Dr. Jan Itor by VorpalSnark

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made by VorpalSnark for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

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A heart transplant a day keeps the doctor away!

Play as the tireless Janitor in this campy Body Horror game. He's been through many transplants, but his body rejects them all!

To fuel his need for more hearts, he took a job cleaning up behind the world's worst Hospital. There's plenty of hearts leftover to go around. But don't get caught taking one! And if you can't keep up your job performance, you'll lose access to them!

Ratings

Overall 912th 3.367⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Fun 750th 3.328⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 403th 3.583⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Theme 641th 3.7⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1052th 3.133⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Humor 276th 3.724⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Mood 828th 3.367⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Given 27🗳️ 39🗨️

Feedback

Oliver Richmeier
05. Apr 2022 · 00:23 UTC
Funny concept, but seems oddly chance based, unless there's some mechanic I'm missing. Most attempts, the heart runs out far before there's another one to get
CSdoesCS
05. Apr 2022 · 08:53 UTC
This game is great! Balancing cleaning the hospital, not leaving too much water on the ground, and finding times to sneak in and get a fresh heart makes the game complex enough to be fun, and simple enough to understand right away. The art is simple but effective, and the beige and blue color palette feels very hospital-ish. One of my favorites so far!
MarcosBriz
05. Apr 2022 · 10:28 UTC
I'm a simple human. I play a game where I'm a janitor and I have to clean stuff and I give 5 star.
ArianaD
05. Apr 2022 · 23:34 UTC
omg I was SHOCKED when he just started taking the hearts LOL, but I enjoyed playing!! It was kinda chill which feels weird to say thinking about the task at hand. The sound effect of the heart when it started to fail was a nice touch! Really gave me a sense of urgency
Blizzsuxx
05. Apr 2022 · 23:40 UTC
Great concept, I'm also a big fan of the minimalist artstyle.
Also, big fan of the beating heart sound as your heart starts stopping.
LDJam user 279546
06. Apr 2022 · 01:48 UTC
I didn't read the description before playing and boy was I not prepared for how that started off. Campy and entertaining idea!
NeM
06. Apr 2022 · 02:50 UTC
Well, it's... hmmm... "original" xD .
I'm really happy that the game can be played with an AZERTY keyboard, but I'm sad it's not compatible with GamePad unfortunately :( .

The game is not really beautiful, and animation are really basic.

At least, it's... or
MrEvilGuy
06. Apr 2022 · 05:29 UTC
Hahaha this was fun. There's something super appealing about just slip and sliding all over the floor with the mop, hitting other doctors down. Janitors are def. underused as main characters in games. My one suggestion is to add a couple more doctors -- the two walking around are so slow, too easy to die!
nardandas
06. Apr 2022 · 16:19 UTC
Fun concept! I found it a bit unclear what makes the doctors unhappy with you, sometimes my meter just shot down and I wasn't sure why.
LilianC
06. Apr 2022 · 16:28 UTC
The concept is super fun and I love a good Scrubs reference x) However I wasn't able to survive, the first doctor is always too slow to bring a body to the morgue
valentines
08. Apr 2022 · 04:30 UTC
Fun and original concept and charming artstyle :) Great job
Kmyho
08. Apr 2022 · 13:18 UTC
Fun ideas ! great job !
Doot
09. Apr 2022 · 09:16 UTC
Nice job!

The mix of trying to clean behind people and get the hearts of the deads forces you to always have an eye on everything that is happening, it's good!

It didn't always felt very clear on why I got fired, I think a clearer explanation on the end screen could be great.
aerloth
10. Apr 2022 · 22:07 UTC
Man the heart transplanting animation is really SOMETHING :D

Nice combination of mechanics (metal gear heart transplant?)
I like the suspense and the fact that I need to juggle and look out when is the best moment to perform the transplant :D

Nice tough with the hospital guys slipping on the wet floor and decreasing satisfaction.
The chill elevator music helps with the absurd tone of the game - everything here feels consistent and comes together nicely.

Would love to get some more variety as after a few transplants I've found an optimal strategy and it was not problematic to keep my heart meter up.

++ for the grillmaster 9k :DD

At first I thought I can also "interact" with the dead patients in their rooms as well but it's understandable why it would be suspicious :D

:v: nice one
rodel77
12. Apr 2022 · 16:36 UTC
Very nice game, only problem is that blood gets under beds sometimes making it impossible to clean