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Wackages by bram_ve

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made by bram_ve for LD 42 (JAM)

​Overworked. Understaffed. And now the conveyer's gone haywire, too. What do you do to keep the order in the warehouse? Make use of those karate skills you've been practicing in the shower, of course! Jump, dash, and kick parcels into place before the warehouse closes!

Controls:

Move: WASD
Look: Mouse
Jump: space
Dash (While in air): e
Stomp (While in air): left control
Kick (Towards look direction): Left mouse button

Screenshot_4.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWFVkfgIGwM

Bram van Elderen (Code): Website: http://bramvanelderen.nl Twitter: https://twitter.com/bram_vanelderen​

Anton Pustovoyt (Art/Level Design): Website: http://pustovoyt.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/araklaj​

Dustin Sims / pumph0use (Code) Twitter: https://twitter.com/pumph0use

​Kirk Markarian (Music/SFX/Art): Website: http://www.kirkmarkarian.net! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kirk_Markarian

Windows https://bramvanelderen.itch.io/wackages
macOS https://bramvanelderen.itch.io/wackages
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/wackages

Ratings

Overall 961th 3.044⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Fun 697th 3.133⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 696th 3.08⭐ 46🧑‍⚖️
Theme 533th 3.567⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 708th 3.267⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Audio 540th 2.988⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Humor 351th 3.058⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Mood 765th 2.927⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Given 52🗳️ 22🗨️

Feedback

PopDaddyGames
14. Aug 2018 · 05:22 UTC
This is a super neat concept-- and it matches the theme quite well! :)
Matank
14. Aug 2018 · 05:33 UTC
Thought it was pretty cool - music was awesome and the graphic style was a highlight for me. Gameplay was fun for one playthrough but felt it didn't have enough depth for me to want to play more than once (maybe I missed some advanced strategies though with the dash and stomp). Still, the style and concept feels like it could be developed into a pretty fun and cool looking game!
sohakes
14. Aug 2018 · 05:33 UTC
Cool game. The concept is really cool, and the parcels do sometimes fall neatly into the shelves, I like it.

The graphics are also good, kinda funny/cartoonish, fits well the style of the game. Given the arena, the music fits too.

It does get frustrating when the walls are too high, but I guess that is the idea. I also didn't find any use for the dash (it's not really faster than walking I think), it would be cool if it did something to the parcels too.
aaranos
14. Aug 2018 · 05:40 UTC
The concept is pretty interesting. I'd call it a documentary of the mail storage room where they trash all our mail.
hdmmy
14. Aug 2018 · 05:47 UTC
Music and the concept is so good!
Pierre AVINAIN
14. Aug 2018 · 08:55 UTC
Very beautiful graphics !
thomas-olsson
14. Aug 2018 · 09:10 UTC
I feel like you had something in mind that you did not have time to develop much. I'm sure there is something to do with these gameplay elements and objectives ! Good job finishing the game
Rido
14. Aug 2018 · 09:10 UTC
Unexpected, nice graphics and idea!
Araklaj
14. Aug 2018 · 09:31 UTC
@thomas-olsson Thanks, and indeed! We had plans for more package types, like exploding/time limited ones, and more focus on the vertical gameplay (thus dash mechanic), allowing player walljump between shelves and packages. However, due to time limit we had to stick to the minimal viable product, maybe it's something for later :)
Nattress
14. Aug 2018 · 10:54 UTC
I actually love this, good concept but excellent execution. Really fun and entertaining theme. Would love to see your other ideas implemented in a later version.
merdeboi
14. Aug 2018 · 11:55 UTC
Good job finishing and making this great realistic warehouse simulator.
Inworks
14. Aug 2018 · 12:30 UTC
This is a very nice take one the theme and i would like to see how this get developed further.
fullmontis
14. Aug 2018 · 12:39 UTC
This game is a ton of fun despite how minimal it is in terms of gameplay. I really enjoyed playing through it, there is a primal satisfaction in kickng stuff away (which is why we probably got soccer in the first place, haha). The tune really sets a frantic mood. Overall, great job!
DanielClarc
15. Aug 2018 · 02:33 UTC
That was fun! I've done 21 on my first run, and then discovered that you can aim upto kick the packages higher and oh boy, did that improved my performance hahahaha 44 was my record. Good job! Congratulations! :D
🎤 bram_ve
15. Aug 2018 · 06:57 UTC
@danielclarc I'm glad you enjoyed it! By the way you've got a higher score then i ever did, i only got to a mere 41 :D
AceKugen
15. Aug 2018 · 08:12 UTC
I liked the idea of the game and the controls feels good as well
Void Productions
16. Aug 2018 · 08:20 UTC
I Liked the music and concept.
RenD
16. Aug 2018 · 11:31 UTC
A simple yet really fun game. I like the emergent stuffs happening with the physics. Also, the flip flops is a nice addition :D
Poffle
17. Aug 2018 · 13:42 UTC
This was fun! I expected it to be fun from the screenshots and awful name and you guys didn't disappoint. The camera got a bit iffy when the fence was high and you needed to look up but other than that I had fun with this. Nice work!
mike_inPrinciple
18. Aug 2018 · 23:18 UTC
I'm not sure why you decided the game needed a cage to come up over time. I think it would have been more interesting if the shelves would fill up and then maybe start to tip over from the weight or something. Because of the cage, I felt like my only option was aiming as high as possible, which made me stare at my character's low poly bottom and not be capable of seeing where I was going.
Araklaj
19. Aug 2018 · 15:14 UTC
@mike-inprinciple Thanks for the feedback! You certainly have a point. We went with the cage as we needed an additional variable for more varying challenge, otherwise people would just play until shelves filled up, all getting roughly same score as all had same amount of space to play with.

There's of course other, maybe even better, ways to implement this element, such as different kinds of packages, worth different kinds of points, or tipping over when aimed badly, but due to the limited amount of time, we went with the cage.
Stegobubbles
20. Aug 2018 · 07:48 UTC
Great idea for the game. I did not immediately understand what to do in the game, but when I figured out, I enjoyed it!)))
Liven
25. Aug 2018 · 19:51 UTC
interesting, I wonder if an infinite straff on the right click would not be cool