Aphrodite's Day Off by RileyKhin

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made by RileyKhin for Ludum Dare 55 (JAM)

A short visual novel and our first Ludum Dare submission!

Hermes is punished with handling Aphordite's love affairs.

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Listen to her followers well, and pocket some offerings for yourself. But whatever you do, do not summon her.

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Featuring two endings for each character, including Hermes.

Edit: Fixed ending text

Edit: Uploaded a HTML5 version to (hopefully) fix image loading bug

Controls

  • Intro and endings advance on their own
  • Left Click to advance text
  • Alt+F4 to exit

Credits

  • @tyaisco: Prop Art, Writing & UI Design
  • @RileyKhin: Intro & Ending Animations, Writing & VFX
  • @harveymakesgame: Programming
  • @seonhiyy: Character & BG Art
  • @kempyy: Composer & SFX

Ratings

Overall 647th 3.5⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1016th 2.975⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 828th 3.1⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1140th 2.69⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 145th 4.37⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 192th 3.85⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 413th 3.75⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 104🗳️ 9🗨️

Feedback

tuh
16. Apr 2024 · 18:03 UTC
what is this even about?
Neandi
01. May 2024 · 13:09 UTC
The character images didn't load for me. That made the beginning really confusing.
LDJam user 261037
01. May 2024 · 14:29 UTC
Images did load for me. Love the art work. Would appreciate a restart button at the end of the game.
Ntimi
01. May 2024 · 14:33 UTC
I enjoyed the premise of the game, listening to diffenrent cases and deciding what to do in the end. The game is beautifully made, the images fit the story really well - and the story is fitting to the old greek myths about these gods.

I had the same problem as Neandi, though: the character images do not load. Too bad, this made the dialogs quite confusing - and judging from your screenshots, the art would have been nice. The only thing I saw during the whole game was the scale, dialogs and background.

![Screenshot 2024-05-01 163009.png](///raw/ced/z/64e9a.png)

The end texts were also a bit too fast for me, I couldn't read until the end.

Other than that: nice work!
Alexis Brochec
01. May 2024 · 15:05 UTC
The game looks cool, however, the typo selected is a bit hard to read (with the back mooving)
Also I was lost: you don't get any feedback until the game over.

Great artwork and soundtrack.
TunakTunak
01. May 2024 · 16:15 UTC
Very visually pleasing entry, the music is also quite nice!
Squeele
01. May 2024 · 16:17 UTC
That's such a shame that the artowrk would not load correctly! From the screenshots, the visuals looke lovely. The music does a nice job. Since the speech bubbles are not linked to characters, it becomes hard to follow. Lots of potential, congrats for at least shipping a game ! :)
Empyreans
01. May 2024 · 18:06 UTC
Very beautiful artwork, but wasn't correctly displayed at some places, I think?
I really hope you update it later.

Good job!)
LDJam user 99418
01. May 2024 · 19:28 UTC
Very compelling stories, I wish it was easier to see both endings quicker! And the art omygosh
LDJam user 314794
02. May 2024 · 17:43 UTC
I love the art! I also like the whole vibe of it, it makes it very unique especially when you pair it with the Greek God theme! Good work!
TheCrittersCove
03. May 2024 · 00:28 UTC
Amazing art for a 3 day jam! It's a simple game, but I did enjoy myself. The stories were interesting too. Probably one of the best games I've played this jam.
N0va
03. May 2024 · 13:31 UTC
It would freeze sometimes in the browser version and I played it 3 times, but I think I got the most out of it, but duno if it had a way to restart the game other than reloading the page.

Beautiful art, art indeed, nothing speaks art more than greek gods, IMAO. Found the writting and music very nice too and the whole vibe went together well. Agree with the comment above that it is probably one of the best games I have played this jam, too bad not as many people have tried yet. Great work! C:
Rekiem
03. May 2024 · 14:16 UTC
Really great art and visuals, sfx fits very well too. The sad thing is that i had a bug where the art don't load. :(
kawa-yoiko
03. May 2024 · 16:14 UTC
Visuals and sounds are very delicate. The Greek mythology background is an attractive setting introduced well (with that specific typeface that resembles the Phoenician alphabet!), and the interpretation of the theme is innovative. The gameplay is simple (that *Papers, Please* style of Yes/No decisions) but very effective, combined with the captivating writing, making an enjoyable read. The only thing I'd hope for is a bit more guiding at the ending (I was not quite sure whether it has really ended — at my first playthrough the cutscenes stopped at Aphrodite's response; the second time I reach a dialogue with Aphrodite and it freezes after a few sentences.)

A personal note: our team also thought about such decision-based visual novels involving deities and supernatural powers, but eventually dumped this idea. Kudos for making this a reality ^ ^
Game-mon
03. May 2024 · 19:24 UTC
Nice game! Cool, chill mood. I loved the visuals and the writing. Had a great time, thanks!
Joshua Miller-Pio
03. May 2024 · 20:17 UTC
Beautiful! loved this game