Play by ChaosCult

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made by ChaosCult for LD33 (JAM)
Betty is a little girl who is scared of fire and monsters. It's quite understandable, isn't it? Even though you're one of the monsters yourself...

In Play, you're playing a monster living under a girl's bed. One day, you decide to help her cope with her fears. Playing helps reduce stress and anxiety, so you want to encourage her to play - especially with toys related to firefighting.

However, you're a scary monster without hands and mouth! So don't let her see you (or other monsters) and try to get the toys down from the shelves.

How to play:

Use WASD or arrow keys to move around. Нou can also jump by mashing space. Try to stay hidden - if Betty sees you, her Fear meter grows; when it's full - game's over. Hiding in shadows under the bed or a bookcase is optimal.

You can bump into bookcases to shake toys out. Betty will notice a toy on the floor and play with it - increasing her Courage meter. Increase Courage all the way to full to win the game. Note that toys won't come out until Betty plays with the ones currently on the floor - bump them strategically so that she notices them.

Fire monsters spawn in the shadows and scare Betty. Bump into them and push them back from whence they came. If Betty sees a fire monster it disappears, but not before substantially increasing Fear meter.

To win, you'd have to keep Betty not-scared until she plays with all the toys. Good luck playing!

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UPDATE Fixed the bug where endgame sequence won't trigger if you were out of shadows at the time.

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 3.79 119
Fun(Jam) 3.39 296
Graphics(Jam) 4.21 137
Humor(Jam) 2.85 492
Innovation(Jam) 3.47 190
Mood(Jam) 3.91 80
Theme(Jam) 4.06 98

Feedback

glcoder
24. Aug 2015 · 22:21 UTC
Really enjoyed this one, so cute and relaxing. But IMO it's too easy, no challenge at all. Anyway - nicely done!
Ninja Garage
25. Aug 2015 · 05:48 UTC
Very nice design, I loved it, it inspired me to do a 3d point and click in my sparetime. Cheers!
Meat Us
25. Aug 2015 · 09:01 UTC
I love the idea of this game, nice graphics and great feelings, very good work !
Birke
25. Aug 2015 · 09:02 UTC
One of the best games I have played in terms of mood. Very cute and relaxing. Nice take on the theme too. The difficulty could have ramped up a bit more towards the end and it would have been nice to have a proper ending to the game as well. Other than that good job!
pixzleone
25. Aug 2015 · 19:51 UTC
Relaxing and good looking!
Good effort!
jk5000
25. Aug 2015 · 19:54 UTC
A beautiful game based on a simple but brilliant idea. Well done.
Warxen
25. Aug 2015 · 19:54 UTC
Great graphics, good coding and good design. Feels very polished. Hard to believe that you guys pulled this one off in under 72 hours. Assuming this was no solo project. Good Job!
Crazi456
26. Aug 2015 · 06:56 UTC
Very adorable game! Nice work!
GagaPete
26. Aug 2015 · 20:19 UTC
The game is pretty well crafted and puts the player in the right mood. Pushing the fireguys back into the shadows is pretty challenging. And it's a pretty interesting take on the theme. I like it.
Meadgard Games
27. Aug 2015 · 10:53 UTC
The idea is so interesting and graphics are very cool!
juaxix
27. Aug 2015 · 15:30 UTC
Not bad!,well, the scene could be larger, and with different monsters to feature various child fears (with more game mechanics associated),right now it can get a bit boring too soon, but hey, good job team!
🎤 ChaosCult
27. Aug 2015 · 15:41 UTC
>the scene could be larger, and with different monsters to feature various child fears
Hey, thanks for the comment!
That's what we initially intended to do, but the time was pretty limited so we decided to polish one scene instead.
Mase
27. Aug 2015 · 18:27 UTC
Looks very charming & colorful.
I thought the difficulty level was fine...; I don't think the game would be improved by higher difficulty.
SecularBaron
28. Aug 2015 · 09:02 UTC
Good graphics and sound. This was very cute and made me happy to play.
Jupiter_Hadley
29. Aug 2015 · 17:54 UTC
Super cute game. Great use of theme. I included it in part 10 of my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/Jf2dZyQpNFE
Schrodinger Games
30. Aug 2015 · 12:41 UTC
Pretty adorable entry! Love it.
crucknuk
31. Aug 2015 · 09:06 UTC
This game is relaxing and really different from all the other I tested on this LD at the moment. Good job!
nomand
31. Aug 2015 · 09:57 UTC
Really nice touch, especially with a good guy monster. Some of the sound effects can be a bit annoying, but otherwise very cute and therapeutic.
celisoft
31. Aug 2015 · 10:02 UTC
Nice graphics, funny sounds, original goal, I really love your game.
mantis
31. Aug 2015 · 10:06 UTC
What a cool idea! Really liked it.
freaknarf
31. Aug 2015 · 10:06 UTC
Very cute game :) Very good visuals, I think it could become something solid and a cool kids game with a bit more of gameplay.
dmcfarline
31. Aug 2015 · 10:08 UTC
Very cute, ran out of objects to increase courage, but really enjoyed it
SlayerEXE
31. Aug 2015 · 10:26 UTC
Graphics looks great and gameplay is very interesting. I enjoyed a lot playing this game.
Jacktheviper
31. Aug 2015 · 20:48 UTC
Superb atmosphere and presentation, all the assets are well done and fit together.
I started having some trouble with the camera, it kept shaking around, not sure if it is something wrong on my end I was using the windows version.
Robot Souls Games
01. Sep 2015 · 20:12 UTC
The sound is a bit creepy. A bit too "adorable" for me.
ALobker
03. Sep 2015 · 15:25 UTC
Yay! I made a little girl happy.
local minimum
03. Sep 2015 · 19:57 UTC
Very well done game. And nice how it plays out. I think it was perfectly difficult, that is, not really hard. I think that's about right when it comes to the difficulty of a game like this. All content and how it worked toward the mood, very impressive.
handkor
03. Sep 2015 · 23:57 UTC
This is very well done and great story and concept. I quite enjoyed this.
wooltech
05. Sep 2015 · 15:27 UTC
Great use of the theme, really polished gameplay.
bombjack
06. Sep 2015 · 20:15 UTC
the art is nice. original gameplay.
Dejvo
13. Sep 2015 · 16:16 UTC
I liked the game. kindof similar to my idea but done entirely differently. it's a bit hard to control because you don't move as expected but rotated 45 degrees. otherwise, very good.
kowalski
13. Sep 2015 · 19:48 UTC
Lovely artstyle. Simple but effective gameplay. Definitely one of my favourite from the contributions I played so far.
Jan Tuts
14. Sep 2015 · 17:44 UTC
This is really nicely done! Good job! :D
jsmars
14. Sep 2015 · 23:16 UTC
Beautiful
dancingmad
14. Sep 2015 · 23:26 UTC
I love the way you deal with the theme.
Great work !
MikeEnoch
14. Sep 2015 · 23:45 UTC
Beautiful little game, great take on the theme - well done!
Jupiter_Hadley
14. Nov 2015 · 16:49 UTC
I included your game in an article of my favorites and added a trophy to your profile! http://fireside.gamejolt.com/post/jam-favorites-ludum-dare-33-part-1-uzbzpjci