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A jam submission

Please Be FunnyView game page

A clown girl reaches her breaking point.
Submitted by Sapphicore, shibalist (@shibalist) — 22 hours, 28 minutes before the deadline
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Submitted(+1)

What a cute clown girl!

And I don't know how to mark spoilers so, to all reading this,   

BEWARE OF SPOILERS BELOW!

Now, without further ado, on with the comment.

I played the game two times. Once on my phone because I couldn't sleep and second one on my PC because I wanted to remind myself of what I wanted to say about it. Well, playing on my phone, the graphics were sort of messed up. Playing on PC was so much better. I liked how you played around with the graphics (movement, zooming in and out, effects on font, etc.). It made the game much more lively.

I also liked the "fifteen minutes, Clara" thing. To me, it seemed like an efficient way to make the plot less confusing.

Also, on my second playthrough, I noticed all these cool little details in the writing. I don't know if it was all intentional, just my own personal interpretation. It's peculiar that she's using a funhouse mirror to do her make-up, seems to go along well with the themes of self-perception, and it's been specified it's difficult do her make up in it, as in it's hard for her to prepare for the show with her self-image. Also, the "Clara" who made her remember why she's doing it all was literally her assistant.

Moreover, I noticed that sometimes the "fans" would reply to Clara's thoughts beside her words (like "She said she's a fan" and the "fan" replies: "Absolutely"). Seemed like some clever foreshadowing. In fact, I could tell you. The part where the "audience" was revealed gave me goosebumps.

This was a nice read. Makes me want to think about how much I'm doing something artistic (like games) for myself and how much for others.

Developer(+1)

Wait, how did I miss such a sweet comment? Yes, you’re absolutely right! The audience responding to her thoughts was intentional. I didn’t telegraph that super well so I’m very impressed you picked it up!

Thank you for such a kind and thoughtful comment! It means a lot!

Submitted

You’re very welcome! And I guess Itch is acting up. I’m starting to see why people post comments both on the submission page and the game page…