Donut Park Here! by Rongo Matane

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made by Rongo Matane for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

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--- Game Description: ---

The next semester of Wizard School is approaching, and funds are low... What's a young apprentice to do? Time to hustle!!

Donut Park is the newest bougie foodie hotspot. Orcs, fairies, and elves from all over the realm are lining up to indulge in sugary delights.

But... the parking lot will only fit so many cars! As valet, it's up to you to park patrons' cars and return them in pristine condition. Your tips (and your tuition) depend on it.

Good luck!


--- Controls ---

Control Character/Car: WASD / Arrow keys

Drift (In Car): Space

Enter/Exit Car: E / Enter

Use Horn: Control


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Team: - René Habermann - Direction, game design, production - Anne Hecker - Character design - Raffaele Picca - Game design, coding, 3D modeling - Emilia Baron - 3D modeling, level design - Martin Kvale - Sound design - Cameron Paxton - Composing & music production


Download the OST here!

Ratings

Overall 12th 4.429⭐ 72🧑‍⚖️
Fun 16th 4.331⭐ 73🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 135th 3.986⭐ 72🧑‍⚖️
Theme 34th 4.536⭐ 72🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 27th 4.62⭐ 73🧑‍⚖️
Audio 17th 4.333⭐ 71🧑‍⚖️
Humor 71th 4.087⭐ 71🧑‍⚖️
Mood 60th 4.236⭐ 72🧑‍⚖️
Given 17🗳️ 14🗨️

Feedback

LelulaGames
03. Oct 2023 · 01:26 UTC
This was fun. I adore the characters, and the pissed off elves every time I wrecked their car. The controls are tricky, but definitely something I think I can get better at if I tried.
uselesswasteofhumanflesh
03. Oct 2023 · 12:27 UTC
NICE GAMEEE!!
Daniel G
03. Oct 2023 · 12:32 UTC
I like this game, such interesting and great graphics !! Keep working on it, it would be a masterpiece!!!
Tutti Ankka
03. Oct 2023 · 12:33 UTC
Chaotic game, just how I like it! Controls feel intuitive and the game is also fun to play. Nice take on the theme aswell!
Afra Gerami
03. Oct 2023 · 12:38 UTC
Amazing game. Really well polished and well executed. It nicely fits the theme and I enjoyed playing it. Amazing job guys :v:
Magalix
03. Oct 2023 · 12:51 UTC
Mind blowing realisation with a lot of potential. Nice work !
captainzo
03. Oct 2023 · 13:03 UTC
Very funny game, great graphics. Amazing !
Floke
03. Oct 2023 · 13:12 UTC
This game is awesome, well done! I really like it, it is perfectly fun and chaotic.

I experienced a bug where I couldn't enter vehicles anymore and after restarting the level, no cars spawned at all. But after a restart everything worked fine again!
LucaVazz
03. Oct 2023 · 14:17 UTC
Guess there was a reason I never got my fox driver license :D
Rage quit after getting 400$, guess Wizard school has to wait until I find a different job...

Awesome work, the graphics are fantastic.
Tricky controls, but I guess that is intentional, definitively can feel getting better at it.
HolySparks
03. Oct 2023 · 15:30 UTC
Oh my, that game was incredibly fun! I simply love everything about it. The cars ran slightly floaty but you get used to it after a while.
jotson
03. Oct 2023 · 16:19 UTC
Wow, you guys! That was a lot of fun! The driving alone was fun and the fact you added drifting to a valet game was hilarious!
ScrapMetal
03. Oct 2023 · 16:41 UTC
Such a great take on the theme! SO many great little details too... the physics are tuned so nicely, the way the cars react to getting hit, customers getting pissed off, the art is GORGEOUS, and super cute, day/night cycle, nice sense of progression... even the little horns on the front of the orc truck?? What?? So good. :smile:

I was laughing my ass off at this one. :laughing:

There is also a nice ramp in difficulty/skill required. Like once I figured how to drift etc, it was very rewarding. But I still had a hard time getting cars out without a scratch, which made it aggravating and hilarious. (Because it feels achievable).

I am blown away by what you were able to achieve in this time. :open_mouth: It's insane... and so so good.

