Tidy Tides by KBanana
It’s there. At last. The sea. The s...tillness of the water. The sun. You’re finally able to enjoy the long-awaited vacation you’ve dreamt about aboard your brand new boat. This newfound parisian life and its people have worn you out. Careless, they’re oh-so careless! And loud… and dirty. You can’t stand it, you who love when everything’s squared up.
You take a deep breath. The feeling of the fresh air filling your lungs calms you down. You’re relaxed. You peacefully drift away to a world of matching socks and perfectly aligned bookshelves…
Or so you thought! What… a mess! The waves have come crashing against the hull and have displaced all the stuff you had carefully tidied up... God damn it! TRIGGERED!
Quick! Everything has to go back to its original spot or you fear you’ll lose your mind. Pick up items and put them back to their needed spots, in accordance with location and colour constraints. Fight against the sea swell and clean up the room before it is too late, for your stress level might rapidly become unbearable. But beware not to confuse hurry and haste, or it could get even worse…
A game lasts 2 minutes.
As the room is littered with displaced items, your stress jauge increases naturally.
Your objective is to slow its progression down by tidying up the room, as quickly as possible.
You lose if your stress gauge fills in full.
You win if you manage to clean everything up, bearing in mind location and colour constraints, before the timer expires.
Items must be placed among 3 specific spots inside the room:
The Library: books, photo frames
The Shelf: socks, box
The Desk: pencils, coffee cups
Vases can be placed anywhere
Waves
As you’re on a boat, the swell is making your life harder.
Waves periodically come crashing against the hull, creating instability and displacing items. Make sure to keep an eye on your beloved photo frames and fragile coffee cups!
• Robin Moreux - Producer
• Arthur Terrier - Producer
• Tobias Orange - Game Designer
• Eva Desmazures - Game Artist
• Alexandre Janin - Developper
• Noé Palmero - Developper
• Raphaël Marteaux - Original Soundtrack, Sound Design
Inspired by the theme “Unstable”, Tidy Tides was created in 3 days by a team of maniacs who poured their hearts and souls into it.
| Link | https://waxwire1.itch.io/tidy-tides |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/tidy-tides |
Ratings
| Overall | 1013th | 3.316⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1286th | 2.868⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 762th | 3.289⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 368th | 3.921⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 467th | 3.9⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 454th | 3.553⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 698th | 3.472⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 44🗳️ | 12🗨️ |
Dope song as well
The ambience, the music, the art style ; It made me remember the joy of a good discovery.
The soundtrack makes you feel like a freaking super hero (It's awesome).
The Gameplay's fluid as hell. I mean... Great f*ing job guys.
**I especially like the music.** The music was chaotic and fun, and fit the theme of the game perfectly. **I also liked the chaos of the game.** There was so much going on, but there were enough clues to give context to the player about what was going on. Apart from that, **the graphics looked nice** as well.
For some things I think that could be improved: I think **there could be some better indication of which things go where.** I know there were posters on the wall, and some color coding as well, but I think that maybe not having multiple colors on the same desk, as well as some feedback when a player puts things back in the correct place would lead to a better overall user experience. Apart from that, I think **the hitboxes for picking up some items could be a bit bigger.** Some items such as the pens were a little janky to pick up.
Other that that, I would say **this was a fun experience!**. The overall mood of the game was very well done, and the gameplay complimented that mood well. Thank you for including volume sliders as well. Congratulations on completing a game in such a short time, and good luck with whatever comes next!
The music was chaotic and fun. I like it! I also liked the chaos of the game. The graphics looked nice as well.
Overall is okay.
Congratulations on completing a game in such a short time, and good luck with whatever comes next :3