Trash Compactor by underfoot

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made by underfoot for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

Short arcade-style game. Use Garbux to buy different pieces, and protect the badger as long as you can!

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Didn't get nearly as much done as I wanted to :( I had literally dozens more pieces to make but just ran out of time. Also the fire potion was supposed to push the wall back but it doesn't work sorry. But I'm happy to have at least made a playable game!!14.PNG

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Given 5🗳️ 4🗨️

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aerloth
05. Apr 2022 · 22:40 UTC
This entry would benefit a lot from some screenshots and some description!
The thumbnail grabbed my attention, but after the description I had low expectations - but boy was I surprised!

Beautiful pixelart, color pallette and super nice music come together nicely in this unconventional blend of tetris/block stacking and clicker game.

It took me some time to realize that I can click on the BUX to collect it - then more thigs started making sense ;) I am not fully aware what do the various jars do - I guess they were supposed to have some extra effect when crushed (once the game crashed after crushing the fire jar).

I enjoyed picking my next purchases and stacking them together to protect the cute badger. I wish that when encountering multiple pieces in a row, the compactor would destroy only one on each push, giving me more time to build and not favoring vertical structures so much - the game is quite hard for me and I usually die pretty quickly once some of my structures are gone. Would love to see some comeback mechanism to "push" the compactor back up somehow!

Solid entry - I think it would be great to update the description here and add some instructions - a lot more people will enjoy it then!

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Chris McKnight
06. Apr 2022 · 03:30 UTC
This is really well done, music, art and puzzles spliced with theme made for a really nice but simple game.
Id second the call for some more pictures and maybe do a post to get some visibility, was pleasantly surprised with this one :)
Lighty_the_Light
07. Apr 2022 · 00:15 UTC
A hard yet fun game! It took me quite a while to figure out how this game works though.

The survive time really depends on how many coin generators you got at early stages.

I haven't seen any blocks that could push back the ceiling, which made the ending really 'inevitable'. But I suppose having a slight chance of knockback the ceiling would set up the mood better and also make the game durable. Just my thought :smile:

Anyway, really well done! Good music, good animation, good art and gameplay design. I don't really know what else could I ask for.

*Update*

I got 5 coin generators in a row at the beginning! I held on for quite a long time until my mind got blown up for dealing with blocks in different shapes and sizes :laughing:
SofiGnedova
07. Apr 2022 · 00:19 UTC
Yo! It was a great experience :v_tone3:
After sleeping, I want to leave a detailed comment
Okamit
07. Apr 2022 · 00:20 UTC
Nice entry, aerloth say a lot of things I already think.

Good looking and cute graphics, fun gameplay. I would like to have a speed-up button and a retry-button though, for when you mess up and can't do anything else for a while (or at all). Also I got an error message on defeat.
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All in all, nice work!
benskca
07. Apr 2022 · 00:58 UTC
Really cool concept, it's a great idea to combine tetris-like mechanics with resource management! I like the art style a lot and the music's amazing, the game has a really great pace to it and the visuals and sound really help to build the tension. I think the systems you have in place right now are open to a tonne of expansion, and I think the potential here is amazing. Nice work!
SofiGnedova
07. Apr 2022 · 10:44 UTC
So. I "slept with thoughts about this game."
Despite the banal reflection of the theme - you will lose - the inevitable happened. ... Are you getting into it? Probably because there's a little badger sitting at the bottom.

It's great that certain designs give money. I can see the groundwork for "different bonuses from different items" I am looking forward to their implementation.

I think it will be a great game to play to it in public transport, in the bathroom or at work! The authors are great fellows. Cool!

P.S: Graphics, animation, UI and effects - FIRE :fire:
Aka Black Dog
14. Apr 2022 · 09:18 UTC
really great pixel art and awesome game, great concept