Tough Crowd by Apple Dash
Play as a comedian and deliver unfunny jokes to a crowd of people.
Press Space to say the next word in a joke. Try to feel the rhythm and say the joke in a way that you think would be funny.
Also, there's a question mark in the top right of the screen, it tells you how to play and what this game is all about.

| Web and Windows | https://fshpsmgc.itch.io/tough-crowd |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/tough-crowd |
Ratings
| Overall | 749th | 3.429⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 936th | 3.036⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 187th | 3.839⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 477th | 4⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 839th | 3.25⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 58th | 4.196⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 592th | 3.536⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 20🗳️ | 13🗨️ |
Got 84% as a score
I played through a few times, trying to figure out what the secret was. My best playthrough ended up being the one where I tried to time it how i would if I was actually telling the jokes, which is good! nice work :)
I correctly understood that the whole gameplay is to press the spacebar?
What determines the assessment at the end - I still do not understand. I only realized that if you press the spacebar slowly, then there will be no laughter, which is a very interesting solution.
But it was quite hard to know exactly what was a good delivery or not and it would have been nice if the game did give you more hints while performing as it in its present form doesn't really encourage that much retries.
Several times I accidentally started telling the next joke right after the previous, so it would have been nice if there were some stuff stopping that a bit. E.g. needing to press space and extra time between jokes and/or a bit of time when a new joke is revealed when you cannot start telling that.
Honestly though, that's one of my big takeaways from this little game. I can't put my finger on it, but the design of the stupid comedian guy lives rent-free in my head.
Really enjoyed the game, I'm looking forward to your next project! Keep up the awesome work!! :grin:
Also the comedian appearing through the curtain is hilarious... nice job :)
Really great interpretation of theme.