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Chonk Simulator by Bradalli

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made by Bradalli for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

UI<em>Ogre</em>Sitting.png 01.png 02.png 03.png Chonk Simulator is an endless arcade farming game where you must feed a greedy creature that has taken over your home. Don’t let him get too hungry, otherwise he’ll die.

Controls: WASD - Movement Left Mouse Button - Interact (Harvest, pickup seeds/mushrooms, feed the chonk) Esc - Pause

Made by Students at Warwickshire College!: Neil Punj - Programmer Brad Dallimer - Programmer, Game Designer George Fisher - 2D Artist Sarah White - 2D Artist, Asset Manager Adam Cox - 3D Modeller Harry Tucker - 3D Modeller Joel Ferris - 3D Modeller Kyle Tucker-Ward - 3D Modeller Josh Thomson - Animator, 3D Modeller Josh Zaparaniuk - Animator, 3D Modeller

Youtube https://bradalli.itch.io/chonk-simulator
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/chonk-simulator

Ratings

Overall 2452th 2.675⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 2455th 2.4⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1635th 3.079⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1464th 3.55⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 913th 3.841⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1210th 2.844⭐ 18🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1992th 2.889⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 9🗳️ 16🗨️

Feedback

meowdy
21. Apr 2020 · 19:45 UTC
Love the art! The environment and characters both look very adorable.
BillehBawb
21. Apr 2020 · 19:53 UTC
I like the idea for the game but sadly I can't get very far because for some reason my character just slowly floats upwards to a point where I quickly can't interact with anything. Its fun for the first 20 seconds when I can still interact with stuff though!
🎤 Bradalli
21. Apr 2020 · 19:55 UTC
@meowdy thank you! I agree, our team of artists did a fantastic job!
Slurp1e
21. Apr 2020 · 19:56 UTC
Love the mood of the game altho some parts lack the finish it needed. Overall amazing work for a 72 hrs game jam :D
🎤 Bradalli
21. Apr 2020 · 19:56 UTC
@billehBawb Hi BillehBawb, we are aware of this bug in the jam entry version of the game. Fortunately, there is a post-jam version where the issue is hopefully fixed!

Thanks for playing!
Polifev
21. Apr 2020 · 20:05 UTC
The graphics are very cute and the concept is enjoyable. Some music could have been great. Unfortunately it's a little buggy and I couldn't play long but it's globally good job :)
BillehBawb
21. Apr 2020 · 20:07 UTC
@bradalli I downloaded the v0.2 version from your itch.io and still was having the issue. Is that the right one?
🎤 Bradalli
21. Apr 2020 · 20:08 UTC
@Polifev Thank you so much! I agree but unfortunately we ran out of time before we could implement any audio :(
Lamasaurus
21. Apr 2020 · 20:12 UTC
The art is just lovely! Really like it when the troll is thinking about what to eat next 🤗 It is hard to control the farmer though, he randomly gets stuck here and there. The interact action does not always seem to fire, which makes it a little frustrating. In the beginning everything seems to work fine, but it gradually gets worse. I think that with some extra polish this could definitely be a fun game I would enjoy! Keep it up all of you!
BeasRabbit
21. Apr 2020 · 20:17 UTC
The art's nice, but even when fed the bar would drop as if he wasn't fed. No music or sound would play, was there meant to be any?
sunnray
21. Apr 2020 · 21:16 UTC
It's a fun game! The art style is nice, and the speed-farming gameplay seems unique. For me, it was hard to put seeds on the fields, bc sometimes for some reason I was just wasn't able to.
🎤 Bradalli
22. Apr 2020 · 16:04 UTC
@lamasaurus Thank you! Sarah did a great job on the Troll portraits :D If we spent more time on it, I'd say we'd definitely tackle the player controller first. There were issues with the way placement worked as we hadn't tried a grid-based placement system before.

Thanks for playing! :)
🎤 Bradalli
22. Apr 2020 · 16:05 UTC
@beasrabbit Thanks! Oh dear, thanks for bringing this bug to our attention. Unfortunately we didn't have enough time to implement audio but there were plans to include it.

Thanks for playing! :D
🎤 Bradalli
22. Apr 2020 · 16:07 UTC
Thanks @sunnray ! We're glad you enjoyed the gameplay :D We're aware of the issue with the seed placement, this is due to our inexperience with a grid-based system (often the target placement location wouldn't match up with the player).

Thanks for playing! :D
🎤 Bradalli
22. Apr 2020 · 16:08 UTC
@billehbawb Ah... seems the fix hasn't worked then haha. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
🎤 Bradalli
23. Apr 2020 · 11:20 UTC
@slurp1e Thank you so much! :D
TeiNRee
23. Apr 2020 · 17:01 UTC
Good stuff! :D
Owen Rees
23. Apr 2020 · 17:14 UTC
I really enjoyed the artwork especially Chonk! The environment looked nice and I liked the variety of plants. I encountered a bug that made the character walk above the ground and there was also an issue with white sphere spawning instead of plants. Apart from that great work, you should be proud of yourselves!
Merpui
23. Apr 2020 · 17:24 UTC
The chonk looks great! Sadly, as mentioned before, you can't really feed him. Even in the 0.2 version the game says I didn't feed him although I gave him the food he wanted :/
But nevertheless, nice concept though! :)
dkviplounge
27. Apr 2020 · 20:55 UTC
Kinda unplayable. I like idea it's going for - farm food and feed the troll. No explanation of controls or how to play, HUD overlapping each other and obscuring the level, no audio whatsoever. Clearly ran out of time but concept is neat.
🎤 Bradalli
28. Apr 2020 · 21:05 UTC
@owen-rees Thank you so much! Our artists did a great job :D Unfortunately that is a bug a lot of players have encountered. I'm looking to majorly rework the game in the future but I've got a lot of Uni work at the moment. Ah bugger haven't heard of that sphere bug yet :I must be a leftover placeholder!

Thanks for playing!
🎤 Bradalli
28. Apr 2020 · 21:07 UTC
@dkviplounge I agree, we were a tad ambitious with the idea :P. Yeah a lot of that was down to running out of time (fun fact: we had sound recorded but sadly it never made it in :c) Thanks so much! And thanks for playing :D
🎤 Bradalli
28. Apr 2020 · 21:28 UTC
@merpui Thanks! Yeah... unfortunately a large rework will have to be done to get the game working correctly. Thanks for playing tho! :D
MaiMai
11. May 2020 · 03:53 UTC
Looks cute - especially like the trees and changing time of day.
Really had no idea what to do, but it was pretty so I just ran around clicking stuff until the poor Chonkinator died of hunger.
Good effort.
NurkkaCthulhu
11. May 2020 · 15:40 UTC
I liked the art. Thinking Chonk was funny. I wonder, why would I want to feed the Chonk though? If you let him die you can have your farm back and live happily ever after lol