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GamesPlusJam 2021

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A jam submission

The Compliment CornerView game page

Give your compliments, you're the best!

Submitted by bdanreilly, sl-station — 11 hours, 46 minutes before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Visual	#3	4.560	4.560
Design	#3	4.240	4.240
Originality	#4	4.400	4.400
Overall	#4	4.240	4.240
Fun	#4	3.880	3.880
Audio	#6	3.840	3.840

Ranked from 25 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

What was the most challenging part of making your entry?
Finding time to work on the project while juggling life.

What was the most fun part?
Really enjoyed the concept and working alongside my partner.

Anything else to add? (important controls, assets used, special mentions, etc)
You only need to use the mouse to play the game.
Game resolution is 1920x1080, you can play it on the web or download it to play it on PC.
The game will not show loading progress when you first run it, but the game is loading and will play!

Music Source: Coffee Morning by Olga Scotland from FMA

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7SevenStudiosSubmitted3 years ago

Really nice music and art! :)

Submitted

Demosthenes Breen and the Semi-Electric Nectarine.

bdanreillyDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you so much! I'm glad that you enjoyed it, Shawn really did do an amazing job on the art :)

Kaleva_PoincareSubmitted3 years ago

great interactions. I liked the shuffling notes. very nice game.

bdanreillyDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks Kaleva, I'm really glad that you enjoyed it! :)

h4cjSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Great job making something so complete!

Submitted

bdanreillyDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you so much!

sl-stationDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you!

(low) Quality Simp!Submitted3 years ago(+1)

I felt baddly tempted to play this game... how bad from me...

I don know how to feel about it, WOULD YOU COMPLIMEN ME PLEAS!?

I have a lot to say about this game, and everything is good. It feels like the disney version of what would be opening this exact place.

I mean, probably most people would feel judged by paying somebody for this, but in this game makes it feel really good!

I guess i just dont see people like others because i failed in most choices in my first round, trying to be just a "Typical Complimenter", but when i started thinking what others wanted to hear from me, i did it perfectly.

I felt weird things about your game, but it is just a game, and everybody liked it, and i should check out my toughts about life. Good game, liked the duck, disliked the grandma because other's oldness scares me a lot, great game!

Submitted

Rehy and Rocky Head: In the Break Day, Legs Break!

bdanreillyDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you Hartyl, I really appreciate all of the kind feedback. We were definitely going for a "warm and cozy" kind of effect for the game, so it makes me really happy to hear that it seemed to work out well with you. :)

It also really excites me to hear that you enjoyed it enough to play through more than once! Congrats on improving your score the second time around, some of those customers are quite dastardly!!!

Hahahahaha, sorry about the grandma. Hopefully the duck made up for it.

(low) Quality Simp!Submitted3 years ago(+1)

Awawaw, it is fine for the grandma, she was so happy!

I hope you both would keep being friends and live your dreams without ruining your lifes in a computer, xd!

sl-stationDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you Hartyl, you're the best:)

I'm glad you enjoyed the game and it looks like it touched on something deep for you, I feel we are all looking for compliments but it's always awkward to expect it I guess. It warms my heart to know that you think the game makes this awkwardness feel good:) Thanks again for the feedback!

DrewmanfuSubmitted3 years ago (1 edit) (+2)

really nicely done congrats on being able to juggle life and game dev.

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sl-stationDeveloper3 years ago(+2)

Thank you! It was a struggle but we made it! Glad you liked it:)

bdanreillyDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Ditto to what Shawn said, thank you so much :)

TsuroruSubmitted3 years ago(+2)

Nice idea! And I love the graphics.

Submitted

Floriana Jones and the Temple of Bestie

bdanreillyDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks Tsuroru, I'm glad that you enjoyed our game :)

sl-stationDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it:)

PetipoisSubmitted3 years ago (1 edit) (+3)

Fun, casual game. I could see this as a mobile game, love the different characters and animation. really enjoyed the game. Nice take on the theme. Great entry.

Submitted

sl-stationDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it! And I could see that this would work for mobile, definitely would be a consideration if we were to expand this idea further in the future! :)

bdanreillyDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks for the compliment Petipois, I'm happy that you enjoyed our game.

I hadn't thought about making a mobile port of the game. If Shawn and I were to expand upon it further we will have to keep that in mind :D

gamesplusjamesHostSubmitted3 years ago(+2)

This was fantastic! It was all presented in such a fun way and I love the art and little audio bits from the visitors. The gameplay was so simple and worked in a really satisfying way. I loved the duck the most :D I think compliment booths need to be a permanent addition in major cities :D Great work!

