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Animal Teleporting by JamesW

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made by JamesW for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

TLDR - To place animals on teleport points, click to choose, press WASD or ↑←↓→ to move.

Hello guys,

Welcome to the Animal Teleporting game!

This is a PUZZLE game. Several animals are traveling together and the way of their transportation is teleport. Help them reach teleport points so that they can visit the next place together!

NOTE: If you can't see the level info panel on the top in HTLM5 version, you can click FULLSCREEN button to expand the window.

Objective

  1. You goal is to ensure EVERY animal is on AT LEAST ONE teleport point in each level.
  2. There are 13 levels in total.

Gameplay

  1. Click any animal to select, then press W/A/S/D or Up/Left/Down/Right to move them.
  2. Each animal has their compatible terrains (where they can stay), see the “√” mark in tooltips.
  3. Some animals may be constrained by some special rules, if any, the rules will be showed in tooltips as well.

Tips

  1. The status that all teleport points are occupied is NOT a required condition in ANY level for completing the level.
  2. Use Undo/Redo buttons if needed instead of restarting the level.
  3. Remember: this is a crowded world, so animals are easily be blocked by each other, be careful!

Credits

Made in 72 hours by: - James Weng(@jamesw) - Game Design & Programming - Almost(@Almost1998) - Art - Zehui Guo(@zhg-zzz) - Game Design

Good luck and enjoy!

itch.io https://jameswxw.itch.io/animalteleporting
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/54/animal-teleporting

Ratings

Overall 283th 3.856⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Fun 233th 3.856⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 419th 3.529⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Theme 146th 4.269⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 573th 3.618⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Humor 519th 2.989⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Mood 639th 3.451⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Given 51🗳️ 94🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 312900
03. Oct 2023 · 10:32 UTC
Cool little puzzle game and liked the theme of having the different sized pieces. Made for a interesting puzzle every level. Well done!
herman6006
03. Oct 2023 · 10:36 UTC
Cool puzzle game with interesting mechanics, it was hard but I loved it. Small thing but the SFX for moving animals is too loud imo.

Thanks for this entry :D
noagard
03. Oct 2023 · 10:36 UTC
Nice puzzle, liked the different abilities of the animals! It might be better to make the movement sound quieter for a better experience.
tmpxyz
03. Oct 2023 · 10:40 UTC
This little puzzle game is well polished, the levels are well designed too, the graphics and BGM are soothing to go with.
This is a well entry for LD jam.
Tesseract
03. Oct 2023 · 10:53 UTC
A neat puzzle game. I particularly liked how the crab's movement rules made it feel crab like.
OddballDave
03. Oct 2023 · 10:54 UTC
This is a really solid entry. Everything was done well and fitted together nicely. The puzzles weren't too hard, which is what you want from a jam game, and the range of different animal properties was plentiful, but not overwhelming. I managed to complete all the levels. Didn't come across any bugs or issues, but I would have liked to be able to TAB through the animals instead of clicking them. But that's only a minor gripe as I had a blast. Good stuff :8ball:
Zircon332
03. Oct 2023 · 10:59 UTC
The puzzles and mechanics are really nice. It fits the theme really well, I keep finding myself banging into walls and wishing there were more space. The mechanics are fun and interesting, tho I die a little every time I have to deal with moving the deer.

Pros
- Some levels are really well designed and satisfying to solve
- Nice music and coherent visuals
- 🦀Crab is the best animal🦀

Cons
- Some levels are a little too big and cluttered. I like puzzles that are small, with a new twist to it. My favourite puzzles are when there are so little options that it looks impossible until it clicks. Bigger puzzles mean there's more steps to go through, so it can slow down pacing.
- The UI to indicate what animals can walk on is too big. I think little icons would work. Seeing it every time I select an animal is weird.
- Deer >:( 🦌🚌

