Play Not With Food They Said by axoona
They told you not to play with food but you knew better.
Now stop the cows from infinite spawning!
(Or just fool around :smile: )
Use your mouse. Play with food. Pop the yellow balls.


Game inspired by a dream that 88ukiyo had the courtesy to share.
I made all the artwork, design, sfx and coding. Music track is from https://www.bensound.com. VFX are from Unity Asset Store (Particle Effects by Diamond Fox).
Tools used: Unity, Blender3D, GIMP, Audacity.
| Other (platform) | https://axoona.itch.io/play-not-with-food-they-said |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/play-not-with-food-they-said |
Ratings
| Overall | 768th | 3.227⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 618th | 3.203⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 549th | 3.219⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 735th | 3.328⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 662th | 3.344⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 123th | 3.625⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 370th | 3.371⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 32🗳️ | 29🗨️ |
My idea was that the game is played without any objective really, just fool around. But there actually is an end when you pop all the balls. As I didn't really want it to happen by sheer chance, it's really challenging to achieve (or at least it's meant to be ;)
Otherwise good job on landing on the floor! The invisible walls are there so you don't leave the table by accident but they are deliberately not too high so you can still do it if you want to.
I like the overall feel of the game, kind of trippy (don't know if that was intended)
Wasn't really sure if popping the balls had any effect, so I just fooled around a bit which was quite fun.
Fun (and kinda confusing) game!
cows come from yellow balls (known fact). popping them will eventually stop the invasion from spreading, but that is only if you really want it to happen. But it probably would be a pity. It's more fun when you choose to leave this world knowing that the cows continue their happy infinite multiplying :sweat_smile:
The idea was also that it's kind of dreamy (it's inspired by a dream) and yes trippy is a good word. although to be honest I didn't think of it myself but now that the word was pronounced, I'm fully adopting it
wow @adrisj7 I didn't even think it was possible to get back on the table after falling from it. *chapeau bas!* :smile:
@abhimonk haha well being overrun by cows is probably what the game is all about so I hope it wasn't that bad :grin:
Cheers!
- The Koala Squad
@ava-skoog yeah I know, that tune is just great! But I can't take any credit for it apart from finding it so well... it's better to opt out from audio :wink:
@mastersmith98 can you tell me what you mean by more structure and obstacles for the player? there is a possibility of "beating the game" (you need to pop all the yellow balls for that), which I added for those who'd you like this sort of thing and I deliberately made it quite hard to do. Do you mean something else?
Cheers!