I did have a little trouble running it on my laptop at first, it ran such low fps, I could barely control it (especially in full screen)... so I wanted to give it a fair shot and run it on my PC before rating.... and WOW, it is a blast to play, and just looks absolutely beautiful. Nice work. :heart_eyes: :heart:

I'm going to have a hard time getting through the other games, as I can feel myself pulled back to this one to keep getting further. :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes: It's got a great hook.
Darkmax14
03. Oct 2023 · 16:59 UTC
Loved your game so much. Really fun to play and the atmosphere and sounds are brilliant.
LDJam user 372231
03. Oct 2023 · 17:09 UTC
Amazing! It is so nice to play! I literally could play it all day. I like all of your game for how addictive yet interesting and complex they are. The music fits very well! You could have done it just a parking and just some people, instead you created Donut parking and a fox and fairies! And that is what makes this game so unique!

There was a moment, when I pressed E to enter the car, but it was too late is the car driver decided to drive away, but I was already in the car, so I draw away as well and could not return.
FiveCyclops
03. Oct 2023 · 17:12 UTC
Perfect project. Visuals, sounds, gameplay are great. Excellent work !
tanis
03. Oct 2023 · 17:21 UTC
Super cool game guys! It's super cute and extremely polished. Grats!
martinboue
03. Oct 2023 · 17:42 UTC
Wow great game! Well done. Even the title "Donut park here" made me smile.
Corporation
03. Oct 2023 · 17:52 UTC
Small parking lots for sure was one of the theme implementations I expected and seen, but you made it soo good and polished! The animations, drifting, different cars, health and tips mechanics, feels so good to play, and yet requires skill to get better score. Found myself being pretty bad at reversing)

My feature suggestion is to be able to GTA style intersect car when it leaves)
LDJam user 242054
03. Oct 2023 · 18:15 UTC
ahaha! awesome game. max scores
Danyclockworker
03. Oct 2023 · 18:38 UTC
The graphics are top-notch, and the attention to detail is impressive. It's a visual masterpiece.
DSFAN
03. Oct 2023 · 18:51 UTC
Cool game, liked the graphics, the music, the mood overall. However I don't know what to do on day 6, is this a bug or am I missing something? There is no place for 3d car, I'm stuck. Also sometimes when I full screen and press esc and back to full screen my character bugs and controls don't work. Also if I click mouse outside then inside sometime character bugs too and keeps running or stuck some place, and when I run outside the screen, pretty much the same happens
![image_2023-10-03_215104056.png](///raw/cf8/95/z/5f5d5.png)
Depression
03. Oct 2023 · 19:33 UTC
Very fun casual experience!
I just stole one car to pay for my tuition in the first day lol
Spaint
03. Oct 2023 · 19:33 UTC
Great game! Really would love a space for returning cars. You either wait until end of the day to give their cars back or have to cut into line of new customers. Also after timer ends it kinda becomes a drag to play with so many cars to return and no time limit. Otherwise really enjoyed both type of levels
Pampo
03. Oct 2023 · 19:47 UTC
Loooved playing this game! Driving the cars around was really fun and I found myself giggling through it all. Great job!
andruid
03. Oct 2023 · 21:43 UTC
I saw the trailer and immediately wanted to play. I found out that I am terrible but I'm laughing so much of all the chaos! 😂
Really an amazing game! Congratulations team!
Gilgadev
03. Oct 2023 · 22:01 UTC
Amazing game! Can't stop playing it! So far, the best i've played in the jam! Congrats!
jaydex
03. Oct 2023 · 22:13 UTC
Very nice game! I like the topic and the graphics pretty much. But it was hard to accelerate so carefully that the cars don't crash against the walls using the keyboard.
I made it all through the 12 days and can get back to Wizard School :grin:
The game feels complete, good work!
LDJam user 262766
03. Oct 2023 · 22:35 UTC
Beautiful and user friendly game I really enjoied playing it!!!
AncientEntity
04. Oct 2023 · 05:09 UTC
Ok this one is a really fun take on the theme. Nice chill game of parking cars, loved the art style and the view angle. My only complaint is I really think there should be a different 'pickup' area. But besides that congratulations on the game!
LDJam user 174638
04. Oct 2023 · 07:19 UTC
Very nice game, congratz :)

I was stuck at day 6 with the first puzzle game, I couldn't figure out how to park 3 cars in such a small space

