Art Appreciation
Just another week at the museum for a friendly local connoisseur of beauty, who just so happens to be a ghost.
Made for Bitsy Fest (bitsy jam #77) with Bitsy 8.7 and Borksy 6.1 (Hack used: bitsymuse by David Mowatt).
Music from RPG Fantasy Music Pack, Sound from Anime Comedy Sound Effect Pack by wowsoundsg
Controls with arrow keys or WASD, click in the game window if not responding
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Development log
- You may not be surprised to learn...Oct 15, 2023
Comments
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Having the player start out by moving around in the "out of bounds" area is so clever!
Thank you so much! I wanted to have a little of that "walking through walls" feel but without making everything passable
The animation of the ghost with the hungry mouth is so good, the contrast with their feelings!
Thank you! I love a cute lil ghost
I was trying my best not to eat any more paintings (although I found some of the subjects quite kitchy), to avoid hurting artist's feelings even more. I guess this is a sign of this game doing something right!
I liked the bitter sadness of the story: the more valuable the painings are, the more ghost haunts their creators though their absense, thus preventing people from forgetting about it.
Thank you, I'm glad the story worked for you!
I was feeling bad for the artist and then I read your devlog and now I feel really bad for all the artists this has happened to. (I didn't know this was a thing that happened!) A fun little Halloween interpretation of where the art might be going!
I think in general, it doesn't usually happen in a museum outside of the movies! Smaller art shows are a different story, but that's life. At least now a hungry ghost is getting a snack out of it!
The ghost needs to start making their own food.
Good point! Maybe that could be a sequel...
What a delight. I love the ghost's voice, and the way the route heightens the anticipation of just knowing you're gonna eat more delicious paintings.
I'm sorry that you've had art go missing, but I'm glad you got more art out of the experience!
I'm glad it worked the way I was hoping it would! Thank you for playing!
Sometimes ya just gotta eat an art!
You gotta!!
A very sweet story of a hungry ghost who just loves art a little too much! The artist ought to be pleased for presenting such a beautiful and passionate banquet, ahaha. Too bad about the real life art that went missing, but at least you got a great story out of it!
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it!