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Peter and the Pesky Puppets by agushmar

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made by agushmar for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

Our game tells us the story of Peter, a 7-year-old boy who has a strong creativity and doesn't like to go to sleep. While his family is away and he is entrusted with keeping the order in his house, he tends to embark on adventures accompanied by his hat and surrounded by darkness.

On this particular occasion we will accompany Peter in his task of collecting the evil spirits on the house! The most important thing at night is not letting your light go out, no adventurer will be able to advance without being able to see where they are going, so in order to do so we will have to refill our oil lamp with the fuel bottles spread across the house. While he battles against time in order to keep his lamp on, Peter them from causing any mischief. Peter will have to be smart and use logic to decipher the riddles left behind by the spirits and find them before his lamp runs out of fuel and he is engulfed by darkness. But even so there is no need to fear it... right?

Controls

W A S D - Move

I - Riddle list

E - Collect Puppets

TAB - Pause

Credits

•Character Artist & Animation

Yoel Ián Motillo La Pira

•UI Designer

Lautaro Lajmanovich

•Map artist

María Agustina Marega

Rocío Victoria Giménez

•Prop Artist

Ian Agustín Le Bot Garat

•Game designer

Ezequiel Alejandro Aguirre

•Developers

Mateo Fabbri

Matías Monti

Lucas Iván Pich Dalbert

Nicolás Ramos Marin

•Sound and Music Designer

Mr. Dorian

We are students of Image Campus - https://www.imagecampus.edu.ar/

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ITCH.IO https://agushmar.itch.io/peter-and-the-pensky
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/peter-and-the-pesky-puppets

Ratings

Overall 840th 3.429⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1013th 3.075⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1001th 2.963⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Theme 938th 3.439⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1139th 2.913⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Audio 659th 3.218⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Humor 886th 2.605⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Mood 360th 3.8⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Given 27🗳️ 61🗨️

Feedback

gord10ahmet
04. Apr 2022 · 17:59 UTC
Did you upload the game to itch.io?
ekeller217
04. Apr 2022 · 19:52 UTC
There's not a link to the game on your itch page
Jungle
04. Apr 2022 · 21:02 UTC
Hola manitos!! Please, mark me here when download link is available. Thanks
MikoziQ
04. Apr 2022 · 21:12 UTC
Hey! Same here, give me an at(@) when you have the linked game on your page! I will gladly play it :)
nicorm
05. Apr 2022 · 00:58 UTC
Buenardo man, altos cracks
Lucas Pich
05. Apr 2022 · 01:00 UTC
די שפּיל איז געווען זייער פֿאַרוויילערישע, מאַזל - טאָוו!
Wilson Taylor
05. Apr 2022 · 01:20 UTC
Very spooky, I dig the hell out of it.
nicorm
05. Apr 2022 · 01:33 UTC
Thanks pana I scared myself even when I made it
Mateo Fabbri
05. Apr 2022 · 01:37 UTC
Yooo this game slaps hard
xtoneer
05. Apr 2022 · 01:39 UTC
@mikoziq @jungle @ekeller217 @gord10ahmet
Nicolas Ramos Marin
05. Apr 2022 · 01:43 UTC
Loved the theme and the music, really innovative. 4.5/5
Kudoz
05. Apr 2022 · 01:59 UTC
Such a nice art style and very interesting gameplay, really intriguing, loved it!
nw22
05. Apr 2022 · 02:02 UTC
Really liked it, always love spooky vibes
blobo
05. Apr 2022 · 02:07 UTC
The game would really be improved by having a map! I love the riddles, but since I'm unfamiliar with the layout of the level I had a hard time finding the objectives. Cool game, and I love the atmosphere!
Jungle
05. Apr 2022 · 02:10 UTC
Nice entry, good mood. I like the main character and the horror atmosphere. Congratulations!
Lautilaj
05. Apr 2022 · 02:13 UTC
Thanks for the feedback!
uik
05. Apr 2022 · 06:42 UTC
Nice idea, was interesting to play! In game font is kind of hard to read.
Zelenoe_aloe
05. Apr 2022 · 08:36 UTC
good game! graphics and music are great!
Kate_Black
05. Apr 2022 · 08:42 UTC
cool progect,theme of jam full coverage
Bigkurikuri
05. Apr 2022 · 10:56 UTC
Very good ambience! The music is dope
Mateo Fabbri
05. Apr 2022 · 11:56 UTC
@uik thanks for the feedback!!! Is every text hard to read? If not tell me which please. Also, is the problem about the color?
lost or not
05. Apr 2022 · 12:25 UTC
Wonderful and unique!The designs and the music also give such an amazing atmosphere< 3
🎤 agushmar
05. Apr 2022 · 12:56 UTC
Thank you all for the feedback! We really appreciate your comments! <3
LDJam user 234120
05. Apr 2022 · 13:43 UTC
Great presentation, though it took a few retrys to figure out exactly what I had to do. Didn't realize initially the clues had to be done in order. I loved the sound and music elements (real critical for spookey games!) but after a point they stopped, it would have been nice if they kept going. I'll second the map comment, learning the layout of the house is tricky with it getting darker and darker.

