Days on the Lake by nardandas

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made by nardandas for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

NOTICE: THE WEB VERSION OF THIS GAME RENDERS INCORRECTLY ON CHROME - PLEASE PLAY ON FIREFOX OR THE WINDOWS STANDALONE DOWNLOAD FOR THE INTENDED EXPERIENCE

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A delivery boat fighting game with nice water and an upgrade tree

Find people with a box above their head to pick up items! An arrow will lead you to your destination, and to your pay. Survive to the end of the day and buy upgrades for your boat - but others will be surviving and upgrading as well!

Controls:

KB+M:

WASD - Move

Mouse - Aim

Space - Jump

Click - Shoot (Once Purchased)

Left Shift - Boost (Once Purchased)

Esc - Pause

Gamepad:

Left Stick - Move

Right Stick - Aim

A - Jump

X - Shoot (Once purchased)

Left Trigger - Boost (Once Purchased)

Start - Pause

Ratings

Given 29🗳️ 50🗨️

Feedback

peterfiftyfour
02. May 2023 · 12:51 UTC
A little janky here and there but I still spent far too long playing this haha. Was fun to try upgrade the boat and the dialogue was pretty funny!
ruruie
03. May 2023 · 00:15 UTC
Not sure what's going on. Played on Firefox with extensions off and I _think_ it may not be working properly. Mainly the boat would slow down with the engine cutting out seemingly at random, especially around people but often without visible people nearby possibly because they weren't rendering. That said, I _do_ actually think the giant people standing in the water as your boats buzz around is a really nice surreal aesthetic. I wasn't able to find any missions either.
Arcling
03. May 2023 · 03:24 UTC
I loved the little messages about each upgrade, always fun when text has the voice of the developers in it. The visual style is also top notch! There was some weird audio popping, but enjoyable play.
LDJam user 224670
03. May 2023 · 03:53 UTC
Phew, this heated up my m2 macbook pro! I haven't ever heard the fans kick in this much. I loved the water texture and the pixel style. I wish there was a little more warning before I slammed into an island from offscreen, especially when traveling vertically. I appreciate the simplicity of the controls, too :)
csimpson
03. May 2023 · 03:56 UTC
I love the pixelated graphics combined with the water physics. The boat was genuinely fun to drive, and the upgrades were pretty well thought out. I was not able to buy the gun or the cannon, though. I had enough money, but clicking on either one would do nothing. Not sure if I was doing something wrong or if it's a bug. Still had a ton of fun. Great entry.
DaFluffyPotato
03. May 2023 · 03:57 UTC
Hey, the web build is crashing for me on startup. I'm using Firefox on Windows.

