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Salvie by Teesquared

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made by Teesquared for LD33 (JAM)
Who are you? Why are you here? And what happened?

Turn off the lights, put on your headphones, and enjoy this supernatural thriller as it unfolds. The game is an interactive story where your choices reveal different parts and perspectives of an engaging and profound mystery.

Make selections from the available choices to the left and right of the ghostly vision by clicking them.

For this Jam game, we used creepy music from Incompetech and a font from Google. Everything else was created by me and my daughter.

The main tools were iPhone 6 (for videos), After Effects, Photoshop, Flash Professional, and Flash Develop.

Feel free to post your opinion of the story in your feedback.

Thanks for trying out our game.
Web (flash) http://twistedwords.net/ld33/Salvie.swf
Source (github) https://github.com/Teesquared/Salvie
Time-lapse (youtube) https://youtu.be/dSvfHh0Im3A
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=35091

Ratings

Coolness 63% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.51 284
Fun(Jam) 2.74 754
Graphics(Jam) 3.54 457
Innovation(Jam) 3.40 238
Mood(Jam) 4.06 53
Theme(Jam) 3.91 171

Feedback

mantis
25. Aug 2015 · 09:31 UTC
Really interesting game!
Demy
26. Aug 2015 · 09:48 UTC
I like this type of games. Pretty nice story, but it would be more interesting if there will be more story lines or endings to extend replayability. Anyway, good game.
Twinters
26. Aug 2015 · 11:25 UTC
Very original graphics. The music succeeds very well at setting the mood. Really great game, well done!
Mykaelos
28. Aug 2015 · 02:35 UTC
Excellent minimalistic style. It really set the mood of the story (along with the music). I really really really would have liked to see more endings (or maybe I missed them? I played through a few times). And this one also hit me in the feels: I have a 15 month-old daughter, so I definitely related to the "father being proud and supportive" perspective. And I'm not gonna lie, I'm a little jealous, I hope I can make games with my daughter when she gets older too! Excellent game!
Vantaug
28. Aug 2015 · 02:44 UTC
Why can't I rate the audio, It was really good :/
mubox
29. Aug 2015 · 00:28 UTC
Very good story. :)
Crowbeak
29. Aug 2015 · 06:57 UTC
Amazing job setting a mood. I like the videos and the use of theme a lot, too.
Jelinib
29. Aug 2015 · 07:05 UTC
Simple but haunting. The looping black and white images along with the music was quite effective for setting the mood, and the story was mysterious but a page turner (a gamestate tapper?).

This is pretty dang great. Excellent job!
undefinist
29. Aug 2015 · 08:51 UTC
Really loved the mood! Interesting story, too. One nitpick is I wish the buttons were more obvious, thought the first 3 choices were a poem lol.
xWarZonex
29. Aug 2015 · 19:16 UTC
Really well made and innovative. I thought this was one of the most unique game's I've played this LD.
scorched
29. Aug 2015 · 19:31 UTC
Interesting idea. Videos are rare at Ludum Dare.
I have to say it feels counter-intuitive that the menu is above the main text, I even missed a couple of paragraphs because of that.
Jet Spy Dragon
29. Aug 2015 · 19:53 UTC
Very involving story, but I think lacks the gaming factor. I'm don't have any control. But between the music and the story, and how is telled there's something very interesting here that may become to a really nice game. Thanks!
OFF
29. Aug 2015 · 20:43 UTC
Like many other interactive stories, you allow to real play a "monster" deeply.
I'm impress by the use of the video, because they create a real mood and not a cheap realism.
Actually i think the end is maybe too explicit, and the game would have been better by speaking at the first person and not narrator. Also maybe allowing a bigger impression of control before the "end". Also i think that the font is maybe hard to read, and break the game feel.
You could take a look at "Monster" who is also an interactive story in the same kind of "story"
This feeling of playing a ghost is really powerful.
Nice entry, and really a different kind of interactive fiction.
HotBoxGames
30. Aug 2015 · 12:53 UTC
Very unique idea! The mood was set well by the black and white colours and the looping video, very chilling! Nice one!
KhaoTom
30. Aug 2015 · 16:35 UTC
Your use of video processing is an innovative touch in supporting the mood. Great work!
Shaun LeBron
31. Aug 2015 · 01:17 UTC
Oh God, I need to play something happy now. Too scary. Truly made me feel like a monster.

(nice use of the theme, and loved the filtered videos.)
MinionStudios
31. Aug 2015 · 04:56 UTC
A moody and entertaining game!
Biruts
02. Sep 2015 · 00:56 UTC
Very nice project guys, i really love it, please check our game too and if you liked it give us a vote. Look for Road to hell and enjoy.
TaoPhoenix
03. Sep 2015 · 02:01 UTC
Fantastic art!

To me though it makes or breaks if there's a way out, and I didn't find it! It would take grinding and I'm not up to it.
PowerSpark
04. Sep 2015 · 05:02 UTC
Interesting!
bukt
08. Sep 2015 · 19:40 UTC
It's awesome. All five (but fun). The mood is just killed me and make reborn again.
wooltech
11. Sep 2015 · 12:24 UTC
Interesting. The text was hard to read when the game was full screen, so I had to shrink the browser size down, but otherwise it looks great.
Darkflint
12. Sep 2015 · 22:17 UTC
Now that an surspring entry and on its own way very fitting to the theme. Music and audio are really fitting to your game...or let´s call it novel instead of game. Very goog entry! But i dont understand understand why you disabled audio rating?
igoramendola
14. Sep 2015 · 01:01 UTC
The mood is very deep and the music fits perfectly with the thriller atmosphere. The concept is quite differente compared to the others entries that I have played on this LD and it's nicely done. Good work ;)
Dizzyman572
14. Sep 2015 · 04:22 UTC
This was a very cool game, loved the video capture! The game also had a very interesting tale wrapped into it is well. You could say that I'm 'so proud' of what you accomplished. Hehe, game puns.
Beta
14. Sep 2015 · 23:45 UTC
This story, and music *_*. I loved it, great job !