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Framed by Malte Hedenstrom

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made by Malte Hedenstrom for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

Welcome fellow art enthusiast! Enter into your new studio of culture and history as our new art evaluator! It is your job to search through and collect the rarest true pieces of art that comes through our doors. But be careful! There are a lot of fakes and forgeries out there and we need you to determine which piece is real and which is a scam!

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Be careful in your search and use all the tools at your disposal to make your choice!

Otherwise you might be suspected to be working with the scammers out there.

To play through a day you need to successfully identify 5 artworks. LD58screenshot1.png

Pick up and put down Magnifying glass and UV-light: Left click

Pick up measuring tape and use: Left click and left click again

Put down measuring tape: Right click

Inspect art: Left click and hold

To continue to the next piece make your choice with the buttons. Can you manage to fill your collection?

Linkhttps://mr-m123.itch.io/framed
Original URLhttps://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/framed

Ratings

Overall580th3.24⭐27🧑‍⚖️
Fun738th2.52⭐27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation446th3.167⭐26🧑‍⚖️
Theme467th3.56⭐27🧑‍⚖️
Graphics525th3.36⭐27🧑‍⚖️
Humor625th2.283⭐25🧑‍⚖️
Mood656th3.04⭐27🧑‍⚖️
Given15🗳️29🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 375016
07. Oct 2025 · 13:05 UTC
Interesting idea. It could have been more fun if there was something simpler at the beginning. I didn't know where to look.

The font is too small - it hurts my eyes. Also the magnifying glass is a bit off, so I had to look for the object sometimes.
When I read your description, I was frustrated that the tools didn't work :D I didn't know I had to unlock them. It makes sense, but since I read it here, I thought they were already available.

Good job.
Imos
07. Oct 2025 · 14:35 UTC
The artwork is beautiful, but I'm unsure what to do. I think there can be more guidance in the game.
Baluj
07. Oct 2025 · 18:25 UTC
I liked the art. I wish there was a web version.
GonkinDroid
08. Oct 2025 · 06:20 UTC
Kinda reminded me of a pottery making game I played like a decade ago, very cool :)
APDT
09. Oct 2025 · 04:30 UTC
It's a cool idea, and a good execution in such a short time. I would like a bigger picture. Even at this stage, it is not yet clear why a magnifying glass is needed, and the signatures are the same everywhere and differ from those in the picture. I hope everything will work and look as it should in the future. Good luck)
6Knowledge
10. Oct 2025 · 11:06 UTC
Could've used a bit more polish. The examination process was quite detailed but the way to get to the conclusion was quite a hurdle with the icons being quite small and at a weird angle, and the signatures being quite odd (never figures out which ones were correct). The tools was a nice addition, as most other games would've just done without any of those.
Torami
10. Oct 2025 · 12:12 UTC
Hi very very nice game, I really like the atmospheric artmuseum jazz, however I could not figure out how to access the tools mentioned as the mouse buttons did not work for me however it is a very nice game and with some polishing it could be amazing. Great effort.
Roitchie
11. Oct 2025 · 18:57 UTC
This is a cool entry. It reminds me of Papers please with how each day gets progressively harder as you have to check more and more things to verify the artwork is legit. The different tools are interesting but I also had some issues with the magnifying glass where it didn't show where I would've expected. But otherwise a fun and very unique entry. Well done.
stefaink
11. Oct 2025 · 20:45 UTC
My college 4 course simulator
10/10
csuth17
12. Oct 2025 · 17:31 UTC
I felt the timer really rushed things so I couldn't enjoy examining the pieces but that might be a taste preference. Very solid game, well done!
yana666
13. Oct 2025 · 21:32 UTC
it's a really cool idea, but it becomes difficult on the second day - it's inconvenient to use the magnifying glass, and time is running out :( thanks!