Sad Dads: Loop of Lawn Maintenance by Shay Cichocki

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made by Shay Cichocki for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

​Sad Dads is a game where you have to keep your lawn maintained, and your spouse happy. You are able to upgrade your tractor to attempt to keep your lawn mowed but do know you also need to buy your spouse gifts to keep them happy.

​Use WASD to drive, space for a BEER BOOST.

Screen1.PNG upgrades.PNG bigdeck.PNG

Ratings

Overall 1464th 2.932⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1302th 2.864⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1386th 2.727⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1217th 3.182⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1400th 2.659⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 1046th 2.386⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 261th 3.614⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 882th 3.31⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 8🗳️ 7🗨️

Feedback

minibobbo
05. Oct 2020 · 03:44 UTC
I'm not sure what the beer boost did. Or why my tractor would randomly stop working (I think I was refueling). Also it was hard to control. Plus, my wife wasn't happy.

So 10/10 in realism!
Eduardo Yukio
05. Oct 2020 · 03:50 UTC
The humor is very nice! And the game fits the theme very well too lol. But the gameplay lacked variety, if I had like one or two more things to do it would be nice.
Meatball
07. Oct 2020 · 17:45 UTC
Well, that was depressing! Funny concept and nice grass effect!
Samuel Hollywood-Summers
07. Oct 2020 · 17:47 UTC
An interesting concept. The protagonist could probably use a shift in his priorities! Lovely lawn, though...
Donamougou
07. Oct 2020 · 17:49 UTC
Love the humor you put in this game !
Maybe datas at the bottom of the screen are not clear enough of what they do. It was a bit frustrating to be fully stoped without understanding why.

Nice entry though, this is a game I will try to complete just to see all the achievements I'm missing !
SwippyDippyDoo
07. Oct 2020 · 17:53 UTC
nice little game, I liked how big the cutters got lol.
Some things did not like so much was: the walls, as they slowed you down and it was kind of hard to escape them again. Also I felt that the passing of time was not as pronounced as it could have been. maybe instead of a timer at the bottom, a simple day/night cycle or seasons changing, but of course this was made for a jam, so maybe kind of a stretch.
FabDynamic
07. Oct 2020 · 17:56 UTC
**17180** My spouse left me unfortunately. Does that mean I lose or win? I thought I did great at mowing the lawn and bought lots of gifts :)
kirroyal
07. Oct 2020 · 17:57 UTC
Made me sad =( Interesting view on the topic. Sometimes the mower stoped for no apperent reason. Overall a nice but depressing entry.
Maxime Barre
07. Oct 2020 · 17:59 UTC
For some reasons I've rated the Fun with 5 stars. Made me so depressed I dyed my hair black.

Joke asides: the gameplay is redundant, but that's not a big deal: the whole game is so funny, it just makes you want to continue, again and again and again... Good job with the writing!
Nolife_M
07. Oct 2020 · 18:30 UTC
Beer boost rules!
Jarvisp99
07. Oct 2020 · 22:42 UTC
Bro .... I got many days left....But the Game Killed me ....Its So Sad............But The Concept Was Really Good...
har0x
08. Oct 2020 · 08:20 UTC
my spouse left me while i was upgrading :( guess that's what i get for not buying her expensive gifts. fun little game :)
Vleue
08. Oct 2020 · 11:38 UTC
fun... and depressing? and the music... I think I'll buy a robot mower now.
kack3y
08. Oct 2020 · 11:59 UTC
Concept is good ! Cute graphics and humour is nice but the gameplay lacks of variety. And the UI on the bottom is too small, played for some times before seeing it. Very good idea, I can feel that you had a lot of fun doing it :stuck_out_tongue:
Tom_A
09. Oct 2020 · 06:55 UTC
Keep your spouse happy. LOL. Gave me a good laugh. And reminded me to clean the fish tank out later too. The pic of the dude on the front is really funny. I love your style and humour. Mabye the gameplay could be a bit faster and more arcadey. But good fun nonetheless.
Tomssuli
11. Oct 2020 · 08:25 UTC
My god that was dark! :smile:
I take it this is a game you cannot win, unless the divorce means winning. :thinking:
Anyway, great humour and mood and clever use of the theme.

UI could have used some clearer signaling why the mower was stopping, how much money you have, when is next shopping break etc. Now there are just numbers around and you have to determine what everything means.
Gameplay was ok, the mower would be stuck at the edge a bit sometimes and the reverse wouldn't kick in when I pushed back.