Here's the error:
```
RuntimeError: index out of bounds
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@https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/7832518/Build/web_firefox_only.wasm:wasm-function[__ZN8Material11SetPassFastEPN9ShaderLab4PassER17ShaderPassContextP6ShaderiibPNS0_11SubProgramsE|Material::SetPassFast(ShaderLab::Pass*, ShaderPassContext&, Shader*, int, int, bool, ShaderLab::SubPrograms*)@10675]:0x422ab4
@https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/7832518/Build/web_firefox_only.wasm:wasm-function[__ZN8Material21SetPassSlowWithShaderEP6ShaderiR17ShaderPassContextib|Material::SetPassSlowWithShader(Shader*, int, ShaderPassContext&, int, bool)@10989]:0x445f5e
@https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/7832518/Build/web_firefox_only.wasm:wasm-function[__ZN26CustomRenderTextureManager25UpdateCustomRenderTextureEP19CustomRenderTexturei|CustomRenderTextureManager::UpdateCustomRenderTexture(CustomRenderTexture*, int)@11882]:0x4c8e7c
@https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/7832518/Build/web_firefox_only.wasm:wasm-function[__ZN26CustomRenderTextureManager26UpdateCustomRenderTexturesER13dynamic_arrayIP19CustomRenderTextureLm0EEb|CustomRenderTextureManager::UpdateCustomRenderTextures(dynamic_array<CustomRenderTexture*, 0ul>&, bool)@11877]:0x4c8127
@https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/7832518/Build/web_firefox_only.wasm:wasm-function[__ZN26CustomRenderTextureManager6UpdateEb|CustomRenderTextureManager::Update(bool)@11873]:0x4c72bf
@https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/7832518/Build/web_firefox_only.wasm:wasm-function[__ZZ23InitPlayerLoopCallbacksvEN51PostLateUpdateUpdateCustomRenderTexturesRegistrator7ForwardEv|InitPlayerLoopCallbacks()::PostLateUpdateUpdateCustomRenderTexturesRegistrator::Forward()@10939]:0x44265b
@https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/7832518/Build/web_firefox_only.wasm:wasm-function[__Z17ExecutePlayerLoopP22NativePlayerLoopSystem|ExecutePlayerLoop(NativePlayerLoopSystem*)@10636]:0x41dc9d
@https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/7832518/Build/web_firefox_only.wasm:wasm-function[__Z17ExecutePlayerLoopP22NativePlayerLoopSystem|ExecutePlayerLoop(NativePlayerLoopSystem*)@10636]:0x41dcb2
@https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/7832518/Build/web_firefox_only.wasm:wasm-function[__Z10PlayerLoopv|PlayerLoop()@10631]:0x41d837
@https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/7832518/Build/web_firefox_only.wasm:wasm-function[__ZL8MainLoopv|MainLoop()@10624]:0x41bd30
@https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/7832518/Build/web_firefox_only.wasm:wasm-function[dynCall_v@84717]:0x178aaed
unityFramework/Module.dynCall_v@https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/7832518/Build/web_firefox_only.framework.js:2:533368
browserIterationFunc@https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/7832518/Build/web_firefox_only.framework.js:2:194434
runIter@https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/7832518/Build/web_firefox_only.framework.js:2:197507
Browser_mainLoop_runner@https://v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net/html/7832518/Build/web_firefox_only.framework.js:2:195969
```
🎤 nardandas
03. May 2023 · 04:07 UTC
Thanks for the feedback everyone! I know the movement was a little hard to control with the hitting the shore, I tried to pull the camera back but it definitely wasn't enough. I should really try this on integrated graphics, I profiled it on my graphics card and it didn't take any time really, but I think integrated cards struggle. Thank you for the error @dafluffypotato, I'm going to try to look into it but I haven't had any luck in reproducing it. I have an idea but I'm unsure why it'd crash for some users and not others. Maybe just driver differences - I'll try and fix it!
Braveskin
03. May 2023 · 04:26 UTC
Simple but nice art style, and boat controls felt suitably boat-y. Also cool that you implemented multiple play modes!
LDJam user 4886
03. May 2023 · 13:56 UTC
I had problems finding deliverables, maybe a minimap or something would have helped? I loved the water effect!
mrSilfverhelmet
04. May 2023 · 18:35 UTC
Well done! I like how the water looks :D Would have been nice with some music also.
Robertthebastian
04. May 2023 · 18:55 UTC
This game really TOOK OFF when I got the fly upgrade (sorry...) - Seriously though I loved the upgrade system, they really felt like they made a diference. I also really liked the controls / movement and once I got a few engine upgrades I pretty much just spent the whole time boating around, it was kind of mesmerising, especially with the water trail fx / shader that was really cool. Good Job :)
congusbongus
05. May 2023 · 08:50 UTC
I couldn't really understand what was going on as I could not find anyone with a box on their head, and when I did 5 other boats got there before me! I like the water effects though, it was really nice.
Batony Robson
05. May 2023 · 08:57 UTC
There was some bug that didn't allow me to interact with a dude on the second day so i've got to wait till its over. Boat movement is good, audio and VFX are nice. I think you should at least put some intro screen with text in the beginning to explain what is what. Also i was surprised that you made upgrade mechanic.
XSchaumiX
05. May 2023 · 15:43 UTC
The Movement of the boat feels really nice and its impressive that you had enough time to create a skilltree as well. I had some trouble interacting with some people and it took me a while until they accepted my stuff. Besides that well done!
cheesepencil
05. May 2023 · 21:25 UTC
i love the water effects that's so neat
Groundwater Studio
06. May 2023 · 00:32 UTC
i really liked the aesthetic, that crunchy pixel effect is great. I wasn't really sure what to do through, so i just kind of drove around trying to crash into the other boats :')
hanadulcet
06. May 2023 · 04:45 UTC
I'm a fan of the water effect when you're boating around - it's well done! Also spent quite a bit of time trying to earn money to get upgrades and keep making the boat stronger.

