Bearly Fitting by jamdong15

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made by jamdong15 for Ludum Dare 52 (JAM)

Play our game!

https://joykangpae.itch.io/bearly-fitting

Premise

Harvest was bountiful this year! You've organized and packed your produce away just in time for winter. Unfortunately, your neighbors are running a bit behind schedule... Play as Andy, the bear farmer, and help your neighbor get their barn ready in this simple and relaxing puzzle game.

Gameplay_Gif.gif

How to play the game / Controls:

  1. Click and drag with mouse to move puzzle pieces onto grid
  2. Press X or Z while holding the puzzle piece to rotate it.

Note: If you're having trouble being able to rotate, some laptops don't allow simultaneous input from the trackpad and the keyboard. You can google how to fix this or switch to an external mouse.

Credits

  1. @JoyKangpae: Dev
  2. @GrantK: Dev
  3. @Morgie: Art
  4. @Jamdong15: UX

Screenshots

Screen Shot 2023-01-09 at 12.33.40 PM.png

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Post Submission Changes

  • Added a controls page before level 1
  • Fixed overlapping music during end scene
  • Fixed bug where puzzle pieces can be placed outside the grid which breaks the game

Ratings

Overall 77th 4⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Fun 159th 3.811⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 568th 3.027⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Theme 462th 3.622⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 78th 4.365⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Mood 68th 4.111⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Given 24🗳️ 52🗨️

Feedback

ironhandMD
10. Jan 2023 · 03:47 UTC
awesome game! I like the art and the color blending which gives a relaxing mood for playing and the mechanics is straightforward and easy to understand, the gameplay is a good fit the shapes puzzle ,that has a good learning curve, overall I enjoyed playing this one! congratulations! keep it up!
binroot
10. Jan 2023 · 03:55 UTC
Beautiful art! Really sets you in the mood. The first puzzle was pretty challenging haha. Only recommendation I have is that if you drop a crop onto another, it should swap their positions if a fit is possible.
Haotian Chen
10. Jan 2023 · 03:58 UTC
slow and relax gameplay, might a little simple though. the little comic is pretty cute!
morgie
10. Jan 2023 · 04:05 UTC
@ironhandmd Thank you so much for your feedback! I'm so happy to hear that you like the art :^D We wanted to go for a cute, autumn-y vibe so it matched the slower pace of the game. Thanks again!
dob
10. Jan 2023 · 04:06 UTC
Great graphics, fun gameplay. The rotation was a little unintuitive to discover (had to go RTFM) but once I got there, I was good to go. Some hard levels there. Nice work!
gamerjenn
10. Jan 2023 · 04:07 UTC
This game is very clever and I enjoyed the art style! I
morgie
10. Jan 2023 · 04:07 UTC
@binroot Hello!! Thanks for the feedback :^D Some of the puzzles are definitely challenging... I just gave up on some of them... But that is an interesting feature, thanks for the suggestion!
morgie
10. Jan 2023 · 04:10 UTC
hi @haotian-chen! thanks for the review! We definitely had more features we didn't get to implement, but I'm glad you found it relaxing :D
Jovanden
10. Jan 2023 · 04:20 UTC
This game is pretty great. The audio is peaceful and I like the illustrative style to the art. I kinda wish I didn't have to click through the opening comic but still turned out really good. The only thing that affected the gameplay flow for me was that it doesn't tell you anywhere in the game screen about rotating tiles.
Gawain Doell
10. Jan 2023 · 05:18 UTC
I loved the little comic presentation, it was adorable! I got stuck around puzzle 5, but in fairness I've never been great at this kind of puzzle. I still enjoyed my play, and the game has a lot of charm!