Overall fun, mini puzzle game. Well done!
crylica
03. Oct 2023 · 10:59 UTC
Interesting take on the theme, it's a well thought out puzzle game. I think the themeing could have been stronger- why are the animals teleporting? I think a stronger story would have been to guide them to their den/home?
LDJam user 4312
03. Oct 2023 · 20:53 UTC
Fun and cute little puzzle game, I really enjoyed the different "layouts" and movement constraints of the animals. Had a really cozy and laid back atmosphere.
treenut
03. Oct 2023 · 21:25 UTC
nice puzzle game!
Flying Butter Studio
04. Oct 2023 · 12:05 UTC
Nice concept, good take of the theme, lovely music and cute animals: Good game :heart:

Congrats, that's a nice entry! :smile:
Rusu Gabriel
04. Oct 2023 · 17:28 UTC
The game is fun. The music is good. Maybe change the sound a bit for when the animals move because it defines a bit annoying when it's repetitive
Leo Lin
04. Oct 2023 · 17:31 UTC
cool puzzle game, could add some animations when animals are moving. Overall it's pretty good.
Martta
04. Oct 2023 · 17:32 UTC
Cool game! Dont have anything to add to the other comments. It was very polished and all the puzzles were suprisingly well thought out and the difficulty was very suitable for a jam game. Maybe the graphics were little bit dull, and sound effects little bit annoying, but those are really minor things as the game still looked good and sounded good.
qdyer
04. Oct 2023 · 17:38 UTC
Love this game! Beat all 13 levels. Great level design and super enjoyable mechanics. Satisfying to kind of eliminate where each animal can go and find the solution. Only complaint is I wish holding down the arrow key / WASD key would move it multiple times instead of having to spam it, but that's a minor complaint.

Great job!
Ynnon
04. Oct 2023 · 17:44 UTC
good game with cute graphics, really liked it c;
LDJam user 314224
04. Oct 2023 · 17:44 UTC
Fun and cool puzzle game
Interesting take on the theme

There is a way to improve, to push the player further. There is something interesting in the game.

Good job team

This little puzzle game is well polished GG ! :)
Spica
04. Oct 2023 · 17:49 UTC
Very well executed puzzle! Level 9 and 13 really made me think hard. The only small thing I didn't quite like is loud sfx compared to the bgm. Otherwise a really good game!
AllenW
04. Oct 2023 · 17:57 UTC
The puzzles are soooo well designed! I absolutely enjoyed playing all of the levels! The abilities of different animals are so creative! And it never felt like a level was too hard or too easy, new concepts are introduced in a good pace. The graphics are so cute and the music is so chill! I loved the game! The only minor thing I would say is that I wish I could switch animals with the keyboard so I don't have to touch the mouse at all (I'm lazy I know lol)
GameDevJeroen
04. Oct 2023 · 19:18 UTC
Very nice puzzle game!! I really enjoyed the challenge in the later levels. Nice soothing music. :smile:
(Bug?: When I finished level 13 I pressed restart and that worked but the pop up didn't go away until I refreshed)
TheMixedMaster
05. Oct 2023 · 03:12 UTC
This is such a fun game! I love how each animal has its own mechanics to make them unique and this would be such an easy concept to expand upon. The level design is great too. Every puzzle felt like a puzzle, as it should with it being a puzzle game. Perfect 5/5 right here. The only thing i can think to improve is to make it so you can switch between animals by pushing space or something, rather than always having to click on them.
TheMixedMaster
05. Oct 2023 · 03:14 UTC
@gamedevjeroen that's just extra challenge mode. You have to play the game again, but with a part of the screen blocked out
Magalix
05. Oct 2023 · 08:04 UTC
Nice retake of a classic concept. Well polished

Had to gave up at the last level :D
🎤 JamesW
05. Oct 2023 · 09:48 UTC
Thanks everyone for very nice feedback! :laughing:
🎤 JamesW
05. Oct 2023 · 09:49 UTC
@wisch @treenut @flying-butter-studio @falestress Thanks for playing and feedback!

@cloverfall @tmpxyz @martta Thanks, we tried our best to design these levels to fit our "game jam" difficulty curve :D

@herman6006 @noagard @rusu-gabriel Yeah, we played the game again and we also feel the move SFX was really loud and made us mad! We'll definitely replace it!
🎤 JamesW
05. Oct 2023 · 09:52 UTC
@oddballdave Good point! I think a TAB will improve UX a lot. We'll add it.

