Inadequate Ark by Sean Turner

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made by Sean Turner for LD 42 (JAM)

God has given you an important task: To get every animal onto your ark before a flood ravages the entire world. Unfortunately, your Ark isn't quite as big as you told God it would be, and as such you have to be very picky about which animals get on and which don't. Don't let God catch you turning away too many animals at once though, or else he will be very upset with you. Some animals are so desperate to get on the ark that they will even resort to lying.

Art & Design by Sean Turner

Programming & Writing by Tyler Martignetti

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Ratings

Overall 378th 3.581⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Fun 279th 3.568⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 577th 3.189⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Theme 427th 3.703⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 544th 3.514⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Humor 87th 3.819⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Mood 351th 3.394⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Given 95🗳️ 1🗨️

Feedback

ThatSommeS
14. Aug 2018 · 13:46 UTC
Haha.. So Russia is not gonna be flooded? or will the bats stay on the boat until I eventually go to Russia?
Quick and funny game with a lot of heart! Thank you
Rother Games
14. Aug 2018 · 13:47 UTC
This is a really nice game, but it was harder than I expected. I also took me some time to read and understand the rules. Simple rules, but not that simple to win.
Niarkou
14. Aug 2018 · 13:48 UTC
Nice game. I enjoyed the music, the humor and the realization. The game design is not very original though, but apart from that it was nicely done and well balanced!
tgb20
14. Aug 2018 · 13:49 UTC
Game was enjoyable. Reminded me a lot of Papers Please. Game was really hard, or maybe I am just bad.
Monkosum
14. Aug 2018 · 13:49 UTC
this is an interresting concept you have. the execution is also pretty solid.
Distorter
14. Aug 2018 · 14:00 UTC
Great game! I love the concept and the difficulty was just right imo. The flavour was also on point and I loved the different descriptions for the animals.
Distorter
14. Aug 2018 · 14:00 UTC
Great game! I love the concept and the difficulty was just right imo. The flavour was also on point and I loved the different descriptions for the animals.
14. Aug 2018 · 14:07 UTC
Fun Game! I liked the idea and it followed the theme nicely!
RoronoaCherry
14. Aug 2018 · 14:23 UTC
The game remind me "Reings" and it's perfect for the theme! Nice job!
WhitePoulpe
14. Aug 2018 · 16:26 UTC
Great game, I like this type of gameplay. I appreciate the humour present in the game.
ryanjs
18. Aug 2018 · 15:39 UTC
well done! well polished game! the amount of UI feedback is great
bennyqbd1
18. Aug 2018 · 15:43 UTC
The concept behind this is genius! Love the idea, and the game is a lot of fun as well. It's surprisingly well balanced, and the touch of humor is well done. Outstanding entry!
Arch
18. Aug 2018 · 16:50 UTC
Excellent execution and awesome twist on the theme. Simple music provides a good backdrop. I love it. I cant beat it. I would suggest some quality of life changes. It would be nice to be able to see either what the acceptable ranges for 4 resources are in some graphical form, or maybe even seeing how a creature's *given* stats would effect my levels.
Astralore
18. Aug 2018 · 20:54 UTC
This took us a lot of attempts (damn liars kept tripping us up!) but we did finally beat it!! Very amusing and well-balanced game, I can think of nearly nothing to critique! Perhaps turning the "Space" indicator green once all the other criteria are in the green? So that all icons can be green when you win, which feels satisfying to the player. (Though this is more of a style choice than anything else.)
RyanJavanshir
18. Aug 2018 · 21:14 UTC
Nice game and decent polish on the UI. Art is fantastic - really like the portraits!
C0nst4ntin
18. Aug 2018 · 22:20 UTC
Neat little game! I liked the Graphics and the overall Idea!
Carlos Giraldo
18. Aug 2018 · 22:54 UTC
Love the humor, the portraits, and the music. Good balance. Good job!
Djack D Donovan
18. Aug 2018 · 23:13 UTC
A very fun and funny game! I really like all of the individual pictures for the animals. Especially the giraffe.
piscythe
19. Aug 2018 · 00:16 UTC
Really interesting balancing act happening here. It took many attempts and some knowledge about what sorts of animals to prioritize to succeed, and I lost a couple runs due to the few liars that slipped through. It did seem a little strange when I got the "turned too many animals away" ending after losing my last morality point to a liar - perhaps that should be its own ending condition. There is a little bit of luck-of-the-draw with the animal types - bees, for example, always seem to be amazing. Also is it really lying when a chicken or dodo claims to be a 'bird'? Good work!
volt450
19. Aug 2018 · 00:51 UTC
This was a neat little game, took me a while to finally beat it, but I managed to create a sustainable ecosystem!
BaronB
19. Aug 2018 · 01:09 UTC
This game was cool. I loved the papers-please inspirations, the humor and balancing my ark was a challenge.
Iluvatar
19. Aug 2018 · 06:22 UTC
LoL, I really dig the idea. So funny. The graphics are awesome, and game itself is very entertaining and hilarious. Great entry.
Zicboy
19. Aug 2018 · 06:23 UTC
Awesome game. I was pleasantly suprised with the overall mood of the game. Hope you develop a post jam version for this!
AwesomeAlliterationAlliance
21. Aug 2018 · 19:35 UTC
And so they lived happily ever after.. That was a way better take on the whole ark thing than that million dollar theme park they built in Kentucky :D
It took me a few tries to finally beat that game but on every restart i've discoverd new species and very well written statement from them. The art, music and the level of detail was very impressive! The humor is on point and the whole concept and game design well balanced. Very nice job!
ZoltanCoccyx
21. Aug 2018 · 22:35 UTC
Cool. Feels like a fusion between reigns and papers please. It would be interesting to add interactions between animals (like ants preferring to drown rather than ambarking with an anteaters, stuff like that). I enjoyed it :)