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Delay Bedtime by Matt E

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made by Matt E for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

https://matt-eng.itch.io/delay-bedtime

You are a toddler and bedtime is at 8pm! You can distract the adults by unleashing mayhem.

This was created for Ludum Dare 50. The theme was Delay the inevitable.

On normal difficult 9:00 pm is a great time! My best time is 10:07. Best time in the comments 10:22!

Tips: - The adults see in a straight line which is blocked by walls. Don't make a mess when they can see you. - You can't rewind the clock past a certain time, otherwise the adults will figure out what your doing. - The Adults will send you to bed when the clock reaches 8pm or the sus-o-meter is full. - You can create a partial mess and finish it off later when you need to.

Thank you all you lovely people for playing my game 😀. The feedback is all appreciated especially criticism and what scores you got!

Please do not watch this. It's more fun to figure things out for yourself 🙂. However if the game doesn't make sense this play through might help.

https://youtu.be/b_sQu-MBeoc

Music and sounds was taken from a stock site.

Link https://matt-eng.itch.io/delay-bedtime
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/delay-bedtime

Ratings

Overall 123th 4.042⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 19th 4.292⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 74th 4.043⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 9th 4.563⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1254th 2.375⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Humor 47th 4.283⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 319th 3.841⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 34🗳️ 24🗨️

Feedback

natpat
05. Apr 2022 · 05:34 UTC
Made me laugh out loud. A very silly premise, and I liked having to both cause mayhem to distract and having to turn back the clock. I found myself getting caught quite quickly - maybe having the adults have a line of sight cone like in some "classic stealth games" would have made it a bit easier! Maybe I just need to get better, but could have been nice to have a few rounds of attempting to turn back the clock.
🎤 Matt E
05. Apr 2022 · 11:55 UTC
Thanks for the feedback 🙂. I was trying to implement a light cone but sadly I ran out of time.
Vincent Salgueiro
05. Apr 2022 · 12:01 UTC
Took a while to figure out the sus-o-meter but once I did had a total blast - awesome job!
kemp
05. Apr 2022 · 12:02 UTC
You know you're in trouble when the neighbour comes in to help wrangle you to bed! Fun twist on the stealth game genre.
stevepdp
05. Apr 2022 · 12:02 UTC
This had me chuckling at moments. A fun submission and creative use of the theme 👍
JojoPalambas
05. Apr 2022 · 12:04 UTC
Very nice game! Fits the theme perfectly, in such a unique way!
Kind of hard to understand the logics of the game but really fun!
LDJam user 168929
05. Apr 2022 · 15:02 UTC
Very cute. The sound effects helped a lot with conveying the game.
arqitech
05. Apr 2022 · 21:20 UTC
Great game! :smiley:

Right on theme! It took me a second to work out who the adults were, so an in game tutorial would have been nice.
Overall, a very good job :thumbsup:
MrEvilGuy
06. Apr 2022 · 03:45 UTC
9:18 on normal mode. THIS GAME IS HARD. I love it. The AI is so good hahaha, I love how they block the doors. Great music and sounds --good use of stock! Really makes me want to perfect every movement :D
franticCoder
06. Apr 2022 · 03:47 UTC
This was fun! I played it at least 5 times just trying to beat my old time. I liked how easy the gameplay was to figure out and how the WASD keys are the only controls in the game. Very nice job!
darwyn
06. Apr 2022 · 19:06 UTC
Ah childhood memories....
bohmann
06. Apr 2022 · 19:20 UTC
haahhhah what a unique game. Really very interesting to play even if the grapichs is so simple :D One time i bugged out game when released pigs, one pig left in cage and all people were hopeleslly trying to catch it and i could last forever :)) Very nice uncommon game
🎤 Matt E
06. Apr 2022 · 19:23 UTC
@bohmann thanks for playing and letting me know about the bug 🙂. I'll fix it after the jam.
Dining Philosopher
06. Apr 2022 · 19:38 UTC
Amazing entry! Played it quite a few times but never got further than 8:25 - it seems like outrunning the adults is the most important in the long run. Really love the mix of mechanics, the well-programmed AI, the inevitable end because more adults enter. The music and sound are very fitting as well.
Rost
07. Apr 2022 · 19:05 UTC
Funny concept. With some more graphics I could become very cool
Ethereal
07. Apr 2022 · 20:49 UTC
probably the best fit for the theme so far! was fun!
Aune
07. Apr 2022 · 21:28 UTC
Great idea, it took me two or three runs to figure it out. Once you get it, it's pretty cool. A bit addictive ^^. Nice entry !
mlho7
08. Apr 2022 · 13:17 UTC
Concept is really cool, and the way you implemented it is too, great job, it's fun to play.
KuKuRammus
08. Apr 2022 · 19:05 UTC
Really cool game, one off the most interesting interpretation I've seen this jam. Sound effect really add a lot to gameplay, great job :thumbsup:
Ines Brezavscek
09. Apr 2022 · 08:19 UTC
Haha, made me laugh with the stressful music. I like the idea and the mechanics of doing things to delay it. I did have a hard time figuring out just who the adults were. Cause they were different colours? But really good use of music, made me laugh with stress haha
hgcummings
09. Apr 2022 · 16:47 UTC
Absolutely love the concept! This was really fun to play and I really felt like a mischevious child running around the house. Rewinding the clock or unleashing the guinea pig are especially entertaining.
ruruie
10. Apr 2022 · 00:33 UTC
This is fantastic. I can't get over how sad the violin is when I'm sent to bed.
ruruie
10. Apr 2022 · 00:38 UTC
10:22!
tgiant
16. Apr 2022 · 12:34 UTC
This is a very cool little game.
Good work. If you slap proper graphics on this game you have a winner.
The sound and music felt very well planned. Good work.