@crylica Totally agreed! This story is kind of a random idea appearing in our brain. Guiding them to den/home is a much better story and makes much more sense.

@leo-lin Good point! I think animations will help reduce the dullness when playing.

@qdyer Thanks for loving it! That's a great point to improve the UX. We'll work on it.
🎤 JamesW
05. Oct 2023 · 09:55 UTC
@tesseract Crab is my favorite, too :sunglasses:

@ynnon Thanks for liking it!

@spica Yeah, level 9 and 13 are designed to be relatively challenging. The loud annoying SFX will be removed :D

@magalix The last one is not as hard as it seems. It just looks complicated. I bet you could solve it if you take a try :D
🎤 JamesW
05. Oct 2023 · 10:01 UTC
@zircon332 Your comment made my day! It's so fun to read your comment! I personally agreed all your cons are except for 🦌 one. It's so lovely 🥺, isn't it?
🎤 JamesW
05. Oct 2023 · 10:08 UTC
@allenw It's sooo happy to see you enjoyed all of the levels!!! We racked our brains to design the rules and levels, glad to see it works! You're not lazy, you're just...having great ideas for better UX! We'll add a TAB for switching animals as @oddballdave suggested :D
🎤 JamesW
05. Oct 2023 · 10:16 UTC
@gamedevjeroen Glad to see you enjoying the game! Right, it's a bug. But you can treat it as an extra challenge as @themixedmaster said :D

@themixedmaster Your comment is also perfect 5/5 to us :wink: So happy to see you enjoyed it!!! We'll add a TAB for switching animals. And yes, you're right, it's a challenge not bug, seriously :sunglasses:
LCStark
06. Oct 2023 · 09:34 UTC
A really nice puzzle game! It's a great take on the theme, and pretty well executed, too.

There's a big variation in the movement rules, but it's introduced gradually to make a nice learning curve. I also liked that you didn't make just a single rule per animal, mixing them was a nice choice. It added a lot of stuff to consider while taking your path, but remembering all the rules makes solutions (or at least parts of solutions) instantly come to mind when you focus on a specific part of the map, so it wasn't too difficult.

All the graphics are nice (though the croc is probably my favourite :P), and the mellow music allows you to focus on thinking.

Not much more for me to say here, other than I agree with others who said it would be nice to have a way of selecting animals via keyboard, though I think instead of a single button it would be better to make it two buttons for previous / next animal - I found myself switching back and forth between animals several times, so it would be better to have a button to go back than having to cycle through them all.

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Compasslg
06. Oct 2023 · 13:36 UTC
great puzzles! The music is also incredible
LDJam user 206001
06. Oct 2023 · 14:46 UTC
Really well thought out myth, totally within the theme, and also very original the fact that some animals pass through some areas and others don't. I really enjoyed as far as I could go, in phase 7. The difficulty is very balanced, I stopped at 7 but I feel like I could finish it. I only stopped for time reasons. The sound is also pleasant. The graphics are simple but nice too. I had some fun here.
lupercalia
06. Oct 2023 · 15:59 UTC
Oh this is so cute and beautiful and just very very clever! :-) Great idea, to use animals and their traits and implement them into puzzles, which are, i judge, quite well crafted. The moving sound is a bit annoying, but well. Its bearable and to navigate the animals through the levels to their teleports is just so much fun. This said, i want to repeat and emphasize, that i like your pixel art for the animals, much! :) Thanks for making this game! :hearts:
🎤 JamesW
06. Oct 2023 · 16:47 UTC
@lcstark Thanks for playing and loving our mechanics and other things. Croc is my second favorite one, believe me :sunglasses: I love your idea of switching animals, it is an advanced version of the TAB solution IMO, we'll go with your solution :D

@compasslg Thanks for playing and feedback!

