Tipsy Toddlers by Wyatt

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made by Wyatt for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

​Our programmer Dan recently had twins so this is a very realistic sim. Now you can try your hand at parenting! Use the mouse and left click to pick up a toddler and drag them to their bottle. The bottles keep coming endlessly, so see how many you can serve!

  • Programming & Design: Carl Larsson, Dan Colman, and Wyatt Strain
  • Art: Wyatt Strain
  • Music & SFX: Alex Cap

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Ratings

Overall 589th 3.638⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 647th 3.517⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 569th 3.483⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Theme 692th 3.603⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 201th 4.276⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Audio 152th 3.964⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Humor 138th 3.966⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Mood 344th 3.786⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Given 14🗳️ 12🗨️

Feedback

OllieOA
05. Oct 2021 · 08:22 UTC
Awesome little game well done!
Gus Goucher
05. Oct 2021 · 19:44 UTC
Nice game! I only played easy mode so this might not be a real critique, but I found it somewhat repetitive. I really enjoyed the graphics! Great game!
LDJam user 139668
05. Oct 2021 · 19:44 UTC
Beautiful game, but it's very hard to click on a kid instead of environment. Crying sound is goood, was it recorded by your programmer?
Bora Cun
05. Oct 2021 · 19:44 UTC
Really fits the theme :smile:
kbf123
05. Oct 2021 · 19:44 UTC
Fun concept! The controls are a bit tricky though. I keep dropping the babies even if I hold the button down. (I'm guessing this is intentional though?)
Shaggy
05. Oct 2021 · 19:46 UTC
I'm never getting kids..
Wilko
05. Oct 2021 · 19:46 UTC
The art is incredible, the fact that you got that done in such a short time is a real credit to the artist. I would have like to see more gameplay elements. The loop of trying to drag the toddlers to the bottle got old after just a couple drags and I couldn't see any change in difficulty.
Timur_Bahadir
05. Oct 2021 · 19:48 UTC
Funny game! I really liked the visuals. Picking up the toddlers was really hard tho!
Nico Villanueva
05. Oct 2021 · 19:49 UTC
A good taste into parenting!
kgabis
05. Oct 2021 · 19:50 UTC
I love art and music in this game :)
llaumegui
05. Oct 2021 · 19:50 UTC
It was pretty fun ! Good job
If you want to work a bit more on it, i suggest you to make the grabbing mechanic easier to use, Overall great work !
Mitch Zasa
05. Oct 2021 · 19:50 UTC
The art and sound effects/music was really good!

The only thing that I would say UI wise would be to indicate when you're hovered over the child. It was a bit unclear where my hand was when next to the child.
Kimberly
05. Oct 2021 · 19:51 UTC
Incredible visuals and I loved how the music picked up in intensity as the game did. Little tricky to click and drag the kids, but fun nevertheless!
Stefan B.
05. Oct 2021 · 19:52 UTC
haha, 5 is really hard, but they are so cute :)
TevasLiutauras
05. Oct 2021 · 19:52 UTC
Really fun take on the theme, gave me a good laugh. I wish the grabbing was a bit more responsive, but otherwise good job!
p0l4r
05. Oct 2021 · 19:54 UTC
Excellent art style, well done.
thedude3600
05. Oct 2021 · 19:54 UTC
Fun little game! I can see this being the kind of game that you play while waiting for a meeting to start (or end ;-)) The controls were a bit finicky, and I had a hard time telling exactly what I was going to pick up when I clicked. I think if the object that was being targeted would highlight so the player knows exactly whats going to be picked up would go a long way. It got a little frustrating when the baby ran into a pile of blocks and every time I thought I was hover over the baby I would pick up a block instead. Maybe this is intentional, though? A way to mechanically induce the frustrations that come with dealing with toddlers? If so, spot on! Good job!
Dominic Graziano
05. Oct 2021 · 19:54 UTC
graphics: Don Hertzfeldt would be proud.
Music: Playful and appropriate.
Sound effects: As a dad, I had flashbacks.
Gamplay: a bit tough to grab things effectively but otherwise a solid concept.
Sherwood
05. Oct 2021 · 19:55 UTC
Very pleasant game overall. Graphics are catchy to the eye. Didn't even try hard mode, too much stress haha.
Gameplay is easy to understand but because of the unstablity it might get a bit triggering. That being said, great work !
TejasvOnly
05. Oct 2021 · 19:55 UTC
Nice game, absolutely hilarious. I like how music dynamically changes based on how much you screw up. It was really hard to grab something accurately though; It would be easier if objects would highlight to indicate what will be grabbed.
mandy858
05. Oct 2021 · 19:56 UTC
Dude. Your game frustrated me soooooooooooooo much. The babies just kept dropping!! I suppose it was intentional for the game to be harder, but damn, I was so mad after these babies xD. Good concept though. And the graphics are really nice. Love the babies creepy. Good job!
DmitryGalias
05. Oct 2021 · 19:58 UTC
Nice and funny game! It seems to me that these toddlers are saying: "I was dead, ahh" :smile:
LDJam user 250824
05. Oct 2021 · 20:06 UTC
Love the visual style and the use of cell shading! I used a Wacom tablet to play, and it was extremely satysfying to finally get a toddler to a bottle after trying to catch them for a minute. I don't really understand why sometimes the kids seem transparent to the cursor, no matter how many times you click — perhaps it's by design to make them hard to catch, but feels a bit like something isn't working in the controls. But other than that, great stuff!
LDJam user 262525
05. Oct 2021 · 20:07 UTC
Just as terrifying as in real life. The game is pretty basic, but also very polished. The music was really good. My only complaint is that the cursor sometimes feels a bit inaccurate when trying to pick toddlers up. Great game!
theStoff
07. Oct 2021 · 19:17 UTC
Nice little game. It's simple, works well and is fun to play :)