Bath Time by benjamm

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made by benjamm for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

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In this Western in-browser thriller, you play as Slippin' Slidin' Sammy Two Shoes in his quest to maintain his dignity and honor as a cowboy. Your mission is simple - avoid the oncoming bathtubs and soap bars! The more you avoid, the more come your way - and the FASTER they come! How long can you stave off a scrubbin'?

All assets minus music are made from scratch in the time frame of the game-jam.

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  • Lead Programmer: Mr.Dandro
  • Lead 3D Artist: benjamm
  • Lead 2D Artist: Zeefaux (Zah)

  • Song: Traveling with Corina - Remastered by Lobo Loco

  • Song discovered b: Kimikyu

Ratings

Overall 968th 3.313⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Fun 750th 3.328⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1311th 2.469⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Theme 800th 3.563⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 936th 3.328⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Humor 124th 4.016⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Mood 975th 3.217⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Given 53🗳️ 42🗨️

Feedback

smilewood
05. Apr 2022 · 00:36 UTC
Very funny take on this theme! I love the static art on the menu and game over screen - it does a lot to sell the mode of the game you have created. The gameplay itself is entertaining enough, I thought the pace felt slow at the beginning but it ramped up quickly as the number of obstacles exploded. The character animation is great, the bouncing hat made me laugh when I spotted it. My high score was 128 baths avoided. Fantastic game jam game!

(What does our unnamed cowboy have to fear, none of those bathtubs have any water in them in this desert)
3BT
05. Apr 2022 · 03:16 UTC
I will say it starts a bit slow, but it does get pretty intense later on. I liked the ragdoll animations though, as well as the cinematic cover art
TwistedHawk
05. Apr 2022 · 03:26 UTC
This was a lot of fun to play! You hit the theme down well, your art looks great, and the controls are solid! If there is anything I would suggest to make it better, it's go big on the difficulty! I think it can get hard a little faster than it did, giving the game a more frantic and fast pace!

Thank you for making this!
koro.games
05. Apr 2022 · 07:08 UTC
Hah! I think it would be great for mobile! fun
ruruie
05. Apr 2022 · 12:00 UTC
Once I realized what this game was, I specifically tested how compromising the hitbox would be to my dignity and was definitely able to leave both shoes out of the reach of soap and bath at least! That's a victory right? Maybe?
jamjamix
05. Apr 2022 · 13:35 UTC
Really funny and straightforward. I was nervous at first not knowing what the controls were but I figured it out. I could see myself playing this on my phone just to kill a few minutes here or there. Well done!
Unbugged
05. Apr 2022 · 17:16 UTC
Crazy idea! :smiley: Fun game. I agree with previous commenter, this would work on mobile.
Mike Baldwin
05. Apr 2022 · 17:49 UTC
Awesome game! Awesome take on the theme! Loved how his hat sped up as well. Great job!
Gatlink
05. Apr 2022 · 18:45 UTC
I love the setting, that's not something we see often in video game land. And that hat was hypnotizing me...
OtterFaeLure
05. Apr 2022 · 19:16 UTC
I love the twist on a cowboy game! Your cacti are also spot on. :D
FloGames
05. Apr 2022 · 19:57 UTC
I avoided 491 baths until I hit a soap bar. It's Salvador Dali meets John Wayne in a pretty hilarious simplistic western-themed endless runner. Good graphics, perfect music. Controls a bit floaty. Should have called it "Dry Noon". Heh.
Cookie_CHR
05. Apr 2022 · 20:52 UTC
Really funny twist on the theme! I love the bouncing hat. 116 avoided baths here, not as good as others but I'm still satisfied
🎤 benjamm
05. Apr 2022 · 21:44 UTC
@flogames Dry Noon... good one haha. Right now the highest score between the team is 894, but 491 is quite high. Fun fact that's also around the mark when the song loops.
saikai
05. Apr 2022 · 23:04 UTC
Nice one. I successfully avoided 118 baths!
Tyler Miller
06. Apr 2022 · 03:04 UTC
At first, I was like psh, this is easy. Turns out I was wrong :laughing: I was close lined by the soap! I really liked the idea of this game and the 2d art!
rschoellgen
06. Apr 2022 · 03:49 UTC
haha I love the idea of avoiding as scrubbin'. Great work! I think a trail color / material would make it easier to see where the edge is on the path. Overall, I thought the environment was well made.
Narffy
06. Apr 2022 · 16:27 UTC
ahahah very funny ! nice game and like the concept
blobo
07. Apr 2022 · 01:14 UTC
The humor is top notch, and the graphics are exceptionally great! All the details in the background like the cacti and bushes are easy to overlook, but I can tell a lot of effort went into making them, and it paid off! The music is great, and I love the bit about no self-respecting cowboy ever taking a bath. ha! I wish when you lost, your cowboy would scream "Ahhh!" or something, but the ragdolling was equally as funny. Great job!
Phoenix Fireflower
07. Apr 2022 · 21:07 UTC
Very clever twist on the theme. Would've been funny if the baths and soap bars eventually start homing in on you. I've managed to avoid 384 baths.
island-jam-2-group-3
11. Apr 2022 · 21:22 UTC
As others pointed out: very original and funny take on the theme! :-P

Some improvement points (my point of view):

- The difficulty increase seemed a bit too slow for me.
- Sometimes it was hard to tell if the cowboy would avoid a bath or collide with it.
- I missed some in-game instructions but the game is simple enough for this to be a big issue.
- Missing SFX.

On the good side: I loved the atmosphere! Nice song selection and the graphics were lovely. The gameplay also did invite to replay it.

Nice job!
dikkop
13. Apr 2022 · 22:54 UTC
The game looks and sounds pretty slick! The gameplay is a bit standard, could look for some choices for the player or an extra action to increase speed or tension. Maybe a pistol to shoot the bath tubs?
koalatte
19. Apr 2022 · 08:22 UTC
that background music is now my new.. Jam *crickets*

anyhows, liked the music, was this recorded with an actual guitar?

it's the vibes and theme of the game that makes this fun, looking forward to my next bath (or not lol) nice one!