Baby steps by freso

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made by freso for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

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Intro

Accidentally(?) dropped in the river while on a picnic, you just drifted ashore. It seems even your pacifier got lost somewhere in the forest. YOU. HAVE. NOTHING.

Go find your pacifier and get out of this forest. Maybe you can find your family again.

Project

Start with nothing. This theme was so open to anything that it became the hardest yet. Took a good 4 hours before we decided on a project. We ended up with an adventure puzzler game?

Ratings

Overall 350th 3.639⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Fun 299th 3.598⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 608th 3.115⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Theme 433th 3.475⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 212th 4.098⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Audio 242th 3.593⭐ 61🧑‍⚖️
Humor 129th 3.717⭐ 62🧑‍⚖️
Mood 396th 3.534⭐ 60🧑‍⚖️
Given 79🗳️ 84🗨️

Feedback

Fictions
07. Oct 2019 · 20:04 UTC
I'm sorry but there's no link to the project :(
🎤 freso
07. Oct 2019 · 20:36 UTC
@fictions: You are early my friend. Jam deadline isn't there yet. But now we have a playable link. :)
Fictions
07. Oct 2019 · 20:42 UTC
@freso: Oh I'm sorry xD The screenshot was so catchy xD
Fictions
07. Oct 2019 · 20:47 UTC
Great game :) I love the art style :3~
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shaurya_juneja
08. Oct 2019 · 18:52 UTC
Nice game dude, cool idea
Ben Ash
08. Oct 2019 · 18:53 UTC
Love it! Love the way animations, the cheeky text, subtle things like hearing wind at the top of the map...only wish there was more. :) Well done!
Excy
08. Oct 2019 · 18:53 UTC
Very polished little game. Your ideas for the dummy being a big-mario style extra health is awesome. Unique art style which really lends to the aesthetic of the game, great job!
Paulius
08. Oct 2019 · 18:55 UTC
Haha, loved the art style! Well done guys, you did a really good job. The game is pretty hard but fun nonetheless.
zoarfy
08. Oct 2019 · 18:58 UTC
Hi I really enjoyed your game - my favorite one out of this Jam so far.

I really liked the art style and animations of the baby - really well done. Controls were tight and it was fun to play. Perfect length too.

The only thing I would change was that the pacifier was a bit small and hard to find at times!
framg
08. Oct 2019 · 18:58 UTC
Love the game, very good job!
RoboDoig
08. Oct 2019 · 18:59 UTC
Nice animations and art style, well done!
MechWarrior99
08. Oct 2019 · 19:00 UTC
Nice little game, decent audio, I like the art style. I wish there was a little more interaction from the player. Like having to press Enter to do an action, instead of it just happening automatically. But otherwise, pretty nice.
ScottDev
08. Oct 2019 · 19:01 UTC
Love the art style!
NachtWitch
08. Oct 2019 · 19:01 UTC
Fascinating entry, I like how much it fits the theme, the graphics are very appealing, snd the gameplay is smooth and fun, 10/10 rating, you deserve it
landera
08. Oct 2019 · 19:02 UTC
Fun little game, enjoyed the art style.
evilobjective
08. Oct 2019 · 19:03 UTC
Great job on the art! Those are some really deadly spiders. Simple game but pretty enjoyable.
Black Flag
08. Oct 2019 · 19:04 UTC
This is a really good jam entry... very funny too! I think that the maps are randomly generated, if so then nice touch! The music was also fitting for the forest environment, the death was very brutal yet comedic. Overall, this is a very good jam entry which I can see myself playing again at some point in the future!
nsadie
08. Oct 2019 · 19:05 UTC
Cool little game. All elements are nicely polished.
PashaShef
08. Oct 2019 · 19:10 UTC
IMHO there are a bit too many spiders in the forest and it is quite hard to get through at times.
Overall, the game seems quite empty to the point it is in now. I thought it was building up to something and was expecting something on the other side of the river, but it did finished :(
Quite liked the death animation and the way baby shakes its head when mooving. Also i loved the artstyle and the random generation of the obstacles!
Sir Galloy De Fierpâté
08. Oct 2019 · 19:22 UTC
Love the game over ! And that eagle... DAMN LOOK AT THAT BIRD ! Wonderful game, great sounds effect, simple gameplay that is easy to understand. Good job !
🎤 freso
08. Oct 2019 · 20:01 UTC
@zoarfy: True, the dropped pacifier could have been bigger.
@black-flag: Yup, randomized.

