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Let Them Eat Cake by LDJam user 238552

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made by LDJam user 238552 for Ludum Dare 51 (COMPO)

LET THEM EAT CAKE

Play as a ravenous being that must satiate its hunger "Every 10 Seconds" to survive.

Rack up huge points and see how you rank in scoring. Are you ELITE?

Game play clip

https://youtu.be/GpOBwHmEFNg?t=15

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WSAD or Arrows to navigate. ESC to exit.

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I do devlogs on my Youtube channel "Devlog with Jake" I'll be releasing one on this experience sometime this week..

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp8s-7fFjO9AqQ3xdYRuuiQ

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Game created in Unity 2021.x. Models made in Blender 3.x. Sounds created in GarageBand/Audacity. Pngs for textures/materials created in Canva. Code written in visual studio code. Code repo: github.

I would have loved to offer a webGL version but I didn't optimize the game in time and the webGL version dropped frames and I didn't want that being the only feedback I heard.

Github Repo https://github.com/jakerutter/LetThemEatCake
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/let-them-eat-cake

Ratings

Given 17🗳️ 14🗨️

Feedback

mvasko2
03. Oct 2022 · 17:00 UTC
NOM!

This is truly an oddly satisfying game. The concept is very simple, but also very effective. Good graphics, sounds and music. Pretty comfortable to play with a gamepad. That said, maybe consider full gamepad support, including the menus?

Good job, I had a lot of fun :thumbsup:
ActuallyTheMoon
04. Oct 2022 · 05:37 UTC
Simple concept, but I love the execution! The graphics and sound effects make the game oddly compelling. It's a fun time! (The exit button doesn't seem to quit the game for me btw)
🎤 LDJam user 238552
04. Oct 2022 · 22:49 UTC
@actuallythemoon thanks for the feedback regarding the exit button, I thought I had fixed that issue. :/ Glad you found it oddly compelling :smiley:
🎤 LDJam user 238552
04. Oct 2022 · 22:50 UTC
@mvasko2 I appreciate you playing my game! Thanks for the feedback, I think making the gamepad work for all actions would be a great improvement.
Pegasus
04. Oct 2022 · 23:28 UTC
Very polished. The powerup foods were cool but there didn't really seem to be any other than the few in the starting area. Otherwise it was very satisfying to go round sucking up all the cake.
Quinn_Patrick
04. Oct 2022 · 23:36 UTC
This is a game that takes a really simple idea and puts it in a fun, well polished package, so good work there. My biggest issue was that the "bonus" foods (the ones that give you powerups) only seem to appear at the beginning of the game, and never again. Is that intentional? Nevertheless I was able to score around 65000 which feels pretty good.
Div00
04. Oct 2022 · 23:47 UTC
The sound design is good. I like the color palette used for assets. Lovely to look at definitely.

I wished if the meat and coffee have been more frequent though, it become impossible at the end to win without the speed boost which I didn't collect any so far :confused:

Another thing I wished I had is the web version (hosted here or on Itch.io) running games is far easier when it's hosted on the web than having to download it. I understand your wish to not receive feedback regarding the frame rate drop but sharing a warning regarding that while also providing web version and the desktop would be sufficient and for me at least I wouldn't have affected the rating.

Other than that, this was good :slight_smile:
🎤 LDJam user 238552
04. Oct 2022 · 23:51 UTC
@quinn-patrick @pegasys The special items (steak, coffee, carrot) should always have 3 (more in later rounds) of each type within a 50 unit circle around the player, but I hadn't confirmed that was working 100% of the time so you may have discovered a bug. Thanks so much for the feedback.
🎤 LDJam user 238552
04. Oct 2022 · 23:53 UTC
@div00 Great feedback, glad you liked the color palette. In the future I'll always include webGL because it really allows the game to be played more frequently and that's what it's all about--getting that feedback. Thanks for your insights.
Div00
05. Oct 2022 · 00:03 UTC
Thanks @jacobrutter for sharing more details. Good idea though regarding the controlling the spawn and not leaving it completely random. Would definitely get inspiration from :wink:
Caresle
05. Oct 2022 · 02:12 UTC
The sounds are great, also it's so funny to play, i really enjoy to eat those cakes.
CDManiac
06. Oct 2022 · 09:55 UTC
Okay I'm not a "boss" yet, but as a "veteran", I can say this game is furiously addictive, resulting from simple gameplay and good sound design.
I'm just wondering if anything could be done to keep the player in the spwaners area, as it seems I was able to move out of it.
Still a really fun game though! GG
Corporation
06. Oct 2022 · 20:36 UTC
Simple concept, but an original and funny setting) controls and feedback feels good. Well done)
🎤 LDJam user 238552
07. Oct 2022 · 02:38 UTC
@cdmaniac Thanks for the feeback! It makes me happy to hear I created something someone would describe as "furiously addictive". The spawners are supposed to move with the player -- but if you noticed that not happening it means there is room for improvement in that area.
🎤 LDJam user 238552
07. Oct 2022 · 02:39 UTC
@corporation thanks for playing my simple game, I'm glad you found it enjoyable!
Shibaya
07. Oct 2022 · 22:28 UTC
That's a funny game! Good job!
xCarl
08. Oct 2022 · 04:58 UTC
Very fun. The sound effects are very good, i really like them!
resacaGames
08. Oct 2022 · 23:27 UTC
Only found one booster :(
Game is rigged. Anyway got to veteran, MVP 10/10
![Screenshot (265).png](///raw/f2d/84/z/52e4f.png)
🎤 LDJam user 238552
09. Oct 2022 · 04:14 UTC
@resacagames I've discovered a bug in the code generating the special items, as pointed out by you and others. It'll be fixed post jam. Thanks for playing the game--that's a pretty solid score!
🎤 LDJam user 238552
09. Oct 2022 · 04:15 UTC
@xcarl Thanks for saying so, I've been trying to put more effort into audio. Thanks for playing my game!
Fribolin
11. Oct 2022 · 12:30 UTC
Very simple concept, yet quite addicting gameplay. The controls felt very good and the game felt quite balanced. I wished there were a few more special items. Not in variety, just in quantity :)
Solah
11. Oct 2022 · 12:49 UTC
That's a great scoring game! I really like the graphics of this one. What would be fun would be to add obstacles or maluses to spice it up!
🎤 LDJam user 238552
12. Oct 2022 · 01:56 UTC
@fribolin thanks for playing my little game! I agree 100% and have fixed for post jam version :)
🎤 LDJam user 238552
12. Oct 2022 · 01:57 UTC
@Solah This is the first time I've been recommended obstacles, I may have to explore that thought a bit. I'm not sure what maluses is but I'll google it! I appreciate your insights.
Vykri
15. Oct 2022 · 21:13 UTC
Hey, thanks for making the game! I played through it and recorded my thoughts.

https://youtu.be/JZn9UNIkKDw
🎤 LDJam user 238552
17. Oct 2022 · 04:25 UTC
@vykri watched the video, really awesome to see someone play the game and get feedback. Thanks for playing!