I would have liked to see the outlines of the piece shapes when hovering over them in the bin. I had some trouble learning what veggies where what shapes, and I feel that wasn't helping me when I was stuck. Another improvement would be to put some kind of hint button that shows a single piece of the intended solution. There are a lot of "logic traps" and after several attempts at building the grid I really wanted to know a fresh way to start or just get a nudge in the right direction.
KlinsmannHengles
10. Jan 2023 · 17:56 UTC
The art style is cool and the puzzles are interesting. Nice game!
jaonewguy
10. Jan 2023 · 17:58 UTC
This was nice to quickly jump into and exercise the puzzle-solving muscles :) esp with the relaxing music, kind of envisioning this style as a daily-crossword replacement every morning. Nice job!
recursiveanomaly
10. Jan 2023 · 18:00 UTC
Excellent Game! The intro was super cute. I was a bit confused until I went and read outside of the game that you could rotate the pieces, it would have been nice to have them visible somewhere in game. I wish I could have seen the shape of the food when on the right side, for convenience. I really liked the idea that certain food can't be next to other food. Thanks for the game!
OffworldDemon
10. Jan 2023 · 18:02 UTC
Very nice simple game. Cozy mood
lilsugarcat
10. Jan 2023 · 18:09 UTC
Super relaxing game and very beautiful graphics. I love the rule of not being able to put bananas next to onions. This creates some nice difficulty and I see the potential of future levels having even more rules like this. :)
The music in the end was a bit loud, though ;)
Coderah
10. Jan 2023 · 18:26 UTC
Wonderful experience :) very relaxing, I love the music.
profhatchet
10. Jan 2023 · 18:31 UTC
Love me a puzzle game. A simple classic concept but had me hooked to the end. Lovely art.
Miyukiew
10. Jan 2023 · 19:27 UTC
So cute and cozy! It felt really relaxing, though I'm not sure why I'm unable to rotate the pieces.
🎤 jamdong15
10. Jan 2023 · 19:33 UTC
@miyukiew Glad you liked the vibes! :) You can rotate the pieces by using Z/X. Unfortunately, there wasn't much time to implement a tutorial during the jam ;-;
GameRaccoon
10. Jan 2023 · 19:38 UTC
Nice game, I like the art, especially the comics in the beginning. I like the level of challenge, I was sure those kind of games are piece of cake and this one made me turn on my brain on (and then probably turn it on again even more) :laughing:

It took some time to understand how to rotate tiles, and I had a problem on the third level (I think) where you didn't suppose to put onion near banana, at some point after putting things back and forth I couldn't put some items in some places anymore (even when I emptied the grid).
Miyukiew
10. Jan 2023 · 19:45 UTC
@jamdong15 Ok cool! It works! The difficulty for each level is good, not too easy but still achievable!
TheJookerful
11. Jan 2023 · 01:37 UTC
At first I didn't find we can rotate pieces and I think this game was impossible !
Then I read description and it was more easy... or not ^^' Despite of this the difficulty is really well balanced between "too easy to for glory" and "too hard" and it's not easy to do that !
And your arts (soung and musics) fit really well with theme/mood so for all that : Gongrats you did an awesome game ! :D
🎤 jamdong15
11. Jan 2023 · 01:46 UTC
@thejookerful thank you so much for your kind words! :)

quick question, we actually added a pop-up showing the controls for the game (along with how to rotate the pieces) that appears before the first level of the game (look at picture). were you able to see it? if not, i'll have to let our developer know.

