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Involuntary Nannies by LDJam user 261418

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made by LDJam user 261418 for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

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➡️ Play on itch.io or on Win: https://hadiedev.itch.io/involuntary-nannies ⬅️

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🛠️ Hotfixes:

We found some issues that prevented the real game experience. The original submission remains uploaded, but feel free to try out the fixed versions as well! - 2nd May 20:30 - Fix features that prevents to play the game lol.v2 - 2nd May 16:20 - Fix incorrect control instruction in image - 2nd May 16:20 - Game was still not winnable lol - 2nd May 15:20 - Was unable to win the game - 2nd May 10:00 - Add more realistic winnable scenario

📖 Story

While on the run, a couple of thieves have become involuntary nannies. A bag full of babies was about to be delivered by Sir Herald - a stork employed at the company Stork & Co. When he got hurt, the mission was transferred to the couple.

In this multiplayer game, you and your friend are playing the couple - Poppy and Ippo - who need to deliver all the babies to their new families. Take care that all babies arrive at their new home clean and happy.

🎮 How to play

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👶🏻 How to make you babies happy

Each baby has special demands, but it is not always clear what they need. You start at a daycare unit that contains everything your babies need to be happy. Try out different options to see if their satisfaction increases. Maybe they need clean diapers, or maybe some food? If you run out of resources you will have to go and buy new ones at the shop.

🚚 How to deliver your babies

When a baby is happy, it is ready to be delivered to its new families who are already waiting. In the beginning, you can carry one baby at a time. With time you can upgrade your stroller and carry up to 3 babies at a time! You'll get them at "Stork & Co".

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👮🏻‍♀️ What about the police

Make sure you won't get caught, cause after all you are thieves on the run. If you run into the police you will have to restart the game.

🏁 How to win

If all babies are happy and healthy at their new families, you have accomplished the mission.

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Link https://hadiedev.itch.io/involuntary-nannies
Link https://hadiedev.itch.io/involuntary-nannies
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/involuntary-nannies

Ratings

Given 19🗳️ 14🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 234769
02. May 2023 · 15:19 UTC
I could not play :cry: I could not pick up the babies or interact with anything :'(
Also the babies crying is the most unbearable thing I've ever heard :rofl:
Ntimi
05. May 2023 · 15:07 UTC
:D What an eventful story! I guess I need a friend that does one of the roles to play with me. The game is really hard. I needed a few tries to figure out what to do and where to go exactly. But the premise is fun, I can see myself trying this one again to get to the end. I didn't really finish the whole pile of babies.
Aymco
05. May 2023 · 15:39 UTC
I got this error in the web browser : Error
The following features required to run Godot projects on the Web are missing:
Cross Origin Isolation - Check web server configuration (send correct headers)
SharedArrayBuffer - Check web server configuration (send correct headers)
Flenzil
05. May 2023 · 15:41 UTC
More complex than a lot of games on here! With local coop too! The babies crying are quite grating though
🎤 LDJam user 261418
05. May 2023 · 16:10 UTC
@aymco please try on itch.io in order to play. It does not work on ldjam.com for some reason. Still thank you for checking it out!
Heuser
05. May 2023 · 16:37 UTC
I loved the cutscene and the art style :). It took however a really long time for us to get unstuck from the babies. Maybe giving them no collision with the players would have made things a lot easier.
highskies
05. May 2023 · 16:58 UTC
nice artstyle and story
Skleembof
05. May 2023 · 17:54 UTC
The presentation was great, but the gameplay is absurdly difficult. Even on easy mode, it was just too ovewhelming. I do like the idea though and I think this could work but you need to ease in new mechanics instead of dumping everything on the player at once.
aile
05. May 2023 · 22:10 UTC
"Each baby has special demands, but it is not always clear what they need." Haha, so true. I really like the idea of how you need to manage all this chaos. There's a fun intrinsic motivation hidden in there that makes us think that we will somehow manage it (and some of us do!), no matter how realistic or unrealistic.

I also really liked the intro and sequences with the thieves... thought that the characterization was pretty good, and it's not always easy to polish that side of a game during such a limited time because good characters are all about depth, and creating that is time consuming. So I was quite impressed with that part. Overall, great job!
Yasmeen
06. May 2023 · 13:17 UTC
Very impressive that you were able to add a cutscene and flesh out the story so much! The game is quite challenging - maybe add a super-easy mode/ mode with infinite lives where players can practice?
Agrimes
06. May 2023 · 18:38 UTC
I couldn't figure out what was going on. The screaming babies didn't help either.
Pouyan ShekariKiani
12. May 2023 · 10:32 UTC
Really cool that you made all those dialogues and story line, gameplay was also really fun. and very relaxing music in the midst of all this chaos lol.
Roitchie
12. May 2023 · 19:03 UTC
Really cool game. The visual novel and coop aspects of it are very unique and ambitious. The art and music is very cute. Echoing what some other people have said I wish it was a bit clearer what the demands and requirements of the babies were. But overall a fun and cute game. It's a lot better with the easy difficulty.
shp
12. May 2023 · 20:17 UTC
unexpected but impressive intro story, sure makes the experience more memorable!
nerdyHerbivore
12. May 2023 · 20:27 UTC
Cool two player, but agree with the "insane" difficulty. Love the idea and potential! Cops kept hiding under the houses and getting me
zgragselus
13. May 2023 · 13:02 UTC
Interesting game - started with great setup (cutscene!) and then coop. That's not an easy feat within the given time frame.

The cops are insanely difficult to avoid though - they kept hiding behind houses and almost always got me very fast.

Good job!
Haustgeirr
15. May 2023 · 21:14 UTC
Unforeseen consequence: I skipped the cutscene and spent the rest of the game thinking I played an abductor. Glad to find out I was wrong. The LD53 difficulty was impossible, did get a few kidnaps in on easy though. Great work.