One thing that was a bit tricky was not knowing exactly what to do at first - but once I got the hang of things, I had fun fighting other boats and making deliveries.

Congrats on the game!
kuviman
06. May 2023 · 06:43 UTC
Nice game, has a couple of bugs tho, sometimes I dont have any quest to do so I need to just wander around. The flying upgrade doesnt still let me jump over the islands so not sure whats the reason to use the jump. Can still see it being fun and imagine this being multiplayer instead of AI :)
Torolchuk
06. May 2023 · 15:45 UTC
Looks incredible! Sound of the boat is good as well. Unfortunally, I wasn't able to buy a weapon upgrade, played in the firefox.
A1stakesauce
06. May 2023 · 18:05 UTC
Love the game! The water shader is excellent. Can really appreciate the water textures. The talent trees are great. On theme! 5 of 5!
zgragselus
06. May 2023 · 23:37 UTC
It has addictive gameplay - it was audio visually pleasant experience. Thanks for chill mode for those of us who hate time trials.

There are few minor bugs, but overall it's quite decent jam entry.

Keep up the good work.
LDJam user 259103
07. May 2023 · 07:42 UTC
Relaxing and aesthetically very nice. I like the water shader, very well done on that. Sometimes it seemed like the game wouldn't let me make deliveries, so I was a bit confused, but other times it worked fine.
DaivyIsHere
07. May 2023 · 08:20 UTC
Somehow I can't buy the gun upgrades. Amazing game still!
Nozomu57
07. May 2023 · 20:17 UTC
Came for the water physics (thanks for the post!), stayed for the game.
This is such a calming and mesmorizing experience! Would be a killer game, but all upgrades on the left side of the screen were blocked by disclaimer, so I could not click any of those, which left me out of guns :(

![firefox_opAj7R9r7E.png](///raw/749/65/z/5b90c.png)

And yes, I played in Firefox on Windows. Windowed, fullscreen, did not matter.
Would totally play the full game after this is patched!
someone
07. May 2023 · 22:07 UTC
I also came for the water physics. They are very nice.
Shame about the gun upgrades not being purchasable. The spike upgrade has the same problem, but the popup switches to the other side if you mouse over the very left of that button. I did buy all the others though. It was fun.
The mechanic upgrade didn't seem to do anything, and I didn't notice any changes after I bought the spike upgrade.
Finding people with tasks to do could be annoying at times. I was confused at first because I couldn't find any of them and thought I must be missing something.
The progress bars were a bit glitchy for me, they would clip behind the water or just not appear to fill up at all. (Using Firefox)
🎤 nardandas
07. May 2023 · 22:35 UTC
I'll have to look at the upgrades, I didn't think there were any issues but it may be an aspect ratio issue. Thank you so much for playing!
Tetrergeru
09. May 2023 · 09:32 UTC
A very nice game. Couldn't buy a gun because popup blocked the button, but everything else was fun and satisfying!
SneakyFox
09. May 2023 · 13:10 UTC
Yeah, like it said there is bug in ui where overlay pop up hides another upgrades and you never can get a gun or weapon. I saw your article with water effects, and it look cool. Perhaps, more pixels will be better I think, too low res.

Very chill game, and the start is very slow, it was so nice to see upgrades too. If it's planed as a meditation game it's good, but if is not, it's quite boring just to move and get delivery packages.