Submitted

International Megasports

bdanreillyDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thanks James, I really appreciate your feedback and am glad that you enjoyed our game.

Shawn and I had an absolute blast collaborating on this project, so thank you for being the catalyst that made it a reality! :)

sl-stationDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thank you so much James! We had a blast voicing all the characters so I'm glad you enjoyed them. :) This project has been so much fun to make so thank you for presenting this opportunity! I'm really happy that you liked the game!

P.S. I agree duck is best character :)

Ralf SawazkiSubmitted3 years ago(+2)

Great art, and a fantastic idea! A very minor nitpick is that the cursor doesn't react when clicking on things, like it doesn't have a 'clicking' animation. It's hard to think of things I didn't like in this project!

Submitted

Employee Non Grata

bdanreillyDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks for the compliment Ralf, I'm glad that you enjoyed our project!

And thank you for the suggestion, I think that having more states and animations for the cursor would be a fantastic addition. You just gave me another idea, it would also be nice to have a "grab" state for when players are moving the compliments about in their notebook.

Thanks again! :)

sl-stationDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you so much! The cursor change is a great suggestion, I can see how that can help with player feedback and adding more interactivity to the game! Maybe we can have more objects that react to the player cursor in the booth too, so many ideas :)

dutchlishSubmitted3 years ago(+2)

Fantastic :) - love the way you have to check for the compliments they'd want to hear. Great stuff! :)

Submitted

sl-stationDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you so much! It was a challenge thinking up what compliments to put to balance everything, so I'm glad you enjoyed the gameplay for that! :)

bdanreillyDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks for the kind words, we were definitely inspired by Papers Please when we came up with the folder/compliment checking system, but I've never done that kind of thing before so I wasn't quite sure how it would turn out.

I'm happy to hear that you thought it worked out well :)

UnityAlexDevSubmitted3 years ago(+2)

Interesting experience. Cool and funny idea, good job.

Submitted

sl-stationDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you for the kind words! I really appreciate it:)

bdanreillyDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you OKda, I'm glad that you enjoyed it!

Nabarun RoySubmitted3 years ago(+2)

The complimenting booth game is fun !!! Though, the old lady and duck hated me for complimenting their smile ☹

Submitted

The Unfair Resolution

sl-stationDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks for pointing these out, there are definitely still some tweaks we need for the game. I'm still glad you enjoyed it! :)

bdanreillyDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks for the compliment Nabarun, as Shawn mentioned we are planning to tweak some of the character requests / answers a little bit in the future.

I'm really happy to hear that you enjoyed it :)

Micah FischerSubmitted3 years ago(+2)

I think this is my favorite one. Interactable menu icons, super fun art style/characters, so wholesome! And a day night cycle...it has it all.

Submitted

MiniMart (GamesPlusJam2021)

sl-stationDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you! It was a lot of fun to make all of it so I'm glad you liked it:)

bdanreillyDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Holy cow, thank you for the praise Micah. It really warms my heart to hear that you enjoyed our game so much.

I'm not going to lie, I was very afraid that no-one was going to notice the interactable menu items. So you absolutely just made my day! :D

BlastBeatGamesSubmitted3 years ago(+2)

The artwork is awesome! Really unique and fun game!

Submitted

sl-stationDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks a lot! I'm glad you enjoyed it:)

bdanreillyDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks for the kind words, It makes me so happy to hear that you enjoyed our game :)

I loved the artwork and polish put into your game too, it was just so cute!

JackaraisSubmitted3 years ago(+2)

The artwork in this is amazing! I love your style. Pretty cute game, it made me smile. All the character designs are excellent.

Submitted

Lie of the Beholder

sl-stationDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thank you so much!! I'm glad you like the art and enjoyed the game:)

bdanreillyDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thank you for the kind words, Jackarais. Shawn did such an amazing job on her art for this game, it was a pleasure to work along side her!

It really means a lot to hear that it made you smile :)

{DevLab}Submitted3 years ago(+2)

nice drawings . It fits the jam theme perfectly. I like the fact the game match perfectly the theme.

Submitted

Hunter Jam Games

sl-stationDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it:)

bdanreillyDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you so much Matthias, I really appreciate it!

ana.merzlayaSubmitted3 years ago(+2)

very sweeet lovely game, it was nice to play:)

Submitted

Follow the blackbird

sl-stationDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it:)

bdanreillyDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thank you for the kind words, I'm really glad that you enjoyed it :)