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Garbage Collector by tenshi42

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made by tenshi42 for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

Garbage Collector

You’re just a simple guy doing an honest job: collecting garbage!

The streets are overflowing with trash, the bins are packed to the brim, and it’s up to you to clean it all up.
Load everything into your truck to earn points and keep the city shining!

But watch out! Some people let their dogs run loose (woof!), traffic is getting heavy, and those bananas are way more slippery than they look!

Controls

  • WASD / ZQSD – Move
  • Space – Jump
  • E – Grab/Release trash, Inspect/Stop inspecting bins, Get on/off the rear truck platform (to avoid dogs)
  • F – Throw object (when holding one)
  • Left Shift – Run
  • Left Click (while inspecting a bin) – Collect trash

*Screenshots *

inGame1 (Grand).png
inGame2 (Grand).png
leaderboard.png

Link https://tenshi42.itch.io/garbagecollector
Link https://tenshi42.itch.io/garbagecollector
Link https://tenshi42.itch.io/garbagecollector
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/garbage-collector-2

Ratings

Overall 293th 3.632⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 285th 3.5⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 452th 3.158⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 31th 4.368⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 202th 3.632⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 164th 3.583⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 510th 3.361⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 32🗳️ 7🗨️

Feedback

Idandot
Oct 07th · 06:45 UTC
The game froze after roughly 30 seconds of play. Props for the original music, and the concept is cool!
🎤 tenshi42
Oct 07th · 09:45 UTC
@idandot Thanks you soooo much for you feedback !!!!
There was a HUGE memory leak due to Unity 6000.2.6f2 that we did not see with 64Go RAM PCs ^^'
It is now fixed (by downgrading to 6000.0.x) and should be playable !
Thanks again a lot !
🎤 tenshi42
Oct 07th · 09:45 UTC
@idandot Thanks you soooo much for you feedback !!!!
There was a HUGE memory leak due to Unity 6000.2.6f2 that we did not see with 64Go RAM PCs ^^'
It is now fixed (by downgrading to 6000.0.x) and should be playable !
Thanks again a lot !
Kit Gorn
Oct 07th · 10:10 UTC
Not bad. I didn't think the main problem for garbage collectors was banana peels. I also liked the postman's worst enemy. The music is nice.
Orlov Nikolay
Oct 07th · 10:32 UTC
I really liked the music and gameplay, except that it was not clear how to throw some items into a garbage truck, but bananas and dogs were very funny.
nextnoon
Oct 07th · 10:56 UTC
A fellow trash collector! Together we keep these streets lookin proper
JustusPan
Oct 07th · 12:54 UTC
Simple and straightforward idea. Perhaps the controls could be adjusted; currently, it feels difficult to successfully throw the garbage onto the truck. Also, pressing the E key to place the garbage on the truck often fails; maybe the detection could be more lenient. Very nice game.
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Fis
Oct 07th · 19:50 UTC
Nice little game! My computer also started thinking very hard and turned the fan rates way up more I was expecting.

Wider screens than 16:9 are messing up with the UI, as the text content no longer fits in the UI containers (I assume you scale the font depending on the width of the screen, so this explodes then).

But still - well done!
LDJam user 411567
Oct 11th · 03:12 UTC
Quite a nice game, but I didn't like the amount of negative props especially since it felt like the looking in the garbage was just a waste of time. But the game loop works pretty good!
The sound effects were also quite fitting. The throwing mechanic was the best in my view! realizing that you don't have to walk to the truck ^^
but the truck could have been an open one i think that would have made way more sense, in the beginning i thought i needed to lift the garbage units with the truck or something.
ah and i see the platform was for protection against the dog, lol didn't get that at all
LDJam user 417758
Oct 11th · 03:26 UTC
Nice game!
Ciphereo
Oct 11th · 04:39 UTC
An interesting game! The music is also very pleasant to listen to. It would be better if there were fewer banana peels.lol:D
gonutz
Oct 11th · 06:25 UTC
Hey, I recognize this car model from a tutorial I watched recently :-D
LDJam user 179298
Oct 11th · 12:32 UTC
The music goes crazy with the choirs like you're in some epic boss fight. The core gameplay loop is solid and addictive, it was fun to keep the combo going and there's incentive to get a high score due to the leaderboards being a thing. Very well made and fun!
tuh
Oct 11th · 21:20 UTC
I've commited every insurance fraud possible in this game. Had a good time, one of the better ones in the competition :dog:
LDJam user 243193
Oct 17th · 11:17 UTC
Nice garbage collection game! I wish the truck would start slower before going faster to allow collecting all garbages in first couple seconds of the game.
7uc4s
Oct 20th · 20:24 UTC
nice one, we also did garbage related, but not same style, really like the idea of following the truck, but I think I would have liked to game to be a little more nervous :)