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Dunkegg by Luke Perkin

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made by Luke Perkin for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

https://youtu.be/iIaNoVD6iEE

Gregg the egg has taken a life-threatening hit to shell in a breakfast warzone. We need your help to get him to the hospital without causing him any further damage. All you have to do is guide the two useless troops carrying his stretcher around the obstacles whilst avoiding anything that falls from the sky. And please don’t let Gregg roll off, he’s already leaking. Look, just keep him alive!

Controls

Keyboard:
Q to move Cooper forward,
A to move Cooper left,
E to move Benedict forward,
D to move Benedict right.

Gamepad:
LT to move Cooper forward,
LB to move Cooper left,
RT to move Benedict forward,
RB to move Benedict right.

Credits

Jack Tondeur - Art & Animation
Steve Sparkes - Code + Eggelese sounds.
Bex Betton - Writing
Luke Perkin - Code
Chris Dwyer - Textures

Music from Incompetech + Freesound.

About the Team

DUNKEGG was created over a weekend by a team of games industry professionals. Jack and Luke work together at Fabrik Games in the UK and Steve, Bex and Luke are all part of the BAFTA Games Crew cohort of 2019.

Edits

14:45 21st March - Added option to toggle quality settings, better camera handling to prevent it clipping through walls, and smaller build size.
18:20 21st March - Removed some rogue collision boxes.

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Youtube https://www.dropbox.com/s/volo5nbqexo9e7l/DUNKEGG_v2_2.zip?dl=0
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/dunkegg

Ratings

Overall 97th 4.152⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Fun 155th 3.991⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 94th 4.064⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Theme 71th 4.321⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 117th 4.482⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Audio 159th 4.045⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Humor 33th 4.309⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Mood 111th 4.2⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Given 53🗳️ 71🗨️

Feedback

koljam
21. Apr 2020 · 10:56 UTC
I liked the *look* and the feel of the game. Also the *idea* of moving two eggs is quite cool, I did never see something like this before.

Sadly my PC was a bit too slow in performance, which dampened the fun
a little. Also downloading half a GB took a while. But those two things are not the games fault (I think)

All in all, really *impressive*, especially given the timeframe!
🎤 Luke Perkin
21. Apr 2020 · 11:01 UTC
Thanks for the comment @koljam :) when I finish work today I'm gonna add in the option to disable some of the post-processing stuff so it plays better on lower-end PCs. There might also be some settings in Unreal Engine I can fiddle around with to get the build size smaller.
Snowirbis
21. Apr 2020 · 11:02 UTC
Best entry so far, great idea and execution, love that cutscene, but was not easy to play on keyboard (maybe cause I have AZERTY keyboard ?)
Fortunately you setup the controller input so I could play.
I managed to win, but sometimes (especially at the middle pathway), we can't see what happens because the camera is in the wall.
tkaczz
21. Apr 2020 · 11:02 UTC
A bit clunky controls, too easy to die. Still very fun, love art, mood of this game.
nick0124 creator
21. Apr 2020 · 14:42 UTC
Good graphics and stylistics
Pilarius
21. Apr 2020 · 14:55 UTC
Awesome entry! I had a lot of fun puzzling about the controls.
The collider around the toaster were a bit frustrating. It felt like the graphical representation didn't fit the collider size so I died a few times at places which looked safe to walk on.
But overall great concept, fitting atmosphere and sound :)

How many medals are there?
🎤 Luke Perkin
21. Apr 2020 · 15:08 UTC
Thanks @pilarius ! There are five medals in total to find.
KittRangers
21. Apr 2020 · 16:49 UTC
Wow! Great game! I like the idea and very cool art style!
Thanks for this submission! You made a great work!
Karas
21. Apr 2020 · 16:55 UTC
Really nice game, love the graphics, the sound the ambiance. And it's really funny too ! However it was running slowly on my computer, wich normally run game pretty smoothly. Overall, had fun playing it :)
Bastian Bresson
21. Apr 2020 · 17:01 UTC
Beautiful game and eggcelent take on the theme ;) Was able to pick it up quickly, but I was not able to get all medals, eggcelent challenge (ok I'm out).
SplitPainter
21. Apr 2020 · 18:20 UTC
Rated 5 stars. Funny and beautiful. Top notch.
NoamRaz
21. Apr 2020 · 18:32 UTC
I'm the 20 Rate! (now you can be judged HAHA) Good Game! I liked the story of the game and it's really special!
Marcin Godzina
21. Apr 2020 · 18:38 UTC
Very nice entry. I love the graphics and the mood - the tension! :) . Gameplay is ok, but didn't manage to keep me for longer.
Gus Goucher
21. Apr 2020 · 18:47 UTC
Really laggy. I LOVE the graphics and audio, though!
🎤 Luke Perkin
21. Apr 2020 · 19:20 UTC
Thanks @gus-goucher. Did you see you can press F10 in the main menu to change quality settings? That'll help with the framerate.
SylvainPV
21. Apr 2020 · 20:09 UTC
Best game of the jam I played so far. Great idea, great resolution. I hope one day to reach this level. Bravo !
lucisaurus
21. Apr 2020 · 21:00 UTC
very cute and stylish game :) good job :)
Texz
21. Apr 2020 · 21:14 UTC
Really good idée, you really should do updates ! :)
jeroenwimmers
21. Apr 2020 · 22:21 UTC
it's like The Stretchers on the Nintendo Switch! Great art!
Lukas Shiley
21. Apr 2020 · 22:34 UTC
I loved the art style and the humor! The visual effects and physics really made the game interesting along with the music. I had a great time struggling to get to the end. Great game!
anthony Marmont
21. Apr 2020 · 22:38 UTC
"To me"

