Wrinkles by OadT

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made by OadT for Ludum Dare 57 (COMPO)

For some people, you are the only plastic surgeon they know. This means there are still some customers left! And speaking of clientele, a new client just enters your clinic!

:joystick: Controls

:mousethreebutton: Game is controlled exclusively with your mouse and is explained ingame.

:speech_balloon: Dialogs can be sped up by clicking on the blue background. But please read them.

Notes

Used font is ComicNeue

Ratings

Overall 125th 3.533⭐ 62🧑‍⚖️
Fun 103th 3.517⭐ 62🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 17th 4.142⭐ 62🧑‍⚖️
Theme 165th 3.466⭐ 61🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 214th 3.142⭐ 62🧑‍⚖️
Humor 31th 3.642⭐ 62🧑‍⚖️
Mood 168th 3.295⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Given 66🗳️ 93🗨️

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07. Apr 2025 · 07:25 UTC
such a nice entry! i really dig the art style and the dialogue was fantastic- very polish, great job!
munmungames
07. Apr 2025 · 07:55 UTC
Very funny and unique puzzle mechanic !
A key to reduce the circles size wouldn't hurt the gameplay I think, just to require less restarts.
Great job :)
Tristam MacDonald
07. Apr 2025 · 07:55 UTC
Love the stretchy physics and the narration style. Managed to bug the physics out a couple of times, but I know that's a rough thing to tune just right on a short timescale.
kaba
07. Apr 2025 · 08:50 UTC
What a crazy idea for a game – I love it! :heart:
CodeRaurus
07. Apr 2025 · 09:37 UTC
Very interesting and great entry. I like how you don't necessarily have to beat each level to proceed.

Good work!
OnnGD
07. Apr 2025 · 13:19 UTC
I finished the game without understanding what I was doing at all. But I enjoyed pushing balls out of holes and bugging physics. The best part of the game:D
Scrawach
07. Apr 2025 · 14:44 UTC
Nice puzzle! So natural and simple at first look, but deep. This is a fun. At one point just start shuffle :D

Good Work!

![fun.png](///raw/3cc/b3/z/6a27a.png)
psychomonster
07. Apr 2025 · 14:49 UTC
Really unique idea, i like those crazy idea, especially in puzzles. great stuff, i hope you had a lot of fun creating it
ssiannas
07. Apr 2025 · 16:12 UTC
Great idea with a nice twist and cool level progression.

I found the dialogues very funny and I think I created a monster during the final level.

Nice submission!
mgear
07. Apr 2025 · 17:09 UTC
Definitely one of a kind game!
TasakaSama
07. Apr 2025 · 17:34 UTC
The display of the dialogues is incredible, I like the idea even if I don't really get the theme at first glance, but bravo to you
nyxkn
07. Apr 2025 · 20:23 UTC
Surprisingly addicting! And a little unsettling :D Great dialogues. Puzzles were very fun as well. Could have really shined with some sounds!
LDJam user 398665
07. Apr 2025 · 22:23 UTC
This is so fun and what a refreshing idea!
LDJam user 352490
08. Apr 2025 · 00:30 UTC
The physic-sy puzzles were a lot of fun to solve. The dialogue is hilarious, and putting it above the above the mouse cursor was a cool addition. Made it so the text is always in front of you while you're working on the puzzle.

Only feedback -- it would be neat if you could see how close you got to the perfect line (not sure how you calculated that in game).
fusionnist
08. Apr 2025 · 00:59 UTC
Pretty original idea! I had a fun time playing the levels, and the writing's cute, too. Good job!
Castitatis
08. Apr 2025 · 01:04 UTC
So original, I wasn't expecting that kind of game, I really love it
DonutShoes
08. Apr 2025 · 05:51 UTC
I couldn't find the solution for the 3 cells with the tunnel in between them. Very interesting game though, never played anything like it!
Rinevard
08. Apr 2025 · 08:29 UTC
Great idea! I love this.
Ilinx
08. Apr 2025 · 12:34 UTC
Super original, both creepy and satisfying, interesting puzzle mechanic. Will borrow the dialogue system idea for future jams haha
OttoBroccoli
08. Apr 2025 · 12:46 UTC
A very unusual idea, I went through all the puzzles with pleasure, I didn't even notice how the game ended =)
Haokai XU 1999
08. Apr 2025 · 13:51 UTC
Really fun game! I like the simple but interesting game mechanics.
yopox
08. Apr 2025 · 22:15 UTC
Injecting acid is really creepy but you made it fun somehow :laughing: The game is catchy, good job :)
UnitedFailures
08. Apr 2025 · 23:37 UTC
OatdT the GOAT you've done it again! You always come up with the most interesting and unique puzzle games - and this was no exception.

