Delivering Parcelman by ZwodahS

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made by ZwodahS for Ludum Dare 53 (COMPO)

Your good friend Travelling Salesman has introduce you to a Parcel delivery job. Will you do your job well or will you get fired ?

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Post Dev Thoughts:

I have a few ideas that I didn't get to implement which is quite sad. - Food / People - Traffic lights - Events like jam etc.

I decided to just submit as Compo instead of submitting as Jam. I might finish up the rest of the features :) so do follow me on itch if you find this interesting. Highly doubt I will make this into a commercial game but I might find some time to clean this up and make it into a complete game.

Thanks for reading :)

Ratings

Overall 118th 3.767⭐ 17🧑‍⚖️
Fun 133th 3.633⭐ 17🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 103th 3.667⭐ 17🧑‍⚖️
Theme 7th 4.5⭐ 17🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 31th 4.333⭐ 17🧑‍⚖️
Humor 200th 2.846⭐ 15🧑‍⚖️
Mood 211th 3.25⭐ 16🧑‍⚖️
Given 3🗳️ 5🗨️

Feedback

ZenBreaker
01. May 2023 · 12:00 UTC
Great game. I really love this puzzle. Stopped playing after I got all upgrades though with like 60 packages delivered. It's a nice simulation with gears and fuel. And yeah the things you already wrote down are missing. Additional challenges etc. The difficulty is quite hard as the fuel goes down quickly and you dont have that much money to actually make up for bad routes. Also shifting manually would be cool, as you normally could save a lot of fuel by driving slowly in the real world. So time constraints additionally could be nice.
In general just well done. And that in 48 hours :D
Lee Martin 77
01. May 2023 · 13:38 UTC
Love the style, and love the puzzle involved. It feels really tightly made, and well focused. I can see where there would be room to really take this concept further. I think if there is a change I'd make, it'd be to make it clearer what is actually changing when a player goes up/down the gears, as while I can read the rules/numbers, there isn't much visual feedback on the difference it makes.
clemall
01. May 2023 · 14:47 UTC
I have to say, your puzzle game is really cool! The upgrades you've included are a great addition and make the whole experience even more interesting. There were definitely some challenging moments, especially when the packages were badly positioned and I was running low on fuel - I had a good laugh at that! All in all, it's a super fun game and I really enjoyed playing it. Great job!
protowlf
03. May 2023 · 07:18 UTC
Really cool game! Simple but squeezes out a lot of depth from the mechanics. it made me stop to think to map out an efficient path, so mission accomplished!

I seemed to stabilize out quickly with the upgrades, but I think the amount of depth you got in your entry is a big success!
YurisCat
06. May 2023 · 07:44 UTC
I like this very fresh and soft pixel art style. The screen being surrounded by the structure of the vehicle also adds to the immersion of the game. I got fired at first because I forgot to pay attention to the remaining fuel haha. I really look forward to seeing it grow into a complete game! Remember to let me know when you release it!

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batlen
06. May 2023 · 08:21 UTC
Really great game, I think I loved everything about it, the concept is cool, the pixelart is beautiful, even without reading the tutorial I was able to understand and play the game (even though I didn't understand the gears thing at first, but that's on me). One of my favourite game so far good job
DominikaM33
06. May 2023 · 10:35 UTC
Nice concept but I'd prefer to control the car with a mouse. Still good job, especially for a Compo!
Cinterre
06. May 2023 · 23:12 UTC
I really like the presentation. I also like that I can plan the route out. I think it's a little easy right now but I could see adding all kinds of elements if you wanted to. Nice work on the compo!
LDJam user 166918
07. May 2023 · 10:39 UTC
The game does not look bad, but it lacks gameplay mechanics. It gets boring very quickly. All you do is drive back and forth. And there is no challenge also, once you count the number of cells, you will never lose.
Fear Games
07. May 2023 · 10:39 UTC
Nice little game. As others have said its a little on the easy side but with some balancing this could be a great game :D
LeReveur
07. May 2023 · 17:17 UTC
Nice for a compo! I didn't understand well how to manage fuel, but I like the idea of planning my way to optimize the delivery. As said by previous comments, with some balancing it could be a great game, good job!