{"author_link":"\/users\/sockenpuppe","author_name":"Sockenpuppe","author_uid":"sockenpuppe","comments":[],"epoch":1728306942,"event":"LD56","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":403583,"likes":8,"metadata":{"p_key":"208093","p_author":"Sockenpuppe","p_authorkey":"1261867","p_urlkey":"446197","p_title":"Are you listening?","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD56","p_time":"1728306942","p_likes":"8","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1261867","us_name":"Sockenpuppe","us_username":"sockenpuppe","event_start":"1728000000","event_key":"115","event_name":"Ludum Dare 56"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD56","removed_author":false},"_superparent":395186,"_trust":1,"author":261867,"body":"![main_menu.png](\/\/\/raw\/bee\/f3\/z\/662a9.png)\n\nA visual novel about dealing with the grief of losing a loved one.\n\n- three endings\n\n- original story\n\n- original art\n\n- original music\n\n\nPlay it here:\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/56\/are-you-listening\n\n\n![ezgif.com-animated-gif-maker(1).gif](\/\/\/raw\/bee\/f3\/z\/662b0.gif)\n\n# tools I used:\n\n- **Krita** for art\n- **BeepBox** and **Audacity** for music and sound effects\n- engine: **Ren'Py**\n\n________________________________\n\nAaaaand here it is. Finally.\n\nTook way longer than expected. And there's stuff that I definitely want to change once the rating period has ended.\n\nI wanted to add some ending illustrations, and I wanted the choices made in this game to affect how many critters are blocking the next choices. Since I have to place everything by hand and can't just save the critter animations simply as animations (nooo, I have to save and place every single frame D:), this would have taken me way longer than it already has.\n\nAlso, I need to rework one or two illustrations (I'm looking at you, wonky room).\n\nWhat else is there to say?\n\nI'm exhausted. And happy. Definitely happy. Especially since I have barely any experience using Ren'Py. (Who thought learning how to use a new engine just shortly before the beginning of a game jam would be a good idea??? lol)\n\n","comments":0,"created":"2024-10-07T12:57:10Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":403583,"love":8,"love-timestamp":"2024-10-07T19:04:36Z","meta":[],"modified":"2024-10-07T19:04:36Z","name":"Are you listening?","node-timestamp":"2024-10-07T13:15:42Z","parent":396828,"parents":[1,5,9,395186,396828],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/56\/are-you-listening\/are-you-listening","published":"2024-10-07T13:15:42Z","scope":"public","slug":"are-you-listening","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":1256685},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"403583","n_urlkey":"446197","n_parent":"396828","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/56\/are-you-listening\/are-you-listening","n_slug":"are-you-listening","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"261867","n_created":"1728305830","n_modified":"1728327876","n_version":"1256685","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/56\/are-you-listening\/are-you-listening","text":"![main_menu.png](\/\/\/raw\/bee\/f3\/z\/662a9.png)\n\nA visual novel about dealing with the grief of losing a loved one.\n\n- three endings\n\n- original story\n\n- original art\n\n- original music\n\n\nPlay it here:\n\nhttps:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/56\/are-you-listening\n\n\n![ezgif.com-animated-gif-maker(1).gif](\/\/\/raw\/bee\/f3\/z\/662b0.gif)\n\n# tools I used:\n\n- **Krita** for art\n- **BeepBox** and **Audacity** for music and sound effects\n- engine: **Ren'Py**\n\n________________________________\n\nAaaaand here it is. Finally.\n\nTook way longer than expected. And there's stuff that I definitely want to change once the rating period has ended.\n\nI wanted to add some ending illustrations, and I wanted the choices made in this game to affect how many critters are blocking the next choices. Since I have to place everything by hand and can't just save the critter animations simply as animations (nooo, I have to save and place every single frame D:), this would have taken me way longer than it already has.\n\nAlso, I need to rework one or two illustrations (I'm looking at you, wonky room).\n\nWhat else is there to say?\n\nI'm exhausted. And happy. Definitely happy. Especially since I have barely any experience using Ren'Py. (Who thought learning how to use a new engine just shortly before the beginning of a game jam would be a good idea??? lol)\n\n","title":"Are you listening?","wayback_source":[]}