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Stork inc. by Ntimi

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made by Ntimi for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

Welcome to Stork inc.!

Did you know who delivers the babies? Well, the storks of course! But not any storks, no! At Stork inc., you control a highly trained and professional fleet of certified Baby-delivery Storks to reach your one and only goal: impress your grandfather! Can you end your first week as the fleet manager with more Birdcoins than you started with?

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Tutorial:

  1. Click on a stork
  2. Send it to a Baby (by clicking on it)
  3. Repeat!

Grow your team in between days - or fire your employees if they cost you more than their worth?

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Controls:

Mouse (Click on workers, click on markers, click on buttons, click to skip dialog lines)

Tip

Want to spend money you don‘t have?
Just do it. The bank has you covered. For now.

How far will you make it in seven days? Will you make the most of your team? Or will your team make the most of you?

Changes

1.1: Bug fixes: - Re-added missing results screen - fixed end text selection (wrong end text was displayed sometimes)

1.2: Small usability fixes: - Moved Markers behind birds - Allow skipping intro text lines

1.3: Small usability fixes: - Prevent click on selected bird - Increase speech time (more time to read) - Move coins to first layer (so you can see your coins in shop) - Add an arrow to the hire button (most people didn't realize it's clickable)

HTML5 (web) (1.3) https://ulm-awesome.itch.io/stork-inc
Windows (1.3) https://github.com/schnuet/ld53-Stork-Inc/releases/download/v1.3.0/StorkInc-mac-1.3.0.zip
macOS (1.3) https://github.com/schnuet/ld53-Stork-Inc/releases/download/v1.3.0/StorkInc-mac-1.3.0.zip
Windows (1.1) https://github.com/schnuet/ld53-Stork-Inc/releases/download/v1.1.0/StorkInc-1.1-windows.exe
macOS (1.1) https://github.com/schnuet/ld53-Stork-Inc/releases/download/v1.1.0/StorkInc-1.1-mac.zip
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/stork-inc

Ratings

Overall 503th 3.652⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 573th 3.457⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 729th 3.174⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 412th 4.087⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 489th 3.848⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 468th 3.391⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 490th 3.262⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 931th 3.114⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 14🗳️ 32🗨️

Feedback

HermanLejter
01. May 2023 · 18:34 UTC
Artwork was cute, game concept was cute, too! Wish the moment-to-moment was a little more interactive though.
theArtifacts
01. May 2023 · 22:52 UTC
What you've made was made well. I would give the ability to show all of the dialog so we can read it faster if we want without having to skip the intro. The gameplay itself was a little too simple for me, but I'm sure it has it's audience. Cheers!
Tom_Oak
03. May 2023 · 14:34 UTC
Hi! I had fun, the gameplay loop is simple but effective and the intro was charming, beautiful and generaly super well made! (I also smiled at the fact that both our game include a grandparent letting us in charge of the delivery office)
On a technical note, I found myself trying to select my birds right as they delivered the babies and had to wait until they were not under the "parent" sprite anymore, although it might be by design?
Nice work overall!
Str8griz
03. May 2023 · 14:41 UTC
Love the story art, great style. Gameplay was fun too. I found myself getting lost in what storks were in flight, especially near the end when I was managing 6-7. Learning curve is perfect though, day 1 I was like oh I get this. Day 2 buy more birds, ohh okay, Day 3-7 I was a delivery machine.

Great job.
zyapimstudios
03. May 2023 · 14:44 UTC
Overall I really liked the game, however sometimes it just stopped working for me. I couldn't interact with anything and had to restart. Other than that, it was pretty fun!
🎤 Ntimi
03. May 2023 · 14:53 UTC
Thank you for the comments and feedback, you all! :)

@tom-oak Oh, you're right, storks go under the markers! That seems like a bug I should fix. Thanks for the notice.
lgg
03. May 2023 · 14:59 UTC
Love the graphics, subtitles could go one by one, so I can click to see the next. The gameplay is simple and the fun starts at couple employees :-)
Georgy
03. May 2023 · 15:04 UTC
A very fun game when you can buy all the birds at once after the first day, and not understand what is happening at all. I loved it. And yes, it's possible that the problem is that the score can go into a minus score. Overall very cool and great design!
YurisCat
04. May 2023 · 19:04 UTC
The logo of this game is really impressive, with a very professional design that looks like it could be a big company's logo! The characters and scene designs, drawn with pencil and colored in, are very cute. It's a great game!
Space_Games
05. May 2023 · 14:38 UTC
I liked it! The main idea, art, and gameplay loop is basic but that doesn't mean it was bad. If this were to be expended a bit more I could see myself playing more!
Kitira
05. May 2023 · 17:52 UTC
Nice game idea! I like that with each day more animals appear. Also the dimming at the end of the day is nicely done.
BlackCat508
07. May 2023 · 06:42 UTC
Great game! It did get a bit repetitive, maybe add more strategy by giving each employee stats, such as speed
LDJam user 276593
08. May 2023 · 18:14 UTC
Really nice entry.

Some slick touches in this one. The fading out of the day, the nicely done difficulty curve, the (IMO) really lovely background art.

A really solid foundation to which you could add more clicker mechanics, like upgrades, automatic play unlocks etc.
Voodoo
08. May 2023 · 18:32 UTC
Was a fun game, I messed up my elbow earlier in the day so a spam clicker was a challenge but pushed through the pain. Feels like the start of an idle game almost, kept expecting to see some sort of manager or auto routing purchase available :P
bashem
09. May 2023 · 07:55 UTC
Nice game! I haven't really been able to manage more than two or three birds at a time, especially while trying to assign tasks in a more or less coherent way based on the distance between the bird, the baby and the adult waiting for the delivery, but it gets somehow easier game after game. Love the concept!
adjo
10. May 2023 · 21:36 UTC
The art and background music is really nice. It's a great entry!
nrankin13
12. May 2023 · 16:54 UTC
This was really well-executed, and I would totally buy this on the app store for those times where I have five minutes waiting in the doctor's office. Loved the sound and music choices; great job!
Tan90
18. May 2023 · 10:23 UTC
I'm glad to be able to play your game. The art style of the game is very cute, and I really like it