Divine Intern by Pcho

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made by Pcho for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

e.png Welcome to Divine Intern!

You’re the new god-in-training, left in charge of Earth 2.0 while your boss grabs coffee. Your part-time job? Keep these happy little creatures alive by spinning a makeshift day/night valve and making sure they get enough water and food. Easy, right? Oh, and sometimes you might need to deal with random curses or, you know, unleash a tiny plague if things get too crowded.

With miracle buttons at your disposal, you can make it rain, speed up crops, or watch the chaos unfold.

Just don’t forget the valve, or this whole paradise might spiral out of control!!

Post deadline PS: - not mentioned in the tutorial: the higher the Sun or Moon, the faster the temperature changes — warmer or colder. - the timer works correctly, but the formating is buggy - after the time runs out, the credits scene isn't working, just the timer changes to "GG"

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Look at these cute dudes! JUST DARE TO KILL THEM

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Ratings

Overall 707th 3.375⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 783th 3.119⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 182th 3.762⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 71th 4.286⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 404th 3.875⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 197th 3.667⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 580th 3.476⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 19🗳️ 21🗨️

Feedback

WitheredWizard
08. Oct 2024 · 11:00 UTC
Like the game cover and art style. Looks simple and cozy. And the idea with wheel, but it is too difficult to control it. It is stressful and you don't have time to enjoy these creatures, all you do is watching indicators and then the game is over. In general, I enjoyed)
MadHumster
08. Oct 2024 · 17:44 UTC
Fellow god is much nicer than ours!
Cute game, I liked the mechanic only issue on 2K monitor the UI is not working correctly.
Kaiynest
08. Oct 2024 · 17:46 UTC
I Really like the idea, wish there was sound though but other than that it was quite fun, it is quite challenging as well so you spend a lot of time just monitoring the indicators to not loose so I'm not looking at the scenery too much, all in all I hope you keep working on this because it would be a really fun and cute game when finished!
XanderGoodwin
08. Oct 2024 · 17:57 UTC
Wow I did not realize that the "BE. RIGHT. BACK" was going to be such a strong indicator of how hard being god was going to be. It was very fun balancing the temperature and making sure the little guys had enough food and water! I just would've liked spinning the wheel to be a bit easier.
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ugly_robot
08. Oct 2024 · 18:01 UTC
Very fun! Love the concept - and had a great little time presiding over my tiny failing planet haha. Would love to see this idea fleshed out more, with the little creatures responding in more ways - but of course, this was plenty to work on for a jam game. Well done!
P3ngui
08. Oct 2024 · 18:40 UTC
I love how you have to manage those paramaters and keep the creatures alive! Unluckyly the steering wheel works really poorly for me but even watching them disappear is oddly satisfying. I would have loved sound on this!
ZioBob
08. Oct 2024 · 18:40 UTC
I really don't understand how quick or slow you have to turn the wheel. It's a little difficult but it looks fun
victor_reiner
09. Oct 2024 · 09:50 UTC
Gread Job!
fusionnist
10. Oct 2024 · 14:51 UTC
Not easy, not easy! But the game as a whole works pretty well - I had one of them fly above the mountain peak in one of my runs, haha
Pimping
10. Oct 2024 · 17:21 UTC
Bro, your game graphics is kinda crazy, i like it!
Sharky3188
11. Oct 2024 · 04:23 UTC
I really love the concept here, but turning the wheel was soooo hard. Would love to see this fleshed out with a bit better UX.
Overall the aesthetic is nice, i wish there was a bit more audio to tie it all together.
great work.
FireFalls
12. Oct 2024 · 06:21 UTC
That was a fun resource management test. I didn't do so well... but I really enjoyed it! Very funny, too :)
PengkaiOu
20. Oct 2024 · 03:59 UTC
The game is a bit difficult, but the graphics are very clean and simple, and they look cartoony and cute.