Milkman by themorfeus

itch.io page
In a world where you can get three different kinds of milk - red, green and blue - you use your telekinetic powers to throw said milk at your customers. But be wary, each customer will wait only 10 seconds, and someone organized your booth very badly. Have fun!

(You can't lose in this game. Literally. Didn't have time to put it in. Have fun anyway.)
Controls
WSAD to move, Left click picks up milk cartons and throws them.
Be wary, NPC will absolutely steal cartons from you.

| Gitlab Source | https://gitlab.com/themorfeus/ludum-dare-51 |
| itch.io page | https://themorfeus.itch.io/the-milkman |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/milkman |
Ratings
| Overall | 260th | 3.375⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 209th | 3.4⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 337th | 3.05⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 368th | 3.25⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 318th | 3.2⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 219th | 3.237⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 13th | 4.15⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 42🗳️ | 10🗨️ |
One thing I would love to see apart from maybe a few walls for the shop is for throwing milk at customers not asking anything to ragdoll them for a second. I want to teach those customers a lesson!
Nicely done! I think my only real issue was playing it made me feel a bit sick so I don't if that's a camera thing or a me thing. Either way, I wouldn't mind seeing this developed a bit further to see what you come up with!
Great Game!
1. animated capture (+ "telekinetic powers" as confirmation): this looks like powers from *The Matrix* XD (and your pseudonym is "themorfeus": fitting)
2. "red, green and blue" -> hidden reference to "Zelda"? ;) Or simply nerdy RGB choice? (I once asked the same about *Gem Drilla Incorporated*, and [it turned out](https://itch.io/post/6157780) the latter was the real reason)
3. still captures: the graphic style for the characters (colours + shape + face) looks surreal and funny
4. controls are QWERTY-only instead of layout-independent (I have an AZERTY keyboard), BUT arrow keys are enabled
5. 2nd "shot": I think I got two neighbouring customers with the same needs in one shot! X)
6. What?! toggled some windows just to take some notes, and coming back, tells me I won, even though I really only served two milk cartons! XD
7. Ctrl toggles running mode, apparently
8. exploring! :) Can you fall? Yes XD And there is even a falling animation!! Reused from earlier game?
9. the silliness is strong with this one XD
10. and what is the "ALL MILKX" farther stand for?
11. where do these guys even leave anyway?! To the exterior pit of doom? X)
12. the games is a bit low on FPS, as is customary with many Unreal Engine games (and this is not only me, so I suspect it is really often resource-heavy and people seldom manage to optimise), which can be a problem to target milk cartons, but it is still playable quite enough
13. actually, the game seems rather easy! I have no problem serving everyone. And where is the stealing? :o What I saw was the repulsive effect when I sent an incorrect carton to several neighbouring customers, which was a funny ping pong move
14. funny music, by the way; matches the overall tone XD
15. looking for the disappeared customers: oh, apparently, they vanished (still wonder if they fell like lemmings!), and their milk cartons are still there!! What a waste

**Takeaway:** ‘silly’ is the word that comes to my mind: definitely shining in the humour category. XD The telekinesis mechanic (and its sound) is great (I still have to play *Control*, by the way…), but I feel like gameplay lacks something, some challenging element (although I may have missed how stealing works… Please tell me if it eluded me). I also think the 10-second-before-new-customer take is classic (for instance, [*Dead End Job*](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/dead-end-job) went for a similar route), yet fair. This feels like an early prototype of a crazier version of *Control* that could go somewhere, but missing just a little something to feel complete!
Thanks for the zany entry. X)
Fun goofy game. Well done
There was a sound about 2 minutes in like a biplane crash-landing and getting stuck in a sink full of wet liver - I couldn't find the source, and then it stopped.
