Junk Drawer by Hammers

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made by Hammers for LD 39 (COMPO)

JunkDrawer_Screen.PNG

Made by @ryan_ayton

All your appliances have run out of power and need their batteries replacing. Good job you have a whole drawer full of them! Now which scoundrel has been putting dead batteries back in the drawer...

Ended up as more of a small physics toy and a chance to practice my 3D modelling than an actual game but there is at least something there to play around with. Have fun!

As it's fairly heavy on the physics I would recommend the download version for the best experience, but the Web version should work perfectly well if that's all you can play.

Ratings

Overall 391th 3.217⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 486th 2.826⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 329th 3.087⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 196th 3.739⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 131th 3.783⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 83th 3.409⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 8🗳️ 13🗨️

Feedback

PerduGames
31. Jul 2017 · 06:09 UTC
You actually played physics, and my computer sounds louder when you run in the browser. XD
Thorneto
31. Jul 2017 · 20:08 UTC
Had some trouble getting the second battery to stick but an interesting concept anyways. My main problem with the game is that the original Gameboy actually used 4 batteries :P JK!
TheLucky
31. Jul 2017 · 20:09 UTC
It had some pretty great physics and I feel like it could use a story kind of like i am bread, the game had a surgeon sim vibe to it, so maybe you can play off of that
Robin Komen
31. Jul 2017 · 20:11 UTC
Same as Thorneto said, also had trouble to get the second battery in. Other than that, cool idea! :)
🎤 Hammers
31. Jul 2017 · 20:11 UTC
Haha yep @thorneto I realised too that after I'd finished modelling it ^_^ Though having to put 4 in would probably just be even more tedious and frustrating than it already is :P
TheLukker
31. Jul 2017 · 20:11 UTC
Very simple and I feel like I shouldn't like it, but I really do :D
madalaski
31. Jul 2017 · 20:15 UTC
Haha! A fun little physics play around. I relate so hard xD
Michael Feldman
31. Jul 2017 · 20:18 UTC
It's a nice color scheme and good models. Especially all the remote buttons. I see that the focus was on the physics, but I couldn't get my mind off the humor of the whole thing. The fact that it was a game about replacing batteries, and that I played it for a solid 10 minutes means you're doing something right.
Turrus
31. Jul 2017 · 20:19 UTC
The physics make it a lot of fun! I think adding some kind of competitive aspect would be cool. Like having the time taken for each appliance and then added to global scoreboard?
Thuvareyn
31. Jul 2017 · 20:23 UTC
I love this game, it make me remember my childhood, looking for all the batteries in the house. Very great and fun game to play :)
Ramou
31. Jul 2017 · 20:53 UTC
it's patience game ! aaaaaaaah !
but it's fun :D
willvasco
01. Aug 2017 · 02:13 UTC
This was a nightmare and I loved it XD loved it in that QWOP sort of way, super frustrating but super fun! Well Done!
FloBar
01. Aug 2017 · 08:52 UTC
I liked the colors and physics. I need to play this more often. I have no patience. Cool concept by the way.
TheFlyingKeyboard
01. Aug 2017 · 11:32 UTC
Fun game with interesting mechanics, but sound would add better moood to it.
TheFlyingKeyboard
01. Aug 2017 · 11:32 UTC
Fun game with interesting mechanics, but sound would add better moood to it.
stoffe
01. Aug 2017 · 15:55 UTC
Liked the satisfaction of getting the devices to work, but had enough after fixing 6 devices. Had a lot of problem with the lamps, they kept on falling over... :tired_face:

Adding a score, e.g. based on the time it takes to fix a device would add a goal to the game.
GanbareGamesKyle
03. Aug 2017 · 02:50 UTC
That was entertaining.
M-1
04. Aug 2017 · 13:49 UTC
Nice sandbox and simulator. It reminds me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=214rZ1SWewg :grinning:

The physics could be tweaked - i tried putting ~5 items in the drawer and it started moving around on the yellow surface. When I picked up a battery from the drawer, everything catapulted far away from the playing area. It was a hilarious ending. :)

The WebGL build seems to have lighting issues (at least on macOS + Safari): when there are many light sources, strange rectangles appear on the yellow surface. (Maybe just graphics quality settings could be tweaked.) ![screenshot](///raw/2d7/2/z/89c9.png)

Everything else is great. Thanks for making and sharing it!
Temmy
05. Aug 2017 · 21:35 UTC
I love how you interpreted the theme for this and I don't feel at all guilty that I've just opened this exact drawer in the kitchen in an attempt to replace the batteries in the TV remote...