Shopping Preventor! by swedishbacon

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made by swedishbacon for LD31 (COMPO)
My first Ludum Dare!
This store pushed their prices a bit too low!
Luckily the mouse controlled box is here to save the store from bankruptcy!

Push the shoppers off the bridge to prevent them from shopping if they manage to get in the store, steal their boxes on the way back!

this game was made with Notepad++, GIMP and the demo version of FL studio.

Ratings

Coolness 59% 3
Overall 2.82 934
Audio 2.38 731
Fun 2.74 873
Graphics 2.38 1003
Humor 3.00 248
Innovation 3.27 441
Mood 2.64 808
Theme 3.57 604

Feedback

Dream Of Sleeping
08. Dec 2014 · 11:28 UTC
I like the original idea and it was fun. I liked the game mechanic a lot, especially how you get a second chance to get them on the way back.

The graphics were simple but did the job. (a billion times better than my own entry). The look would have felt more complete, if instead of changing the mouse cursor to a square, you had changed it to a hand. Good on you for having a go at making music. Music is very time consuming. Unfortunately only one bar of music repeated over and over quickly gets annoying. Of course you know this that's why there is a giant mute button. I think it would have been better to have had some simple sound effects, which could have added to the humor. People could shout at you as you push them.

I couldn't see a restart button? So I had to refresh the page each time to play again.
badlydrawnrod
08. Dec 2014 · 12:58 UTC
Black Friday gone mad. It's an interesting idea, but I would have dearly loved to have seen a splash when the shoppers are hurled into the river.
Cake_Catastrophe
08. Dec 2014 · 15:06 UTC
Nice game! For the first while I found it much easier to steal the package that to push the guys of the bridge. Takes a while until you feel like you have to do both. Good job overall.
jpmit
08. Dec 2014 · 15:06 UTC
I like the idea, the interesting controls and the graphics.

It is quite tricky though! Even after playing it for a while I couldn't last for long. I guess it is Black Friday though.
elliottd
08. Dec 2014 · 15:21 UTC
I found the interaction boiled down to matching the speed of the people and drawing a diagonal up or down. I think that felt kind of awkward with mouse input. the way customers could pass through you seemed to deny the illusion of a physical interaction. I think there is a lot you could do to make that feel better. nice scoring system
bubblemapgaming
08. Dec 2014 · 15:37 UTC
Very interesting idea, rather simple graphics but did the job.
Andrea
08. Dec 2014 · 15:54 UTC
A dream come true for all people working retail at the end of the year :D
Fun and challenging! I thought the controls were off but no, I'm the one that was.
pjimmy
08. Dec 2014 · 19:08 UTC
very funny game, but it's missing a Pause button
gallerdude
08. Dec 2014 · 19:08 UTC
Solid concept, decent graphics, and funny!
Bogden
08. Dec 2014 · 19:16 UTC
I really like the idea. Controls are a bit hard to get used to, but neat gameplay!
rancoud
08. Dec 2014 · 19:41 UTC
The colission box for pushing customers out of the bridge can be improved :)
Evergreen Games
08. Dec 2014 · 21:51 UTC
innovative idea. pretty good music. would like screams of people as they fall. the mouse goes through people if you go too fast
howieV (binarygirl)
08. Dec 2014 · 23:45 UTC
haha.. 1st thing i thought of was bloody black friday.. good job :)
Murchurl
10. Dec 2014 · 07:45 UTC
Cool idea, simple and easy to play, nice entry!
lycrashampoo
10. Dec 2014 · 07:50 UTC
Unique concept! The physics took a tiny bit of getting used to, then I had a lot of fun gently nudging shoppers off of a bridge.

One thing I would have liked was some sort of goal to be working towards, or a time limit, or something. This might just be me, but games you play until you fail make me nervous.
Raiyumi
10. Dec 2014 · 20:09 UTC
Not bad. Simple, but gets the job done. Nice job.
CodeNMore
13. Dec 2014 · 02:02 UTC
That is hard for me, but a fun game!
DiegoHenriquez
25. Dec 2014 · 00:43 UTC
I like the premise of the game and how you incorporated the theme, but the collisions for pushing prospective customers off the bridge could use some tuning.