Gary by Mohammad Aldehayat

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made by Mohammad Aldehayat for Ludum Dare 50 (COMPO)

You play as gary the octopus? and you're mission is to stay alive for as long as possible even though life is suffering.

Use the objects falling from the sky to stop the wall from closing in on you.!

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How to play

Place boxes and bananas next to the wall to slow it down. And use the pipes to temporarily stop the wall.

Controls

WASD to move

Space to Pick Up/Drop Items

Ratings

Overall 600th 2.595⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 574th 2.571⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 540th 2.667⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 243th 3.75⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 522th 2.833⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Audio 492th 2.056⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 297th 2.778⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 548th 2.528⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 17🗳️ 16🗨️

Feedback

kory
04. Apr 2022 · 03:28 UTC
Tried to play but the link is dead, got 404 not found :(
BangTheWall
04. Apr 2022 · 08:34 UTC
Best time 24.51

Cute idea. Really easy to understand.

I love that it's fast paced and you really can't win, only survive for longer. A great high score chaser.

Good job!
byazzle
04. Apr 2022 · 08:41 UTC
Haha a hilarious game! The short rounds mean retrying is more fun, so I appreciated that! I did have issues where sometimes the "Retry" button wouldn't come up, though.
Best I could do was 19.98, getting lucky with a string of sticks before getting squished :D
You really nailed the theme with this one, although I thought Gary was a cockroach! 🤦‍♂️😅
Great job!
LDJam user 258516
04. Apr 2022 · 13:01 UTC
Wow, how much violence!

The art is very well produced, and the sounds are receptive.

But I found the use of items confusing, the only thing I understood what it does is wood.

I think a tutorial in the post about what each item does will help the user experience.

Congratulations!
leorid
04. Apr 2022 · 13:33 UTC
I don't undestand the purpose of the boxes and bananas.
But placing wood planks worked quite fine. Short & Fun. ^^
🎤 Mohammad Aldehayat
04. Apr 2022 · 14:45 UTC
@kory thanks ^^ fixed.
LDJam user 262525
04. Apr 2022 · 15:54 UTC
My highscore is 20.92. Really good use of the theme. I like that the game is fast to play, however I feel that the result may be a bit too RNG-dependent. I think it would have been more fun if there were more kinds of items, so you had to prioritize which item to pick up.

Anyway, great game and the mission to "stay alive for as long as possible even though life is suffering" is a vibe.
Hadryel
04. Apr 2022 · 23:38 UTC
Nice concept! Those bananas feels like placebo to me :thinking: . But I like the mechanic aligned with the theme. Well done!
magicdweedoo
05. Apr 2022 · 06:22 UTC
nice lil ditty, fun in a very short amount of time. my best score is 20.77
kory
05. Apr 2022 · 15:21 UTC
Glad the link got fixed! Fun to play :) It was hard to tell that placing the items in front of the wall were doing anything, but I really liked the pipe item. Also watching my little spider friend explode was very sad well done
Dandala88
08. Apr 2022 · 00:00 UTC
Very short and simple game. I like when I pick up a game and understand the concept very quickly. In this case, you kind of have to :wink: . If you continue development a little more balancing on the drops would be nice. Something to make the game a bit more forgiving so I could keep a play through going for a while and then increase the difficulty over time. It would increase the intensity and make it feel like more of an accomplishment as well as punishment when you lose.

Solid entry. Thanks!
Aliiiii
11. Apr 2022 · 12:02 UTC
It's easy to play.
And it's very fit the theme!
Photosynthesaurus
12. Apr 2022 · 15:15 UTC
Fits the theme perfectly, lol
eyedromeda
13. Apr 2022 · 21:28 UTC
I like how the pipes work, and they're quite satisfying to use. The boxes and bananas could be a little more effective though, and some more variety would always be nice (although the time limit is usually to blame in these cases). The art style is one of my favorites from the jam so far. It's very unique and creates a strongly themed setting. The overflowing colors and the paintbrush texture also look really nice.
ambrits
15. Apr 2022 · 09:18 UTC
Nice and fitting idea. My best time was 20.00 (yep). The boxes and bananas were confusing at first since they don't seem to do much. Even though the game was fun, your success really depends on the items you get. I liked the hand-drawn graphics.
LDJam user 279546
15. Apr 2022 · 13:22 UTC
Cool idea with good art. My only suggestions are to adjust pipe drop rates and make boxes/bananas do more. There were runs where I got no pipes and I always got about 15s in those instances. They seemed to actually do more but if they didn't drop there was nothing I could do. Fun game though. Good job.
hmightypirate
15. Apr 2022 · 17:39 UTC
As some people said, pipes are the most effective. Bananas seems to be more a distraction and I like that but adding other items with different characteristics will add to the strategy.
Doraemon
19. Apr 2022 · 03:20 UTC
Great game and cute graphics!