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Le Grand Guignol (created in over 4 hrs)
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English
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My advice here is the same advice I was giving people during that one weird part of the pandemic: I don't care how catchy their sea shanty is, don't sing along with the sailors or you'll regret it.
It’s one of those weirdly unlikely things. I mean who would have predicted that a pandemic could cause a world wide comeback in sea shanties? Nevertheless, your advice here is sound :D
Really enjoyed this one! Was able to identify with and enjoy the player character, and appreciated the dungeon-crawl aspect of getting into the ship. My only complaint was that the endings felt too abrupt-- the protagonist has a major choice to make with major consequences to think about, but the impact of those choices aren't really seen. What happens to the humans? Are you really free at the end?
Nice work.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it :) Thanks for the feedback about the ending. I had thought to leave it more open ended, but perhaps it might need an epilogue of some kind if it feels like the ending is abrupt.
I enjoyed the story, and this game stood out to me for its very interesting player character!
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed playing :D
Shades of Annihilation but beneath the sea.
Those are pearls that were his eyes. Look!
I’m not experienced enough with ChoiceScript to know if the use of achievements and scores is normal or not. It looked like there were quite a few available for dying at various spots, but they might just be for bad choices? It was an interesting choice in any case.
I appreciated the second chance at the final section, I suspect that getting to that point without needing the extra health requires a very perfect set of choices.
I like that quote. Is that a Shakespeare/TS Elliot reference? :D
There’s a bit of a range in the achievements. Some do trigger on bad ends, I think about 4 of them from memory. I’ve used them mostly to signpost content and discoveres in this case. (I probably should have added some for special achievements like getting through the game alive without using your voice etc for those who like challenges. Maybe I’ll do that post comp.)
Glad the second chance was helpful! A lot depends on the routes taken and choices made. It is possible to make it through without it in a few ways, but other paths do sap your health pretty significantly. I didn’t want to punish people by making them replay the whole game (unless they wanted to) if your health drops too low as that sounds like it might get a bit frustrating.
Thanks for playing and leaving feedback!
It is indeed a Wasteland reference, and so indirectly also a Tempest reference. :)