MINUTES TO SHIP by Hydezeke
Hey intern. Your art is...better than nothing. You're hired!
Get hired to a game studio in disarray. They need assets for their upcoming titles. First batch is due in...about 11 minutes.
Some parts of the game require a microphone. (though a mic isn't required to play through)
Play here: https://hydezeke.itch.io/minute-to-ship
Features 5 games with writing/drawings/recordings by you.
Keyboard/mouse/spacebar/press O to skip games if they break.
Good luck!
Game by me (Michael Savage-Benoist) and my dad (Tom Benoist). https://twitter.com/hydezeke

| Youtube | https://hydezeke.itch.io/minute-to-ship |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/minutes-to-ship |
Ratings
| Overall | 2th | 4.481⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 3th | 4.423⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 2th | 4.654⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 2th | 4.635⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 112th | 4.25⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 50th | 4.08⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 1th | 4.577⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 9th | 4.478⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 18🗳️ | 18🗨️ |
The mood with the lively text bubbles, to the chill ambient music feels so right. Your aesthetic has a lot of appeal and interest because of its simplicity.
Having the player create the experience is a great core concept, and I really dig how it fits with the gameplay of a shoot 'em up.
My one suggestion on the continuation for this game is to make objects more readable, and visible, during gameplay sections.
Since everything is on the gray scale, it's difficult to discern projectiles from background.
All in all, I really enjoyed my experience. Great work!
PS. This art reminds me of the art from games like Kirby on the SNES <3
@chorizo I'm super duper into that idea! I've also had a few playthroughs that I wish I had been able to save/load. I'll probably get it to work with standalone (win/osx) version.
@welshdivision That sucks! Thanks for letting me know!
Fantastic as always!
Not only is it impressive that you got such a solid drawing mechanic implemented, but you also made multiple different games inside this game! You must've have needed to make 2 or 3 of those per day to get it done in time. Really awesome job!
Music was great, and I loved the sense of humor. The style and layout of the game was really well done as well, so I really liked the aesthetics of it. Overall this was a great game and well done!