We also wanted to have more content in the game, but as you all know, time runs out.
Ryuu
08. Oct 2019 · 20:55 UTC
The game is great! Loved the art, the music is pretty cool and the game is very balanced and fun. Well done!!
OnurY
09. Oct 2019 · 19:16 UTC
It is enjoyable but the play time could be longer.
Honey Pony
09. Oct 2019 · 19:44 UTC
Awesome graphics and music. The head-bobble might be a little much at times but is pretty neat otherwise.

I only wish the game were a little longer. As in, if there were I few different things I might think to do at each step of the game before finding the right one. I guess that's the limitations of the jam.
Grhyll
09. Oct 2019 · 20:49 UTC
That was cool ^^ The atmosphere is fun and relaxed (and the death is so brutal :') ), nice art, nice music! Those bugs are nasty though :D Took me some time to understand I could scare off the bees!
changemewtf
09. Oct 2019 · 21:00 UTC
Short & sweet & weirdly adorable!
selkkie
09. Oct 2019 · 22:51 UTC
Awww, I was really hoping for more! The style was really neat, and I loved the funny little touches like the baby's head bobbling and the birds in the sky. Babies are pretty unusual protagonists, I would have liked to see more!
nikita-lozhkin
10. Oct 2019 · 18:52 UTC
Good game!
Erkberg
10. Oct 2019 · 19:52 UTC
Whoa, that death animation is brutal! But the game looks, sounds and plays great in general, a very polished experience.
Would've loved to see more, it was over way too soon, but I really enjoyed this, good job!
0x53ee71ebe11e
11. Oct 2019 · 11:04 UTC
Damn, that was one of the most buggy games I ever played!
Really well done. I loved the bee puns. It was pretty short though. I would have loved to play some more levels of that.
🎤 freso
11. Oct 2019 · 11:24 UTC
@0x53ee71ebe11e : Haha, by buggy I assume you mean full of bugs, eh... yeah. :D
Mmm, I think we could have has a lot more content with one more day.
ChuChuGeralt
11. Oct 2019 · 17:28 UTC
Well,well, well. Nice fun game. I would add though, that its hard to see if spiders are spawning behind those trees, therefore killing the poor innocent child! R.I.P Billy
Lakrits
11. Oct 2019 · 17:41 UTC
@chuchugeralt Oh Billy is far from innocent, there's a reason why he was in that basket.
Siarhei Pilat
11. Oct 2019 · 18:05 UTC
Wow, that's a wholesome game! Very well scoped, you get full short experience, I have no complaints! Great job.
kaeveris
11. Oct 2019 · 18:17 UTC
Cool entry, I like the sounds and the artstyle is awesome! I like how his head moves around when he walks and the death animation is so cruel yet fascinating XD
mharring
11. Oct 2019 · 18:59 UTC
Neat game! The visuals are great. It was enjoyable but short - perhaps you could have extended the map for more length, with one or two more interactive components. The head bobbing while you walked was both odd and amusing!
Lucien Catonnet
11. Oct 2019 · 19:01 UTC
Very cool and coherent audio and graphics! It seems the texts are position-based only, maybe there should also be a short timer to make sure you have the time to read them, the text for when I filled the bottle went away too fast and I didn't quite get what happened right away. Congratulations on shipping!
LandoSystems
11. Oct 2019 · 19:09 UTC
lol @ the description... Accidentally (?) dropped in the river... what a sinister undertone that simple question mark gives to the game. Cute graphics too, loved the bobble head, gruesome fatality animation on death too. Great work!
Flying Dog Fish
11. Oct 2019 · 21:14 UTC
This is a really cute and bloody game, which usually don't make a good combination, but in this case it worked great. Baby Moses has some fun with deadly critters in the forest and then finds his new parents across the river.
Space Nomad
12. Oct 2019 · 13:43 UTC
nice and cute game. too bad it's a little short though
also great parenting. poor baby
Druvsaft
12. Oct 2019 · 15:40 UTC
Was not expecting what those spiders did to poor Billy! Also, the spiders really took over if you overstayed your welcome!

I didn't see the exit at first, so I kept walking around the stage looking for more things, but I guess I should have been more observant.

Liked the art and audio, good job!
sver
15. Oct 2019 · 10:26 UTC
Beheaded by spiders and bees :O
Had a lot of fun playing it!
upisfree-2
20. Oct 2019 · 20:38 UTC
Thank you for a game, enjoyed it!
negator2vc
25. Oct 2019 · 19:35 UTC
Nice little "baby survival" game!
As others have pointed very nice graphics ... AND ALSO LOOK AT THAT BIRD :smile:
Nice polished gameplay with my only complain the automatic use of your bottle (instead of using it by pressing a key).
Excellent job!