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A jam submission

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Ogre Secretary Experience
Submitted by Hannibal Glaser (@tinyadonis) — 3 hours, 56 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Originality#3533.9183.918
Fun#11163.1843.184
Overall#13263.2043.204
Presentation#19503.0613.061

Ranked from 49 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
SPOILER: You have to write, but you have no control over what is being written.

Did your team create the art for this game during the 48 hour time slot?

Yes

We created all art during the game jam

Did your team create the audio for this game during the 48 hour time slot?

No

We used pre-existing audio

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(+1)

Not bad

Developer(+1)

Good.

Submitted(+1)

A fun little timewaster! I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Developer

I thoroughly enjoyed your comment!

Submitted(+1)

I love the way that the music cuts out when you stop. Reminds me of loony tunes when characters begin to sing but get interrupted. This is by far the funniest game I've played from the jam.

Developer

Thank you! The music choice was my girlfriend’s idea, so she deserves some of the credit ;)

Submitted(+1)

This is a really silly little game. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Nice work!

Developer(+1)

Glad it’s silliness-sufficient!

Submitted(+1)

Haha of course! We'd love your feedback on our game as well, if you haven't done so already. SpaceBus

Developer(+1)

Done!

Submitted

Thank you!

Submitted(+1)

The game is super fun, i like the concept, it reminds me a little bit of one of my games (so extra points for that).

What I would suggest is:

  • Remove the typos counter, ot at leas hide it until the end: with the counter on, you can just type the same 2 letters, while watching the counter, and when you see pop it up, you press "Backspace" until it returns to 0
  • Don't just remove the music when you aren't typing, just lover to 10% or something (Altough, gotta admit, the audio is cool)
  • Add some feedback for when the time runs out and add the ability to the player to play again
  • Add some story and/or lore INTO the game. How would I have known that I was an orch if I hadn't read the description??
  • If you hold the same key, you'd expect to see the same character.... Well, realistically speaking you can't really hold a key in a old typewriter (You whould end up writing ony one inky character if you do so), but ogres don't exist too, so...

And, well, then there's that:

Developer

Very thorough review! Thanks for all the notes! I'll add them to my notes for future improvement! Thank you so much!!!

Submitted(+1)

love the concept and the audio is so fitting haha

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

I made a joke about being sponsored by keyboard manufacturers in another comment, so I'm not gonna repeat it.

The game is really hard for me because it takes some time for me to react to appearing typos, and the timer seems to be pretty tight (btw, I corrected all the typos :D). Although, I liked how it discouraged repeatedly pressing one key by making a ton of typos, that's definitely what was needed to force players into pressing different keys, nice touch. Also, I wish there was some kind of game-over screen instead of just hanging.

There's not much to say about graphics other than it's simple and does not distract you.

To sum it up, you did a good job on this one!

Developer

Thanks, RedTeaPot! Yup, the graphics could definitely be worked on. Doesn’t have a lot of personality. I think I’ll patch in a better “game over” screen when the rating period is over. Glad you liked it!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Oh, I meant that the graphics is pretty nice. The text I typed did get past the sheets at times but this is the only issue I've noticed with it.

(+1)

the game is very fun and i love the concept too. at once i would just fix  the error but then there just no time i just randomly typing and just ignore the error lol. and nice choice of music too.

Developer (1 edit)

Yeah, the errors are an optional challenge. I think the error correction gameplay could be more fun, and the errors could be more interesting, too. Maybe I’ll build on the concept later :) Glad you liked it!

Submitted(+1)

Very funny concept, really clever. I think if you include some decision about which keyboard presses you have to use, it could strengten the gameplay, as right now there is no concious choice the player is making in his typing, he is just button bashing as fast as possible until an error pops up. But all in all very fun. I liked the presentation and the music too, great work!!

Developer

This is really good feedback. I kind of wanted the "cartoon secretary" / "90's action movie hacker" style of mindless typing experience, but some more depth would be good. In fact, if you hit the same characters repeatedly, you will get way more errors, so variety is rewarded!

Submitted(+1)

That was fun! The music really fits the goofy theme too. It's pretty stressful though, at some point I'd just ignore further errors and type that damn letter x)

Developer

Yeah, I decided to make it an optional challenge. (or rather, I didn't bother to program a proper failure state haha). Glad you enjoyed it! I personally found it very interesting from a storytelling perspective, too.

Submitted(+1)

That was hilarious, I love how you have to keep typing for the music to continue playing, and how frantic is becomes typing as fast as possible and going back correcting errors. It's a simple yet very strong concept, great job on this game!

Developer(+1)

Much appreciated! Glad you had fun! Maybe I'll work more with this concept in the future!

Submitted(+1)

enyojed it a lot. really funny

Developer

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

Submitted(+1)

This was great fun to play, I had an absolute laugh when I realized how to play. No real criticism apart from stuff you're probably aware of already, like being able to read the letter after finishing and the text overflowing the paper sometimes.

The music was a fantastic touch!

Developer

Thanks, Kenjoku! I'll make sure to release an updated build that addresses some of those UX issues ;) Glad you enjoyed it!

Submitted(+1)

I mashed my keyboard a whole lot. My roommate thought I was crazy. No regrets.

Developer

Haha, you did it right!

(+1)

the moment I realize about what the game was and how it should be played I laugh out loud for whole minute while smashing the keyboard with my cat pawns

Developer

(+1)

Exactly as this game should be played

(+1)

Cool idea. I've just typed as fast as I can

Developer

And this is just a proto-type! (Get it? Proto-type? Like, cause it’s about typing and it’s also super roughly made? Hahahahahahh)

Submitted(+1)

This is a really cool idea! Looks great too. Awesome job :)

Developer

Much appreciated!

Submitted(+1)

You really should of called the game something else. I expected something a lot worse. I really enjoyed the game, and the music was a perfect match.

Developer

Yeah, that’s a good point. It’s not as meme-y as the title suggests! Glad you liked it!

Submitted(+1)

Nice idea, very good feedback with both audio and visible typing mistakes, it felt very natural to find the correct keyboard smashing rhythm. 

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

Like the idea. The game and the graphics came out quite well. Overall it was a decent game and a good effort.

Developer

Thank you!

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