Shutting Down by MrOrry

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made by MrOrry for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

This is my first ever "finished" "game"! It's a simple visual novel about a computer that tries to shut down, but the red button is to darn shiny not to press. It's really short, about 4-5 minutes with some light humor.

Share your highscore if you ever reach one :)

Also, don't forget to extract the zip before launching the .exe! The .exe needs the .pck to be in the same folder.!

Screenshot 2022-04-04 174817.png Screenshot 2022-04-04 174951.png

Ratings

Overall 439th 3.719⭐ 18🧑‍⚖️
Fun 414th 3.625⭐ 18🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 333th 3.656⭐ 18🧑‍⚖️
Theme 29th 4.406⭐ 18🧑‍⚖️
Humor 14th 4.471⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Mood 937th 3.25⭐ 16🧑‍⚖️
Given 9🗳️ 15🗨️

Feedback

NoniGirl
04. Apr 2022 · 22:33 UTC
I was tempted to see what happens if you let it count to Zero :D Really nice ending. And really nice entry! Congratulations for your first game.
adncoach
05. Apr 2022 · 00:48 UTC
My finger hurts from so much clicking.
It's so delightfully frustrating.
Quinn_Patrick
05. Apr 2022 · 00:54 UTC
This is really solid and really funny, seriously impressive if it's really your first game. It is a little bit repetitive, though. It gets hard to read the text when I have to click the granny over and over again. That's really my only complaint.
ExeVirus
05. Apr 2022 · 00:57 UTC
Holly crwap. I can't type my fingers are litterally shaking right now, lol.

That had me gut busting all throughout the house. Almost woke up the kiddo. Your button game is a masterpiece, especially the in game assets. I like the credits being built-in. I didn't figure out what the <redacted> button does yet, but I don't think my fingers can handle it. Also, I suck at pong. Really suck when I'm using literally a laptop trackpad mouse and a right hand real mouse to click at double speed to keep up.

Your joke was gold, and so was the background that inspired it.

Thank you! That was a great time, played 3 times before my fingers gave up, though I didn't realize that I should just mash at the start to get the text to go by fast. I sat there from 10->2 like for 30 clicks haha.
🎤 MrOrry
05. Apr 2022 · 01:47 UTC
@quinn-patrick The Grannies running over the text is an issue I couldn't resolve in time. Thanks for the feedback!
DerekBell
05. Apr 2022 · 19:48 UTC
I love the take on the theme with this game! Had a lot of fun playing, funny dialogue with some simple but effective art. Great job!
Tsugumi
06. Apr 2022 · 05:24 UTC
I love the idea about this game. just keep pressing the red button!
Pordrack
06. Apr 2022 · 15:55 UTC
**Spoilers ahead**
-A very fun and clever game over all, the dialogues are well written and the "traps" pretty smart, kuddos to the blue button.
-However, I have some slight details to report : the game exe is called Ludum.exe and not "The Button.exe", same goes from the
window which is named "Ludum (DEBUG", also, the icon is et to the default godot one while the button as an icon would have been a nice
detail. The grandmas are in front of the next, and I think that the lack of sound, even just "Typewritters" sound for the text or click sound
for the button, lessen the impacts of the players actions.
-The fact that the game is windowed made me click outside of the screen once

But besides these nitpicky details, I had a good time, despite the fact that after 5 tries, I only got the the green button.
LDJam user 120213
08. Apr 2022 · 03:20 UTC
I keep crashing it after the blue button, i think if you somehow click two things at once it doesn't know what to do. Definitely fits the theme.
🎤 MrOrry
08. Apr 2022 · 03:23 UTC
@raptor851 Never trust the blue button ;)
LeoMalware
08. Apr 2022 · 04:41 UTC
I loved the public domain wool
It gives the game the touch
Wouter52
09. Apr 2022 · 19:03 UTC
Hahahaha the way the game just closes when it's over is priceless :')
I like your game, although just for once I think. The public domain wool is funny. Well done!
Maybe some music or sound effects would give it a bit more flair

P.s. Please use .zip instead of .rar, not everyone can afford WinRar you know :laughing:
Wizard
09. Apr 2022 · 19:03 UTC
Annoying grannies is now my new favourite thing to do in a game. Well done.
Skleembof
09. Apr 2022 · 23:54 UTC
Nice little experience, the only thing it was really missing was some audio (maybe even some narration)
zimny11
21. Apr 2022 · 11:17 UTC
Congratulations and welcome to the Ludum Dare community! Really funny game. Love the pong :) Only sound/music is missing. Great job!
alpharock6
21. Apr 2022 · 15:01 UTC
The humor reminds me a bit of the older flash games like The Impossible Quiz. Really nice job especially for a first entry!
Okamit
21. Apr 2022 · 19:51 UTC
Interesting idea, kind of similar idea as "Click to continue"

My only real suggestion for next time as of now is to export a web build and upload it to a website such as itch.io, since that will make more people willing to take the time to play your game if they can play it directly in the browser!

Nice work!