Monstrous Spiral of Silence by V_V

made by V_V for LD33 (JAM)

MOTIVATION:
Living in Malmö, Sweden, I observe with great concerns the rising popularity of the right-wing political party 'Sweden Democrats'. Simultaneously, even the slightest sign of approval of one of the party's concerns makes one to a outlawed racist pig. In this little game, I tried to critically process my own reflexions and thoughts on the Swedish society.

GAME
In this game, you play as a voter of the right-wing Sweden Democrats (SD) party. On you daily task to pick up your daughters from day-care, you end up in a leftist Anti-PEGIDA and Anti-SD demonstration...

GOAL: Find your two daughters in the crowd and leave the demonstration on the street at the top right.

Control with the arrow keys.

(There is a bug with the background music when you die (multiple music layers). Simply switch to another tab/window and back to the game and music will start from scratch again.)

Web	http://beat.kunzkunst.ch/ld33/vogt/
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=40630

Ratings

Coolness	52%	3
Overall(Jam)	2.46	1057

Audio(Jam)	3.04	419
Fun(Jam)	2.29	1026
Graphics(Jam)	2.54	891
Humor(Jam)	2.12	849
Innovation(Jam)	2.71	763
Mood(Jam)	2.78	767
Theme(Jam)	2.64	978

Feedback

NickMakesGames

25. Aug 2015 · 01:46 UTC

I get what you were going for, but I don't really feel like you accomplished it. I can't say a whole lot about the political message of this game, as I'm not well informed on Swedish politics, but I found the gameplay to be a bit frustrating. Dodging and weaving through crowds felt fairly impossible, and it rarely seemed like any kind of navigable route through the madness existed.

Shina69

25. Aug 2015 · 02:13 UTC

That's the prime concerning of every father right there! Fortunately could save 5 of my tween blue dressed girls before being stomped to death. I hope they find their mother, cause they are only gonna see their dad on the news tomorrow.

weazen

25. Aug 2015 · 03:14 UTC

Visually, there's a lot going on. Was kind of difficult for me to see where the daughter was in the crowds.

eric777

25. Aug 2015 · 05:16 UTC

Audio was great. I feel like it matched the mood that your text description led me to expect.

I sort of instinctively though the goal was to get as far to the right as possible. I succeeded, but then went off screen. Then I realized I was playing the game wrong.

Mark Smith

25. Aug 2015 · 08:57 UTC

Well that was interesting. I didn't find the game that fun but the theme and the mood set by the music was well done. A nice spin on the theme so, well done.

sikosis

25. Aug 2015 · 09:26 UTC

Simple game with a message eh ... A lot going on in this game which is hard, unless that's the point ?

Shaw

25. Aug 2015 · 09:53 UTC

The mood is excellent, the audio sets a dismal tone and I think that's fantastic.

wavegunner232

25. Aug 2015 · 20:56 UTC

interesting though very very difficult

MechanicMoon

27. Aug 2015 · 14:35 UTC

I think that this game has a good message about the tolerance. A good thing would be to give the player the opcion to choose what flag he is taking (pro or against). The game would be the same but the message and the idea would be stronger without politic criticism.

rodobodolfo

27. Aug 2015 · 14:49 UTC

The concept is good, it's almost like a twist on Frogger. The character was too unresponsive though and felt like I had too many cheap deaths.

Politics aside, why am I the monster? The mob seems more monstrous, killing me in front of my kids! Haha

kunzbe

27. Aug 2015 · 19:56 UTC

Sweet entry. The graphics style reminded me somehow of where is waldo :) the music set an excellent mood. Only the controls felt a bit sticky but overall a big thumbs up. :)

kozun

03. Sep 2015 · 21:26 UTC

It definitely makes you thinking. Reminds how realty indeed is tougher than any video game ever made.