@lincolnsalles Yeah, sometimes puzzle is time-consuming. We totally understand. Thanks for spending your precise time playing the game and sharing your thoughts! :D

@lupercalia So glad to see you like our pixel art for the animals and have fun! As for the moving sound, I curse it, I swear! Thanks for playing and loving our art! :hearts:
jebouin
06. Oct 2023 · 18:27 UTC
That was a fun puzzle game! The controls work well, there are many animals with various constraints so the game doesn't get boring and the levels are well balanced and interesting. Just nitpicking but I found the sound effects to be really loud compared to the music and I found a bug where the restart button at the end of the last level doesn't disappear after clicking it.
HagamosVideojuegos
06. Oct 2023 · 19:15 UTC
Good use of theme in this puzzle game, funny art!

Well done! Take a candy! :candy:
🎤 JamesW
06. Oct 2023 · 20:55 UTC
@jebouin Good observation! Yeah, the SFXs sucked. And the restart panel is a bug due to my carelessness not fully tested it. Thanks for playing and sharing your thoughts and feelings!

@hagamosvideojuegos Thanks for playing and feedback! And a big thank to your candy! Nom nom, it's yummy :smile_cat:
picross
07. Oct 2023 · 04:25 UTC
Very nice sokoban-like game! I'm a sucker for any game with box pushin' puzzles. I enjoyed how different animals had unique abilites, added a nice twist. Some of those levels were hard! Like almost Steven Sausage Roll hard! Very nice work and great puzzle design for a jam game
🎤 JamesW
07. Oct 2023 · 05:03 UTC
@picross Thanks for playing and tasting the hard levels! Glad you enjoyed it! I just searched Steven Sausage Roll, it was said a masterpiece of puzzle games. I will try it. Thanks for mentioning it!
Aviv Levy
07. Oct 2023 · 09:37 UTC
Very interesting concept for the theme, with cute art and quite challenging puzzles! Well done 😁
lupercalia
07. Oct 2023 · 11:30 UTC
I have now played completely through every level. And i must say: Well done, progress/difficulty-wise! I felt both challenged but never stucked. I liked the complexity in the last few levels (and even some of the earlier ones were not completely trivial) and i liked that you could solve the puzzles by logical thinking, too, like: "Okay, that animal can only go to this teleport." or "The movement traits of this animal limit it only to this region." And from there i could work puzzling. And at the same time, the size of the levels invited you to just move randomly around and try things out, never feeling pointless, since chances are good that you come across a move where you think "Oh. That's cool, this animal is just in the perfect spot for now" .. and so on. So, i judge, your level design is flow-wise, at least for me, perfect!
KnightGames
07. Oct 2023 · 13:25 UTC
That was a cool game, It is easy to understand and play, which I think is very important. I had hard time trying to understand many other puzzle games this jam. That was well made, well done!
🎤 JamesW
07. Oct 2023 · 17:18 UTC
@aviv-levy Thanks for giving it a try and sharing your thoughts! Glad to see you feel it's challenging! (Relatively, I know :D)

@lupercalia So glad to see you've completed all the levels! I must say: you have a good sense for progress/difficulty of games. To tell the truth, we were trying to design some really challenging levels, but it's more for very experienced puzzle players and designing was very time-consuming, so we decided to focus more on making the difficulty curve friendly to everyone but not too easy. We wanted to make every player feel like they could conquer everything including these levels. And you, one of the players, got all the key points of our design. So, I judge, your taste, is player-wise, perfect! 😎 Seriously, really really appreciate it for two feedbacks with lots of details and thoughts, your comments made my day 😸

@knightgames Yeah, easy to understand and play is our ultimate design goal, to let as many as players enjoy puzzles even they're not puzzle guys :D
jk5000
08. Oct 2023 · 18:56 UTC
This is a simple and fun little puzzle game. The visuals is fine and like the chosen music. Overall a relaxing little jam game. Well done.
justking144
08. Oct 2023 · 19:59 UTC
Puzzles are deceptively hard. Not sure how far I made it, but the hippo definitely upped the difficulty level quite a bit.
🎤 JamesW
09. Oct 2023 · 08:11 UTC
@jk5000 Thanks for playing. Glad it's relaxing for you!