I really enjoyed this game! The nature of it being physics-based opened up some different solution possibilities, which were cool and sometimes hilarious. I also thought the puzzles were good, and appreciated how each one felt like it was exploring a different interaction. Also, I like how you usually include some form of narrative in your works :)

Great work as always, and look forward to your next game!
HolySparks
09. Apr 2025 · 11:59 UTC
Everything in this game was what I least expected to see. A physics puzzle on skin beauty with game jam development commentary?? Really innovative!
grid96
11. Apr 2025 · 13:12 UTC
Wow, that's such a creative game idea! Don't remember having seen anything similar before. Very well made, eventhout a bit glitchy sometimes. Hope you keep it and expand on it maybe
LDJam user 374028
11. Apr 2025 · 16:05 UTC
This game is so fun it's perfect, "perfect, everyting, down to the last minute detail". Congratulations!
Game-mon
12. Apr 2025 · 18:08 UTC
The theming is so funny, love it! Suggestion: having the face of the person update during the surgery would be hilarious! I really liked the puzzles too and the level design which was very clever!
LCStark
13. Apr 2025 · 08:24 UTC
Nice take on the theme! Instead of going in the depths, try to get rid of them. :)

The dialogue during the gameplay was a great idea, the narrative really adds to the mood of the game. Graphics are simple, but for a game like this it means they're clear and don't make the gameplay harder. Here everything's pretty responsive and you won't get stuck wondering if there's something you've missed.

The physics system worked pretty well too. Only the last level got some funky issues:
![wrinkles.png](///raw/3cc/31/z/6c1df.png)

I don't think that's healthy for the patient. :D
johnnysix
13. Apr 2025 · 19:57 UTC
This was really cool and original. Very hard towards the end having to scale/resize the globules to move them to where they needed to be.

If you develop post compo, it'd be cool to see just how close each section was to perfect smoothness :smile: - maybe a zoomed out version on the face at the end :smile:

Great stuff for 48h.
Mamboman
14. Apr 2025 · 19:51 UTC
great game! very nice interpretation of the theme. Very funny and quiet tricky. Add a little bit of audio and it would be perfect =)
LDJam user 233347
15. Apr 2025 · 17:53 UTC
Very unique game :laughing: Delightfully so.
Though I dont know if the "A" key binding was left in intentionally...
🎤 OadT
15. Apr 2025 · 19:49 UTC
@xparker I noticed the keybinding like 5 seconds after submitting and hoped nobody would notice :smile: Thank you for playing and your comment!
Empyreans
20. Apr 2025 · 02:26 UTC
https://youtu.be/06EqZL2hg4k

Thank you for bringing the game to the stream!

Unique approach to both theme and game-design.

I'm generally bad at puzzles so I was glad every time I managed to do something right and I am glad that game doesn't force you to do it perfectly. It was very fun just messing around with physics :laughing:

Great job!

~Xp
digital bacon
22. Apr 2025 · 11:37 UTC
Cool little game, really liked the concept. Excellent work, well done!
deformhead
23. Apr 2025 · 11:03 UTC
Awesome! :clap:

Really good idea, goo job, very fun to play!
Euler Moises
23. Apr 2025 · 20:08 UTC
Originality 10!

That idea would never have crossed my mind.

Great use of the theme.

I also liked the way the dialogues unfold. It was funny.

Congratulations!