ʘ_ʘ Put A Sock In It! [Comedy/Fun-tasy] [NaNo2016] RELEASED!

[LeonDaydreamer]

** Jump to the COMPLETED GAME thread! Put A Sock In It! was released! **





This isn’t even the worst place I’ve been locked in.
* sigh * We don’t think about that, Serena.


What would you do if you were locked away on your own in an uncomfortable space for a long time? Put A Sock In It! dares ask the question: How far would you go in the name of entertaining yourself? With all her coworkers gone for the weekend, no way of contacting the outside world, and no hint of rescue in sight, Serena will discover that maybe, just maybe, her best friend is actually herself. And these puppets she just made from her socks...






Hobbies: Being happy, exploring, upkeep of castles, keeping tabs on neighboring princes.
Dislikes: Stuffy high society, imprisonment.
Star Sign: Aries



Hobbies: Being powerful, subjugation, kidnapping, stealing, hexing, destroying enemies, summoning magical creatures.
Dislikes: Disobedience, paying for things.
Star Sign: Capricorn



Hobbies: Being spooky and mysterious, haunting, revenge.
Dislikes: Traitors, killers.
Star Sign: Pisces



Hobbies: Spending time with animals, pitchforking things, dreaming of princesses.
Dislikes: Non-vegetarians, the dark past.
Star Sign: Gemini








Georgie’s body was found days later, the slaying is still unsolved.
He deserved this, and will not be remembered fondly.





Summary

Having locked herself in a stairwell, Serena is quickly beginning to run out of distractions. Thankfully, she has two colorful socks and a penchant for amusing herself. So, to pass the time she will weave short, humorous skits based on your selections between characters of your choice, with storylines ranging from romantic melodrama between princess and stable boy to violent quarrels with an evil wizard. This game features one setting (Kingdom) with four characters (Princess, Ghost, Evil Wizard, Stable Boy), altogether coming in at a little over 20, 000 words with all the variations.

* The game has sock puppet violence, and some suggestively risqué dialogue on the rare occasion.



Genres

♦ Comedy
♦ Slice of Weirdness
♦ Romantic Misadventure
♦ Tragic Nonsense



Team

♦ Writing: @LeonDaydreamer
♦ Character Art & Animation: @LeonDaydreamer
♦ BGs & UI: A. K.
♦ Programmer: ?????
♦ Composer: ?????



Progress

♦ Writing: 95%
♦ Sprites: 100%
♦ CGs: What CGs?
♦ BGs: 50%
♦ UI: 20%
♦ Programming: 20%



Questions

♦ What do you think of the concept?
♦ Are you interested in playing this game?
♦ What settings or characters would you be interested in exploring (as sock puppets)?







We originally planned to release this game for NaNoReNo 2016, but clearly that hasn't happened, and it's still slowly being put together. Besides the Kingdom, there are three other settings outlined, with four characters apiece, and we would like to see how much interest there is based on this release. Look forward to it soon-ish!

[MimirollCookie]

Lol! It's so cute! Really looking great!

[Zelan]

"Slice of Weirdness" and "Tragic Nonsense" are my favorite genres. It's a shame since they're so underused.

[LeonDaydreamer]

Lol! It's so cute! Really looking great!

Thank you MimirollCookie! :)

"Slice of Weirdness" and "Tragic Nonsense" are my favorite genres. It's a shame since they're so underused.

Haha! I know, so underrated. Let's bring them back! ;P

[YossarianIII]

I've mentioned this in a couple other threads, but I'll say it here too: I think NaNoRenO is getting weirder this year and I'm all for it!

My favorite part of the OP is the GIF of the sock puppets with the quote about "George's body..." underneath it. I enjoy unusual combinations of art and story, so I'm definitely on board for the concept and interested in playing the game.

I also wanted to cosign what Zelan wrote: we need way more "Slice of Weirdness" and "Tragic Nonsense" games, so I'm glad you're up for the challenge!

Best of luck!

[LeonDaydreamer]

I've mentioned this in a couple other threads, but I'll say it here too: I think NaNoRenO is getting weirder this year and I'm all for it! :D
...... I also wanted to cosign what Zelan wrote: we need way more "Slice of Weirdness" and "Tragic Nonsense" games, so I'm glad you're up for the challenge!
Best of luck!

Thanks a lot, YossarianIII!
It's something I've been thinking about lately, and I guess after reading your comment I was inspired to write a post about it... :)

"Slice of Weirdness" - Why weird is just always better than normal

My favorite part of the OP is the GIF of the sock puppets with the quote about "George's body..." underneath it. I enjoy unusual combinations of art and story, so I'm definitely on board for the concept and interested in playing the game.

Haha, it really all makes sense in context.
I'm looking forward to having you play it!

[YossarianIII]

Cool post. I'm definitely a fan of both Peter Lorre and brie cheese. And speaking of The Room, I'm intrigued by the early stuff I've heard about The Disaster Artist.

Haha, it really all makes sense in context.
I'm looking forward to having you play it!

Yep, looking forward to seeing the context!

[LeonDaydreamer]

Cool post. I'm definitely a fan of both Peter Lorre and brie cheese. And speaking of The Room, I'm intrigued by the early stuff I've heard about The Disaster Artist.
Yep, looking forward to seeing the context! :)

You have good taste. :)

From what I've heard the book was a gift from the gods, though I haven't read it myself. I think anything that uses Tommy Wiseau as source material will be pretty interesting.

I'm really looking forward to checking out Banality Man, as well.

I was this [...] close to an actual update on here, but it'll have to be tomorrow. I'm currently testing out how the animations work for the puppet variations (costumes).

[LeonDaydreamer]

Starting to finalize the different puppet variations. :)

[LeonDaydreamer]

Added character descriptions and revised the ghost to look slightly less like it's suffocating/engaged in questionable life choices.



Thoughts?

[LeonDaydreamer]

My programmer got overwhelmed and bailed out of the project, therefore sadness.
I put up a post in the recruitment thread, but it's probably going to be too late to wrap the project up before the deadline on the 7th.

[LeonDaydreamer]

Slightly discouraged after my programmer bailed.
Spending today checking out some of the games that have been submitted for NaNoRenO so far.

Put A Sock In It! - Programmer and Music Needed

[LeonDaydreamer]

Well, I'm officially done all the character art (minus a couple of fixes here and there).
So, if I just had a reliable programmer this whole time the project would be good and ready to go. :)
Yay. Mini-celebration. Except I did not, and am still looking for one.

So I guess it'll be ready when it's ready...

[LeonDaydreamer]

Rough layout for the Wizard's Brewing Chamber. :)

[LeonDaydreamer]

I'm really happy with how the title screen illustration turned out. :)