Overall this was a fun play.
Mehran
05. Apr 2022 · 14:06 UTC
I liked the spookiness of it! First I was confused and walked randomly till I got what should I do.
uik
05. Apr 2022 · 14:51 UTC
For me the text in the riddle book (when u press I?) was kind of gard to read, the color is fine but the font is a bit messy
Cande
05. Apr 2022 · 17:46 UTC
I really liked the game. I had to learn the map and know where the rooms are to complete it, and that was really cool. I also liked the spooky shadows that appeared when I walked by them and all the puppets, specially the creeper. Great game!
Rouxy
05. Apr 2022 · 18:51 UTC
Thanks for the feedback and the nice comments! <3
fosf0
05. Apr 2022 · 19:25 UTC
I really like the atmosphere you created! I really liked the design of those "shadows" that were around the map. It would be interesting to know a little more about their narrative <3
RandyRude
05. Apr 2022 · 21:29 UTC
Cool game! I like the alliterative name too, rolls of the tongue nicely. nice job!
BananaGuyBob
05. Apr 2022 · 21:44 UTC
Looks like a great game! Do you have an itch.io upload?
Sodoj
05. Apr 2022 · 22:12 UTC
A very decent entry! The mood is top notch and very well done! So is the artstyle. I love Over the Garden Wall and this game heavily reminded me of it. Though some of the art, like the side angle, can look a bit weird from time to time...
Motti
05. Apr 2022 · 22:34 UTC
@bananaguybob yes we do, check it out!!
Mateo Fabbri
05. Apr 2022 · 23:03 UTC
@bananaguybob https://agushmar.itch.io/peter-and-the-pensky it is in software tho
SasquatchBStudios
06. Apr 2022 · 00:02 UTC
Really solid entry!

Pros:
Really liked how the lighting was affected in real-time by how low the candle was.
Seeing the spirits only when I was a certain distance away from them was really cool, it was like they were juuuust being seen in my peripheral.
Really strong mood with this one, was creepy and haunty-feeling.

Cons:
Was frustrating in several ways. The rooms felt too big and I had some serious trouble finding enough fuel to last me long enough to fully explore the house.
The riddles were good, but without knowing where each room that the riddle corresponded to they weren't very useful. A minimap would have been super helpful here!

Overall well done!
SS9
06. Apr 2022 · 00:27 UTC
I really liked the premise and mood of the game! I especially enjoyed the eyes that appeared in windows, as well as how the candle light actually dimmed over time! I was somewhat confused with how to progress through the game, but I like it!
Mateo Fabbri
06. Apr 2022 · 00:51 UTC
@ss9 THANK YOU. Thanks for noticing man, its honest work
🎤 agushmar
06. Apr 2022 · 01:14 UTC
thank you all for the feedback, we looked into some bugs and fixed the resolution incompatibility on some monitors
IzhVaryag
06. Apr 2022 · 04:07 UTC
Good job, but u have a problem with sprite's layer order. Also i think if u make pause when player open riddle list that game must be better
chingle
06. Apr 2022 · 04:16 UTC
The sound design is great, gets you in the right mood for this game. I also enjoyed solving the riddles. Good job everyone on the team! Improvements that I can think of has already been said.
3LSTMsInATrenchcoat
06. Apr 2022 · 07:31 UTC
I love the shadowy figures that appear only on the edges of your vision. The fact that the bar representing your candle also visually appears as a candle is a nice touch. Like others have said, it's not initially clear that you need to complete the riddles in order; I only got that by reading other comments. The map is large and requires multiple attempts to get a feel for, especially since the candle becomes unusably dark long before it officially runs out, so you really only get a feel for where you are for about 2 thirds of the time. For those reasons I found it a bit frustrating to play. The ambience is really good, though!

