Doctor Dilly-Dally by Sine Nomine

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made by Sine Nomine for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

glove_pull.png Doctor Dilly-Dally spends his days "practicing" medicine at the local hospital St. Negligence.

Follow the "Not So Good" Doctor on one of his typical days in the life of a physician working in the employ of St. Negligence Hospital. The day is sure to be full of negligence, malpractice and plenty of medical inaccuracies.

Controls: Mouse, Z, X

Guide: Hover over clipboard to select diagnosis. Pill segment: Click sleeping pills, hover over coffee, click energy pills, hover over bottle

Ratings

Overall 1120th 3.158⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1067th 3⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 885th 3.105⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1033th 3.342⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 730th 3.6⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 466th 3.5⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 227th 3.825⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1062th 3.111⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 15🗳️ 16🗨️

Feedback

ATH-AI
06. Apr 2022 · 10:54 UTC
Hah. Good laugh. Better audio levels would have been nicer and some feedback from invalid and valid clicks.
Ankea
06. Apr 2022 · 15:29 UTC
Nice theme. The audio levels where little bit distracting
Skleembof
06. Apr 2022 · 23:16 UTC
That was great! I've definitely never played an LD game like this before

The writing and voice acting was hilarious. I do kind of wish I had some control over the outcome of the story just a few simple decisions that led to different endings.
PixelTech
07. Apr 2022 · 00:20 UTC
@Skleembof Thank you! We certainly strive for originality, so that's great to hear.

I think you're right about it needing more decisions. We did have plans for alternate endings but a little too much work went into the "planning" phase and we ended up cutting out a lot of intended features. We do have some desire to continue this short point-and-click, throwing in at least two endings, and tie up some more jokes as well as expand on some of the outcomes and options.
If we make another jam entry in this style I think we will definitely try to work in multiple endings. Thanks for the feedback!
blobo
08. Apr 2022 · 21:37 UTC
Ha! I love the voice acting. As others have pointed out, the audio needs a bit of balancing. There were times when I wasn't sure how to proceed. The menu with the bad heart condition took forever to move ahead (I think I needed to hit the right arrow key?) and I couldn't figure out how to put pills in his cup. Hitting spacebar also resets the game... a list of controls would be really appreciated. The graphics are pretty great, and match the humor very well. Great work!
Nate_Bit_Games
08. Apr 2022 · 22:30 UTC
lol nice voice acting
MatLab
10. Apr 2022 · 15:41 UTC
what daf'... -wait- WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT????!!!!
What did I just play? xD
"hhhhelllloooowww daccctooooo dill' dalllluuu" x'D
That was... wow... fun! :D
Thank you for this beautiful piece of art! ^^
Huitre
10. Apr 2022 · 19:39 UTC
Whaaaa... it's missing a bit of feedbacks, in order to understand what does and doesn't do something, but with the voices and all, the whole thing was fun in the end! Well done in such a short time!
PixelTech
10. Apr 2022 · 21:07 UTC
@Matlab So glad to have made you feel something special :')

@huitre I agree, it does need more feedback for the player, if we update it we will add that for sure! Thank you much!
BoClow
11. Apr 2022 · 06:28 UTC
I must say that the art and voice acting was well done and fit for the funny "bad doctor" story. I would have loved some more interactivity and some feedback. Coughing and mumbling were hilarious also!
Lecloow7
12. Apr 2022 · 13:25 UTC
Nice
LDJam user 234807
13. Apr 2022 · 14:44 UTC
Would have loved to play an HTML version of this game. Sounds very interesting. Did not rate your game, because I couldn't play it.
LDJam user 267116
15. Apr 2022 · 00:14 UTC
I'm sorry sir, it's congenital bongoheart. There's nothing we can do.

Very funny game! Nice job
lilkrit
18. Apr 2022 · 13:16 UTC
This is so funny!
LDJam user 58658
19. Apr 2022 · 14:20 UTC
The line deliveries, dedicated cough and mumble keys, and general look made this a standout in my eyes. The theme comes across really well and in a manner I haven't really seen from other games this jam. As others have noted out, some feedback of when you're doing something right would've been nice, but ultimately I thought it added to the awkward atmosphere. The submission's sense of humor combined with its fun premise made me very happy I didn't miss this one!