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One Billboard Outside Of Catville by Team Catwheel

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made by Team Catwheel for LD 42 (JAM)

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A game made for Ludum Dare 42. Billboard space management simulator.

How To Play

Drag and drop posters to get points

You get strikes for obscuring unexpired legal posters.

Expired posters are darker

Obscured posters are marked with red tint

Some posters combo with other posters when placed closely.

Some combos are harmful some are helpful

Discover combos as you play and use common sense

Team Catwheel

  • Erdal Ural - Programming

  • İdil Ural - Artwork

  • Melisa Peköz - Artwork

  • Umur Cem Altürk - Programming

Credits

  • Music by Zander Noriega : https://opengameart.org/content/school-of-quirks

  • Special thanks to Yuliya Peköz and Yiğitcan Vatansever for their ideas and their cooking skills.

Gameplay Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShnLYDx-lpI

HTML5 (web) https://www.kongregate.com/games/ErdalU/one-billboard-outside-of-catville
Source code https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qii0ggxpizb4ds0/AAB3Hn0vRvc5BVgx1ml-mOwAa?dl=0
Windows https://teamcatwheel.itch.io/one-billboard-outside-of-catville
HTML5 (web) https://teamcatwheel.itch.io/one-billboard-outside-of-catville
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/one-billboard-outside-of-catville

Ratings

Overall 43th 4.098⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Fun 51th 3.961⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 24th 4.108⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Theme 11th 4.48⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 66th 4.392⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Humor 16th 4.255⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Mood 120th 3.8⭐ 52🧑‍⚖️
Given 31🗳️ 15🗨️

Feedback

zlou_kote
14. Aug 2018 · 09:05 UTC
Great and funny game, good humor and graphic)
caeonosphere
14. Aug 2018 · 09:07 UTC
Whooooa, look at this thing! As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to play it. Love the look, love the humor, and a great idea for gameplay! Bonuses for synergistic adjacent posters is genius. And the theme, my god! Theme dream! If I had to nitpick -- and I don't, but I will -- I think it could have been more fun and frantic if it wasn't broken up into days, but was just a constant stream of posters.
DUUUUDE
14. Aug 2018 · 09:09 UTC
The game looks really good and the music is very catchy

Fun gameplay and cool posters GG

It would have been cool to add posters with wierd shapes to add a bit more to the gameplay but overall good job
kumabotz
14. Aug 2018 · 09:31 UTC
Funny and fit the theme well, enjoy it!
kromeboy
14. Aug 2018 · 09:36 UTC
Great game! Love the humor, and the stacking mechanic. As a feedback i think that it would be better if the expired posters loose color and become white, and maybe torn as in real life.

Great job!
mrerdalural
14. Aug 2018 · 09:41 UTC
@caeonosphere Thank you for the feedback! We though about removing the days at first but then decided that end of the day summary is really necessary for informing the player about the results of the combos. But for experienced players an endless day mode where posters expire with a timer instead of passing days can be included post LD.

@duuuude We designed tetris shaped posters but didn't get to draw them.
Rexagon
14. Aug 2018 · 10:58 UTC
Nice and simple idea. Pretty graphics and soundtrack.
I love this game)
Araklaj
14. Aug 2018 · 11:00 UTC
Your presentation of a classic 2D layout management is fantastic, full of humor and character, as well as additional challenges. Great game, loved playing it.
Rs11s21n
14. Aug 2018 · 11:08 UTC
cool one but some times you get strike because random... get 17500 score) and walper with paws really cool)
kimonoh
14. Aug 2018 · 17:05 UTC
This was a really fun game to play, and enjoyed myself immensely. However, it was annoying that there was no way of turning off the audio, or even lowering it, as it got very loud.
MutsKun
15. Aug 2018 · 12:43 UTC
this is just great, it's funny, it has interesting mechanics and fun graphics. Love It!
neipo13
15. Aug 2018 · 12:48 UTC
Super interesting & fun. Ran into a webgl exception that killed my game at one point (exception tracking turned off it said so I don't have more info). But very fun + funny!
Jin9310
15. Aug 2018 · 12:48 UTC
Love the art you did here, also this is really funny. Love it! The overall mood you made here is amazing! Great job
rainysolar
15. Aug 2018 · 12:49 UTC
Very unique gameplay! Remind me of some real billboard in the campus. Space management is really fun in this game! :laughing:
jchaplin
15. Aug 2018 · 12:52 UTC
Very interesting concept and nicely implemented. Great job!
Yulia
15. Aug 2018 · 12:56 UTC
I love it
Anna Petrova
15. Aug 2018 · 12:56 UTC
Great and funny game:)
Sveta
15. Aug 2018 · 12:58 UTC
wow, amazing cute art! cool idea and its implementation!
But for some reason the error in the Google browser (some kind of exception) got out and game was stoped :(
I really liked the musical accompaniment)
The game is really addicting, you want to look at the posters and do not notice how the time ends on the timer :D![Безымянныппппй.jpg](///raw/bc0/b1/z/19bd2.jpg)
Chao
15. Aug 2018 · 12:58 UTC
Really neat idea for the theme.