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I love the low poly art style and the fact that you have to switch between the character and car controls. I feel adding time pressure if it's well balanced would make it even more fun because you would have to choose between a risky drive or loosing some time.
LDJam user 377546
04. Oct 2023 · 08:08 UTC
Always impressive to see what a talented team can manage in so little time :D There are definitely some issues with the customers getting away from the shop and smashing the other cars into pieces while doing so, but I had a great time playing 😄
🎤 Rongo Matane
04. Oct 2023 · 08:25 UTC
Thank you all for the lovely comments, that's rgeat to hear!
I agree on the pickup/dropoff being tricky as it's not separated. It's a side effect of the action mode just coming in a few hours before submission - until then it was the puzzles only. But we figured the action mode might be more simple fun. As it is now, to succeed you have to drop off the cars in the right orientation already.

I recorded a playthrough, check it out if you want to see my mad drifing skills :D
(or want to see some solutions to puzzles)
https://youtu.be/hclNIy9nVq8

@dsfan @dekajoo it's solved like this. One of our team members calls this "italian parking" :D
![Unbenannt.png](///raw/122/3/z/5f865.png)
SnekOfSpice
04. Oct 2023 · 10:13 UTC
The presentation of this was amazing! Lovely tunes, visuals, sprites, etc.
it's quite stressful, especially when you need to get accustomed to the controls being relative to the car and not the world (which is just personal preference ofc), the pacing really is intense!
Jupiterintardis
04. Oct 2023 · 11:35 UTC
Love this art.
MallanSandan
04. Oct 2023 · 11:54 UTC
This is a really fun and adorable game idea! It was hard though, especially if you wanted to return cars and there were a lot of cars coming in! :D
ValentinWB
04. Oct 2023 · 15:42 UTC
Nice and cute game, cool physics (actually its quite impressive how well the game runs), and great levels ! Well done guys !
Hakro
04. Oct 2023 · 17:10 UTC
What a fantastic little game :)
I spend almost an hour trying to cram those cars of a 5$ tip :D somehow it felt more fun to just go crazy rather than be thoughtful about it.
Didn't manage to attend school in this capitalistic nightmare of a fantasy world, but I had lots of fun !
GG
Blazejmg917
04. Oct 2023 · 22:33 UTC
This game is great! the mechanics and physics work incredibly well and I really enjoy your design overall! I think the controls were a bit frustrating to me for a while since avoiding damage was very hard, but I feel like that's an intentional choice, since this game feels like it falls into more of the overcooked and human fall flat types of games. I think this is really well done, and I had a blast playing it!
PichiiParu
05. Oct 2023 · 00:15 UTC
Pleaseee, this game is so amazing! The artwork as well as the music are so phenomenal!! It genuinely feels like such a polished game. The controls were a bit hard to get a hold of, but that's what makes the game even more challenging and fun!
Rafael Garcez
05. Oct 2023 · 21:01 UTC
aweasome job, nicely done!
edugpinheiro
05. Oct 2023 · 22:17 UTC
Awesome game, great art - kinda impressioned that you guys made this in three games. I couldn't deliver a single car uncrashed hahahaha very hard to steer - i'm not a driver :(

Keep the great work
digital bacon
07. Oct 2023 · 02:14 UTC
Awesomely fun game! Love the low-poly art style and general gameplay. The "special" carparks are a real treat :rofl: Sound would've been nice, but otherwise -- excellent work!

*Edit*: whoops, ignore me, have sound issues on my PC -- sound is great, and rating has been amended accordingly :grinning:
Hawkin
08. Oct 2023 · 14:54 UTC
This was a pleasure to play! It was really interesting seeing a different implementation of the same initial idea as our team had, and our products turned out pretty different.

You all did so many things well. The whole art style was very charming and peaceful, the music was a perfect complement, and I liked the whole fantasy aspect. The car controls felt very smooth too. I really appreciated the auto-pathing system for the computer drivers, too. That was really interesting to see them find their way out of a tight spot!

It wasn't immediately clear where I should deliver cars, but it seemed like the most reliable activation point was up on the sidewalk. And if I put the car in front of the line, then the customer was able to get out easily. I had my best day after really getting that system down!

