Bearly Fitting by jamdong15
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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.

How to play the game / Controls:
- Click and drag with mouse to move puzzle pieces onto grid
- 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
- @JoyKangpae: Dev
- @GrantK: Dev
- @Morgie: Art
- @Jamdong15: UX
Screenshots


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
| itch.io page | https://joykangpae.itch.io/bearly-fitting |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/bearly-fitting |
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🗨️ |
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.
The music in the end was a bit loud, though ;)
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).
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
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.


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 :)