I really liked how the ending showed how people's first appearances could be deceiving. For example, I accidentally picked Scarlett when I was going to turn her away. Later in the epilogue, it was revealed how she was actually a caring person and that she became a therapist. I'm now glad for an accidental button click.
Reviews for "Six Seats Left"
Cute little game! I really enjoyed the concept of picking people who deserve to get the last seats on the ark: might be easy to think "oh, I'll just pick everyone who isn't rude to me" or something akin to that, but considering the situation, I think its understandable that some people might be desperate or rude and that doesn't necessarily make them a bad person or unworthy (and the endings reflect that in some cases). So many factors to think about beyond that as well, such as diversity, "women and children first", and so on: very fun to ponder if you allow yourself to get immersed. Enjoyed the epilogues as well as they were nice to see play out, and I was especially impressed that some characters actually influence others: going that extra mile is quite nice, as you'd expect it to just be all character-specific with no overlap. Speaking of going the extra mile, I like the subtle touch of everyone turning to stare at you as you walk around talking to everyone: really amplifies the stress and importance of the situation!
Only big problems I had was that there was no way to fast-forward text: it's common for games to allow you to press the button mid-dialogue to automatically fill out the text to the last, whereas this game forces you to wait for the text to play out, making multiple playthroughs quite annoying (or even regular playthroughs for speed-readers). Speaking of multiple playthroughs, its also a bit annoying that you're forced to listen to them talk before being able to make a decision: I understand, but it would be nice if you could have the option to choose to talk or immediately skip to decision (after all, even on a first playthrough, perhaps you would just want to choose passengers by random to be fair instead of letting yourself be influenced?)
F1Krazy responds:
I'm planning an update now that the jam is over, and allowing text to be skipped definitely need to go on the list. Thanks for reminding me, I almost forgot!
I love and hate these games, i love the story, but because of my empathatic self, i feel bad for those i couldnt let on. Good ass game tho
Personally for a game made in 48 hours, this is quite a nice one to experience! Although there are different outcomes to what passengers you pick, it's quite a good small and quick game to play. A very nice job here I must say.
Damn this hits hard.