Live Long And Prosper by i_am_lloric

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made by i_am_lloric for Ludum Dare 50 (COMPO)

Choose how to live your life and attempt to delay the inevitable. Add on more years to your life with good choices.

First time entering Ludum Dare although I've been a fan of the format for a while now.title.png

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Ratings

Overall 369th 3.333⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 291th 3.389⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 344th 3.222⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 279th 3.694⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 522th 2.833⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Audio 325th 3.111⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 51th 3.889⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 344th 3.167⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 36🗳️ 8🗨️

Feedback

Shar1984
04. Apr 2022 · 08:05 UTC
LOVE this game!!! It's hilarious. I made it to 90 after a few attempts and even got a couple of achievements
PeteyWoufes
04. Apr 2022 · 10:09 UTC
Mac build just has an exe in it
ccglp
04. Apr 2022 · 10:27 UTC
I really like this game! I'm a big fan of "Event driven games" like Crusader Kings or Reigns so this was charming :)
Remco
04. Apr 2022 · 10:34 UTC
Hi! I'm on Linux currently, so I thought I could try out the Linux build. If I DL that, I get the Windows build instead though. Thought you might like to know. (I don't currently have Wine or a VM set up properly, so I can't play at the moment. -- Don't worry I didn't rate yet, as you shouldn't rate games you can't play.)
🎤 i_am_lloric
04. Apr 2022 · 17:01 UTC
Hi, thanks for the comments. Think those linux/mac links are fixed now ^_^ thanks
Remco
05. Apr 2022 · 09:53 UTC
It works now! A lot of the time is spent waiting and the results from your decisions seem a bit random. So I guess that it is true to life :-p
ambrits
07. Apr 2022 · 21:34 UTC
First I had a boring life until 63 with bald head and no achievemnts. On my second try I died at 9. Depressing.

It is fun for what it is. Maybe the long waits between events were a bit too much sometimes.
LDJam user 273626
09. Apr 2022 · 15:52 UTC
I played this over and over and over to try to get the best ending lol. I can't believe I lost at 5 rofl. Some day I'll get that promotion by bribery XD
BoxedMeatRevolution
10. Apr 2022 · 17:23 UTC
It was fun to try a few times, to see all of the different events you put in. The writing was pretty good. It might have been nice if some of the achievements that happened earlier in life (like getting a dog) gave rise to other special events later in life (dog dies, or something).
Frib
11. Apr 2022 · 12:17 UTC
I enjoyed it for what it is, had a few loud laughs :D But the biggest downside is the waits between events, since they serve no purpose. But without them, you'd rush through the game in seconds. So I feel like there's something missing to fill those gaps but I'm not sure what.
LDJam user 280624
11. Apr 2022 · 12:33 UTC
I scared children and increase health. Great!
DaleP
13. Apr 2022 · 01:25 UTC
Just a heads up, your Mac build still doesn’t work for me (MacOS 12.3.1 on ARM). For one, it’s a rar file which the native macOS archive utility can’t open (zip is standard). After using a third party tool (The Unarchiver) to unarchive it, the app is simply called “Mac” (ok, but why not something like “Live Long and Prosper”?), and it refuses to launch no matter what I do. It just says "The application 'Mac' can’t be opened.” regardless of any security settings. I think usually this is the result of the executable not having the correct file permissions in your archive.
sprunth
13. Apr 2022 · 05:09 UTC
Love it! The theme led to many games about delaying death but I think the humor in this game separated it from the rest.

Love the Spanish segment and the progressively lost hair :D
Squidmobile
18. Apr 2022 · 06:21 UTC
Cute game, silly and light hearted, works well with the theme and has fun variance between attempts.
LakeDev
21. Apr 2022 · 03:32 UTC
Fun, cute little game! I like how with each playthrough you get different events so it has more re-playability, and I also like the humor at show. The graphics are nothing too fancy, but it gets the job done as well as it needs to. Would be nice to have some more *oompf* to the UI, but this is still quite a charming game! Good Job!
Evan Minto
21. Apr 2022 · 04:08 UTC
Really clever! I also enjoyed the randomized events a lot. Every playthrough feels really different and you can sort of roleplay it. The vocalized SFX are also fun. Would have liked some music.
dmtroy
21. Apr 2022 · 06:47 UTC
Simple and effective, it kept me laughing.