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Just In Beaver by ondy1985

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made by ondy1985 for Ludum Dare 47 (COMPO)

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This little game is based on the real life water cycle. - the water is evaporated, forms clouds, rains down and then a small beaver collects it into a bucket and hauls it back to the river. True story.

Game has been made in Unity in approx 12 hours. The "art" took most of the time. I used sfxr for the sound effects, but as I am even worse musician than designer, there's no music.

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Gameplay:

Player controls a beaver who has to catch raindrops and pour the water back into the river before it runs completely dry and all the fish are dead.

Controls:

A or left arrow to go left D or right arrow to go right

Should also work with gamepad, I haven't tested it however.

The bucket is emptied automatically when player is on the edge.

Hope you enjoy it for at least a few minutes.

Ondrej

Youtube https://ondy1985.itch.io/just-in-beaver
Youtube https://github.com/ondy1985/justinbeaver
Youtube https://ondy1985.itch.io/just-in-beaver
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/just-in-beaver

Ratings

Overall 338th 3.372⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Fun 276th 3.346⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 475th 2.91⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Theme 330th 3.538⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 140th 3.833⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Humor 116th 3.3⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Mood 313th 3.139⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Given 38🗳️ 49🗨️

Feedback

voidraizer
05. Oct 2020 · 02:01 UTC
I really enjoyed this one. It was silly but awesome
crazi456
05. Oct 2020 · 02:02 UTC
Very cute beaver. Fun little game, Good job!
neonjeff
05. Oct 2020 · 02:02 UTC
I never realized the tough life of a beaver. Thank you for teaching me this story of nature. I will be sure to leave more buckets near rivers in case the beavers don't have any.

Seriously though this was great!
Nikos
05. Oct 2020 · 02:04 UTC
The beaver character is cute. The gameplay is intresting but stressful.
oa5f
05. Oct 2020 · 13:14 UTC
Loved the art style! The gameplay was simple yet fun.
dadiaogames
05. Oct 2020 · 15:59 UTC
Good gameplay, great graphics, nice submission!
If there are some little bonuses added some times, it would be better.
Omar 14
05. Oct 2020 · 15:59 UTC
Really liked the art style and the gameplay is very smooth
seanarooni
05. Oct 2020 · 16:59 UTC
Cute game, looks and feels really good.
M8rix
05. Oct 2020 · 20:15 UTC
Cute and polished little game! Fun and interesting arcade mechanics :)
axeltherabbit
05. Oct 2020 · 21:06 UTC
Cute graphics :3
Coding4rtist
05. Oct 2020 · 21:10 UTC
Cool idea! Simple but good gameplay. The art style is cute.
FussenKuh
05. Oct 2020 · 21:14 UTC
I was far more amused at the simple beaver running animation than I have any right to be. Also, I had no idea how important beavers were to our water cycle! #TheMoreYouKnow

I'd say you made yourself a nice little game within your 12-hour time span. Nice work!
justsWn
05. Oct 2020 · 23:05 UTC
Simple and lovely. Good work, love the art style, couldn't save the beaver that long, but got 127 points :)
alec
05. Oct 2020 · 23:52 UTC
Really well done. Graphics were on point and gameplay was addicting.
Gironimo4
06. Oct 2020 · 00:41 UTC
Frustrating gameplay, just because I'm a completionist and as soon as I dropped below 100% I knew I was just fighting to keep what I had. Great art! Nice job.
Nobleboy
06. Oct 2020 · 01:42 UTC
That's one greedy dang beaver, the grass needs water to grow too!

Nice simple well executed game.
🎤 ondy1985
06. Oct 2020 · 06:37 UTC
@voidraizer @crazi456 @neonjeff @nikos @oa5f @dadiaogames @omar-14 @seanarooni @m8rix @axeltherabbit @coding4rtist @fussenkuh @justswn @alec Thanks to everybody for the nice feedback. This was my first jam and didn't know what to expect, but the community here is really nice :-) Hope I didn't forget to mention anyone.

@gironimo4 it's frustrating for me too, should probably start with more than 100 % to satysfy my inner OCD :-)

@nobleboy I don't believe you caught every last rain drop, so I guess the grass had it's share of water too :-)
netmute
06. Oct 2020 · 06:53 UTC
My score is 37. Did I do well? :cold_sweat:

The art was super great!
I wish there was some kind of feedback when the bucket is full, I missed that repeatedly :sweat_smile:
🎤 ondy1985
06. Oct 2020 · 07:01 UTC
@netmute there's a "progressbar" underneath the beaver that fills up, you have have keep an eye on it :-)
Geryon Games
06. Oct 2020 · 12:34 UTC
Fantastic artwork! Simple gameplay loop, but great execution. Awesome fun and educational game!
Virtual Turtle Studio
06. Oct 2020 · 19:20 UTC
Lovely little game you got here! It looks super cute and when the beaver started walking around it was just way too cute. The game is pretty addictive and I think with a bit of music this would have been even more fun for a long time. My highscore is 612, but I do think it's a losing battle. At some point you just see the water going down and there is no way you can keep up, haha. Anyway, good job on this entry!
🎤 ondy1985
06. Oct 2020 · 19:24 UTC
@virtual-turtle-studio wow 612? I have never got that many points, the game starts to be a little boring after a a while :-D Yes, I definitely wanted to add music, but as I wanted to join the compo not the jam, I would have to create the music myself, which was a no go.
Ramble House Games
07. Oct 2020 · 00:31 UTC
Great little game. I can tell that it was nicely scoped for the compo. The art is cohesive and fun.
arron-fowler
08. Oct 2020 · 08:14 UTC
Its a really good game for such a short amount of time. I feels like its going to be easy at first and soon snaps you out of that once you realise the tension of a full bucket. The game loop is really good.
Skoggy
08. Oct 2020 · 19:34 UTC
Got 56 points! Probably terrible!
Nice fit to the theme, and also very frustrating when you start missing the droplets. I definitely needed a bigget bucket!
Great job!
GettingRekt
09. Oct 2020 · 16:30 UTC
I found this game greatly balanced when it came to graphics, UI, playability, sounds (a bit lacking without music but hey, better than bad music!). I think the limited scope of the game helped it out quite alot. Good job!
island-jam-2-group-3
09. Oct 2020 · 21:17 UTC
I had no idea about that part of the water cycle! Simple but cool and entertaining game! Liked the beaver and the title ;-)
Endurion
11. Oct 2020 · 17:54 UTC
Very nice little game. Getting a bit tedious later on, but still made 182 points.
Flying Dog Fish
13. Oct 2020 · 21:26 UTC
Very cute game! Also educational and environmentally friendly too. And funny title too.
JakobTheQuizGuy
17. Oct 2020 · 14:48 UTC
The artstyle and simple gameplay makes me feel like this could be a great minigame for a children's game! It was fun to play, but I didn't like the thunder(?) sound that kept repeating, it got annoying quickly. Nevertheless, this is a good entry!
🎤 ondy1985
19. Oct 2020 · 21:20 UTC
@jakobthequizguy there's no thunder :-) maybe you mean tge sound when you are pouring the water out of the bucket :-) It was the closest I got to the sound of water using sfxr :-D
Doraemon
23. Oct 2020 · 02:30 UTC
Love the sound when I empty the bucket! really enjoy this game, great job!
SvartTand
26. Oct 2020 · 21:36 UTC
Really nice game, and a good spin on the theme! i got a score of 90 so i guess thats decent as a first try.