Caterpillar Courier by The Wondering Vagabond

Our very first game and entry to LDJam 53.

Let's combine one of the original video games with one of the oldest card games!

How many fruits can you deliver?

Song by TELL YOUR STORY music by ikson™ Link: https://ikson.com/tell-your-story

Ratings

Overall 1175th 2.7⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1133th 2.643⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1123th 2.595⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1189th 2.571⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1032th 2.643⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1014th 2.15⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1087th 2.775⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 26🗳️ 20🗨️

Feedback

🎤 The Wondering Vagabond
01. May 2023 · 22:34 UTC
Our very first attempt to a game! Please play full screen or use the itch.io link as the embedding takes the interface off!
deadlycupcake
02. May 2023 · 00:24 UTC
The idea is very cool. I wish the caterpillar moved a bit faster. Very cute game
Hora-Timer
02. May 2023 · 00:24 UTC
**Very good!** I love the snake game, it looks like a ladybug
Congeesetador
02. May 2023 · 00:26 UTC
This game was pretty alright, it was pretty hard to figure out how play the game, it would be helpful to describe how the game works and what to do, I was just randomly eating fruit and randomly eating the caterpillars. Other than that this game was made pretty well!
Rainsong
02. May 2023 · 00:27 UTC
Congrats on your first game! It looks great (very cute!) and plays well :D
Mr.Deku
03. May 2023 · 23:34 UTC
Pretty decent first game with just 3 days, amazing! I'm not sure how the game works, a tutorial or a short description would be helpful, good job, though!
D3kryption
04. May 2023 · 06:57 UTC
For your first game this is pretty good!

You did a cracking job :)

I picked it up fairly quickly, observe who wants what fruit, remember it, and find them again :D
Tomtomgome
05. May 2023 · 09:04 UTC
I think this is nightmare material :
![nightmarefuel.png](///raw/5f4/93/z/5b5cf.png)

I find the concept very original, and the mood and gameplay are pretty relaxing (yet the game is quite challenging).

As said a tutorial would have made a big difference because I had to lose a few games to understand what was happening.
Also, I think the difficulty curve is quite steep, because on every level, you not only grow making it harder to move, but you also have more fruits to remember. Maybe instead of adding one fruit every level, you could add one new fruit every 2-3 level ?

Anyway, it's great to have a working fun game, without any bugs (no pun intended), by the end of a game jam ! Good job !
quabmara
07. May 2023 · 12:44 UTC
Good job on your first game!
Maybe a tutorial could have been good. But I think it's also ok without one, because of its fairly simple concept so you can pick it up pretty quickly.
Flying Dog Fish
07. May 2023 · 12:44 UTC
Memory and snake, that's an interesting combination. The caterpillar is rather cute.

You should mention somewhere that you're supposed to bring the caterpillars what they wont (the fruit that flashes in their place before they appear), as people are confused about what to do. You can put that in the description of the game.
mitur
07. May 2023 · 13:02 UTC
A classic memory game, yet very challenging for me - good job!

![2023-05-07_14-53.png](///raw/b19/f4/z/5b88a.png)
ardorugus
14. May 2023 · 04:28 UTC
Ok, maybe sometimes I don't get it, but played for a while several times and enjoyed this little game, thank you! Keep jamming!
LDJam user 362790
14. May 2023 · 17:22 UTC
I enjoyed playing your game. Great job!
ASilvers
14. May 2023 · 21:12 UTC
Nice job, I really liked the concept but it did get really difficult after only a few levels. The movement was a bit slow for my taste though.