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Shipping Schrödinger's Cat by Hjalte

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made by Hjalte for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

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Schrödinger has ordered a cat online. He's not sure if it's alive or dead. It's your job to make sure it stays that way.

* CONTROLS *

Click on colored machinery to trigger all machinery of that type.

  • Conveyor belts will reverse.
  • Pistons will push once.
  • Flippers will toggle between open and closed.

Camera: wasd & space

* GAMEPLAY *

Make sure the cat package makes it to the delivery truck unharmed.

* MADE BY *

https://twitter.com/hjaltetagmose

https://twitter.com/AsgerGotved

* ATTRIBUTION *

Realizer by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5047-realizer License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Funk Game Loop by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3787-funk-game-loop License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The FontStruction “SD Auto Pilot” (http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/fontstructions/show/86016) by “SD Fontz” is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).

Youtube http://www.realfast.dk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Shipping-Schrödingers-Cat.zip
Youtube http://www.realfast.dk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Shipping-Schrödingers-Cat-MAC.zip
Youtube https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rf7fg6EFF7ePXOsUUSGKcepdqQ593a7P
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/shipping-schrodingers-cat

Ratings

Overall 402th 3.864⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Fun 276th 3.848⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 183th 3.939⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1897th 3.303⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1190th 3.652⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Humor 713th 3.297⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1233th 3.394⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Given 40🗳️ 33🗨️

Feedback

alessia-ip
21. Apr 2020 · 00:35 UTC
This is super cute! I saw cats and I had to play! The mechanic is neat, and the puzzles are rewarding to solve!
Listonos
21. Apr 2020 · 00:37 UTC
Great picks for music, got me all pumped up. Nice puzzle/action game and I love the concept.
c42
21. Apr 2020 · 00:39 UTC
Very cool game design. I liked that you synced it with the music, very catchy. I found it a bit hard to understand, especially because I had difficulties identifying different levels of conveyor belts. Small tips with new mechanics would help. Overall great effort!
Iñaki roque
21. Apr 2020 · 01:08 UTC
always its hard when you have to find the controls. but nice job! really cute
Frozedon
21. Apr 2020 · 05:37 UTC
Game looked cool. Though some of the level design didn't lend itself tot he isometric view and I got super confused by how things moved and fell. But it was a very interesting puzzle game.
vulgaris
21. Apr 2020 · 13:15 UTC
schrödinger is super fitting to this theme, and the design of the levels was very good, keep it up :)
munmungames
22. Apr 2020 · 16:23 UTC
I loved it! Clever puzzle game with a good difficulty. The graphics are cute and the musics are funny sometimes. I think I would exploit a bit more the shrodingger paradox in the gameplay somehow. But anyway, great job ! :smiley:
PonyPen
22. Apr 2020 · 17:00 UTC
Cats! in colourful boxes!? Great game! I really enjoyed the puzzles and they weren't too hard. I liked the music too :)
PatrickRMC
22. Apr 2020 · 19:52 UTC
I love that everything is synced to the beat, it made it easier to follow the rhythm in my head. Also the art is really cute and I love the little bounce the boxes and the truck had each beat. Really nice! I completed the game and the puzzles felt a bit challenging but really rewarding! :D Very good overall! Congrats on completing a game.
xlekai
22. Apr 2020 · 21:33 UTC
Great idea for gameplay. With the clean and 3d angles! Good work. But the sound a little bit repetitive. And the graphics are basic.. Not original design!
Skovtrolden
22. Apr 2020 · 21:40 UTC
Hi @xlekai, thank you so much for your feedback!

I was wondering what you meant by "not original design". As far as I know, it's a unique concept, and we made everything but the music and font ourselves :)
MateusBoga
22. Apr 2020 · 22:28 UTC
Awesome game! Love this kind of stuff, made me suffer that last level xD
Here's my playthrough: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/599709059
Skovtrolden
22. Apr 2020 · 22:33 UTC
THank you for leaving the video @mateusboga! Will definitely help when we continue the development!
skitzogamer
22. Apr 2020 · 22:59 UTC
Awesome game, took a bit for my brain to catch up to the mechanics.
I especially love the rhythm based element in there.
mao
23. Apr 2020 · 03:25 UTC
Pretty fun! The later levels get a bit overwhelming, especially since the box spawners don't give you very much time to think. I love how everything is synchronized with the music.
zzox
23. Apr 2020 · 13:22 UTC
Loved the house music levels! Nice work, I really liked it.
notnullnotvoid
23. Apr 2020 · 19:02 UTC
Great puzzler! The graphics may be simple, but they're cute and easy to read, so in my opinion they're pretty good. I loved seeing everything bop to the music! I suffered a bit on some of the more heavily timing-based sections, and there were a couple early bits that I think I solved by accident without fully understanding what I did, but on the whole it was a solid and original puzzle game, which I know isn't easy in a game jam setting. I'd definitely like to play more of this if you decide to continue working on it after the jam.
🎤 Hjalte
23. Apr 2020 · 20:53 UTC
@notnullnotvoid Thank you for your kind feedback. We are thinking of turning it into a real game, so it's very useful :).

