LOL from the start. The instructions written on your hand, the concept, the speed at which you sprint, the voice FX - all hilarious.

I loved jumping across gaps then scanning an unsuspecting suspect.

One thing that would have improved this a lot would be an indicator like in the knuckles levels in sonic adventure to let you know when you are close to a baddie.
sebbot
Apr 24th · 19:30 UTC
Thanks for the feedback, everyone! Just a note - we disabled voting on Graphics because the ground texture and the clouds are 3rd party assets, which disqualifies us from that category.

https://ludumdare.com/resources/archive/rules-2017/
polyvishap
Apr 25th · 04:25 UTC
4.5/5 would lose my fucking temper and fail a vibe check myself again.
JonasOlsson
Apr 25th · 11:05 UTC
Nice game! I like the wooden ship in the sky and the absurdly high speed when shift dashing:D
gKthegkpchannel
Apr 26th · 00:17 UTC
fun game and good idea, i just wish things got switched up a bit. tracking down the baddies was so tedious after a while
Sphone Official
Apr 26th · 15:45 UTC
I KEEP DYING WHEN THERE'S ONE LEFT RAAAAAA peak game
skale
Apr 28th · 19:53 UTC
Clicked this game to pass the vibe check, instead I lost my phone like 120 times. Great game
kr4ft3r
Apr 29th · 18:23 UTC
Ah finally, some live action graphics. And 8 directional too, well done. It felt good to move about in such environment again.

It took me 5+ minutes to understand that signal strength reveals proximity of targets, after which the whole deal became more playable. Honestly I can't say gameplay is very fun but I appreciate any form of experimentation in Ludum Dare games, and we can never really know what works until we try. Of course, it was funny to see game instructions written on palm and all that phone bouncing.
hoarime
Apr 30th · 03:48 UTC
i didnt pass the vibe check