I'm seeing a lot of unusually large teams this year, all from from Image Campus. I guess you guys are doing Ludum Dare as part of an assignment or something?
hechi
06. Apr 2022 · 15:06 UTC
I liked the mood of this game. When the light of the candle begins to dim as it burns down, it generates a very well achieved anguish. Good work!
nardandas
06. Apr 2022 · 16:41 UTC
The mood and the audio were really well done. I found the gameplay kind of at odds with the candle mechanic. As others have said, it made it very hard to see what was going on. Additionally, the level design made it kind of unclear what was what in general. I think fixing either of these would make it much easier to traverse the world.
🎤 agushmar
06. Apr 2022 · 23:47 UTC
thank you! <3 @chingle @izhvaryag @hechi @nardandas
@3lstmsinatrenchcoat Thank you! lots of us are student from Image Campus and they're giving us some extra ''points'' in our university by participating in Ludum Dare. Also we're receiving more points if we include students from other careers of Image Campus. That's why there may be groups of lots of people
TheAlbynoRyno
07. Apr 2022 · 02:16 UTC
I like the game and want to keep playing to try and beat it but I feel like I'm doing something wrong. The first couple runs I didn't see a single refill candle, then I had one run where the whole map was filled with refill candles (This is where I was able to figure out the puppets are the little toys and not the ghosts that kept running away from my light - might be helpful to have a little "puppet" notation with an arrow pointing to the little toy under the ghost in your visual guide that displays before playing, I was thinking you had to get the ghosts by giving them a toy initially from that image). After the candle filled run I did a few more with no candles showing up again, and this last one I didn't see any until I got to the library but it was just too far for my starting candle to make it so I died in the darkness. Are the spawns random? Do they need to be triggered by going into other rooms first?
Otherwise really cool idea- exploring the map was fun and once you see all the rooms deciphering the riddles was pretty satisfying. I do wish some of the walls had been split into top/bottom sections to alleviate the layering issue with the player and the candle has a noticeable white outline that doesn't look like it was intentional but overall I think you did a really great job.
Nidel
07. Apr 2022 · 15:28 UTC
Nice atmosphere, really spooky :D The candle as a timer is clever, just a bit strange for me to see it in horizontal but it works well. Congrats !
Cover Club Media
07. Apr 2022 · 17:25 UTC
Nice and spooky I love it. Great Submission here. Keep it up!
Raphiell
07. Apr 2022 · 18:18 UTC
Great ambience, art, sound, but I think the list of dolls to find was too long. It took me a few tries to even get the first few.

Also when I tried to go fullscreen I got an error. Something about "Unity fullscreen error"
Kr1z
08. Apr 2022 · 01:48 UTC
Me gusto, el ambiente me parece bien logrado, que creo es casi de lo mas importante en este caso, y hacer que se sienta bien puede ser difícil.
Por lo demás que IMAGE de mas CEPPIC xD
MaxPowerGD
08. Apr 2022 · 03:10 UTC
Aguante los puntos Ceppic (? Digo, me gustó la temática, está bien planteado n.n
gabas
08. Apr 2022 · 12:42 UTC
Oh man! This game was pretty scary hahaha, the tension of the candle decreasing and the sound gave me goosebumps, congratulations.
Ava Skoog
20. Apr 2022 · 18:16 UTC
Great atmosphere with spooky sounds! Nice to have that title theme on the menu too. Good use of the light both for mood and the game mechanic 👻 The riddles were pretty good, with the limited time it would've been incredibly difficult to get all the puppets if they were any harder to figure out 😅 In the end after many playthroughs I was unable to beat the whole game, but I had just one room remaining on my last try! Since the puppets are the same every time and each replay gets easier after learning where they are, I think maybe it would've been better if the extra candles were in the same spots every time too; the randomness made it a bit frustrating since your success hinged so much on it. I discovered you walk twice as fast sideways so I ended up "cheating" by zigzagging around but I'm not sure how far I would've gotten without it 😁 Overall very cool concept and fairly good game, just needs a bit of polish!