In case you have notifications on: Do you think the game works better with or without time-based sections?

I think it kinda fits sometimes, but I'm not sure where the balance lies..
notnullnotvoid
23. Apr 2020 · 22:09 UTC
It definitely seems like if you remove the timing-based sections, the game would lose a bit of its personality or identity. And they add some depth for sure, so I'd be sad to see them removed entirely. I think being under time pressure while also trying to figure out a new mechanic may have been what was tripping me up. And on the very last level, I think it would be nice be given time to survey the level and come up with a plan at first, instead of being thrown right into the action each time the level resets.
erebus
24. Apr 2020 · 00:47 UTC
Very interesting puzzle mechanics! Great submission! Thanks for bringing it by the stream!
🎤 Hjalte
24. Apr 2020 · 08:45 UTC
@notnullnotvoid you can sit still and wait after you get off the first conveyor, but yeah, that level turned out a bit mean..

Thank you for the notes, we really appreciate it :).
🎤 Hjalte
24. Apr 2020 · 08:45 UTC
@erebus Thank *you* for playing it :)
gagapete
24. Apr 2020 · 14:58 UTC
That was hilarius. I love the overall feel of the game, it's fun. The music fits the game but gets a bit repetitive after a while.

I played on Android and would've prefered some colored buttons to trigger the actions instead of touching the objects as I sometimes hit the wrong object.
🎤 Hjalte
25. Apr 2020 · 09:11 UTC
@gagapete Wow, so cool that you played on mobile. I definitely see how it could get difficult to hit the right color..

Thanks for playing :).
JUSTCAMH
26. Apr 2020 · 08:16 UTC
Woah, what an awesome game! I love the movement with the beat, the timing of it all, and the introduction of extra boxes at the end. The thing that I struggled with was the height of the level, it often wasn't obvious which parts of the stage were elevated, and it wasn't clear what tile a box would land on if it fell. Otherwise, this game was awesome, it felt great moving with the beat, and that last level was quite the doozy! Congrats! :heart: :heart: :heart:
emmyoop
26. Apr 2020 · 20:57 UTC
Great game! Love the music with the game. I couldn't figure out how to quit out once the game was playing though - mac download.
🎤 Hjalte
27. Apr 2020 · 08:16 UTC
@emmyoop Thanks for playing! You're right there's no way to quit when you're in a level, but there's a quit button on the start/end screen. Did that one not work on mac?
Skovtrolden
27. Apr 2020 · 09:19 UTC
Alternatively, you should be able to quit with cmd-q on a mac - but not sure if that works
Notan Lemon
03. May 2020 · 08:42 UTC
This is cool! The mechanic is simple, but has much potential to make various levels. Also I love the art style. It is funny to see the boxes and the truck vibing to the music. Good job!
DDRKirbyISQ
03. May 2020 · 23:41 UTC
Good idea! I think you're onto something here, though the current execution is a little rough around the edges as noted by previous commenters. I think the design could be cleaned up and pared down a little, made more focused because right now there are a ton of different moving parts (pardon the pun).
akitl
05. May 2020 · 15:02 UTC
realy fun little puzzle game moite
fabula_rasa
07. May 2020 · 23:06 UTC
Very nice little game! Gameplay is simple but the puzzles are quite fun, if not very complicated.

I liked the graphic style and the general vibe of the game. Thumbs up!

![Screenshot_20200508_020212.jpg](///raw/732/a2/z/33d75.jpg)

However, are we really keeping the cat alive if his actual state is a superposition of both death and life untill we open the box? Or are we just keeping him in a state of uncertainty :wink:
JUSTCAMH
13. May 2020 · 01:18 UTC
I really don’t understand some people, how did the game score so low in graphics? Personally I loved the style of the game, and it was heaps of fun too! I’d say you deserved a better rating, but regardless, best of luck for your future projects!
🎤 Hjalte
13. May 2020 · 08:35 UTC
@justcamh Aw thanks for saying that, that means a lot :). We wanna continue developing the game once exams are over, so it's good to know we're on the right track haha.