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Prescription by Zivfo

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made by Zivfo for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

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Our entry for Ludum dare 46.

A game about making pills to save people.

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test_loop.gif

(choose one patient, drag empty capsule from bottom-right to any plate under the three cure,

squeeze some cure, then drag it to the wrapper on the table, click pack if all is set )

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made with Unity / Aseprite / PS / GarageBand in 72h

.. some bugs remain, and lack of tuning,

should be fixed later in a post-jam version

now it's the burn out and rest..

Hope you enjoy it.

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==== Bug Fixed Version ====

Includes:

+6 hours more work

  • Fixed several bugs
  • Has some extra polish and tuning
  • Fixed typo: Create by
  • Set music to loop

( Try not to use this version to vote :P )

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Youtube https://campostella.itch.io/prescription
Youtube https://campostella.itch.io/prescription-fixed
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/prescription

Ratings

Overall 376th 3.875⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 661th 3.6⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 371th 3.75⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 279th 4.14⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 471th 4.14⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Audio 445th 3.72⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1355th 2.725⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 203th 4.06⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 33🗳️ 23🗨️

Feedback

helenejeanbon
21. Apr 2020 · 11:58 UTC
I can't create cure, is it part of bugs? :)
I think the concept is cool anyway, hope you'll can fix it after the jam !
great artwork and sound :)
🎤 Zivfo
22. Apr 2020 · 02:35 UTC
@helenejeanbon hi, it's probably because the game needs a proper tutorial part, or could also be a bug, we 'll fix it. Thanks a lot!
xyfeng
22. Apr 2020 · 03:41 UTC
@helenejeanbon We really appreciate your helpful feedback;) Apology for ambiguous game control guide. To play the game, you might want to refer to the game-control GIF-pic.
helenejeanbon
22. Apr 2020 · 07:53 UTC
great ! thank you for the tutorial (hope it was'nt here when I ask my question haha :/ :))
I try it again it was fun, I saved lot's of people! :)
helenejeanbon
22. Apr 2020 · 12:20 UTC
I showed your game to my partner because I was surprised that you have only 3 rating,
He explained me that you have to play and rate ans comments other games so they can see yours and rate it :)
(that'll modidy your balances et karma)
Hope it'll help a bit because you did a great job :)
campostella
22. Apr 2020 · 12:58 UTC
@helenejeanbon Thank you for your kindness, we appreciate it very much :) It's actually our first time joining ludum dare and we lack in experience. Now we are struggling fixing the bugs, and plan to play other people's game after this thing is done,,, so shame we didn't provide a solid game experience when you tried out our game... :<
helenejeanbon
22. Apr 2020 · 14:37 UTC
I understand, it's my first time too, I was a bit confused by the process to follow :)
okay good luck for fixing bugs! :) (my experience the second time was good!)
yscik
22. Apr 2020 · 20:33 UTC
Really nice style and atmosphere. Wasn't obvious at first that I had to select patients, and just packed things for nothing. Also filled the first ones up to 100% blue stuff as I thought the 15-25 number under the pill was something like a price for it, a % sign might help in there.
The customer cured sound effect breaks the mood a bit, it sticks out a bit from the general slow monotone feeling.
Well done overall!
Kazz96
22. Apr 2020 · 20:48 UTC
Wow, really good atmosphere and pixel art ! The concept is fun and innovative too. It was a little bit hard to understand what to do at first, but then I get a very good time. Keep it up !
Mika la Grand
22. Apr 2020 · 20:56 UTC
Pretty nice game, my record is 15 people saved (12 died but ssh). I like the art and the music, but it does get a bit difficult. I would really limited it to two pills, otherwise it will just take too much time. Also, that's not how you pronounce "meteorite" XD. I do also agree with @yscik, that it isn't obvious that you have to click on the person. I thought that the list on the left was the list of orders; especially since it start with one recipe and then more are added.
Jofish
22. Apr 2020 · 20:59 UTC
This is really brilliant. It's a neat and new concept, and the story and art support it really well. I understand this is your first LD entry, and it's a bloody strong start. Good luck with your future projects!
S J Palmer
22. Apr 2020 · 23:09 UTC
I enjoyed the game! It took me one round to work out I had to click the patients - I tried making every recipe in the list the first time! Afterwards it was fun but I wasn't completely sure why I lost - was it because I ran out of money?
🎤 Zivfo
23. Apr 2020 · 03:11 UTC
@yscik need to think more from the player side on design details. really valuable feedback, thank you !
🎤 Zivfo
23. Apr 2020 · 03:12 UTC
@kazz96 thanks~ glad you enjoyed it
🎤 Zivfo
23. Apr 2020 · 03:16 UTC
@mika-la-grand that's a high record man xP ； you're right we should've done better in the tutorial part. i'll pay attention to that afterwards. thank you!
🎤 Zivfo
23. Apr 2020 · 03:17 UTC
@jofish Thank you very much. yours too~
🎤 Zivfo
23. Apr 2020 · 03:20 UTC
@s-j-palmer thank you ~ yeah that's it. terrible reason for a Dr to quit so quickly though :).
ryzy27
23. Apr 2020 · 07:14 UTC
You have managed to give it awesome, depressing mood. Gameplay is unique.

