UNSTABLE - The UNstable cattle STABLE by rucksack
This stable has a problem: The cows haven't been milked for a long time and they are so close to exploding! Good that you are a modern multi-tasking milking robot, who is there to help! But if only there was an universal adapter for all the cows...

Controls (only left klick)
Drag the right adapters to the fitting cow. Wash the adapters afterwards!
Hints
- Run in fullscreen for the most immersive cattle stable experience.
- Lvl 1: Keep adapters clean.
- Lvl 3: Switch adapters with robot cow.
- When cows are not milked for too long it makes them ouch!
OST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L4WkEH6rpY
| Link | https://rucksack.itch.io/un-stable |
| Link | https://rucksack.itch.io/un-stable |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/unstable-the-unstable-cattle-stable |
Ratings
| Overall | 312th | 3.85⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 71th | 4.125⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 107th | 4⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 802th | 3.484⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 728th | 3.633⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 157th | 3.95⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 38th | 4.31⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 428th | 3.696⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 42🗳️ | 27🗨️ |
Overall art is coherent and pleasing, but it took me some time to understand what I was supposed to do, and those treadmills are super fast, it put a lot of pressure on me haha.
The main thing I'd suggest is to make everything a bit slower at the beginning. There's just too much information at the very first 30 seconds, and time is not on our side on this game. I'd probably make more simple levels at the start, so the player understands the basics, and then introduce new mechanics and more adapters as the player advances, so he is always learning, but in smaller amounts of information at a time.
I'm not sure I was clear enough lol, let me know if you need any clarification on that.
originally tried to play this game days ago at school, on my phone. struggled with it and though PC would be easier as the intended platform. was slightly easier, got to level three but failed there, assuming from game description that 3 is final level.
main problem: very difficult to get adapters onto cows, wish they would snap on without letting go. also wish washer would pop them out when done the way the cows do when they go off screen, it is very difficult to get them out of the washer. popping them out on click would be fine too, washer is basically just invisible adapter to drag out, difficult to do.
exploding cows is very wild! definitely unstable. like the polka music, feel perfect fit for the game. sound effects and graphics good.
udderly crazy
I finally had the time to come back and rate everything I played so far!
Here is a link to the vod of the review if you wish to see it again: https://www.youtube.be/watch?v=1gUA0Q2dn6I&t=4136s