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Handbot in... Scrap Heap by DonnieDarko

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made by DonnieDarko for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

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The Great Pit beckons you.

The Great Pit demands tribute. The Great Pit demands trash. You have been given until sundown to collect all this trash. Tomorrow, you will collect more trash. The Great Pit sounds angry. You can only assume the consequences are dire. Is there any hope? How much longer can this go on for?

Stave off the Great Pit's wrath for as long as you can as you scour the world in search of anything - anything! - that can help you survive the final battle!

Controls:

Move with WASD or your arrow keys.

Pick up, throw, advance through dialogue and use shortcuts with Spacebar, E, or Enter/Return.

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Important note:

​Testing of this game was impacted by a power service outage in the Puget Sound region on the final day of the jam. Though all is fair in Ludum Dare, the decision was made to release a hotfix in accordance with the rules of Ludum Dare (major bug fixes affecting proper function of the game only; no new content). All bugfixes made in this version are listed on the itch.io page. For the sake of the genuine Ludum Dare experience, the original version will remain available on the itch.io page as a separate download for your consideration. Thank you for your understanding.

The first-ever production by the Limestock Fishing Company:

Blorengerhymes (Graphics, character design)
DonnieDarko (Limestock Fishing Company mascot, hero to all)
Jsburg (Programming, character design)
Karmelyth (Programming, level design)
Redoplus (Audio, writing, level design)
Squiddy (Programming)

Gameplay design by everybody involved.

Special thanks:

Aevusonian
Saniblues
VirtualSloth
Zeinlikezane

Additional credits:

Boss music generated by Melobytes

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Link https://redoplus.itch.io/handbot-in-scrap-heap
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/handbot-in-scrap-heap

Ratings

Overall 43th 4.231⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Fun 99th 4.04⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 165th 3.86⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Theme 503th 3.82⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 18th 4.685⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Audio 86th 4.12⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Humor 219th 3.84⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Mood 39th 4.365⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Given 75🗳️ 40🗨️

Feedback

superpokeunicorn
05. Apr 2022 · 03:53 UTC
I really like the game's stylized visuals. It feels cartoony yet also melancholic. The game overall has a very eerie vibe. The audio/visual effects when throwing an object were also very satisfying. Character design was cute; I like the main character's little hand. I also like the idea of centering the game around throwing objects. It makes me have to be a little more careful than if I could just press a button to attack. I will say that the game has a lot of backtracking. There was a shortcut, but it seems that you can's use it while carrying an object (unless I'm missing something). It also seems like the collision for the area locked behind the 3 pressure plate doors was coded incorrectly, making it impossible to get the final box of scrap. I also question the decision to make the screen fully black when the sun meter goes down, as it seems to waste a great deal of time. Overall, a bit rough around the edges in some places, but has a lot of charm and good ideas. Nice work!
T C
05. Apr 2022 · 04:06 UTC
Nice game! I really liked being able to build bridges, and blow stuff up. It was really satisfying throwing the thing into boxes to destroy them as well. Some of the slow traveling to get back to the pit was a bit much, and some extra direction on what exactly I was doing would be nice, but didn't stop me from having fun exploring! Good job
Yokin
05. Apr 2022 · 07:58 UTC
Handbot stay winning
Duckonaut
05. Apr 2022 · 20:46 UTC
i love u handbot
Apphons6
06. Apr 2022 · 01:14 UTC
Lovely artstyle and mood, big fan of this kind of sketchy art, lovely game very cute and fun, spooky a bit too hahaha, really cool mechanics, a little tedious tho
LDJam user 168929
06. Apr 2022 · 05:12 UTC
The artstyle here is fantastic! I found throwing things a little finnicky, but I think the game has a really nice vibe, the art and animation works really really well. Love the sound effects too.
sansman01
06. Apr 2022 · 15:18 UTC
The mood of this game is really great. It is fun exploring and even has some puzzle mechanic. The graphics are on point too :)
Vitor Milioni
06. Apr 2022 · 15:19 UTC
This was a joy to play, looks and feels like something i would play on Kongregate some years back, in the best way possible of course. The hand drawn art looks amazing, the sounds everything make are perfect, the feeling of walking handbot around is just great by itself, then you make a very solid exploration/adventure game based around a great mechanic of having to utilize then reutilize basically everything that you can pickup and each thing interacting differently with the scenario makes this absolutely great in every single way. An absolutely amazing game, i had a lot of fun, thanks for making this! (also, handbot is super cute, i love it)
hechi
06. Apr 2022 · 15:54 UTC
I loved the main character, is so cute :smile:

The controls feel polished. The atmosphere of the game is very accomplished and the theme is on point.
Great job!
squp
06. Apr 2022 · 22:34 UTC
limestock fishing co's first swag ass win. really in love wtih the art
ardorugus
07. Apr 2022 · 21:34 UTC
Cool sfx and overall game makes you excited and eager to research and use different stuff. Lack of narrative maybe, but really loved playing, thanks, guys!
AndideBob
08. Apr 2022 · 07:53 UTC
This game is super cool, I love the artstyle and it took me a moment to understand, that your goal is to find friends that help you in the bossfight. I was super impressed by what you have done, and this could really be a very complete game as it is. Minor issues with the hitboxes of enemies, but other than that... very well done!
JUSTCAMH
08. Apr 2022 · 11:31 UTC
Hey team, I played your game on stream, it's very pretty and I love all the detail you've put into the locations, enemies and mechanics! I wasn't quite able to beat it, but you can see what happened on the vod here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1449607637
kindly
08. Apr 2022 · 13:56 UTC
love the game, but a quick tutorial would go a long way like a split second image or something
0x746564
09. Apr 2022 · 17:50 UTC
Took me a while to figure out what I was supposed to be doing (still not sure I know), but it was fun to play.

Graphics are unique and have a great style.

Ambient sounds were great.

Also enjoyed the mechanic with the wood. I got stuck after taking the shortcut, probably needed to time that one better.
S_Onoe
09. Apr 2022 · 20:57 UTC
The audios were just so polished among everything that's awesomely executed here. One thing I would say is that the base moving audio is a bit too sharp and can be tiring to listen to in long periods. I might suggest lowering the pitch slightly? Overall great game.
Matthanic
11. Apr 2022 · 13:17 UTC
Really reminded me of when I was younger playing random flash games on the internet. I think it was a really good execution of the Jam's theme.
oneowerse
11. Apr 2022 · 16:08 UTC
your game is very suitable for this topic, I like the design and the mechanics of the game surprised me, great game
Conduit
15. Apr 2022 · 09:58 UTC
Such polish! I loved the little whirring the robot protagonist made lol Had a lot of fun scooting around in this one! Extremely well done!
Raphiell
15. Apr 2022 · 15:08 UTC
Loved the atmosphere you made because of the music and art. Everything felt really grungy and dirty, it was great. Twice though I couldn't return to the 'planks' section because I used the shortcut and the planks were no longer accessible. Besides that I had a great time, well done!