Lemmini by aplegatt

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made by aplegatt for Ludum Dare 49 (COMPO)

Guide a lemming to his home under the rocks. Use mouse to drag trees and rocks to help him with this journey.

PS. My first LD entry ever :)

lemmini_screen.png

Tools used:

  • Godot Engine
  • Aseprite
  • Krita
  • Audacity
  • Reaper

Ratings

Overall 485th 2.96⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 402th 3.02⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 390th 3.021⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 470th 2.833⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 420th 3.02⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Audio 346th 2.87⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 286th 2.652⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 442th 2.652⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 19🗳️ 23🗨️

Feedback

RefraX295
04. Oct 2021 · 08:18 UTC
Nice work, especially on the artwork. I'm not sure if the aim of the was to build bridges, but I was able to finish all the levels by carrying the lemming across the map my the mouse. Would be cool to see it focused more on the building aspect.
Solah
04. Oct 2021 · 08:54 UTC
Really cool game!
I might have cheated by just putting the lemming on an object and drag it to the end at some points ah ah!
I hardly heard your sound design, I guess you should inrease the volume of the sounds.
The pixel art is cool and I really love your riffing!
🎤 aplegatt
04. Oct 2021 · 13:14 UTC
@refrax295 Actually it was intended to rather carry the lemming on trees and rocks than build anything with them, because the physics behind those items was not perfect, to say the least :) Thanks for playing!
🎤 aplegatt
04. Oct 2021 · 13:21 UTC
@solah Yeah, I left sound design for last and I am not happy for how it turned out but it's present :) I really struggle with art so I'm glad You and @refrax295 somehow liked it.
caudatecoder
04. Oct 2021 · 14:41 UTC
This is a fun little game!

It's a little easy, since you can basically push the lemming through with a single platform, but that's ok. I like the simple guitar soundtrack and some developer-art! Compo-style :smile:

Good job!

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P.S. Hi Robert, didn't expect to meet you here :)
🎤 aplegatt
04. Oct 2021 · 15:22 UTC
@caudatecoder I knew this nickname sounded familiar :) Didn't expect You here, too, Alex.
cogcomp
04. Oct 2021 · 19:49 UTC
Nice puzzles, though I did cheat quite a lot by balancing the lemming on a single rock or tree trunk all the way to the end. And a BIG congratulations on making your first LD game! Well done!
stanroy
04. Oct 2021 · 22:49 UTC
Cute and fun game, but I've also cheated a little bit in some levels haha
Diego Escalante
05. Oct 2021 · 03:10 UTC
That was oddly relaxing to play. I did feel a bit cheeky to rely on balancing the lemming on a stick. If I had a way to rotate the sticks to more easily build bridges and such would make it less likely to be cheaty. Congratulations on your first jam entry! Come back for more on LD50. :)
Foursay
05. Oct 2021 · 03:34 UTC
A good one for your first LD game! Welcome to the LD family! XD
🎤 aplegatt
05. Oct 2021 · 14:51 UTC
@cogcomp @stanroy @diego-escalante It was intended to play like this, balancing the lemming on a tree or rock, I just didn't think it will be so easy :) Didn't have much time to test the levels, so this might be the cause. Thanks for playing nevertheless.
🎤 aplegatt
05. Oct 2021 · 14:52 UTC
@foursay Thanks. I hope I'll stay for a while :)
Zackavelli
05. Oct 2021 · 17:38 UTC
Not bad for your first LD entry. Interesting core gameplay feature of building bridges with random objects. The only thing holding the game back is a good bit of polish. I hope you do LD again. Having more time to polish your game just comes with practice and experience so stick with it :smile:
Itzemii
05. Oct 2021 · 20:46 UTC
Nice idea. Putting wood planks to safe the lemming. I enjoyed playing the levels. I like the quick and dirty art style. Unfortunately it is possible to just put plank under lemming and quide it full way to the safe spot: maybe disable plank if being moved by mouse?
lb01
06. Oct 2021 · 01:29 UTC
Welcome to Ludum Dare! I think this game has a lot of potential. I felt like I was able to cheese the levels because I could just hold the planks under Lemmini and guide him. If there was some sort of holding timer that prevented you from holding something for too long, I think that would make the puzzles a lot more challenging and prevent cheating.
gdman
06. Oct 2021 · 15:25 UTC
Nice game, I guess the game intended as bridge building and not hamster carrying, but at some levels it feels like there arent enough parts, like, to build long bridge or catapult. Good luck, great entry for compo
Erlioniel
06. Oct 2021 · 19:17 UTC
What a small cozy game :) Nice first entry, dude!
TTU_HASAN
07. Oct 2021 · 12:35 UTC
fun little game to play.
ranseur
08. Oct 2021 · 09:44 UTC
Great work for your first LD!
lesinvisible
08. Oct 2021 · 13:10 UTC
Nice and simple game, I liked the overall feel. Congratulations with the first LD entry, btw.
Hydezeke
08. Oct 2021 · 13:30 UTC
Congrats on your first entry! Neat idea and has a lot of content. It starts very easy and becomes quite difficult (the many-fires level....wow).

![Screenshot 2021-10-08 092654.png](///raw/661/f1/z/47d20.png)

I think I found that I had *too much* freedom with the boxes/boulders. I went back after finishing and found I could do this elite strat:
![lemin.gif](///raw/661/f1/z/47d1f.gif)
BjornStahl
08. Oct 2021 · 13:41 UTC
Just as the comment above I also realized you could just push the lemming to the goal with the closest object, this made it quite easy, only on the last level did you have to slow down a bit. My gf found the lemming cute. Good job with the game.
🎤 aplegatt
09. Oct 2021 · 11:02 UTC
@hydezeke Thanks for the gif, it's cool to see someone playing Your game :) I see that the lemming is way too "floaty", should probably do something about it in the post-jam version.
Pio
14. Oct 2021 · 17:35 UTC
Interesting game! Congratulations on your first entry and on making a game with Godot! That's hard enough outside of Ludum Dare :).
VPhyre
15. Oct 2021 · 18:33 UTC
A very interesting game concept. It was a different interpretation of the theme.

Graphics are ok. Functional with the purpose of the game.

The sound really pleased me. Although it's simple, the guitar sounds (or bass I can't say haha), were very well produced and used. Totally aligned with the game's proposal.

The gameplay is simple yet interesting. It's very easy to learn how to play, in a few seconds you'll get the hang of it. The game is made fun by the ease of gameplay.

Although, if I may suggest it, I think the difficulty of your game could be higher, especially in the later levels. Maybe you could somehow force the player to use more than one wood in order to complete the levels. The wood could be more "unstable" or could even break if the character stayed on it for too long.

But overall it was an interesting game. For being your first participation in an LD you are to be congratulated! Good job!
Alvan Arulandu
18. Oct 2021 · 23:44 UTC
I really enjoyed the music, and like others have noted, I ended up just pushing the lemming with one block the entire way. Great job, especially since this is your first time in LD!