NPC - Now Playable Character
Have you ever wanted to guide the hero in his quest to save the world? To be the princess he has to save? To be the poor farmer who got all his chickens killed? Or to be the guy who buys 999 pieces of loot for almost nothing? Well, join the NPC agency to make your dream come true!
“A new hero is coming to town! But it is not you”
In this point and click game, you play as Joey, a worker at the NPC Agency. Joey hates his job, yet he tries to do his best every day. When a new hero is coming to town, you have to do everything from cleaning to incarnating every character in the story, without raising any suspicions. If you succeed, it will be another beautiful day in the life of an adventurer, but if you fail, you’ll break all of their dreams.
Gameplay
Your goal is to keep the hero convinced he is on a grand adventure. Offer him an immersive environment to avoid any suspicion. But make mistakes, and you risk letting him discover the truth.
The game has three different phases:
- The world map: You will receive your assignments and follow the hero’s movements. Beware, you can’t be late!
- The point and click area: You have to clean the stage, disguise yourself and make sure everything is ready. Beware of Patrik!
- The dialogues: As a good NPC, you have to answer and help the hero. Refrain yourself, we know you hate your job!
Controls
Left click = interact
Space = Run to the next stage
Credits
Game Designer
Hosch Quentin
Technical Art
Baverez Tristan
Dacremont Jérôme
Marneffe Rémy
Mestdagh Louis
Game Art
Acquasaliente Roy
Barnich Zélie
Sappracone Flora
Sappracone Mélinda
Sound Design
Sappracone Mélinda
Links
Acquasaliente Roy:
https://linktr.ee/royacquasaliente
Barnich Zélie:
https://www.instagram.com/kawan.o_o/
Baverez Tristan:
https://www.artstation.com/trissb
Dacremont Jérôme :
https://jeromedac.itch.io/
https://www.artstation.com/dacremontjerome
Mestdagh Louis :
https://www.artstation.com/louismestdagh
Hosch Quentin:
https://shadooxs.itch.io/
Sappracone Flora :
https://www.instagram.com/omnisiouss/
Sappracone Mélinda:
https://www.instagram.com/sestraduck/
NPC - Now Playable Character was created in Unity. All art, assets, animations as well as music and most of the sound effects were done during the 48h Jam.
This game was made for the GMTK Jam 2023.
Thanks for playing our game!
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Comments
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the game does not work well in 1366x768 , part of the upper screen is it zoomed in and the text of the knight get covered by the replays i have to make and i can't see cuz of it . rather than that every thing is good .
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Vorgeschlagen von: winter_fox8
Nettes Visual Novel/Point & Click. Es ist auf einen kurzen lacher ausgelegt und hat einen leicht verdaulichen humor mit einer netten idee. Es ist nicht wirklich tiefgründig und es gibt auch nicht viel zu entdecken da alles sehr linear ist. Allerdings sind die Dialoge Unterhaltsam und auch der plottwist ganz nett. Nicht krass besonderes, aber die Idee und die Illustrationen finde ich gut
Ratings:
Dito: 3.6/5
Chat: 3.4/5
Gesamt: 3.5/5
This is probably one of the most ''game-like'' games in the jam. Like, if it were released on Itch as normal game I'd still play it. Can't believe it was made in 48 hrs. Fun little idea, cute art style! I think you and your team absolutely nailed it!
Waw now that's some high level of praise. There's still so much that we had planned that didn't get as polished as we wished, but thanks for being so positive!
shit this has got to be the most charming artstyle i've ever seen, 10/10 for me and would LOVE to see more if there's any
Wow thank you so much, as a member of the art team this hits real hard!
The graphics and the dialogs are really great. I love the vibe of the game. The mini-game when you have to move to another location is a good addition !
Thanks a lot!