Groovy B and the Great Cownundrum by 6smith

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made by 6smith for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

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Adventure! Mystery! Romance! Milk!

Join protagonist Groovy B, in their time-cursed Groundhog-Day-esque adventure to cure the town's government and dairy industry of cow-rruption!​

Controls: Enter to begin game, Z to interact, X to jump, Arrow keys to move.

Works great on mobile! Possibly playable on a gameboy colour or above, although that hasn't been tested.

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play on itch.io

Ratings

Overall 670th 3.589⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Fun 804th 3.339⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1214th 2.929⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Theme 919th 3.519⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 316th 4.089⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Audio 715th 3.259⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Humor 121th 3.944⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Mood 370th 3.8⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 17🗳️ 35🗨️

Feedback

Squid Inc.
06. Oct 2020 · 00:40 UTC
I played this game instead of doing my homework. Very fun, good job!
Reef
06. Oct 2020 · 01:22 UTC
Really great! I enjoyed the funny writing and the puzzle. You art was nice, felt just like a gameboy game. The jumping was a little unpredictable at first but I got used to it. You could also make it a little more clear what objects the player is able to interact with. I'm tempted to play again because I think I missed out on some things! Nice little world you put together.
karreg
06. Oct 2020 · 01:23 UTC
I'm sorry I just rage quit.
After I passed 3 minutes just to figure out how to play, I didn't really understand what I am supposed to do. The "interact" command lacks precision (for each character or door I have met, I had to try 3 or 4 times to "activate" the action"). On the other hand, the art is cool.
🎤 6smith
06. Oct 2020 · 02:03 UTC
@karreg try interacting with things when you are standing next to them and facing them, rather then when you are on top of them.
BEK
06. Oct 2020 · 03:10 UTC
awesome game i liked it, i got to the store ad got the milk but i couldnot figure out how to go back and give the milk to the mom )
Spiderpeace
06. Oct 2020 · 03:52 UTC
@bek you have to keep going forwards until you get to the hotel, that's how you reset the time loop :)
merzlot
06. Oct 2020 · 03:58 UTC
Made it to the end! :D This is nice and funny story. ) Some interaction indicator would be useful - "Press Z" when you are near the object or "!" Thank you for the game!
Spiderpeace
06. Oct 2020 · 04:03 UTC
@merzlot great suggestion, thank you for playing!
Fonics
06. Oct 2020 · 05:00 UTC
Great game! Good art, writing and the audio was simplistic but fitting and pleasant. I love the groundhog day turned quest for milk storyline! Good humor and fits the theme well, all around solid game!
Trypants
06. Oct 2020 · 05:01 UTC
Great Art! Some UI/Indication would be helpful. Good entry.
UkuleleFury
06. Oct 2020 · 05:01 UTC
Lol, I hate it when my key dissolves!

:) Loved the narrative and story. The jumping is a little tricky, but not terrible. The hitboxes for interacting could use a little polish too. I didn't have time to finish exploring/finishing the game, but there are so many parts I want to finish seeing! Very compelling.
radgegames
06. Oct 2020 · 05:03 UTC
Super fun game to play the characters really made me laugh and the milk bottle anon note was hilarious in the beginning
Stefan B.
06. Oct 2020 · 05:12 UTC
oops, straight walked by the uncle to the bus ;) Fun story and huge jumps (feels a bit too much movment in y direction compared to x)
PrincessChooChoo
06. Oct 2020 · 05:14 UTC
Fun little game, really nice gameboy-ish aesthetic.
I's agree with other commenters that the interact positioning is a little fiddly and unintutitive and the jump behaves strangely though.
AndrewPixel
06. Oct 2020 · 15:28 UTC
The only flaws of this game are the physics and the kind of repetitive music, for the rest the humour is fantastic and the graphics really resemble the Gameboy-ish style. Good job!
TheWustache
06. Oct 2020 · 16:08 UTC
Pretty much every line made me laugh :D
dyguests
06. Oct 2020 · 17:16 UTC
The style is very comfortable.
awesomearcade365
07. Oct 2020 · 06:18 UTC
Best game I've played so far! 5/5 for me. the dialogue was fantastic.
CaptainProton42
07. Oct 2020 · 12:04 UTC
Very cute! I was surprised when I entered the dream world first (although I couldn't figure out what to do there), and how it then looped back around. The graphics are very nice and I actually like the music (although maybe a bit repetitive). Overall, very solid entry!
Gilad Bar Ilan
09. Oct 2020 · 16:09 UTC
Remines the good old days great job!
Arttu Halonen
09. Oct 2020 · 16:15 UTC
Cool idea and great visuals! I was able to warp through the locked door in the cave without a key by just running straight into it and mashing the Z key. And also the areas where you could interact with doors with the Z key were a bit small and finicky. Overall great job, there's a lot of potential here!
Carson Bentley
09. Oct 2020 · 21:45 UTC
Super excellent. I dig this very much.
Quality through and through.
DDRKirbyISQ
16. Oct 2020 · 05:06 UTC
Simple but fun. Extra points for implementing both platforming and top-down movement...
HitchH1k3r
21. Oct 2020 · 03:48 UTC
I managed to uncover the cow-spiracy. Others have mentioned the controls being a bit funky: slid-y, super power jump (I particularly felt the ceiling bonks), and interaction being ahead of the player was not expected.

I liked the humorous story, and felt I got to know this little world while playing. Good work.