Packages On Ice by c4ris

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made by c4ris for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

In Packages On Ice you must deliver packages across an unstable frozen lake. Be careful! If you travel along the same path too many times you will fall into the water... How many packages will you be able to deliver before getting soaked?!

EXPERIENCED BEST IN DESKTOP (the HTML browser version is very slow, see below)

This is my first entry in any Game Jam. I have a limited understanding of coding so please forgive my lack of polish. It was fun to participate and felt great to have a deadline built in. It's shocking how long things can take to do.

If anyone pops the hood on this baby they will smell some STANKY code. I'm pretty sure this game runs 50k collision checks per minute because I COULD NOT GET AN INDIVIDUAL OBJECT REFERENCE ID (now I know its "id"). so instead I had each individual object do the check rather than the player do the check. For this reason the desktop version of this game plays better.

Try to beat my score of 17, it's harder than it looks!!

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Ratings

Overall 913th 3.4⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1018th 3.175⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1050th 3.025⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 633th 3.65⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 611th 3.75⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 791th 3.05⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1010th 2.5⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 794th 3.381⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 10🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

SamDemaine
04. Oct 2021 · 22:08 UTC
Nice game, really enjoyed it, art was very cute and gameplay was really fun. Good idea, Good execution!
Bauke Regnerus
04. Oct 2021 · 22:08 UTC
Congratulations on your first LD game! It indeed runs really sluggish in the browser, it almost crashed. XD A simple game but the graphics are adorable and add a personal touch.
Falien
04. Oct 2021 · 22:08 UTC
This game looks so cute, the HTML is slow (as stated) so best is to download it.
Connor Magson
04. Oct 2021 · 22:13 UTC
The art is lovely and makes me feel nice and warm inside. Fun game :) This was my first Ludum Dare too :D
commentaccord
04. Oct 2021 · 22:13 UTC
Love the art, it's really cute! The ice breaking effect is also pretty cool.
James McDonough
04. Oct 2021 · 22:15 UTC
This was a really feel good game, and the movement and mechanics were especially good!
romandviski
04. Oct 2021 · 22:18 UTC
Cool game! Very nice =)
Teegan
04. Oct 2021 · 22:18 UTC
Why would they build shops right in front of an icy lake? Good thing they have the skating delivery girl! This was actually pretty close to one of the ideas my team was thinking of doing before settling on a different idea, really good execution! This game is adorable, the hand drawn assets mixed with the music and nice sfx make the entire experience very enjoyable and chill. Gameplay is very simple but very fun, i love it. My high score is 11 btw.
Alexzoin
04. Oct 2021 · 22:19 UTC
Really good job! Great concept for a jam game. I thought you were supposed to deliver FROM the cars at fist so that took a second. The crayon assets are awesome also.
veloev
04. Oct 2021 · 22:21 UTC
Love the aesthetic of the colour pencil graphics and the story line idea which fits the theme perfectly. I also like the animation of Mellie skating. I couldn't run the game in the browser and after downloading it, I couldn't figure out how to pick up stuff to carry over the lake resp. how to drop it.
JuniorA_
04. Oct 2021 · 22:36 UTC
this game is so wholesome, the art is so cute and the theme was incorporated very well!
🎤 c4ris
04. Oct 2021 · 22:41 UTC
@veloev thank you for your comments, especially since you couldn't play! I should probably remove the browser version... but to your point of pick ups and drop offs in desktop you should be able to skate right in front of a cottage to pick up the item. If the cottage is offering an item that none of the three cars want then Mellie won't pick it up. Drop offs are similar you should be able to skate into the sign by the car to drop the item (if it matches of course). _Some of the boundaries could be imprecise on there since I'm still low skill lvl haha_, sorry your experience wasn't immediately apparent! I'm excited to play everyone else's games and I'll be sure to check yours out.

@alexzoin I didn't even think about that but now that you've said it, it makes perfect sense since those houses can't get supplies with no road! Thanks for the feedback!

@teegan Don't all snowy alpine towns come with skater delivery people!? I've been looking for other games with this same idea you+team and I came up with because I want to see if it was done better, haha. Thanks for the comments!
Danae
05. Oct 2021 · 00:08 UTC
I really love the concept and the pencil graphics look so nice! I played the desktop version, but it was sometimes easy to glitch out of the skating rink and pressing space would replace you at the center which quickly became unstable. I managed to get to 9 before drowning!
Ghuyajil
05. Oct 2021 · 06:51 UTC
Hey, the Mac version doesn't work for me... with or without giving permission to open, It tells me it's damaged.