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Buried in the Past by Ironfred

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made by Ironfred for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

After being suspended from police duty, Mr. Altum gets ordered to get professional help from a successful psychotherapist. Realizing that he has no other choice, the cynical cop lets the therapist in on the secrets of his past...

  • Dive deep into the memories of Mr. Altum as his therapist
  • Battle bullies and gangsters with the most dangerous weapons a therapist can possess: Clipboard and pen
  • Vibe to retro music and pixel art style animation

Controls

  • WASD to move
  • Spacebar to jump
  • K to throw your deadly pen
  • L to swing your clipboard
  • Enter to continue during dialogues

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itch.io https://radowicht.itch.io/buried-in-the-past
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/buried-in-the-past

Ratings

Overall 1594th 3.05⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1550th 2.875⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1489th 2.775⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1478th 3.143⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1555th 2.929⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 1097th 2.875⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 460th 3.286⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1517th 2.976⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 19🗳️ 21🗨️

Feedback

Evil Villain Games
26. Apr 2021 · 23:55 UTC
I loved this game! I appreciated the thought put into the background story, as well as the theme behind it. I really loved playing this, and was actually upset that there wasn't more! Great job!
dasPanjo
27. Apr 2021 · 15:48 UTC
Awesome game and really fun to play. I like the story going on and would definitely would love to play more :D
appix
27. Apr 2021 · 15:50 UTC
Very cute pixelated characters.
I think the collider needs some tweaking
Gabriela Moura
27. Apr 2021 · 16:20 UTC
I love this game, the very cute characters and interesting background story make a really good gameplay, Well done! :smile:
Titaninette
27. Apr 2021 · 16:25 UTC
There are some collisions problems with the bowes and the music a little bit to repetitive.
I like the characters!
Caloudon
28. Apr 2021 · 15:59 UTC
Good job on taking a different kind of look at the theme. I also had issues with the collisions, at one point getting stuck on one of the enemies which lead to a quick death as I tried to get out of the collision. Thanks for making the game.
mudlee
29. Apr 2021 · 14:30 UTC
Muhaha, obviously I killed the innocent one in the first road stage :D Nice dialogs and I really appriciate you took a different approach to the theme, good job!
magus77
29. Apr 2021 · 21:47 UTC
fun game. the control scheme is a bit different but i like it. The colliders did allow for jumping REALY high tho. I don't know if that was intended behaviour. But if you hug a barrel or crate and doublejump quick enough the height is way more. Good points awarded tho
Gustavo Rocha
30. Apr 2021 · 14:58 UTC
Very fun. Simple and solid gameplay. Great job!
LDJam user 120290
30. Apr 2021 · 15:09 UTC
Haha, it's so funny.
Thank you for the game.
melhem_fares
30. Apr 2021 · 15:11 UTC
The story was humorous but also carried a nice message to look back in life. I really enjoyed that. The animations were choppy but I get that not everyone's an artist (I'm definitely not). I really liked the dialogue too, I thought that was a solid feature in the game. There was one bully that got stuck in a box and was twitching left and right. Overall though, funny and creative. Nicely done.
xpoho
30. Apr 2021 · 15:40 UTC
Порой, действительно, бывает сложно отличить друга от врага. И не всегда это происходит из-за того, что вы увлеклись избиением врагов.
Веселая и интересная игра, спасибо! ^_^
chtimy
30. Apr 2021 · 19:24 UTC
Thank you for your game!!
- Some collisions are little bit weird
- The story is interesting, so bad to not have the ending

Good job otherwise :)
Krapht
30. Apr 2021 · 20:40 UTC
the deadly pen was so much more powerful then the clipboard. Might need some way to balance out the two attacks to help mix things up. Thanks for the game!
Chris15686989
17. May 2021 · 11:37 UTC
The graphics were good. I liked the music, though I would like to have more sfx to support the gameplay. A seamless loop of the music would be preferable with a bit more variation. The intro of the game was a nice idea.

Overall, a good entry.