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Puppet show! by mitus

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made by mitus for Ludum Dare 52 (JAM)

A poor Clown was left behind by an Old man and a toxic boy. He stays alone and struggles to manage a small Puppet booth. Try to earn every count of each Dollar to fulfill his wish: to become a popular game maker.

Help him make his wish come true by visiting his booth!

Control: - A/D to move The puppet left or right. - Arrow Right/ Arrow Left to control the Front Hand. - Arrow Up/ Arrow Down to control the Front Hand.

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Enjoy the show!

Note! Suit best for Streamers! And please turn on Sound for all your viewer.

Currently only playable on Chrome! And I don't know why?

Please patience! Only me work on this booth, So please forgive me for being unable to take care of all of you, my dear customers. marketing.png

Itch.io https://avavt.itch.io/puppet-show
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/puppet-show

Ratings

Overall 475th 3.4⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Fun 627th 2.943⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 28th 4.167⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Theme 507th 3.528⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 269th 3.917⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Audio 270th 3.431⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Humor 213th 3.382⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Mood 368th 3.514⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Given 11🗳️ 8🗨️

Feedback

pauljs
09. Jan 2023 · 18:14 UTC
What a fun and original concept! Love it! Would love to see it explore in a more polish manner! Congrats!
profan
09. Jan 2023 · 20:24 UTC
I really enjoyed this game and the concept in general, I'd never have thought to use TTS for audio like this but it totally put a smile on my face, if I have to complain about anything it'd be the segment with scaring away the birds dragged on and didn't really end at a clear point (there were still many birds left when the curtains were pulled) but that's really minor :)

Hope to see your work again another LD :D
Amar Ravi
10. Jan 2023 · 18:06 UTC
I love this! The text to speech audio works really well, the whole experience was super thematic and immersive! I think one thing that wouldve improved it for me is if there was sound effects too in the bird swatting scene? To show clearer feedback that youre hitting the birds.

I had a great time playing this, thanks for your entry!
Kyle Landon
10. Jan 2023 · 18:13 UTC
This was a very endearing experience. I didn't realize that you could control the puppet at first, so maybe a prompt in the screen indicating the playing to try moving around until they give input would be a nice addition. The presentation is definitely unique among the games I've played so far, and it's used to great benefit to tell your story.

Love it!
🎤 mitus
10. Jan 2023 · 18:31 UTC
Thanks! @pauljs @profan @amar-ravi @kyle-landon
I supper new to coding with unity and unable to implement enough thing on this Entry.

Thanks for the feedbacks.
Forgin Bits
10. Jan 2023 · 18:33 UTC
That was a weird experience, I kinda got dizzy from the puppet jumping up and down and ended up pressing two keys to flail my arms around to scare birds. The concept is cool and the visuals were on point though. Good job
amkingTRP
10. Jan 2023 · 20:02 UTC
That was an interesting experience; more akin to an interactive artwork than a game. That's definitely not a bad thing though, I'd like to see more things like this.

On the whole, great presentation, good storyline, and I second people's comments about the text-to-speech adding to the experience.
zSharpFire
10. Jan 2023 · 21:44 UTC
I kinda laughed when i heard the TTS voice, but afterall it is a nice addition. The graphics and the sounds are nice, the game overall is fun. It's a bit underwhelming how ultimately, in the bird scene, the easiest way to scare them away is leaving both torches at the bottom, same position, and just walk around
Schmalex
11. Jan 2023 · 14:32 UTC
Such a creative new take on the topic! Feels really fresh in a sea of rather similar games and i would love to see this game developed more. The only thing that threw me off a bit was not being sure about the keys to use so maybe it would be more clear to add a prompt in the beginning somewhere. Well done!
🎤 mitus
11. Jan 2023 · 15:10 UTC
@schmalex
thanks, i'm thinking on post jam version soon. Wanna try to extend some thing. hope you will be back.
JavaSaurus
11. Jan 2023 · 16:52 UTC
This was really nice ! I felt like actually watching a puppet show. Well done, thank you for submitting this !
TRUEchips
11. Jan 2023 · 16:53 UTC
Hey, why did you lie? I was able to run the game on Firefox \s

Seriously tho, the game is kinda great! I love the storytelling. I'll definitely see the post-jam version, but ping me when you make it alright?
🎤 mitus
12. Jan 2023 · 02:38 UTC
Thanks for feedbacks @truechips , I don't know. This unable to test this on firefox. Currently im working on something and try to delliver asap to you guys.
LDJam user 250905
12. Jan 2023 · 22:01 UTC
Really really funny and somehow really innovative submission, I loved it (:clap: :clap: :clap:)! Felt amazing flailing my arms about in absolute joy, and while it's a short and simple game, it's already up there with the other games I've played just because of how well it works; something about *"Text-to-speech"* voices really get me good! :laughing:

I would've liked to play for longer, but I loved it, great job! :beers:
Minakorii
13. Jan 2023 · 00:06 UTC
Original concept! Didn't saw another puppet show for this jam
I can imagine the guy behind the scene haha
Matank
14. Jan 2023 · 05:45 UTC
Cool game!! I really liked how the hand puppet moves and feels, and the whole experience was really fun. What a unique idea for the jam!
LDJam user 277954
14. Jan 2023 · 06:04 UTC
Nice combination of shadow play and video game. The movement of the character is really dynamic and realistic. You made me feel the charm of shadow play in your amazing show!!! Worth more than 1 doller, I'm sure.
paci
14. Jan 2023 · 07:08 UTC
Really unique game! I cannot say this is the most fun game I played, but it is a surprising experience everyone should try! Would love to see more interactions in a futur version :)
jk5000
14. Jan 2023 · 19:46 UTC
A funny and pretty well made game. I'm personally not a super fan of the text to speech voice over, but it does work okay. But the visuals is good, and I overall liked the story. So overall a good jam game. Well done.
amarokczukay
14. Jan 2023 · 20:26 UTC
what an original game! the theatre scenery and the puppet show is a really good idea.

the gameplay was kinda minimalistic tho, since you can just wave both arms continuously to frighten all the birds.

however, this is a game as i'd like to see more, because it is really unique.
sakura_magika
14. Jan 2023 · 21:01 UTC
so many surreal harvesting games this round! i found that i could just keep both torches running and clear away all the birds, looked so funny! good job with the puppetry visuals!
LDJam user 296412
15. Jan 2023 · 08:30 UTC
Not what I expected.
And that's a great thing.
Awesome work.
kikiriki367
16. Jan 2023 · 10:52 UTC
This is fucking hilarious i loved it! :laughing: I cant say anything about it more than that.. Its simply perfect... And the i swam through those fields of watermelons, my symphony of moves, my grace, my... It was art...