Back in LD 25, with the theme “You are the villain,” my friend El_Cabaro and I made Obamapology, a game about accidentally ruining the lives of various game characters by abiding by the game’s implicit rules.

Naturally, when the theme “You are the monster” rolled around, it was time to make the sequel. Obamapology: Term 2

This time the game takes on a paper twist, originally meant to be a pastiche of Paper Mario but ended up looking more like Yoshi’s Story. Our skills have definitely improved since 2012, and you can tell by playing the two. The first one features game ending cliff falls, “federal crime” level collision detection, and a cheesy ending. Overall we were both satisfied with the game as it was but I think that the sequel is certainly a step up.

The good

• We came up with the idea immediately after hearing the theme, so there was little planning involved
• The art was honestly pretty easy to make and looks good.
• The arts and crafts were interesting to work with and shopping for them at Walmart was fun.
• I got to use the Epson scanner I bought at Goodwill for 4 bucks!

The bad

• Time logistics really got in the way of making the game, I had to bribe some dude at work to cover my shift and still had to cut 4 hours out of the first day for marching band.
• We really cut the time close on this one, wrapping up with a very very rushed ending. We’re going to release a “Director’s cut” after the Ludum is over that has the true ending.

Here are some screenshots.

Play the game here!