Trash Tide by Josh Stafford

made by Josh Stafford for LD 42 (JAM)

Trash Tide

About the Game

Trash Tide is a game where you run around a beach picking up as much trash as possible whilst the tide is rising towards you, washing away the trash. Any trash that ends up in the ocean decreases the public's opinion of the beach, once it reaches zero it's game over! Alongside you is a variety of power ups to assist you in your beach cleanup operations!

Controls

WASD / Arrow Keys - Movement

Spacebar - Jump / Swim Up

Left Click - Collect Trash / Power Up

Right Click - Use Power Up

Power-Ups

Tide-Turner - Turn back the tide and reset the water level a small amount!

Trash Cleaner - A trash cleaning grenade! Throw and cleanup all the trash in a small area around the landing zone.

Media

General Gameplay

Tide-Turner

Trash Cleaner

Source code	https://gitlab.com/Phosphorescent/LudumDare42.2
Windows	https://drive.google.com/open?id=1aHP_JKyjh8tUmIbtuIytTyCNvf0_OA7x
Windows	https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QfUpD_aUozCgwaWwi0aW-Ug9iB3selQu
Linux	https://drive.google.com/open?id=1V4p66JG8znhL5OAl6efRvt8oe_Fv6Kan
macOS	https://drive.google.com/open?id=15smBoAsnESuvnamC_jh28FKV4RM67E8y
Other (web)	https://drive.google.com/open?id=1wVuCm0VhqMRHX0xU-z9rbXvVJZYLu-Ri
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/trash-tide

Ratings

Overall	288^th	3.675⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Fun	309^th	3.525⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	517^th	3.25⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Theme	379^th	3.75⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	427^th	3.675⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Given		20🗳️	14🗨️

Feedback

Lamossus

13. Aug 2018 · 23:53 UTC

It feels kinda bad when you lose because Tide Turners just didn't spawn. Other than that it's a really fun time killer

JustMars

14. Aug 2018 · 00:07 UTC

Fun game! Original and fit the theme well, graphics were nice too! The FOV was too low in my opinion, and all the clicking with the mouse hurt my finger (maybe you could add an option to hold it down to pick up trash). Otherwise very enjoyable game!

Naghen

14. Aug 2018 · 08:30 UTC

I personally love the graphic and the gameplay!
I would only improve the gameplay as @JustMars just said... but other than that good job!

Flaterectomy

14. Aug 2018 · 18:08 UTC

I quite enjoyed that. I picked up 178 pieces of trash on my second attempt, and then there was no trash remaining, with about 4/5ths of the public opinion bar left. I guess I could go back and try to pick up more in a new game, but I felt like I managed the victory by not depleting the public opinion bar. Third play got me 169 pieces of trash and a cleared beach. I would've liked more challenge to achieve that.

Art is basic but works, the trash assets were all pretty clear. The UI felt a little rough, that's where I'd look first to improve the graphics.

Nice entry!

Nam Nguyen

14. Aug 2018 · 18:35 UTC

Simple game that has a bit of the mood element to it for me, mostly thanks to the scenery. Not bad for a time killer game. Good work in 48 hours.

khaotom

15. Aug 2018 · 03:28 UTC

Nice game, good message. Clean up after yourselves ya filthy animals.

Quetzakol

19. Aug 2018 · 08:06 UTC

Great! I had a lot of fun with this game :) The controls work well. The graphics are simple but looks good. Nice message too ^^

The power ups could appear more often I think, I could only get two tide-turners before I failed.