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Stock Up! by DriagonV

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made by DriagonV for LD 42 (JAM)

COVSER.pngMy first completed game! Here goes!

In this game you play as an ant that has to stock up some food for the winter! There are 2 Game Modes: Strikeout mode: You get 3 chances to get good food while a timer plays in between, do not let the timer run out or get bad food or else a heap of snow will fall, limiting the space you have, if you touch the snow... well you're dead! Winter Frenzy Mode: The snow is slowly closing in! Get enough food to shelter yourself in before the snow gets you!

You can also check out all of my other projects at https://driagonv.weebly.com/

Windows https://driagonv.itch.io/stock-up
HTML5 (web) https://driagonv.itch.io/stock-up
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/stock-up

Ratings

Overall 1225th 2.583⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1218th 2.383⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1221th 2.293⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Theme 663th 3.417⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Audio 716th 2.482⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 19🗨️

Feedback

incobalt
14. Aug 2018 · 23:13 UTC
I don't think you can beat winter mode? I grabbed literally every food that showed up and put it in and still needed four. I think some of your food is spawning on the walls and destroying immediately. Also, the good/bad food seems rather arbitrary? Why are oranges not good food but doughnuts are? The art and sound was pretty good, though all the art seemed very out of place with its hyper-realism in the drawn world. In any event, good job!
WFMG
14. Aug 2018 · 23:25 UTC
The game was alright. I hold you to a lower standard because I know this was your first submission. It was rather basic and used art you did not create; you did not take the photos of the doughnut, sugar cube, :lemon:, etc.

The graphics were just inconsistent. That's the main issue with them.

Food would spawn in the snow and in the hole. This is rather annoying. I also didn't seem able to beat the game in either mode, which is surprising considering I beat the LD 42 entry Ramboom.
🎤 DriagonV
14. Aug 2018 · 23:30 UTC
@incobalt Sorry if the game seems bad, it's my first finished game, I am not sure about winter mode, I had my friend playtest it and he won, although sorry for the inconvience, as for the food, I am basing it on what ants like in their diets, they do not like oranges because they are too acidic and the peel is poisonous, and donuts have sugar which a lot of ants like (the player ant seems to have a sweet tooth lol) and carbohydrates which ants also like in their diet, all the foods are based on what the ants like irl.
incobalt
14. Aug 2018 · 23:46 UTC
@driagonv Don't be discouraged! I had serious SimAnt vibes while playing it, and that was nice :) I didn't know that about oranges, though I wondered if something like that was the case. I guess ants don't really swarm our grapefruit, either. Never thought about that before! It was a good idea to put the food legend up, then, for people who don't know better like me.
BigJigglyProductions__
15. Aug 2018 · 09:31 UTC
For a first game, this is great, I hope you make more games and each time do better and better. Personally I liked this, a first attempt at a game and it was a playable succsess!

Great job man!
Rawrasaur
15. Aug 2018 · 09:38 UTC
Fun little game, I played the winter mode and lost but then was able to collect food and win after the fact! I noticed some food was spawning in the winter area and unobtainable, might be a good idea to see the foods spawn in the playable area for a bit of balance. Otherwise, great job!
OddballDave
15. Aug 2018 · 10:03 UTC
It's a fun little game. I'd have preferred the character and collectables to have been a bit smaller to give you a better chance each go, but it was nice overall especially if it's your first game.

Good stuff :8ball:
ChaosTheLegend
15. Aug 2018 · 10:10 UTC
ok entry, not very much to say here. It works and that's pretty much it...

@driagonv take more time next time and don't try to make everything in the last hour
Sveta
15. Aug 2018 · 10:19 UTC
Oh, it's such a cool, love the use of theme! This I have not seen yet)) A wonderful little game, I tried all the modes and the second I liked more) I won it, but the winter still continued to move and then I won and lost at the same time) Cool game!![Безымяннымммй.jpg](///raw/bc0/b1/z/19b4a.jpg)
🎤 DriagonV
15. Aug 2018 · 10:34 UTC
@chaosthelegend sorry, I took all 3 the days to make it xD, its my first game so that is probably why it seems like a last hour game lol
ChaosTheLegend
15. Aug 2018 · 10:42 UTC
I thought you haven't done anything for the entire jam and then tried to make something in last 1-2 hours
iBalls
15. Aug 2018 · 16:45 UTC
it is really simple but if it is your first time it is understandable, keep it up
ReMake
15. Aug 2018 · 23:45 UTC
Cool concept and Good Work!!
DraperDanMan
15. Aug 2018 · 23:52 UTC
Congratulations on finishing your first game! It will get easier from here! (but it will still be tough because your ambition will grow)
Really great getting some subtle education in there! It's made me aware i dont know much about ants! I couldn't finish winter, but i think that was my fault. Oops haha. Looking forward to seeing more from you in the future!
Luca1152
16. Aug 2018 · 00:14 UTC
Great first game! I like the fact that you can easily understand it :)
Akusan
16. Aug 2018 · 09:53 UTC
Looks like some game balancing is needed but overall cool interesting entry you shared. Good job on your 1st entry. Well played on creating a game on a simple concept and it completely makes sense on the theme. I tried both modes and failed both lol. It was hard because when you pick up food, it gets destroyed by the snow! Good job on your game and thanks for sharing!
EdwinGameDev
16. Aug 2018 · 22:38 UTC
Simple but solid mechanics. Good job :heart:
fivenamefivesocks
17. Aug 2018 · 08:06 UTC
Nice mechanics, loved the theme :) Great work !
saoi-games
20. Aug 2018 · 04:32 UTC
Thank you for sharing your game with me. I played it on my stream tonight at https://www.twitch.tv/saoigames

I have rated your game, but all of my feedback was captured in the stream. It was close to the beginning.

You can hear my comments in the archive at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/299357576?t=01h33m00s
Roman Petrov
30. Aug 2018 · 08:35 UTC
Congratulations on completing your first game! Yes, it's pretty basic and needs some more work to make it better, because the idea is pretty OK and it's a good match for the theme. I almost won in strikeout mode! :)
ursagames
30. Aug 2018 · 15:48 UTC
Well done for your first game! It took me awhile to realize I could destroy food I didn't want. The game did fit the theme well too. Thanks for sharing your game with my stream awhile back. Your game was played around 1:46 into this vod: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/297885983
Nerzal
30. Aug 2018 · 17:31 UTC
Simple game, neat idea, liked it :)