@justking144 Thanks for playing and feedback. Yeah, there are some deceptive traps in puzzles, we hope you enjoyed them :D As for the hippo, I guess you're saying level 11, since it's a challenging level mainly designed with hippo's ability.
soup and sandwich games
09. Oct 2023 · 09:50 UTC
Really really liked it! Felt like a fully fleshed out game with how many levels and different creatures there were! It was great that the game started out easy and then gradually added more and more mechanics to learn. I'm not normally a fan of puzzle games but this kept me playing until the end. Fantastic work :)
StormSword
09. Oct 2023 · 15:35 UTC
Not very smart for that type of game :sweat:
But the concept is pretty cool well done :D
🎤 JamesW
09. Oct 2023 · 16:11 UTC
@soup-and-sandwich-games Thank you for playing until the end! Glad you like it! Yeah, when we designed the mechanics and the difficulty curve, we took non-puzzle guys into account a lot, it's nice to see it works :)

@stormsword Thanks for playing and feedback! Sorry to hear you got stuck at some level (I guess). But it's not as difficult as it seems to be, I swear! Feel free to come back and give it another try if you happen to change your mind :D
stevenjmiller
09. Oct 2023 · 18:12 UTC
Great game, I finished all 13 levels. I enjoyed all the little deductions you could make about which animals had to end on which teleporters. My favorite animal was the crab because of its unique ruleset and occasional irreversible moves, which made the steps getting to the teleporter a bit more engaging. I also quite liked the deer because of the peculiar shape. As a side note, I saw a comment mentioning Stephen's Sausage Roll and also highly recommend it.
Quoclon
10. Oct 2023 · 05:34 UTC
I liked it. Level 4 melted my puzzle-newbie brain. I gave it a few shots, but I couldn't figure it out. I don't know if I'm going to be able to sleep tonight! Haha, I think it's a cute game. Nicely done team :)
🎤 JamesW
10. Oct 2023 · 05:47 UTC
@stevenjmiller Thanks for finishing all the levels! Yeah, the deductions are the trick to solve the puzzles. The crab has the only irreversible rule, which we think might be good for improving the difficulty of puzzles tho we didn't exploit it much. If we decide to add some levels more challenging, we'll probably utilize it (not sure :D). The shape of deer is designed to make some noise so that it won't be that dull (to prevent things being too expected). I just bought Stephen's Sausage Roll on Steam, it's among the top list in my library and I will definitely try it soon! (Probably after Underground Blossom :D)

@quoclon Thanks for playing and liking it! Yeah, level 4 is designed to be the first challenge of all levels. **(Spoiler Warning)** Here is some very implicit hint if you would like to know, just try to find which animal must end on which teleporter, then store the clumsy one at the corner a bit while moving others.
LDJam user 338234
12. Oct 2023 · 01:13 UTC
The new animals are introduced at a very reasonable pace for a suitable learning curve, and I appreciate that you can check the animal movements any time. The animals' different shapes are fun and add a nice difficulty as well (reminded me a bit of wooden puzzle toys for children!). Even as someone who doesn't tend to play this kind of game I went through quite a few levels before giving up. Very cleverly put together :)
🎤 JamesW
12. Oct 2023 · 14:12 UTC
@konfekt Thanks for playing and feedback! Glad to see you tried a few levels of it even it's not the game for you. Next time I'll try to make you play until the end :D
aucguy
19. Oct 2023 · 06:27 UTC
I liked the relaxing mood. The mechanics that didn't put any time related pressure and the calm music and art helped with the mood. The sound effects fit the game. However, the sound effects got repetitive quickly.

The game introduced new animals / mechanics in a way that was easily learnable. Also, the animals' tooltips were useful.
Antonijmark
20. Oct 2023 · 17:43 UTC
Cozy game. Interesting mechanic and relaxing vibes
🎤 JamesW
21. Oct 2023 · 14:30 UTC
@aucguy Thanks for playing! Glad it provided you with a relaxing atmosphere! Yeah, the SFXs are awful, we've made some changes regarding it in our post-jam version which will be uploaded soon.

@antonijmark Thank you for playing and feedback!