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Focus, kid! by Necromic

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made by Necromic for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

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You've to buy some ingredients to make a beautiful cake back at home. Go to the different shops avoiding all distractions or they will change your current thoughts. To protect yourself, focus using Z.

When you're focused, distractions from the outside world can't affect you.

Controls

  • Arrow keys: Move right and left, or interact when hinted.
  • Z: Focus and protect yourself from the outside world.
  • Escape: To restart the game

Tools used:

GameMaker Studio 2, Figma, FL Studio and pen & paper. (Audio samples from: zapsplat)

Youtube https://necromic.itch.io/focus-kid
Youtube https://necromic.itch.io/focus-kid
Youtube https://necromic.itch.io/focus-kid
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/focus-kid

Ratings

Overall 292th 3.931⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 304th 3.828⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 123th 4.018⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Theme 2218th 3⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 17th 4.741⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Audio 51th 4.259⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Humor 108th 4.086⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Given 13🗳️ 13🗨️

Feedback

Aret24
21. Apr 2020 · 17:52 UTC
This is hidden gem! Your art style is the best out of all in other games, it's simple, but very cool. Game is very cool :D
gregoire_d
21. Apr 2020 · 17:57 UTC
Very nice art style ! Just one bug I encountered : when you restart the games, the soundtrack gets duplicated and play twice.
FramboiseDodue
21. Apr 2020 · 17:57 UTC
Really liked the artstyle and the idea, although it seemed pretty far from the theme to me. But still, it was cool, would have liked for it to be a bit longer!
David Bohan
21. Apr 2020 · 18:02 UTC
Never played a game like this, really nice! :) Love the art style... this seems like it'd be a solid Kids Game (not a bad thing!) and the music is really great too.

This game feels fresh, and I like how you designed the game. Wish I could do something to regain my focus after I lose it, but it's all good.

Congrats!
Oliver_MB
21. Apr 2020 · 18:07 UTC
Me encanta!! Un feel perfecto. Graficos, música... es agradable, divertido y entrañable!
xel
21. Apr 2020 · 18:16 UTC
You can pet the dog. 5/5. Game of the Year.

The aesthetic is super well done. Feels like a nice short polished game. Good work!
Daniel Moreno
21. Apr 2020 · 18:17 UTC
Really enjoyable and polished game, lovely art style and fitting music and sfx. Overall, you guys made a really good job here, and it was a cool use of the theme.
Riftpoint Entertainment
21. Apr 2020 · 18:20 UTC
Very cool game! The art style is very unique and polished, the animations too. Great job !
HackTrout
21. Apr 2020 · 21:47 UTC
Super well made game its just a shame there isn't more!!
🎤 Necromic
22. Apr 2020 · 18:16 UTC
@gregoire-d yes! Other people have pointed it out. I'll fix it soon. Thanks for playing!
🎤 Necromic
22. Apr 2020 · 18:17 UTC
@david-bohan Thanks a lot for your comment, David. Yes the kids game aesthetic is a pretty cool one, thanks for the compliment.

In the begining there were some ideas about regaining thoughts (go back home, a checklist or something) but there was no time to make it happen :( Thanks for playing!
🎤 Necromic
22. Apr 2020 · 18:38 UTC
@hacktrout @riftpoint-entertainment @xel @framboisedodue @aret24

Thanks a lot for your comments! Specially about the art style, we're really proud of how this game turned out (maybe one of our best game jams ever). Thanks for playing!
Fran Gambero
22. Apr 2020 · 18:52 UTC
El juego es precioso, y en sí lo veo una aventura redonda, lo he rejugado varias veces para ver las distintas posibilidades de tarta!
🎤 Necromic
22. Apr 2020 · 18:54 UTC
@fran-gambero Muchas gracias Fran!! Sí, nuestro objetivo era hacer un juego muy cortito pero con todo el mimo posible en _lo cuqui_. Gracias por jugar :D
Artyom Volkov
22. Apr 2020 · 19:00 UTC
Tiny, but fun game. I adore how you use the theme of the jam. Additionally, the art and sound are absolutely superb.
Indigo209
22. Apr 2020 · 20:05 UTC
Your style is very nice, I loved it.
Without reading your introduction site I must play the game twice to understand what to do.
It is a very simple game but, yeah, it's nice.
Elendow
23. Apr 2020 · 13:50 UTC
Super clean and cool art, nice audio and funny concept. I tried multiple times until I focused every distraction, engaging until the end.
picross
23. Apr 2020 · 16:55 UTC
Cool! Great art, nice concept. I was pretty confused how to control my thoughts at first. Very clean and juicy game. Nice work!
Guille
23. Apr 2020 · 17:40 UTC
Nice art! I liked the game! Great sound effects! The game took a while to understand how to play.
Jonrei
23. Apr 2020 · 18:12 UTC
What a cute game! It took me a while to figure out how to play, but Im glad you put the controls in the description. The art is outstanding, one of the best ive seen so far!
Jorim
23. Apr 2020 · 18:14 UTC
The game is short and sweet. The graphics are gorgeous and the music works well for the game. The ending screens are funny. The only downside to the game I can see is I think the connection to the theme is a little loose. Otherwise an amazing jam title!
Denis123
24. Apr 2020 · 15:53 UTC
Cute game and fun to play :)
Juice Lizard
26. Apr 2020 · 14:03 UTC
Very fun game. One of my favorite for the moment. Good graphics, good sound, original idea (at last a game where you don't have to kill every people you meet…). It could be a part of a bigger game.
renrok
26. Apr 2020 · 15:44 UTC
Incredible! Absolutely beautiful artstyle, lovely music, unique gameplay! Love that you made different outcomes for different combinations of the ingredients. Kept replaying to see more)

Only thing - I think I've encounter a bug, where the music would layer upon itself if I used ESC to restart midgame.
Le Don
30. Apr 2020 · 08:55 UTC
That's a gret idea you have there! But I have a feeling, that some distractions need some kind of tell or better hints.
yxmx_rsx
09. May 2020 · 02:56 UTC
I like the game the colors are very nice the sound too
yxmx_rsx
09. May 2020 · 02:56 UTC
I like the game the colors are very nice the sound too
01010111
11. May 2020 · 18:11 UTC
Incredible art style!