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Idle Hatcher by wrexialmt

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made by wrexialmt for LD 41 (JAM)

Abstract

Idle Game + Rhythm Game, How can they be possibly merged? One requires your full attention while the other requires as little from you as possible. Well, try it out, it's not the best idle game, nor the best rhythm game but we're proud of this zombified result.

Pretty Pictures

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How to play

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Upgrades & Systems

  • Press Harder: More Coins per Click [% based]
  • Get a Helper: Auto Clicker Assistant [base 0.25% of player's click]
  • Upgrade Helper: Make Helper Clicks more efficient [% based]
  • Buy a Lamp: Keeps the egg warm, reduces amount of clicks needed to hatch the egg [% based]
  • The more eggs you hatch, the longer new eggs will take to hatch, but the more money you get per click.

Credits

  • @loudeyes, Art
  • @wrexialmt, Programming
  • Background Music : https://soundcloud.com/freebmusic/iwan-just-go

Notes

  • Please vote in all tabs, and we love comments, both positive and negative and we encourage anonymous comments if you're shy. Please take a minute to let us know what you think.!
HTML5 (web) http://alias-games.com/games/LudumDare41/index.html
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/idle-hatcher

Ratings

Overall 821th 3.214⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1019th 2.759⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 759th 3.148⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Theme 632th 3.554⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 413th 3.75⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Mood 691th 3.154⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Given 30🗳️ 31🗨️

Feedback

selfsame
23. Apr 2018 · 19:23 UTC
Great take on the theme, love a good idle game!
Maloy Quinn
24. Apr 2018 · 12:17 UTC
I love the graphics. All around great game!
Nicolas Tapia
24. Apr 2018 · 12:17 UTC
Nice idea. You take the theme very well
24. Apr 2018 · 12:36 UTC
This is a pretty interesting idea, and I think you can expand on this concept further. Maybe you could have multiple songs and the player would have to quickly decide on which upgrades to purchase in the downtime between them.
I also think there should be some sort of visual/audio feedback for when you hit the notes, and the timing should be a bit stricter.
Narudgi
24. Apr 2018 · 12:38 UTC
Funny idea, liked it ! But I miss feedback when i click perfectly :c
limered
24. Apr 2018 · 13:50 UTC
Nice Mix of the two gernes. Graphics are also nice.
24. Apr 2018 · 16:32 UTC
[Ignore this, posted as anon by mistake]
🎤 wrexialmt
24. Apr 2018 · 18:53 UTC
@Anonymous, Thanks for your feedback! Yep you’re 100% right, this was my first attempt at both a rythmic and an idle game, so for me personally I feel like I’ve missed the mark in terms of design. That being said, the music has nothing to do with the Rythym portion of the game. Where the circly indicators are the only mechanic that affect the rythym portion of the game which in turn affect the “Star Points”.

[No idea how im going to delete the one i posted as anon by mistake]
Starlin
24. Apr 2018 · 21:52 UTC
The music is so peaceful and addicted, in the end, I already know the rhythm, nicely made!

Is this an endless game?

![wow.jpg](///raw/b3c/c/z/13b89.jpg)
🎤 wrexialmt
24. Apr 2018 · 22:52 UTC
@starlin, technically it should end at 999z999 (thats.... ~999 x 10^93 i think if i did the maths right just now, unless theres a bug with huge numbers that isn't the counter) so yeah... lets just say its infinite.
Yirggzmb
28. Apr 2018 · 02:59 UTC
Love the idea. Background music doesn't really seem to correspond to the music, which makes timing clicks hard, even with the visuals. Other than that, it's a cute clicker with some nice art and soothing music.
Pietro Ferrantelli
28. Apr 2018 · 11:14 UTC
The is a neat jam game you made there, I enjoyed playing it. Maybe it just lacks some feedbacks but it was not a problem for me, but I really like the aesthetics and the concept is well executed.
Flaterectomy
28. Apr 2018 · 18:21 UTC
Interesting idea, but I feel like I mostly played a cookie clicker and the rhythm part of the game didn't really come to fruition all that much. Some audio feedback for clicking would have helped.

Visually it looks pretty solid. Along with the music I feel soothed and relaxed.

Nice work!
Michael Clavell
28. Apr 2018 · 19:08 UTC
Music was nice and relaxing, but the clicks didn't seem to always line up with the song. Adding more feedback and you got a good mix of genres here.
sidewalksleeper
30. Apr 2018 · 13:54 UTC
Took me a second to get a hang of it, but I liked it. It's a bit strange how when you have more than 10,000 points, it shows as 10K 000.

Nice work!
hasuprobe
30. Apr 2018 · 15:33 UTC
Super nice concept, the UI is a little too detached from the overall style of the egg, but nonetheless, the game is very enjoyable and reminded me of the endless hours playing tamagotchi and guitar hero :)

p.s. GORGEOUS MUSIC! :D
🎤 wrexialmt
30. Apr 2018 · 18:07 UTC
Thanks everybody for commenting @sidewalksleeper that's a weird concession i had to live with for the game to transition nicely into big numbers (ie, 999,000,000,000,000 = 999T000). @hasuprobe i know right! the guy's amazing, feel free to check his soundcloud, he's a random guy i found his great free music that we basically chucked it in-game and sent him a message after the fact. The music has nothing of meaning to the mechanics like in typical musical rhythm games, we've opted for a more visual rhythm with the circle mechanic.
sidewalksleeper
30. Apr 2018 · 18:12 UTC
@wrexialmt Oh yeah, I could tell that it was concession. And to be honest, it didn't bother me too much. The game's fun to play, and that's all that matters :)
Paula
30. Apr 2018 · 19:27 UTC
It's a perfect combination of both generes, congrats!! The music is fits perfectly and with the art style create a peacefully ambience, and pets are really cute!
Elemental Zeal Game Studios
01. May 2018 · 00:40 UTC
I think there should have been more of a detriment to clicking when not on the rhythm. Overall a very nice and relaxing game. :)
loudrasiel
01. May 2018 · 13:03 UTC
this game is very good, I love music and the graphics is very good
Diego Manarim
02. May 2018 · 19:53 UTC
Very addictive game, I really enjoyed music and art!

Congratulations for the game!

If possible, check out my entry at this link: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/type-hero-adventures
Forest
03. May 2018 · 05:46 UTC
Unfortunately, the lack of feedback on the rhythm portion lead me to learn that the best way to play is just spam spacebar. You get points for the near misses as well as the perfects. Normally a rhythm game would remove the pulses in order so this kind of thing doesn't happen. Also the ability to farm via the clicker shortly removes the need to play the rhythm game. Some clickers use the clicking part as a temporary bonus to the auto farm to keep it relevant.

I definitely think this has plenty of potential. I really like the virtual pet/collectable aspect, even though there's not too much showing. Also the music was lovely and I haven't gotten tired of it yet despite it looping while I write this.
PeachTreeOath
06. May 2018 · 17:55 UTC
I'm a big fan of incrementals so I had a clickbot on hand to play with. Similar to @Forest I just used it to mash and get points since you can hit a pulse multiple times. I think a collection aspect does go with just about anything, and even though the gameplay ended up being straightforward for me, I still kept playing just to see what was behind those silhouettes.
tamara188
12. May 2018 · 22:10 UTC
The music wasn't working on the webgl version. I was able to get quite a few perfects, so kudos for the visual cues.