Urban Llama Farmer by zerocomms

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made by zerocomms for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

My dad time jam game!

LD49 Jam Submission: Unstable. Title: Urban Llama Farmer

'Unstable' your llamas from their stable, and put them out to pasture. Space is limited in this downtown llama farm. If a llama gets out of the pen it will run off into the city, never to be seen again.

Controls:

  • Blue llamas are unstable and still moving.

  • Green llamas are stable.

  • Pick up llamas from the stable and Drop them onto the stack!

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Ratings

Overall 1102th 3.24⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 494th 3.64⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1278th 2.76⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Theme 373th 3.92⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1340th 2.46⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Humor 250th 3.76⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1018th 3.159⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 6🗳️ 12🗨️

Feedback

Sorrer
04. Oct 2021 · 22:30 UTC
Fun take on the classic style of jenga building stacking styled games (not sure what they are actually called xD). I love how the llamas are for some reason being farmed in the city.
dangerbleistift
04. Oct 2021 · 22:32 UTC
Nice concept, i managed to get around height 12.
Had a fun time playing this
LDJam user 258863
04. Oct 2021 · 22:35 UTC
Honestly? I just want more. I want to be able to rotate my lammas before placing them, I want to get weird Llammas that are spread out weird, I want legless Llammas, I want llamas with too many legs, I want a sheep to show up. I want a funny voice making puns. This game is already so radicicols I really just want more of that.

But the fact that I want more I think is a good thing. A very funny and cute base game that I could 100% see myself playing a lot if it got a lot of new features.
dezom
04. Oct 2021 · 22:36 UTC
Hilarious concept, I never thought I would be stacking llamas but here we are. Things like the camera moving up smoothly, and the color of the llamas changing while they are waiting to be stabilized are the small touches that really elevate the overall quality of the game. Well done!
arifacid
04. Oct 2021 · 22:37 UTC
that was the best llama stacking experience i have ever had!
Ekoxe
04. Oct 2021 · 22:37 UTC
Nice stupid game!

Like tetris but with llamas :sheep:

PS. let it be known that I beat @dezom
Taffaz
04. Oct 2021 · 22:38 UTC
Cool game, got to 18.5 after killing a lot of llamas. It would have been cool to have a button to zoom out and see the entire tower but I enjoyed it.
Teegan
04. Oct 2021 · 22:38 UTC
I'm a sad excuse for a llama farmer... my llamas only made it up to floor 4. Such a simple but funny and well execute concept!
ZachsButt
04. Oct 2021 · 22:39 UTC
best llama stacking game i've every played
Alexzoin
04. Oct 2021 · 22:40 UTC
This was cool! We almost did a stacking game as well. I like that the line moves so you can't just place them anywhere. The shape of the animal also makes it a challenge to stack them, good choice there. The fact that they call off of the edge is smart too so you can't just make a pile. I would have liked to see a more shaped hitbox though, it felt like that was messing me up a little bit. Also, a height display of some kind would have been good!

I made it almost to the top of the screen.
beeguy
04. Oct 2021 · 22:40 UTC
As terrible as I am with the game, I enjoyed it. Love the concept. Fits the theme really well. Good job!
Fizzget
04. Oct 2021 · 22:40 UTC
I don't know if the ability to insert a Llama into another Llama was an intentional game play decision, but i'm glad it exists.
LazySeal
04. Oct 2021 · 22:44 UTC
Got to height of 9. Reminds of the games where you had to build a house of blocks C:
Nice!
zapdos2
04. Oct 2021 · 23:02 UTC
Nice pun on the theme, that gets you 5 stars on that one! Pretty simple quick fun, even though lacking a bit of variety. Even adding differently sized llamas in there could have spiced it up a bit.
Omiya Games
06. Oct 2021 · 00:25 UTC
I appreciate the straight forward UI experience and the border to prevent llama placement, though I've noticed it's still possible to stack and even clip llamas into each other if you drag really fast while they're still blue. It also gets really tense as the tower grows really tall. At least the llamas being solid, non-animating, hard-body objects made the experience feel predictable. Any frustration I felt were stuff I blamed on myself.

I did feel the lack of sound took away from the experience. It would be nice to see some extra polish in this game, especially in the game feel department. Still, enjoyable while the experience lasted.