The living deadlivery by Stingby12

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made by Stingby12 for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

You died while you were bringing an important package for delivery ! Luckily, you turned into a ghost. Use your ghostly powers to finish your mission ! This is symbolism and foreshadowing that the game character's job sucks and that his boss pays him BELOW minimum wage.

Ratings

Overall 440th 3.711⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Fun 495th 3.539⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 684th 3.224⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Theme 890th 3.553⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 710th 3.5⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Audio 622th 3.041⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Humor 783th 2.757⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Mood 775th 3.324⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Given 35🗳️ 63🗨️

Feedback

NastyVibrato
02. May 2023 · 11:47 UTC
Very solid game, I liked the expansion of the mechanics upon death
ZeAntwan
02. May 2023 · 13:35 UTC
Love the twist and new mechanic once you really get into it! Superb and original concept around sokoban. Nice one!
radgegames
02. May 2023 · 21:59 UTC
suprised me when I got unalived for a second but once it became a mechanic I enjoyed it
ElisaGonda
03. May 2023 · 17:20 UTC
niiiiice love the mechanics, i really enjoyed playing this one, looks like you put so much love in it cause its so good, one of my favs this jam!
DarkHusky
03. May 2023 · 17:20 UTC
Solid entry. I liked the ghost mechanic and the overall puzzle theme of the game.
Sweedy
03. May 2023 · 17:23 UTC
Great game, I'm not a huge fun of puzzle games but simplicity of this game and ability to just restart every level so quick is making the game addicting :). Well done!
Congeesetador
03. May 2023 · 17:28 UTC
This was a really interesting game! I enjoyed the puzzles, they really challenged me to think exactly what to do and I had to plan out the level to figure out how I was going to manage to get the box to the end. It's a nice take on the name that I have yet to see yet. The art style is really nice also and it's very simple but good looking! Overall this is a really fun and challenging puzzle game! Keep up the good work!
Zerfalex
03. May 2023 · 17:48 UTC
Really cool. The progressive introduction of new mechanics before the twist. Some puzzles got me thinking for a bit too!
Lisek Gagatek
03. May 2023 · 17:54 UTC
Probably the most polished and finished mini-game I've seen so far in this jam, congrats! I have finished it all and the difficulty was on point. Graphics are minimalistic, but look preety good with consistent style. Initially I thought it will be just another simple Sokoban clone, but the twist and introduced ghost-related mechanics were pretty clever.

The only issues I see (albeit rather minor ones) are that undo sound could have been quieter and less in-your face, since you usually do many undo moves in quick succession. I also found the font to be not-so readable.
🎤 Stingby12
03. May 2023 · 19:10 UTC
@lisek-gagatek I used the "scanline" prelude command to make these effects. I thought it would fit for the scenery, but it had also an effect with the text (even though I can still make out the words).
🎤 Stingby12
03. May 2023 · 19:14 UTC
@congeesetador I hope the dev that draws fan-art from Ludum Dare games finds that game (and other ones that I really enjoyed and draws it for his collection !
jebouin
04. May 2023 · 03:02 UTC
Very cool puzzle game, the difficulty was perfect for me and the twist was great! I also liked the scanline effect, I didn't know that was possible in PuzzleScript. My only complaint is that I felt the last level was a bit too easy, I could just move each of the 4 pistons without thinking of blocking the others, but maybe that was on purpose. Other than that all the puzzles were fun to figure out, great job!
MrEliptik
04. May 2023 · 08:53 UTC
Cool concept, well executed with nice art. Congrats for your entry!
BmanStudio
04. May 2023 · 13:52 UTC
Great game and brilliant graphics for the puzzle! works really well! too difficult for my lil' brain haha got stuck on lvl 3
Amazing job!
resacaGames
04. May 2023 · 19:01 UTC
Very nice puzzle game! Graphics and sound were nice and the levels were hardcore from the beginning, loved it! Great work!!!
Fabian Denter
04. May 2023 · 23:24 UTC
Solving these puzzles feels very rewarding, even for someone like me who is really terrible at puzzle games. Well done!
highskies
05. May 2023 · 17:18 UTC
well executed game with a simple concept
Iqoribou
05. May 2023 · 17:18 UTC
Very good entry, love the visual style and the simple yet fun gameplay. Nothing new, but very well executed with interesting puzzles. Good job!
FoggyDude
06. May 2023 · 18:45 UTC
Very interesting puzzle game, great job!
chompdev
06. May 2023 · 19:03 UTC
You've designed some excellent puzzles here! The ghost mechanic is a really cool idea and definitely expands this type of puzzle in a very interesting way. I love how you introduce new mechanics every few levels to keep the player engaged and learning new tricks constantly. The difficulty curve is very good, too. The graphical style is great and I really like how easily-readable your pixel art is. Fantastic work on this one - you should be very proud of it!
David Mason
06. May 2023 · 19:18 UTC
neat idea!
The Enigma
14. May 2023 · 23:13 UTC
Love the scanline art style, works very well here because the simple graphics are still very readable, the idea is really cool as well, interesting twist on the sokoban formula, congrats!
🎤 Stingby12
20. May 2023 · 09:56 UTC
@the-enigma Barely anyone uses that anyways so might as well give it a try.