Asylum by mirianbr
Asylum is an interactive fiction for an (attempted) escape from a mental institution. It was created using Twine 2.1 with Sugarcube 2.34.1.

All graphics are public domain. Originals from https://picryl.com , minimally processed using Gimp.
All sounds are also public domain (CC 0), from https://freesound.org .
Disclaimer
This is purely a piece of fiction. No patients or hospital personnel were harmed in the making of this game. None of the scenes intend to depict actual facilities or treatments.
| Link | https://mirianbr.itch.io/asylum |
| Link | https://github.com/mirianbr/asylum |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/asylum |
Ratings
| Overall | 771th | 3.5⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 975th | 3.214⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1029th | 3.048⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 921th | 3.357⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 1047th | 2.433⭐ | 17🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 224th | 3.929⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 13🗳️ | 20🗨️ |
Still, what was there was executed well. The audio was a nice touch. For the escape, I do wish there were a button that would let you restart the game. I escaped before complying (because I'm always more interested in that route first apparently), but then since I had nothing to compare it to, I wasn't sure whether I had reached the ending. The story just stopped.
I liked the mood _very_ much. The sound and images worked very well to convey an interesting atmosphere. Writing is pretty good, too. Perhaps a bit too convoluted (should I say "literary"?) on some passages. (This is not bad _per se_, I love reading!, it's just that in games I expect something more direct (as I said, interactive fiction is not my cup of tea).
As for suggestions, one thing that comes to mind is that the story has some nice variations, but in order to see them I have to play multiple times. Again, not bad by itself, but since there isn't much variation on the core story, one needs to see a lot of repetition to see the variation. (I suppose this may be by design.)
Anyway, a pretty nice Ludum Dare debut, congrats on your game. Thanks for making and sharing it! :slight_smile:
And got hit by a car. Should've looked left and right!
To be honest, I voted 5.0 Overall.