"To you"

"To me"

"To you"

"Blimey, watch out!"
AMastryukov
21. Apr 2020 · 22:40 UTC
This was a fun little entry. I loved the artstyle and the absurdity of it. Have to say that I didn't read too much of the interactions because I was too focused on controlling the eggs. The controls feel decent, although I wish I could move them back once I accidentally move them the wrong way. At times, it was very frustrating to bump the walls only slightly and just die. Overall, I liked it a lot, great job!
jxavier
22. Apr 2020 · 00:06 UTC
can't wait for the sequel when the eggs go to the rice ~~fields~~ plates
Bongooo
22. Apr 2020 · 07:04 UTC
Just played! very nice! Probably I will tweet about this in the next day on this page https://twitter.com/Free_IndieGames !
davidvfilipe
22. Apr 2020 · 12:53 UTC
Love the art style and love the lines even more ahahah
JasonD
22. Apr 2020 · 13:36 UTC
Humour and overall cinematic presentation are totally on-point! The audio also feels really complete.
Unfortunately the framerate really chugged for me, even on the low-quality setting, and I wasn't able to experience the gameplay properly.
Khud0
22. Apr 2020 · 14:38 UTC
I absolutely love games which mix black&white color scheme with something juicy and bright!
Duck Reaction
22. Apr 2020 · 16:49 UTC
What an amazing game !

The introduction, the sound and dialog make the game very immersive. I also like the post process effect.
The control with keyboard is little bit too tricky but whit the controller it works like a charm.
Sometimes, the camera is misplaced and makes the game frustrating, maybe improve the placement or let the player control the camera ?
I would realy like a couch coop mod !

Good job guys !
KptnHolz
22. Apr 2020 · 19:56 UTC
Had to play till I beat it! Nice job! 🥚🥚
Vatigo
22. Apr 2020 · 22:14 UTC
Finished it! It was perfect! Funny, innovative, polished. The controls were excellent and I loved the silent black & white movie aesthetic. Great job guys!
GabrielH
23. Apr 2020 · 04:20 UTC
There are a lot of egg games for some reason, not that it matters for this game though, excellent job!
Best egg!
Zigg
24. Apr 2020 · 22:05 UTC
Super hard I think the arty needs a marker to help dodge the attacks. I love the controls and the whole Style!
jelfe
25. Apr 2020 · 09:42 UTC
Loved the game-play and graphics, It was really fun to play.
Hernz
25. Apr 2020 · 09:45 UTC
Oddly enough, we had a similar idea with a stretcher and eggs until we went for something totally different ! The game is fun thanks to the setup and the character lines. The art is amazing, didn't knew a simple voronoi would look that good as a ground ! The intro with the fliping board is also very inventive. The controls are smooth but the keybinding is so weird! How am i supposed to put 4 fingers like that ? Pushing left and right to go forward and backward also hurt my poor brain. The gameplay is fun but the eggshells (hehe) are falling too fast, i barely had the time to notice the shadow that the thing was falling. The text boxs were also really big and sometimes prevented me from seeing the eggshell's shadows. Overall you did a tremendous and creative work, well done !
vizitas
25. Apr 2020 · 09:56 UTC
Great models and animation, great sound. It was a little bit frustrating, when you would die randomly from mortar and had to restart from the beginning, maybe some check points would have helped. Good job all around, well polished!
Local Minimum
25. Apr 2020 · 09:59 UTC
Graphics, audio and humor were all splendid! The controls quite unique and I ended up using both hands, one for forward backwards and the other for rotations. Once I got the hang of that way of playing it felt quite natural, but would have made more sense if it was A + D and J + L with how I played.

I didn't play it to the end even though I would have liked to, but I got to the key? behind the toaster and then I didn't really spot where I was supposed to go from there even if I got there several times. The second reason was that while there were auditory queues for where the eggs were coming, it felt like my only strategy was to keep moving (which maps badly with being confused about where to go).

I think it would have been nice with some visual queues, like an egg's shadow indicating where the next bombing was going to occur.

Great work though! Really a first class entry.
Lyje
25. Apr 2020 · 19:25 UTC
Brilliant graphics, gameplay, sound and writing! Tricky but really engaging.
Adriana
26. Apr 2020 · 11:20 UTC
This was really well done! congrats on the fantastic art and music direction. The gameplay was fun and engaging but I felt like the falling eggs were a bit too difficult to avoid and made the game slightly frustrating. Simply having to avoid obstacles was quite challenging in itself :)
Red Ash
12. May 2020 · 14:19 UTC
I love the art and the retro touch. I found the game quite difficult, as eggs often falls right on me, but overall the game is fun. Very good job, congrats !