PyWeek - Jeffs&Kiwi - feedback

I had to disable the sound on my machine for some reason, guessing something wrong with MP3 in pygame on linux. Would have liked to see more use of the item bar. Guessing this was intended to be a point-and-click adventure but just didn't get time to implement any puzzles.

The 2.5D dioramas are great, and the plot is exceptional for a game jam game. As an adventure game, it's very linear*, and there aren't exactly puzzles to solve. Press K here, then press K there. The strength of the plot made up for this in enjoyment, but one element that you don't get is to explore a location/time and get the reward of finding out more about a place or object. Also the dialogue is pretty flimsy. I still don't know what was in the syringe or why there was a syringe in the hotel room.

* Ok, not linear

Hah, that was great, I definitely enjoyed this. Some parts were weird, in a good way. :) Overall the music and art were good and that parallax effect with the mouse was a nice touch. Great work!

The parallax effect was cool. But... why was _K_ the interact key?

nice game, but felt a bit too linear (I know its hard to do otherwise). The jumping through things made me smile, but hey its a simple y sort.

cool entry that felt polished and complete: I liked the artwork and all the frills of the dialogue system. There was a lot of poop in the story :) ... another lesson in the dangers of time-travel too :)!

Interesting idea - it's more of an interactive story with no challenges for the player. I liked the art style. I thought the story was OK, but became fairly predictable with a convenient way to destroy / repair everything (until the final twist).

I had a few issues running the game:
pygame would not load the mp3 files on linux for me, not sure why. I had to convert them to wave files to get it to work.
(I also noticed that the money received was never spent, so it accrued through the 2 loops - not really an issue though)

Have installed all dependencies and I am on ubuntu

$ python3 main.py
pygame 2.0.1 (SDL 2.0.14, Python 3.8.10)
Hello from the pygame community. https://www.pygame.org/contribute.html
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 1, in <module>
from game import *
File "/home/ibrahim/Downloads/regret-src/game.py", line 1, in <module>
from config import *
File "/home/ibrahim/Downloads/regret-src/config.py", line 96, in <module>
bg_m = AudioPlayer("bgm_1", "bg")
File "/home/ibrahim/Downloads/regret-src/config.py", line 78, in __init__
self.music = pygame.mixer.Sound(os.path.join("audio", id_in + ".mp3"))
pygame.error: Unable to open file 'audio/bgm_1.mp3'

beautiful graphic
i like the change of perspective by moving mouse
but it seems like an animation than a game
good job!

Fun is Below average (2):
There is no challenge in the game, everything you need is in the corner. It's basically a graphic novel, and that's fine, but as a game it doesn't work for me.

Innovation is About average (3):
The way objects moved with mouse movement was great, too bad the use of the mouse is not necessary. The story is fine and the theme is well implemented, but it has been done so many times that it is very predictable.

Production is About average (3):
The art is not the best, but it's okay. The music is very appropriate. Like I said before, the mouse has a mechanic that is never used. When using "wasd" to move "k" to interact and thinking that you were going to use the mouse is very uncomfortable, it would be better if the interact key were the "e" key, for example.

Here is my interpretation of the ending:
In the end you keep the money that your mother gave you, that means that by doing the story many times there will be a point where you will have an infinity of money, eventually you will be able to buy your own house and leave your parents alone, this will make them see their mistakes and eventually they will realize that you left them because they were drunk, so they will make a change in their lives for the better and get your love back.