The rules were a little unclear, and I wasn't sure on the interface feedback, but it was definitely charming. I loved the "there is no escape, idiot' :D
Realllly enjoyed it. You perfectly spearheaded my two loves: cozy games, and sniper missions. (Sniper missions are, after all, the coziest of action games)
Had two places that were a little frustrating:
Not being able to physically move the camera to readjust where I was looking. Rotating is nice, but I play on a wide screen monitor, and it seemed like the interiors were "too close" - I kept wanting to pull the bottom of the screen up to reframe it.
When I clicked the dialogue to advance, instead of autocompleting and then waiting for me to click again to go to the next line, it would autocomplete, pause, and then jump immediately to the next line. Made it tricky to tell when was best to click to advance the dialogue faster (I'm a quick reader :) )
I LOVED it. Co-op cooking simulator where you have to fly a ship around to pick up ingredients is so great.
This REALLY feels like something that could go farther. (I missed what I was supposed to do with the donuts after I made them?)
I have two thoughts for you, if you decide to go forward:
I really wanted to be able to kite the missiles into hitting the cows / rocks / etc. :D
It might be interesting if all the "automatic" functions of the kitchen were handled by the pilot. So the chef places the ingredients in the device, and then the pilot does something to make it happen. (Example: if you're baking, they have to fly over a big chimney and get the ship toasty hot. If you're going to blend something, they have to jitter the ship around, etc).
Just popcorn ideas, feel free to ignore if they don't work. But either way: GREAT work. :)
There are so many awesome moments in this piece. Their refusal to stop looking for each other - I went through several possible endings. Really really good stuff. :)
Really flipping awesome, hoping to get to finish. I think I found a bug where if you take the card out of the room, it disappears, and then it sorta is gone after that?
Definitely a cool idea, and the vibe felt good. I hit multiple sub-six rolls and I'm not a very good shooter, so it sorta limited my ability to enjoy it. :)
Really interesting start with the short story. It definitely hit all the beats of "awakening AI intelligence" - I think it would have been awesome to take the ball even further and get into the character's motivations a bit deeper.
For example: why does P35 / Porter want a name without numbers? What makes them want to be more like the scientists/lab folk instead of deciding - for example - think they are special for having such a unique name? As a being that interprets the world through numbers, why not prefer a system of binary on/offs for a name? Etc
Having read through your entire Papers, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn (sea shanty noir) threads on TigSource, it's kind of awesome to be caught up for "season 3" of dukope.
Actually really enjoyed this, but couldn't quitemake it to the end. The audio and picture started glitching and I could barely move 30 meters per Geronimo.
Was a little confused, tbh - what was happening? :D
One quick thought:
If I have to use E to interact, it would be awesome to be able to use WASD to move. Using the arrow keys meant I used my left hand to interact, my right hand to move, and then a mouse to click through the menus (instead of E?)
REALLY enjoyed the mechanic of this. The game even locked up and I rebooted to keep playing.
Would dig this as a mobile app with randomly generated levels (would also work if you did it with sliding tiles w/numbers on them instead of hats, though the rats/hats/bats was very cute)
Only one issue: hard to tell exactly who has more hats when it's very close. A few times I lost a level because I didn't realize they had one more than me.
Really love the idea of attacking old trashy Geocities websites - and thought you captured the look really well! I did find I was able to get into a bit of a routine (Spec. Attack, then spam attack) to win. Good gamjamminess!
If I'm honest, submitting an essay as a game felt a bit like you weren't taking the jam seriously, which is a shame, because I definitely support the message, and I wish there were games out there dealing with this subject matter.
