Pan Dem Duck by JoshH

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made by JoshH for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

It's every duck for themselves! Grab the toilet paper and avoid the sample ladies and dodge the Covid spores.

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Controls

  • w,a,s,d (or Up, Down, Left, Right)
  • r reset
  • Space stop music

Story:

Quackenbush has run out of toilet paper. He receives a flyer from his local grocery store – they just got a shipment of Quadrupal-ply Tushie Soft – his fav. But hurry down because supplies are limited because The Karens are out in force, determined to snap up every last roll of Tushie Soft.

Join Quackenbush in his adventure of obtaining the unobtainable – a roll of Tushie Soft. Avoid free-floating COVID-19 spores and the Sample Lady (Plague on a Stick!). Follow the maze that is our Mrs. M’s Everyday Market aisles. Check out the latest in PPE – like Mason’s Disinfection Spray and Col. X’s Fabulous Bar Soap. Grab a roll of Tushie Soft and exit the store through the self-checkout and you are home free.

Gameplay

Player starts out at the entrance to the store. Objective – obtain a roll of toilet paper (in upper, left-hand area of playing field) and get through check-out line and out the exit. Toilet paer counts down as lives are lost. When all the rolls are gone, play is done.

COVID-19 spores – they spawn and float around, unconstrained throughout the playing field.

Sample Ladies – they are constrained to one spot in the game (end of certain aisles). The continuously thrust out samples (Plague on a Stick).

UHACC Team

This is our group's first Jam. We hope you enjoy our submission! - Programming: JoshH - Sprites: chux0r - Sound: leokrechmer - Map: achmorrison - Storyboard: trb0grl

Known Issues

  • Game is not finished, but playable.
  • The native love2d (https://love2d.org/) file runs a bit better than the html5 (seems sluggish).
  • No collision enabled (ran out of time!).

Ratings

Overall 2527th 2.313⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Fun 2493th 2.256⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 2496th 2.213⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Theme 2508th 2.293⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 2225th 2.513⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Audio 1379th 2.793⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1111th 2.939⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Mood 2310th 2.415⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Given 62🗳️ 53🗨️

Feedback

🎤 JoshH
18. Apr 2020 · 04:54 UTC
Snapshot of progress

![LD46-Snapshot4-17-20.gif](///raw/6b4/c2/z/2ab5a.gif)
SaeedPrez
20. Apr 2020 · 22:36 UTC
Hm, the game doesn't seem very complete. I just run to the toilet paper on top left and it start over again. There doesn't seem to be any borders either, so I can leave the game window. The game crashed twice for me unfortunately. Good luck.
Darkfire92
20. Apr 2020 · 22:43 UTC
Collisions and some extra level are missing, but good job, I love the music and the retro smell :D
🎤 JoshH
20. Apr 2020 · 23:06 UTC
@saeedprez Thanks! Yeah, collision proved problematic in the build so I removed it for now.
@darkfire92 Thanks! Plenty left to do :D
orsi
21. Apr 2020 · 05:27 UTC
Same as others, boundaries are non-existent and I was wondering for awhile where my character was. Really enjoyed the toilet paper success music for some reason lol.
LadislavOdstrcil
21. Apr 2020 · 09:05 UTC
music is nice, but i can walk trough the walls and when i press R it stop the game totally
SlimBun
21. Apr 2020 · 13:54 UTC
Hm, the game doesn’t seem very complete. I just run to the toilet paper on top left and it start over again. There doesn’t seem to be any borders either, so I can leave the game window. The game crashed twice for me unfortunately. Good luck.
TheDouche
21. Apr 2020 · 13:55 UTC
Fun little game!
consider playing mine? https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/ballad-of-the-bard
leokrechmer
21. Apr 2020 · 14:21 UTC
@thedouche
Already on my way to check it :)
llwyd
21. Apr 2020 · 14:40 UTC
I managed to clip through all the walls and walk straight to the toilet paper every time. Other than that, loved the retro feel of this game, nice visuals and soundtrack too!
FinnThePirate
21. Apr 2020 · 15:08 UTC
eventhough it's incomplete it was fun to play, nice concept and nes style. Love the music good job
Lucidus
21. Apr 2020 · 15:40 UTC
Like the graphics and audio! Relaxing game :)
bredcrumb
21. Apr 2020 · 15:57 UTC
Nice concept! It's a shame it's unfinished:( Creative title though:D
angelina
22. Apr 2020 · 00:28 UTC
Such a funny idea! Wish you could have finished it.
KeepingHimAlive
22. Apr 2020 · 00:39 UTC
pretty nice art but the lack of wall collision kind of kills any kind of fun the game could have been. a good attempt atleast and you can trigger the win condition, so it's something.
PonyPen
22. Apr 2020 · 07:47 UTC
I would like to play this again when it is finished as it's a good concept but without the walls being solid it's nowhere near as fun as it should be. But there's a lot of potential here to make it an awesome silly game!
Keyo
22. Apr 2020 · 16:49 UTC
It could be a nice game. I kinda played like there really were collisions and the potential is good when the game is finished. =)
debuggerpls
22. Apr 2020 · 19:00 UTC
I quite enjoyed the sound effect when you get the toilet paper. If collisions and some UI or goal were there, I think it would be fun game. Good job
Undead Aubergine
22. Apr 2020 · 19:11 UTC
Great sound! Very NES-like.
Mikonow
24. Apr 2020 · 22:25 UTC
Nice sound and visuel ! But i didn"t get what to do more than taking the toilet paper :'(
NathanT
25. Apr 2020 · 06:56 UTC
Great sounds. Moves fast. Would love to see more. Good job!
sky_fighter
25. Apr 2020 · 07:05 UTC
The visual and audio is nice, but like others have mentioned the lack of collidersn in the game makes it feel really incomplete
LungTakumi
25. Apr 2020 · 07:10 UTC
Interesting idea. There are few bugs here, I can pass through the wall, and go out of the boundary.
k_baskakova
25. Apr 2020 · 18:33 UTC
I became a super duck that can walk through walls! I don’t know what I just did :)) but in spite of everything, I spent a rather long time playing the game! it was funny!
thelemba
25. Apr 2020 · 18:33 UTC
I'm not sure what to do here, it keeps resetting my position
royur
27. Apr 2020 · 14:34 UTC
Can move through everything except virus and infected people.
chtimy
27. Apr 2020 · 18:48 UTC
Nice game! Just handle the collisions and could be a funny game ^^
sharbelfs
27. Apr 2020 · 18:52 UTC
Game seems promising, but without collisions it is really hard to have a good gameplay. Would like to play this one again with collisions in the future.
Bulent Altinay
01. May 2020 · 12:23 UTC
Nice graphics. Agree with the things written above. Good luck with your game... :thumbsup: