Herman's Fallacy by LarrySeinfeld

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made by LarrySeinfeld for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

Welcome to our LD49 submission for the Unstable theme!

Herman's got a crush and a life long dream. Watch him embark on his journey to eternal happiness, facing his internal demons along the way.

Controls:

  • W - Move forward
  • S - Move backwards
  • A - Lean/turn left
  • D - lean/turn right
  • E - moves up in zero gravity
  • Q - moves down in zero gravity
  • R - restart from last checkpoint
  • Mouse - move camera

NOTE: 2 hours after submission time we were able to fix our framerate and collisions bugs when Unity built the project. Please find original and fixed zips in link.

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Ratings

Overall 575th 3.646⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 569th 3.583⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 307th 3.717⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 500th 3.813⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 830th 3.521⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Audio 147th 3.978⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 16th 4.458⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 238th 3.913⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 18🗳️ 28🗨️

Feedback

tykenn
05. Oct 2021 · 02:35 UTC
This is the kind of nonsense I look for in game jams. Great job, made me laugh. Took a few tries, but I beat it and saw the end.
Karsinis
05. Oct 2021 · 03:08 UTC
This game had me laughing until my sides hurt. The sounds design was so funny and the game itself is so ridiculous you have to love it. I couldn't make it to the end as it got too difficult to continue, more check points would have been nice in the later stages. Overall though this was an amazing submission, I am really glad you guys were able to pull this together last minute and submit!
Pious
05. Oct 2021 · 05:05 UTC
Very funny haha. The music was actually smart since it was catchy. Unfortunately it was too hard. I kept getting physically stuck and I couldn't make it to the end. I imagine Carol was humorously ugly or something. Good job though
MorePixels
05. Oct 2021 · 05:48 UTC
This game was amazing. Loved the background music ahaha. Found the game pretty hard but that background music kept me going.
monninen
05. Oct 2021 · 14:03 UTC
I love the music and humour. Artstyle is very funny too. Good job!
mrchip
05. Oct 2021 · 15:40 UTC
10/10 walk cycle, 10/10 music, 10/10 jump physics, 10/10 office, 10/10 email, 10/10 bzzzzt, 10/10 boing, 11/10 skib dab dab, 10/10 ˢᵏᶦᵈ ˢᵏᶦᵈ ˢᵏᶦᵈ, 10/10 0g physics (better than Star Citizen), 10/10 ice physics, 10/10 eyes... wait, what?

Also, i somehow managed to get in *this* situation
![Screenshot (22).png](///raw/6b7/f3/z/470b2.png)
I dont think anyone else in this jam had THIS much fun making a game


Did i mention this is a masterpiece? No? This is a masterpiece.
LDJam user 258863
06. Oct 2021 · 03:35 UTC
My only gripe is there were some parts that combined with the hilariously jank physics were just too hard. But other than that it was really fun a great entry. A great comedy entry.
EricFreeman
06. Oct 2021 · 03:38 UTC
I really liked how absurd this game was, haha. I loved sending him ragdoll and trying to get over obstacles with ridiculous physics. Definitely hit the theme of unstable on the head! Good job! :)
Umbrason
06. Oct 2021 · 03:46 UTC
Overall a very fun game, although I ran into some issues with the ragdoll physics not allowing me to stand up again or glitching into walls. And the intro was also a bit too long, because the camera speed wasn't quite matched with the voice over. The camera turn speed was also a bit too fast, so a slider to adjust it would have been great. The sounds however were nice and humorous and the player characters constant look of pure horror fits the theme of the game very well. The mechanic of the changing gravity is also very cool and caught me off guard. Overall a nice entry, keep making games!
khaotom
06. Oct 2021 · 03:47 UTC
This music is a MOOD. Nice work, brought joy.
commanderstitch
06. Oct 2021 · 04:20 UTC
She was right there. After that, I went completely nuts flying all over the place. I didn't know what to expect and died so many times i'm not sure there's even any thin legs left on my guy.
Lychee
06. Oct 2021 · 07:06 UTC
This is hilarious haha. Reminds me of like a mix between Battleblock theater/Stanley's Parable humor. I was having a ton of trouble and couldn't get past the first spike room after like 15 minutes of trying but I still enjoyed myself thoroughly xD
Sam_ONella
06. Oct 2021 · 07:34 UTC
Hilarious game! you really owned that scatting lmao. One lil suggestion would be perhaps to make the walls different colors so as to make the spontaneous rotation a little less disorienting. Love to see stuff like this in jams though, made my night.
chaosbrick
06. Oct 2021 · 13:30 UTC
This had me thinking "What is WRONG with you?" the entire way through. In a good way.
Raphiell
06. Oct 2021 · 17:33 UTC
Very funny in the use of your voice for sound effects, I couldn't get past the lasers, but I had fun! Well done
Buzz
06. Oct 2021 · 17:39 UTC
I laughed and choked everytime a new sound effect got introduced, well done!
Tulkas
07. Oct 2021 · 23:11 UTC
Thats some funny stuff out there! Nice game dudes. Everything went well together. It made my day and put a smile on my face. :D
Antom
09. Oct 2021 · 06:20 UTC
Hahahahaha nice sense of humor, love the storytelling part and the music!!!
Really fun implementation of the theme unstable. I had a little trouble undertanding the controls
Filmmagician
09. Oct 2021 · 21:03 UTC
Just did my complete play through in a mere one hour and 50 minutes. This game was everything I thought it'd be from these two devs, and a ton more. SO much fun. You'll have a sense of pride and accomplishment when/if you finish this game. Sound track was top notch, difficulty was retro-Japanese level but still fun af. Big congrats to you two. Can't wait to see how it ranks this year in a few categories. You guys killed it.
LDJam user 239493
20. Oct 2021 · 14:52 UTC
Very tough! High marks for humor and audio, that was great