Love Verne

LUDUM DARE 46 Jam game.

POST JAM UPDATE!

Love Verne has been turned into a more complete experience, with the original Jam version still intact! List of UPDATES are at bottom of the page. Thank you for those of you who liked the art!

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I'm trying a branding experience thingy: Merch!

Want crappy LoveVerne wearables or blended fish drink containment devices? 

Love Verne STUFF        - Teepublic, Opens in new tab

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Super Buggy, Kind of Fun!

FERNando the FERN has a pet VERNE!

Float around and learn a bit about Fernando's pad, Verne's breakup with [PERSON], and feed Verne things.

 Try and keep him alive everytime his heart stops.  Miss the beats and Fernando will cause his pet MORE HARM than good.

VERNE is finicky and will only eat things while standing still. He likes his food blended, or really hot! He tends to do a weird Ska dance when he panicks, to let Fernando he needs emergency help! 

Requires ARROW keys and a MOUSE to play.

Basic text menu for title and game-over states.

PRES [ESC] at anytime to return to the title or start over. 

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SPOILER LINES:

The Chicken, Hot Soup, Goldfish Smoothie.

• Feed him chicken while standing still.
• Turn on the oven(left black buttons on stove), wait for the pot to steam, and then feed it to Verne
• Put goldfish in blender, turn on blender, bring cup to blender, feed to

No Catfishing.

•  Currently if you make a "fish + cat" it won't trigger the event AND it will lock the player out of random panic attacks, and you will be left with nothing to do. 

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72 Hours and a the one extra after. For Ludum Dare 46

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Updates:

• The game guides you on how to play (TUTORIAL?!?)
• FERN now has a healthbar too! (You won't die, but it ups the difficulty)
• Better dialogue system, more words!
• Descriptions have been moved to the top of the screen
• More gags - Fishcat works!
• Increased difficulty as you give Verne more things!
  • As you feed Verne, he will panic randomly more and more often
  • The thumping game WILL GET FASTER.
• SOUNDS!
• A WIN STATE was added to complete the narrative.
• Verne will turn off the things if he stops on them
• LESS BUGS! (Some still exist though. RAWR.)

HOT-FIXED the disappearing mouse and the pause issue freezing the original version. 

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My focus was on getting the humor, art, and play to feel cohesive  and a bit surreal. Let me know if I hit the marks!

Enjoy.