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Supermarket Slap by nerdyHerbivore

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made by nerdyHerbivore for LD 39 (JAM)

It has been a long day, but you have one more errand to run. Can you speed through your shopping list and make it to check out before your tablet’s battery and your child’s patience run out? Background_GameOver.png Check your list and run around the store adding items to your cart. Be careful not to get unnecessary items as you have a limited budget. Get as much as you can then, head to the check out counter to see your score! SomeGroceryItems.PNG

Controls: WASD - Move Cart Shift - Run Left Click - Extend Arm Right Click - Grab L - Look at Grocery List Esc - Menu

We made the art and music in the game, however we used other’s sound effects. Hope you have fun!

Credits: Nate Vasquez -Code Lane Brozgal -Code Manuel Rondon -Art Sarah Vaughan -Art Lora Vaughan -Music

Fonts Used: “Freshman” by William Boyd “Jersey Letters” by Perry Mason “Octin Sports Free” by Ray Larabie @ Typodermic Fonts “Morsal” by Sarid Ezra @ Letterhend Studio “Laura Claire” by BessAsher Rebel @ DaFont.com

Windows https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6hFjkq5SAeCU3c1bzJBZ1VRQUU
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/supermarket-slap

Ratings

Overall 555th 3.154⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Fun 540th 2.962⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 329th 3.2⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Theme 588th 3.231⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 455th 3.44⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Audio 398th 3⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Humor 16th 4.269⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Mood 391th 3.28⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 26🗳️ 28🗨️

Feedback

jtn191
02. Aug 2017 · 16:21 UTC
I've seen a game like this before, where you race around and try to collect things on a shopping list. On my second try, I was unable to move
cihy
02. Aug 2017 · 16:26 UTC
Wacky movement, I couldn't do anything. It would work amazing as those crazy simulator games, just need more polishing :D Also I'd appriciate if list was a part of the HUD and was automatically updated if an item is in a basket.
jusw85
02. Aug 2017 · 17:07 UTC
There's a Surgeon / Goat Simulator feel about the game, which is pretty cool. Unfortunately I don't think I managed to pickup a single item in the game.
🎤 nerdyHerbivore
02. Aug 2017 · 18:29 UTC
Thanks for the feedback everyone!

Sorry you were unable to move. The physics went very wonky, and we realized much too late that our shopping cart needed to be much bigger to fit the pizza. :\

We had planned to have the list update your tally of cart items, but alas, just ran out of time.

Hope you still had fun with our Shopping Simulator! :D
Zachary Shah
02. Aug 2017 · 18:58 UTC
pretty fun and funny game, nice work! Please rate my game at https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/crazy-power-rush
Quemagalletas
02. Aug 2017 · 19:00 UTC
The game is not bad and the idea neither. But need some polish about the physics, and also I would remove caillou from there or scale it down, because is blocking the shopping most of the times.

But I like the sounds and music, good job!
TomDev
02. Aug 2017 · 19:02 UTC
I had problems during the gameplay, but is a neat concept and it has potential to be a good game, the graphic is good.
mrboxbox
02. Aug 2017 · 19:14 UTC
Very good game! My favourite part was when you smacked Caillou's head :^) My least favourite part was when my Chocobros kept falling off my shopping cart :^(
red-fan-games
04. Aug 2017 · 14:49 UTC
Dear god I hate Caillou.
EricQuagmire
07. Aug 2017 · 18:55 UTC
Haha most funny game what I see on this jam :)
Badly Drawn Rod
07. Aug 2017 · 19:22 UTC
Well, everyone who has children *knows* that you cannot win this game. The cart was really difficult to control, but that added greatly to the overall humour of the game as unexpected things kept happening. For example, I don't think I ever smacked my daughter around the head with a box of quinoa before (and that's also the first and last time I wrote the word) so that was a first!
Thygrrr
10. Aug 2017 · 17:44 UTC
Haha, what a game. I really crave a bottle of maple syrup now. Did you know it's delicious stirred into cold milk?

