Pendulum Postman by mrchip

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made by mrchip for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

Sometimes, carrying too many packages makes your body feel like a pendulum.

The busy streets may not be the best environment for carrying delicate mail... but that's why you're getting paid this much!​

Deliver packages through an obstacle filled and dangerous path!

Be careful with your movement, avoid loosing packages! Screenshot (9).png

Made by me and my friend!

Ratings

Overall 431th 3.744⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Fun 399th 3.725⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 381th 3.65⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Theme 148th 4.2⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 660th 3.713⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Humor 291th 3.679⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Mood 884th 3.289⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Given 25🗳️ 58🗨️

Feedback

MattAR
05. Oct 2021 · 01:45 UTC
astounding game, greg/5
Skyward4d
05. Oct 2021 · 07:26 UTC
Nice little game. The explosion effect when you fell off the stage was a nice addition.
The balance display on the left was kind of confusing, it would have been really nice to have some music along with it.
🎤 mrchip
05. Oct 2021 · 08:09 UTC
@skyward4d Thanks for the feedback, fun fact, the initial plan was for me to have the entire last day of development dedicated to audio... Instead, i finished building the last level 5 minutes before the deadline haha... this is why jams are great, you learn so much about so many things...
Timur_Bahadir
05. Oct 2021 · 11:22 UTC
Fun game! I really liked the visuals :) Some music or sound effects would have added a lot!
Yolwoocle
05. Oct 2021 · 11:38 UTC
Fun game, but the controls are quite uncontrollable (although I admit that's the point of the game, and easy mode feels a lot better to control), and the level design sometimes had me directionless. I love the slapstick humor and fun visuals, like the explosion deaths. The boxes to represent health are a nice detail too. Cool stuff! :D
FALKon2246
05. Oct 2021 · 11:40 UTC
Loved the game!
Catalina Luca
05. Oct 2021 · 11:54 UTC
The game is hilarious! Loved it!
ChillerTyp
05. Oct 2021 · 14:57 UTC
Reminds me of New Donk City from Mario Odyssey. ^^
DevUndead
05. Oct 2021 · 15:52 UTC
Nice little game. It's a lot of fun to balance and get through that many peoples
GameDev and Architecture
05. Oct 2021 · 16:03 UTC
Fun little game! I had a hard time controlling the character. Then again, i guess that was the point. :laughing:
Anyway, the graphics are cool!
ugly_robot
05. Oct 2021 · 18:19 UTC
This game is phenomenal! The lovely sprite-work, the subtle gradients, the adorable theming and the lovely little details like sideways windows or upside-down signs make for such a wonderful experience.
The way the UI feels unstable along with the player give the game such character, and you have excellent game-design talent to be able to get so many fun scenarios out of the moving pedestrians.

Who knew a wibbly-wobbly frogger would make such an excellent playing experience.
Fantastic job folks!
erikkire
05. Oct 2021 · 18:49 UTC
Nice animation, fun gameplay, but what impresses me the most are that you spent time doing great menues! Some sound effects would be great.
jaybaus
05. Oct 2021 · 19:24 UTC
I really appreciated the attention to detail with the UI, particularly the balance meter and the visual feedback when you're about to drop a package. The art style was cool too with the 2D characters in a 3D environment. Overall a really nice entry, well done :)
SlimmerBurger
05. Oct 2021 · 19:56 UTC
Hey, we both did mixed pixel art and 3D! I thought yours had this really cool paper mario vibe to it. Although my favourite bit was the wobbly balance meter, really made me panic! Overall loved it, wish it'd had some sound though
der Mondhase
05. Oct 2021 · 19:57 UTC
The idea was impressively well crafted, as game mechanics go! The game was perfectly in the spirit of the jam. I liked the control system a lot, it took a bit to become well ingrained in my muscle memory, but the tilt + movement was a very clever idea to implement this type of movement. Also, now I understand what it feels to swim into a sea of people while having to deliver packages.
Zachary Granger
06. Oct 2021 · 02:53 UTC
The most people I've seen in one place since Covid started.
An amazing entry - great art style, super easy to jump into, and didn't overstay its welcome. 3 levels that ramped up the difficulty bit by bit. Felt very polished for a jam game.
It felt satisfying to get the mechanics down and use both hands to speed through the levels. I liked the little shortcut at the beginning of level 2, made it fun to play through a few times.
I love it!!
LarrySeinfeld
06. Oct 2021 · 03:07 UTC
This is a postman's nightmare. I'm sure every postman could attest that this is exactly what their job is like.

Really awesome game! Super clean graphics, really unique mechanic for balancing that is especially well utilized by the level design, with a beautifully bizarre world of pedestrians that just don't have any respect for the postman's daily struggle. Great game!
jefvel
06. Oct 2021 · 10:51 UTC
Very cool game! I really liked the movement, it felt smooth, and I'm a big fan of having 2d sprites in 3d. Got quite stressful at some points, but not too hard. Would have been nice to have some kind of checkpoint system, and a map over the level, but the lack of them did add a healthy amount of challenge.

All round good work!
real_flamingicecubegames
07. Oct 2021 · 15:43 UTC
I like this a lot. I would've liked more forgiving checkpoints and making tilting more useful but, it was still pretty fun to deliver all packages. Reminds me of Death Stranding in a weird way.
🎤 mrchip
07. Oct 2021 · 20:20 UTC
Should have mentioned it again earlier, but thanks for the feedback everyone! It's really useful for us!
MarkVeligod
09. Oct 2021 · 13:32 UTC
This is the most unstable control system :D
PaulLyaudet
18. Oct 2021 · 11:39 UTC
Controls are smart and bring the unstable theme so well in the game. Graphics totally match the gameplay !

Just was a little desappointed by the Level design, it wasn't fully understandable for the path to aim and a lot of part can be dodge by just moving on the edge of platforms.