The Funny Farm by Matthew Roelle

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made by Matthew Roelle for Ludum Dare 49 (COMPO)

Welcome to The Funny Farm

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The funny farm is a home for mentally unstable farm animals. It's where farmers send their stressed out animals to relax.

These animals LOVE their routines. Each day new animals arrive at the farm. Arrange them on the board so that they may all go about their days uninterrupted.

You DO NOT want to find out what happens when one of their routines gets interrupted...

Good luck!!

Ratings

Overall 69th 3.952⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 30th 4.095⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 61th 4⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 394th 3.214⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 98th 3.929⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 62th 3.825⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 25th 4.059⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Mood 35th 4⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 14🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

guntrip
03. Oct 2021 · 22:19 UTC
This is great! Really nice idea, and really easy to pick up. I love the characters too. I played it through (successfully!) but had to play again to see what would happen when they collide!
minidavid
04. Oct 2021 · 02:31 UTC
solid. Really fun, innovative and cute
kassanu
04. Oct 2021 · 02:34 UTC
Great puzzle game. Nice job!
Chameth
04. Oct 2021 · 02:38 UTC
Good fun! It's a nice concept, well executed. I was pleasantly surprised by the number of different levels, too.
SamDemaine
04. Oct 2021 · 22:06 UTC
Nice game, really enjoyed it, art was pretty decent and gameplay was really fun. Good idea, Good execution!
Falien
04. Oct 2021 · 22:41 UTC
Oke the moment they collide, it was hilarious xD
IcedJaM
05. Oct 2021 · 04:04 UTC
I really enjoyed your game. 'The funny farm is a home for mentally unstable farm animals.' - That line made me smile before I even started to play it. The animations are really nice, the art, sound and animation all feel very cohesive. It's a really fun concept and you managed to get quite a few different levels in a short period of time. I think you could expand on this game and have a nice little mobile game perhaps. Nice work!
jk5000
05. Oct 2021 · 11:18 UTC
I love the music and visuals. The gameplay idea is fun, but it's really difficult solve the puzzles. Overall a pretty good jam game. Well done.
TejasvOnly
05. Oct 2021 · 20:22 UTC
Loved this game! Really great puzzles, hardest one for me was cluster cluck.
Ludokultur
06. Oct 2021 · 09:44 UTC
A really fun and creative puzzler! I kind of think you should get a preview of all the upcoming days, otherwise you don't really know how to position on day 1. Super fun though, well done and lol at that losing animation. :D
R3dleg
07. Oct 2021 · 12:02 UTC
Super funny game :D I love the animation after you messed up. GORGEOS! And it looks so polished. i can easily see this evolving into a nice mobile game. Only thought: maybe make the arrows different in a ways so that you can see what the exact order of movements will be more easily :) But all at all: well done
syudzius
07. Oct 2021 · 16:29 UTC
Cute puzzle game! Animations are funny and the music is relaxing. Great job!
LDJam user 266061
08. Oct 2021 · 22:51 UTC
That's a fun and polished game. The cute art style is simple and there is only one music, but they fit perfectly together.

The concept is basic, and this is why it is so efficient: like someone said, it would look good as a mobile game, with new levels and animals.

At first I failed a lot, I'm not very good in strategy games, and I am impressed by those who design levels. However, it is a game only made in 48 hours, so the levels don't require an exact pattern (which would be vicious, and expected of the latter levels of a mobile game), and I sometimes won a level with plenty of space left.

It's satisfying to see the animals roaming around, close but without collision, all in perfect place.
LeviDSmith
09. Oct 2021 · 03:05 UTC
Nice game. Seems like an allegory for real life. Mess up people's daily routines and they go nuts!
Fonkin
09. Oct 2021 · 10:49 UTC
Ok this was definately one of the best games i've played all jam! Awesome graphics and Audio, and incredible level design. Only thing missing was a way to get hints if you are stuck