It was easy at first, but one mistake was enough to snowball into defeat. I like that :)

Cheers!
sztrovacsek
23. Apr 2020 · 12:17 UTC
Very good and polished game, the mechanic is easy to undertsand, but it gets harder to focus when more and more patient is coming in (or leaving). Good job on this one, keep up the good work! :slight_smile:
gurkenlabs
23. Apr 2020 · 12:53 UTC
Apart from the sinister and convincing mood, I really liked the difficulty curve. It all strarted out as "hey, this isn't too difficult at all" and everything went downhill when you couldn't keep up with the crowd of waiting patients. I can definitely see some sad parallels to real life here. You should try to make the mechanics less opaque, maybe by replacing drag&drop with a more straightforward point&click approach.
Kate90
23. Apr 2020 · 16:20 UTC
I couldnt play a lot - each time I started game (fixed one) and each time i cured 0 to 3 people when the medicine feeder start pouring into the pill all it had, refil and countinue splitting it. But in this short play I could say you did great job with gameplay (if to ignore a bug), I like the atmosphere and art is nice!
gamechoy
23. Apr 2020 · 20:51 UTC
Neat idea, it gets hard to keep up with all those sick people! Nice work.
MrHassanSan
23. Apr 2020 · 21:16 UTC
I had the same initial playthrough as Yscik, but after I figured out how to play, this was really fun (and heartbreaking!). You might try labeling the prescription reference list so it's more clear that it's not the list of orders you have, or not letting the player send medicine to no one, or some combination of things. Otherwise, this was really cool!
Karenin Dmitry
24. Apr 2020 · 16:21 UTC
Good game! All made great, i don't now what to add :) Maybe make sense to add different desieses in time. Small recipes will be easier to learn and difficulty curve more gentel
🎤 Zivfo
27. Apr 2020 · 04:55 UTC
@ryzy27 glad you liked it, thank you ~
🎤 Zivfo
27. Apr 2020 · 04:57 UTC
@sztrovacsek Thanks ~ :v:
🎤 Zivfo
27. Apr 2020 · 05:01 UTC
@gurkenlabs yeah you're right, too often the drag & drop with too small items to grab, probably fix that later. Thank you
🎤 Zivfo
27. Apr 2020 · 05:04 UTC
@kate90 thanks for the feed back, did you mean you met a blocker when playing it ?
🎤 Zivfo
27. Apr 2020 · 05:06 UTC
@gamechoy thank you~
🎤 Zivfo
27. Apr 2020 · 05:08 UTC
@mrhassansan those are definitely good suggestions, thanks~
🎤 Zivfo
27. Apr 2020 · 05:10 UTC
@karenin-dmitry good idea actually i'd have done that if it grants more time :) thank you !
eduardogacn
28. Apr 2020 · 06:31 UTC
good game
Pixel_BR
02. May 2020 · 11:45 UTC
Really in the mood for this game, really good idea and nice execution! The music is really nice, sets the mood and makes you feel the atmosphere and contrasts with the urge to make the cure fast! Really good implementation of the micro managing with the price and dose ranges!
Congratulations!
Keppu
04. May 2020 · 06:37 UTC
Another gem within the jam games. Graphics are really top-notch and overall mood gives strong papers please vibes. It's a casual mixing game and complex enough to keep up the attention. Music score supports the overall mood quite nicely and sfx fit as well.

Overall well done!
🎤 Zivfo
12. May 2020 · 10:11 UTC
@pixel-br Thanks!
🎤 Zivfo
12. May 2020 · 10:20 UTC
@keppu That's very kind and encouraging ! Thank you