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Food Chain by Jessé Santana

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made by Jessé Santana for LD 43 (JAM)

A game about kawaii food sacrifice.

Controls

  • Click and drag the candy to move them around. That's all. 2018-12-04_01-51-51.gif

Gameplay

  • Candy from the same color as the barriers will pass through them, the others will be killed. 2018-12-04_01-48-37.gif
  • You can sacrifice candy to open the barriers that are controlled by the frying pans. To do so, the candy has to be of the same shape as the one on the pan. 2018-12-04_01-46-14.gif
  • Barriers without frying pans can't be opened.
  • The levels will not be finished until EVERY candy are either "dead" or "victorious".
  • Press the "retry" button if you think you cannot go through the level anymore.

We didn't make many levels but I hope you get the idea and have fun!

Change log: - Fixed a minor bug where the text tip for the fourth level was never being shown.

HTML5 (web) http://gointeractive.com.br/food-chain/webgl/
Windows http://gointeractive.com.br/food-chain/windows/foodchain.zip
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/food-chain-1

Ratings

Overall 70th 4.04⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 155th 3.76⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 40th 4.02⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Theme 31th 4.38⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 100th 4.32⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Audio 120th 3.841⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 72th 3.958⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 42th 4.188⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Given 10🗳️ 13🗨️

Feedback

Lex
04. Dec 2018 · 02:18 UTC
![puke-rainbow.gif](///raw/725/e/z/1e1de.gif)
MadBear Gang
04. Dec 2018 · 12:44 UTC
Nice game! and so cuteXDD
kambing
06. Dec 2018 · 02:03 UTC
Good
- Solid game with high polish
- Great graphic design matches well with music
- The sacrifice mechanic is quite unique and forces players to think a little

Could be better
- Not sure how the join/unjoin mechanic worked
angelnm
06. Dec 2018 · 02:06 UTC
very cute, even when they die! :smile:
briskimj
06. Dec 2018 · 02:06 UTC
This fits the theme perfectly.
nkrim
06. Dec 2018 · 02:07 UTC
Very cool, would've loved to see more levels to explore the mechanics and their consequences more, but it's still great fun and very interesting.
🎤 Jessé Santana
06. Dec 2018 · 02:09 UTC
@nkrim Thank you! Yes, we would love to have more time and go deep on the levels too. We will probably work on this after the jam ends and we get some feedback!
🎤 Jessé Santana
06. Dec 2018 · 02:15 UTC
@kambing Thanks for the nice feedback! You don't know how much it mean for us, we loved doing this \o/

And actually there is only an "unjoin" mechanic, there is no "join" (not through the player). When we first thought of the mechanic that was something we had in mind but it was too difficult to make it understadable (like: would we make the player click both hands to join them? would we make it by distance? would it be clear for the user?) So we decided to not implement it. Maybe we will think in a good way to do it later. If you have a suggestion I would love to hear it!
Abso
06. Dec 2018 · 02:18 UTC
This is amazing and so cute, artstyle isgreat and the game fits the theme so well. Would love to work with you on a project someday :D nice job and it would mean alot if u could check out my game and rate it too :3
foodzilla
06. Dec 2018 · 02:20 UTC
So cute! I found the controls a little annoying with their bodies blocking me, but other than that I had a good old time! XD
kambing
06. Dec 2018 · 02:21 UTC
@jesse-santana one suggestion I have would be to make everything snap to an isometric grid, so that you can be precise with the movements. (think Snake?) Theres many times where i dragged something and it accidentally exposed a poor candy to the wrong line and it died.
🎤 Jessé Santana
06. Dec 2018 · 02:22 UTC
@briskimj Thank you so much!
🎤 Jessé Santana
06. Dec 2018 · 02:23 UTC
@angelnm Hahahah! We tried to focus on the "cute" (it is style we love hahah) <3
🎤 Jessé Santana
06. Dec 2018 · 02:24 UTC
@abso Oh my god, thank you SO MUCH for the kind words!! Of course I'll check it out. =]
silkworm_sweatshop
06. Dec 2018 · 02:39 UTC
This was a great little puzzle game! Concept feels pretty original. Art is cute and music fits great too. Would probably make a great mobile game. Definitely see potential here.
JustinMullin
06. Dec 2018 · 02:55 UTC
Hah, the animations and everything are so great! Dragging the candies around feels great, though it was a little strange to me that I couldn't get the chain of candies into the goal all together, and had to drag each in separately. That's a minor thing though. Apart from the fact that I'm now guilt-ridden about candy murder, I'm quite pleased with this little game. Bite-sized puzzling, not too long, and well polished. Nicely done!
skettyNmeebs
06. Dec 2018 · 03:12 UTC
cute af lol

it was morbidly funny to watch all the other food smile and laugh while you burn one in a frying pan. congratulations on the first jam together.
Gizmolo
06. Dec 2018 · 04:32 UTC
I like the idea, I think with more levels you could really flesh out the mechanics. Although I thought it was a strange game at first, the tutorials were really helpful. Good music, cute art, and a fun mechanic. Job well done.
GoldRanger
06. Dec 2018 · 04:44 UTC
I am sick, I feel really satisfying when killing these little cute things, the hands pop out feeling just too good
pudding
06. Dec 2018 · 05:28 UTC
Controls can be weird at times but otherwise an amazing game with amazing art!
DaltonLeavey
06. Dec 2018 · 05:51 UTC
Really great! Simple but challenging. Dragging the candy around looks and feels really smooth. The color palette and art style are amazing! Hate watching those tasty looking little cuties get left behind but sacrifices have to be made haha. It was a little short and having to drag each candy individually into the winning area was a little annoying but very awesome stuff. Great work!
PurpledArtFrog
06. Dec 2018 · 07:46 UTC
Really cute game and well polished :smiley:
HermesEs
14. Dec 2018 · 18:43 UTC
So cute!! Love the art and music, and the idea is also pretty interesting.
The animations are amazing, they give an amazing touch to the game XD
The only thing I would add are more levels xD i need this game.