Footprints™ by HopeCorp by LDJam user 277101

made by LDJam user 277101 for Ludum Dare 50 (EXTRA)

Story:

It finally happened. The world has reached the point when the effects of climate change are irreversible, and its impending doom is fast approaching. Brilliant minds all over the world battle to save the planet, but what can you do? Footprints™ by HopeCorp is your ally in making better choices and having a positive impact to the environment.

Mechanics:

Each of the decisions you make in your daily life can affect your happiness, health, finances, and most importantly, your carbon footprint. The app will show you multiple options you must choose from. Try and make the best decisions for yourself and the planet at the same time!

Development:

This game was created by a team of two extremely busy game enthusiasts trying to juggle life, work, and studies, so apologies for the late entry! We realize that we’re joining very late, but we really wanted to take part in this year’s Ludum Dare, so we decided to push through. We also realize that because there are less than 24 hours till the end of the extra event, the feedback may not be as plentiful, so we extend our deepest gratitude to everyone who chooses to give it a try!

Footprints™ by HopeCorp is the first game we completed together. All feedback and criticisms are welcome! Thanks again for playing our game and we hope to give the community more (and better!) games in the future!

Link	https://makilinginteractivearts.itch.io/footprints
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/footprintstm-by-hopecorp

Ratings

Given

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Feedback

me4502

21. Apr 2022 · 10:40 UTC

I really like the idea of this game. I did find the outcomes of a fair few of the questions a little confusing, especially around how various answers impacted the carbon footprint metric. Also, when I first started playing I thought the button presses weren't working so I pressed the other buttons to try too, only to then realise there's just a delay before the button presses go through. It probably makes sense to disable buttons or show some other sort of visual indication in situations like that to not confuse the player. Overall good game :)

Mortiss

21. Apr 2022 · 10:40 UTC

Good job! I'm something of an ecohead myself so this game is very relatable. Liked it a lot, I'll give it another go)

🎤 LDJam user 277101

21. Apr 2022 · 10:56 UTC

@me4502 Thank you for your feedback! Will try to make the carbon footprint more transparent if we ever decide to iterate on it. And showing the buttons disabled is an easy fix, its honestly a shame we didn't think of implementing it.

🎤 LDJam user 277101

21. Apr 2022 · 10:57 UTC

@mortiss Thank you for playing and we're glad you liked it.

Proz

21. Apr 2022 · 13:00 UTC

I'm a big fan of the Reigns. Love to play a similar game.

Tom Kaiser

21. Apr 2022 · 13:22 UTC

I think you executed very well on a (necessarily, as you only had such a short amount of time) small idea! One improvement that could be made would be to make the sound not depend on the game tick - I feel like that's what is happening with the beeping sounds, right?

Anyway, an important topic to talk about, and quite fun to play! Maybe not for 365 days for me, though :-)

Mortiss

21. Apr 2022 · 14:00 UTC

I think, carbon footprint is inverted in relation to other parameters — it's "bad" to the top, "good" to the bottom, can be confusing at start. Maybe you should flip it for consistency.

Also, it's hard to imagine what's wrong with high health or high happiness) Or low carbon footprint.

🎤 LDJam user 277101

21. Apr 2022 · 14:46 UTC

@tom-kaiser the mistimed beats of the song was due to our inexperience with the music software, we basically had to rush to put it out. Although I'm you enjoyed the game.

@mortiss that is a fair point I think we focused to much on the wording of "low" carbon footprint. Also unlike Reigns, you don't actually get a game over with having high health or happiness.

alpharock6

21. Apr 2022 · 15:45 UTC

My funloving impulses led to me immediately draining my money down to 0. I could still clearly see this was going to happen, but decided to play it "realistically" and that's where my first round ended up :p Very satisfying UI movements tied to the decisions, impressive polish, and a laudable concept- Nice entry, especially for your team's first game! Great job :)

LDJam user 279715

21. Apr 2022 · 16:15 UTC

I like the game, and the concept. Very interesting. GG :wink:

LDJam user 293294

21. Apr 2022 · 16:34 UTC

The idea is so cool! I like the variety of things you need to manage such as money while still having an eco friendly theme.

TheCrittersCove

21. Apr 2022 · 17:28 UTC

Fun idea! I do wish there was more feedback on how exactly the choices affect each gauge. I could see that they were glowing when affected, but seeing something like '-3' could have been helpful. Also, the aesthetics of the game are simple, but nice. Overall nice job!

Triastase

21. Apr 2022 · 17:38 UTC

I like the idea of having to balance financial, ecological and personal aspects of these kinds of choices in a game, because I tend to think that that's the best we can do about the climate crisis on a personal level. Despite the mechanics being relatively simple, I think that you executed it well!

The amount of content (as in texts) is also quite impressive for a game jam. Which is great, but at least for the playtesters here the effort might be spent better on additional mechanics - instead of more days, e.g. :wink:

Overall, well done! :smile:

MaximeG

21. Apr 2022 · 18:38 UTC

I always impressive of that king of game. I think I will never be able to do one ever.

AngelicaD

21. Apr 2022 · 18:42 UTC

Nice game! I thought the concept of corporations pushing personal choice instead of taking responsibility came through really well.