There, happy!
A short point & click visual novel made in 48h for GMTK Game Jam 2023, with the theme "Roles Reversed".
One day, at your weekly therapy session, your therapist starts sharing more than usual. Ironically, you start helping them out to sort their troubles!
Be the helper
Try to make your therapist feel better on a sad day! Your session may be over, but it seems like you could be of help today.
Find the right things to say
Being mean won't get you very far, get in the shoes of the one who's usually helping you and find how to make them feel better.
Look around to find useful resources
The practice is full of small things that catch your glance. What could you reference to cheer them up?
✍💭
A big thanks to people who rated the game and got us to 31st place out of 6738 entries! 🎉
How to play:
- Click (with right mouse button) anywhere to skip to the next dialogue.
- Click and maintain to drag answers options or items, and drop them in the dotted area to use them.
Warning: this game is a fictionalised representation of a therapy, and exaggerates the interactions that could happen during it. Please visit https://safeinourworld.org/ for resources on mental health.
Team:
- Alessandra Rosmarino - Illustration
- Bérénice Guérin - Graphic design
- Chiara Rosmarino - Narrative design
- Guilhem Pech - Programming
- Jérémy Fongue - Programming
- Simon Gigant - Sound design & Music
- Thibaud Ligneul - Organisation
Download
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Development log
- Post-Jam update & resultsJul 18, 2023
Comments
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I really REALLY loved this game!! Loved I could drag and drop everything and communicate that way!! Really interesting and sweet game!
Thanks for the nice comment and the video! 🙌✨
Really fun idea, the way the world opens up piece by piece and lets you interact with it more and more is REALLY well done and feels very smooth when first realize what's happening. I'm also a big fan of the music and how it fits into the story. i could defiantly imagine myself just listening to the music in the background while I work
creative concept and idea . funny story we can relate to and liked the room and the world being revealed more through the gameplay and opens a different things to use but i couldn't figure out how to use the tissue and the frog though . maybe you can add a posibilty to make his mode bad with wrong choices and make these choices more usable . but still great game <3
very fun idea, wish i could recapture the feeling when i realised you could drag the environment objects!
that being said! absolutely terrifying concept
Cool!
It was a cute story and I made the shrink happy
can't see the screen entirely for some reason and the half of the text isn't visible, i'm playing on browser
at the top right hand corner, there are three dots, click that and then click zoom, then reduce the screen size, I had the same issue, hoped this helped
I’m having a similar problem except I can only see the center of the screen and all the corners, most text, and those dots are out of frame.
Woah, that was so clever! I love how the game introduces its concept, and expand the possibilities further and further. It's surprising, and very elegant. The whole story is charming, and match perfectly with the lovely art and soothing music. It was a real joy to play it!
Wow this game is so beautiful, I have been drawing on and off recently and this gorgeous art style actually motivated me to pick up a drawing tablet and practice digital art. Very inspiring. Please continue to make unique and great games to play!
Very creative! Keep up the good work!
Thank you!! 😊
Great idea, funny story too
Holy shit this is so well done. Great concept as well. Really enjoyed it!
Love that unique idea. The idea of moving the view up to scale was a really neat touch as well.
Loved the mood and the synergy between the dialogues and gameplay !
The art is amazing! And the experience is very heart warming. :)
Thank you! 😊
Awesome and wholesome experience, the art is really cute and the dialogue sweet and fun! Great game!
The narration with the drag and drop system is a good idea and works really well. Music and graphics really supports the mood with a fun story (I loved the frog accident). Very good job !!
The story is really good, the gameplay and the music too. The alchemy between those elements fill perfectly the mood of this game, congrats to the team !