![Screenshot 2023-10-08 095003.png](///raw/319/53/z/6005d.png)

We embraced a lot more of the chaos in our version, because we just had too much fun crashing cars. The result was much more frenetic gameplay, versus the calming and methodical game you've gifted us :D
schadocalex
08. Oct 2023 · 19:09 UTC
I think I liked this game

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Smitner
08. Oct 2023 · 21:05 UTC
Fantastic entry, I had a lot of fun with this one and loved the drifting mechanic, the customers however.. didn't appreciate it :joy:

One major improvement would be a clear drop off zone, I didn't like having to drop off the car into oncoming traffic, this caused a slowdown waiting for the AI drivers to figure out a path.
zubspace
08. Oct 2023 · 21:51 UTC
Great game, nice visuals and music. Love the idea. Was a bit buggy for me, but still had fun. At one point The player could not enter cars anymore, even after restarting the level. Also "Esc"-Key should not be used in a web build, because it closes the full screen view. Still, good job.
hadesfury
09. Oct 2023 · 13:55 UTC
Fun game ! Congratulation.
Puzzle mode is really tough :D
Constance
09. Oct 2023 · 14:19 UTC
Man, this is a very fun game to play! I didn't know that parking and returning cars would be this chaos and exhilarating experience, really enjoyed it! The graphics and car models are really detailed and I love the fact that each car has different handling characteristics and speed, which is really a nice touch. The audio is great, from the engine sound, the ignition sound of each car, and even the honk are really cool and unique. The music also doesn't feel boring or repetitive while it's on loop, very well composed and arranged.

However, I did notice some bugs and issues. The first one is that when customers received and got into their cars, sometimes they were just frozen in place and not driving anywhere, which blocked the incoming traffic and made the level unable to complete. Second one is there was no boundary in the map, I tried walking off-screen and then came back, but then noticed I could not controlled my character anymore and he's just wandering around aimlessly. Or if I were in a car and drove off the map, then I pressed E to exit the car and my character got brought back to the starting point but the car wasn't, which resulted in missing that said car and hence the level was stuck. Although restart the level did fix those issues, but I didn't know if they might happen again on other levels.

But other than that, I really had an awesome experience playing this game! And you guys did manage to be able to complete and submit such a big entry on time is mind-blowing for me. Very impressive and astonishing job!
Vary
09. Oct 2023 · 17:00 UTC
This was a lot of fun. The game looks great and the gameplay is so smooth. I love being able to walk on top of cars - at the beginning of each day I'd just climb on top of an incoming car saying "givemegivemegiveme" until it lets me valet 'em. Super fun game, amazing job!
StrangerYann
15. Oct 2023 · 11:36 UTC
well I'm pretty dumbfound

how did y'all make this in 72h? what's your secret !?

it's very impressive and fun,

it's great you went into puzzles with the existing level design elements you had,

there's a good variation in-between each level

nice storytelling and humour, good variety in the vehicles too

I'm having a hard time being objective, I played this for way longer than I should

really well-done and keep it going :grinning: :sparkles:
zimny11
15. Oct 2023 · 21:49 UTC
Oh no it have a leaderboard! I will not fall for this trick again XD

Great game! The atmosphere is awesome! Props for music and sound design. Same goes for 3D models. They look really nice :D The whole game is really fun to play. The only part that gets a bit too messy is when I start to give cars back, maybe if they arrived from one side of the building and left from the other? But maybe that is part of strategy and fun. Anyway. Amazing job with the game!


Also, I do not understand about what those people are complaining. They are getting their cars back... well whatever is left of them at least...
CataclysmicKnight
16. Oct 2023 · 17:30 UTC
Oh my goodness lol I'm so bad at this... 😅 But it's a lot of fun, super cute, and a great way to capture the ridiculousness of capitalism and trying to afford school! 🤣 ​The art is great, the music is cute, the stress level is good (even for someone like me who gets ​​SO FREAKING STRESSED OMG​​), and I love the mix of "standard" and puzzle modes... Even if I demolish nearly every single car in puzzle mode and still take 5 mins to do it.
gentoogames
19. Oct 2023 · 18:15 UTC
top notch game! I absolutely adore this entry, the charm and character is so apparent, and then main characters run cycle was cracking me up haha. from one car drifting game creator to another, well done :)