All the art and humor was spot on, and the combos added some depth to keep it engaging.

Would have been nice to have at least a little bit of a narrative wrapping to give some context and meaning to the actions of the player.
LeoM
15. Aug 2018 · 13:00 UTC
Great game, very nice use of the theme and fun to play.
Just miss a trashbin to remove the unwanted add, and maybe the possibility to move an add after we placed it.
nikasxirtla
15. Aug 2018 · 13:05 UTC
Great approach to theme. Very interesting concept. Game is great and really fun. Loved it!
marcenkod
15. Aug 2018 · 13:09 UTC
Really cool game, but it was frustrating when I could not pick up stickers :C
mrerdalural
15. Aug 2018 · 13:22 UTC
@neipo13 @sveta Any chance you could share the exception/error so that I can look into it.
Sita
15. Aug 2018 · 13:39 UTC
Great game! Easy to understand mechanics, but I feel like RNG is a bit unfair. Also, after getting fired and pressing 'next day' pop-up showed about, saying something about exceptions, sadly I didn't capture it (Web version, Chrome 68).
mrerdalural
15. Aug 2018 · 13:46 UTC
@neipo13 @sveta @sita The exception should be fixed now.
SirMichel
15. Aug 2018 · 15:45 UTC
This is a really fun game. Especially the artwork is nice and i love all those little puns and references hidden in them. I managed to reach a score of 8500.
Hishicorne
15. Aug 2018 · 16:02 UTC
Played this game yesterday and I liked it ! The concept is super cool and the graphisms are awesome (loved the humor behind some poster :smile:) Great job !
silvio
15. Aug 2018 · 18:17 UTC
wow, a simple idea executed superbly
LJay
15. Aug 2018 · 21:59 UTC
Art and humor are really cool! Gameplay is also original and fit theme well. Very good entry!
Sam Machell
16. Aug 2018 · 00:11 UTC
i feel very stupid because i feel like i didnt really get it, i need to try again lol. but the art and concept are great i imagine seeing this as a mini game in a future animal crossing or something!
Poffle
16. Aug 2018 · 10:15 UTC
Really great job! Nice clean visuals with clever and humorous designs for the posters, addictive gameplay and possibly my favourite use of the theme so far. Could use a few more shapes but I had a lot of fun with this. Great work team!
karmafarm
16. Aug 2018 · 11:59 UTC
Had some glitchiness trying to pick up and place posters. I really liked the humour though, and the overall concept was cool with clear mechanics. Good job!
KostblLb
16. Aug 2018 · 16:52 UTC
looks totally complete. soundtrack, art, pop colture references are really on their place
Historymaker118
16. Aug 2018 · 16:59 UTC
This was surprisingly quite challenging and rather funny, got a few little laughs from me for some of the posters. A really creative idea and great use of the theme. Only gripe I have it that the controls were rather awkward, I often failed to pick up a poster and sometimes they would stick somewhere I didn't want. Good game.
PNghasemi
17. Aug 2018 · 10:29 UTC
The posters look so amusing and the soundtrack matches the theme. A little tedious over time but no big deal :D

EDIT: Also it's kind of hard to grab the posters. or see if there is empty space behind them.
Dave Grey
17. Aug 2018 · 10:39 UTC
Nice concept executed with style and charm. A really polished and fun experience.
titos2k
17. Aug 2018 · 10:47 UTC
Outstanding art and a great idea for a minigame.

My only issues:
- Grabbing posters with weird shapes is sometimes harder than it should be
- New posters cover a chunk of the work area
- I had a feeling that I couldn't avoid getting some of the strikes, often being caught in no-way-out situation.
AlexOSA
17. Aug 2018 · 16:20 UTC
The game is cool. Only one thing I would like to add is a timer.
mrerdalural
18. Aug 2018 · 11:43 UTC
@alexosa what do you mean by a timer? There is already one for day end.
BMOPAPA
19. Aug 2018 · 03:55 UTC
I looooooooove it!!! The posters are so cute and creative! Paws, Jaws.lol
Jupiter_Hadley
11. Sep 2018 · 13:41 UTC
Interesting game! I included it in my compilation video series of the Ludum Dare 42 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/tG45WDfIQds