![Screenshot (53).png](///raw/a66/84/z/560a8.png)
pushmepullyu
11. Jan 2023 · 02:42 UTC
I wish you can see the uhh grid style of the fruit while they are still int the bin so its easier to visualize how they fit in. Had fun :D
mtpw
11. Jan 2023 · 02:43 UTC
Nice relaxing game. Lovely graphics and picture book story. Last level had me trying some time. :thumbsup:
naomiajacobs
11. Jan 2023 · 03:18 UTC
Love this! The last level took me a while, and was so satisfying. I loved the art and the music, so beautiful and relaxing!
rustynoob
11. Jan 2023 · 03:49 UTC
Nice relaxing game I enjoyed my time playing it
Ra_sio
11. Jan 2023 · 04:08 UTC
Awesome idea! I'm reminded backpack hero, I think it would be fun to develop like that
LDJam user 315748
11. Jan 2023 · 06:46 UTC
so sweet! i love the art and really enjoyed piecing the crops together :) relaxing and enjoyable
Sean Esopenko
11. Jan 2023 · 08:08 UTC
I tried for a while but couldn't get past 5/6. I'll come back to it again tomorrow.
🎤 jamdong15
11. Jan 2023 · 09:11 UTC
@sean-esopenko popular opinion seems to be that level 5 is the hardest level. we're so flattered you'd want to come back and try again :)
LDJam user 320677
11. Jan 2023 · 19:55 UTC
I have finished it! But it took time :smile:, a lot of time! Nice relaxing game, great textures, calm music. Not much inovative, but nicely done. I wonder how you created those levels, did you used some maps/items positions from similar game? The difficulty for me was just ideal, not to difficult to leave the game, but difficult enough to enjoy the time solving it. Great job!
🎤 jamdong15
11. Jan 2023 · 22:57 UTC
@karlo5o thank you for your kind words! :) we created the levels ourselves. we created an "answer key" by assembling the puzzle pieces on a grid. for certain levels, we made them more difficult by placing certain pieces in very specific locations and utilizing the more awkward/big puzzle pieces. glad you enjoyed!
LDJam user 320677
12. Jan 2023 · 06:36 UTC
@jamdong15 thanks for clarification, great job!
enderswype
12. Jan 2023 · 09:23 UTC
damn, took me way longer than expected to complete level 6 but i eventually made it, nice puzzle game
PeachTreeOath
12. Jan 2023 · 10:00 UTC
When I first saw this design I was actually a little intimidated. It seemed like there was total freedom in combinations and that it would take a long time to figure out how to place things. I'm not sure *exactly* why, but it ended up being easier than I expected! In a good way - I was pleasantly surprised.

![asdf3.PNG](///raw/649/1/z/563bc.png)

The banana/onion combo helped a lot actually. Rather than being an obstacle, it actually reduced the solution space a good amount and helped me make easier decisions. It's a good thing you didn't add TOO many more rules because I'm not sure if I could've remembered them all lol

A final, neat touch you had was the cool night/sunset victory screen. It's an unusual combination of colors and elements so it really stuck out to me, and gave it a nice cozy send-off.

I really enjoyed the game. It actually reminds me of Wordle in the sense that the game seems hard at first, but due to the rulesets and constraints, the game is easier than perceived and made me feel extra accomplished. So I'll just ignore that fact and pretend I was clever playing the game :)
bcmpinc
12. Jan 2023 · 13:46 UTC
When I saw the grid become larger in level 5 I was intimidated, but somehow I felt that level 5 and 6 were easier than the first 4. I placed the difficult blocks first and then with 1-3 tries usually could fit in the rest. I think that's fine though. Having them not be too difficult makes the puzzles less frustrating and more fun.
🎤 jamdong15
12. Jan 2023 · 23:39 UTC
@bcmpinc that's the strategy that i use as well! glad you enjoyed. :)
🎤 jamdong15
12. Jan 2023 · 23:41 UTC
@peachtreeoath actually, we had a few people who straight up couldn't solve a level and gave up so perhaps you're better at puzzles than you're giving yourself credit for :D
Orhu
14. Jan 2023 · 02:42 UTC
Nice game! I'd imagine it's tough to design several levels for a game like this (there's only so many ways to pack things into a tight space after all), but you guys pull it off really well! I especially like that added mechanic of the onions and bananas which really helps to change up the levels. I thought the comic-style opening was really nice too.
JUMPirate
16. Jan 2023 · 07:44 UTC
A very traditional jigsaw puzzle gameplay, simple and easy to understand. I have an almost the same jigsaw puzzle at home. The whole process of the game is very complete. Whether art or music, it gives people a very comfortable feeling.
mikyokyuji
25. Jan 2023 · 09:42 UTC
Relaxing music, cute illustrations and good difficulty of puzzles. I like it!