Cookies Underground by Tom Kun

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made by Tom Kun for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

Top Down Stealth RPG + Prop Hunt

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Story:

You work as a freelance mercenary, one day, you get a call, from a mysterious, somewhat squeaky, employer. They ask to hire you and for you to come to a set coordinate, where they wish to inform you about a job they are hiring you for. At the place where they wished to confront you, a screen shows up. It displays a shadowy figure, they tell you about a facility and your objective. When you reach the surface of the facility, your mission starts

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Gameplay:

Become Prop and find the cookie & the elevator to complete a level

Controls:

Movement: W/A/S/D

Pretend: SPACE

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Ratings

Overall 1573th 3.075⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1550th 2.875⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 898th 3.225⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1885th 2.2⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 859th 3.725⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 961th 3.111⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 530th 3.175⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1307th 3.2⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 12🗳️ 7🗨️

Feedback

yulotomorrow
27. Apr 2021 · 03:34 UTC
I'm biased because this game is inspired by or similar to a core gameplay mechanism in my favorite game Prey. The game is cute and fun, but the relation with the theme is not very clear, it would be better if the story part is more clearly presented in the game.
TheJookerful
27. Apr 2021 · 20:25 UTC
Your drawing and animations are amazing !
The gameplay is cool but I wonder if there is a difference between when we take the appearance of a cardboard or a flower pot ? I don't feel like it and it's a bit of a shame but very good work anyway ;)
alec
29. Apr 2021 · 01:01 UTC
Really well done visuals and music! I can see this being expanded with guards needing different disguises, or maybe different props having different movement. well done :)
asdehielo
29. Apr 2021 · 01:02 UTC
It's a nice attempt at turning prop hunt into a real game, props for the originality! (no pun intended)

As a suggestion, I think increasing move speed a little bit would make it more fun.

Cool game!
sorlok
29. Apr 2021 · 01:03 UTC
Looks great and has a cool premise. The enemy logic needs better hinting, though. I.e., it was never clear to me *why* the enemies would track me down sometimes (because I was moving? because of the particular object I was taking over?) Overall a neat entry!
pedrorocha
29. Apr 2021 · 01:06 UTC
Nice work !
Britt Henderson
29. Apr 2021 · 01:08 UTC
Awesome Job :)
This is a fun game. I feel like it was intuitive, i liked the art style, the music was great and the game was fun!!
I think there are a couple opportunities to take the sharpen what you have even further:

Firstly, the music is really really awesome- it reminds me of FFVII to be honest. I like it a lot. I think balancing the volumes between things like steps and the voices could help with immersion a bit. Additionally adding cool sound effects for things like transforming into objects, untransforming, and a death sound maybe would help add some juice. Additionally, the music restarting every time i die broke the immersion a little bit, so it might be good to make the music run independent of the scene you're in (DoNotDestroyOnLoad() would help with this)

Secondly, in regards to game play - covering the same ground multiple times can be often frustrating for players. If i figure out how to get past one enemy and get stuck on another later in the level, i want to be able to zoom past the first and get to the second quicker. given this, i think some sort of run feature might be really helpful for making the gameplay even more solid.

These two things could help a lot, but i mean your game is really really awesome as is :)
Thank you for making it- i enjoyed playing.
Fadex
29. Apr 2021 · 01:10 UTC
I like the idea of changing yourself into something else to hide yourself. It took me a little white to find out how the game works, then I find the mechanism nice, fun. But I dont think It would entertain me for a longer period of time.
Michbet
29. Apr 2021 · 01:13 UTC
Animations look good. It would be cool if different object had different uses.
DallOner
29. Apr 2021 · 01:17 UTC
Sneaky Peaky! cool game to be chill and tense at the same time.
paetramon
29. Apr 2021 · 02:15 UTC
The graphics, audio, and mechanics were great! I didn't quite understand the relation to the theme, I think because of how the story was presented, but still good work!
Doraemon
02. May 2021 · 05:51 UTC
Cool Game, love the cat!
Natalia Dushkina
03. May 2021 · 04:36 UTC
A really innovative idea to pretend something else!

The process reminded me of playing hide-and-seek when the seeker seeks with closed eyes and you try not to make noise when he is around.
I liked graphics and music too.
OcO
03. May 2021 · 19:57 UTC
The sneaky music and character art is very cute! I enjoyed turning into a trash can.

I did find it the detailed characters to feel "floaty" on the very simple house, perhaps there is a way to balance between detailed assets and simpler ones?
ludrol
05. May 2021 · 17:46 UTC
Cool game but it is too hard form me and I couldn't make it past level one. The graphical noise was weird artistic choice. The vision triangle would help a lot.