I really hope you get enough ratings, because this game is really "innovative" in its own right regarding the theme.

SLAP!

Likes:
- super silly
- super fun
- super difficult to actually grab stuff with my wireless mouse

Challenges:
- a bit hard to really get stuff done
- what exactly IS my shopping list?
- I can't help myself but I had a deja vu regarding the shelves and goods that reminded me of another game
- if you used pre-made audio, please opt out of the audio ratings. :)

Overall:
- I can haz maple syrup now?
🎤 nerdyHerbivore
10. Aug 2017 · 17:56 UTC
Thanks everyone! Glad you enjoyed the humor with our totally-non-copywriten-child-named-Caillope. :D (But yes, Caillou fills me with rage as well.)

@badly-drawn-rod The hard to control cart just add to the "realism" we strove so hard to achieve. haha XD I would hope you don't bludgeon kids with quinoa in real life.

@thygrrr Not sure if you are joking, but I will have to try that with maple syrup... I am intrigued.
Thygrrr
10. Aug 2017 · 17:58 UTC
It's super delicious.

My american friends always go YUCK, but to me, it's a match made in heaven.
🎤 nerdyHerbivore
10. Aug 2017 · 18:05 UTC
@thygrr Press L to bring up the list. Not sure about the shelves and products... they remind me of sleep-deprived versions of junk from my pantry. Oh and the music and chimes are original, so we wanted feedback on those (wish the sfx and music categories were different). We just ran out of time to re-record footsteps and "crash" noises.
Simple Ghost
10. Aug 2017 · 18:10 UTC
Such a great idea and nice visuals!
But unfortunately controls are whacky and it's almost unplayable for me. You should totally try to polish it and release post compo version :)
🎤 nerdyHerbivore
10. Aug 2017 · 18:16 UTC
@simple-ghost We hope to released a cleaned up version!
Nava
10. Aug 2017 · 19:09 UTC
Very fun game!!
I was only able to grab a handful (!) of items because the controls and physics are so crazy, but it was the most fun I've had so far playing LD games.
Great job!!
mspawa
11. Aug 2017 · 00:36 UTC
I was curious about this game. But it was really hard to control it, I was able to grab an article in the counter just once (and it wasn't even one from the list T_T). Maybe it's because I have a wireless mouse or my lack of ability xD But I hope that you can give this game some time and fix this things.

Nice work :)
Cydouzo
11. Aug 2017 · 01:36 UTC
Very funny game. Punching your baby is really a nice feature XD.
But I couldn't play the game because I couldn't grab a single item. Seriously, how do you do it? I reach with left click, then grab with right click but i just doesn't work. I tried with several items and nothing seems to go in my cart.
kpded
11. Aug 2017 · 08:19 UTC
The game is super fun!

I've managed to gather a bottle of juice and red pack of something, but it was pretty challenging)

Is there a shopping list and how can one check it?

Good job with this game!
Enot487
11. Aug 2017 · 18:27 UTC
I laughed like a hourse while I was playing this game! Products flying around the store, clumsy cart, the sound of the blow on the head of a child... Everything looks crazy and exciting! The only thing is that I couldn't grab most of the products. Maybe if you added some other buyers, it would be fun too!
Valphera
15. Aug 2017 · 18:17 UTC
Funny, I first thought that punching the baby was the only goal and still liked it, so going from slapping to shopping was kind of a bummer but really good job there. It's just too bad that it has many many bugs (even managed to get through a wall and then fell of the map)
Keep it ut id' like to see a post jam version!
jwin
16. Aug 2017 · 02:09 UTC
Cool game! The art was great, sounds were good, and it was a really innovative idea!

The physics made it really frustrating to actually play though. I never quite got the hang of grabbing things, let alone putting them in the cart.
m.dam
16. Aug 2017 · 16:53 UTC
It's got a good amount of polish but the controls are too clunky to be enjoyable. :/

It is funny though!