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Package Panik by Gerolmed

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made by Gerolmed for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

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Upgrade and expand your delivery empire in this engaging little post office tycoon. build_building.gif

Package Panik simulates an infrastructure of mail trucks, delivery drones and package warehouses that the player needs to upkeep and grow. manage_fleet.gif

Buy new buildings to access additional unit types, and plan ahead as you analyze the market predictions for the upcoming week. move_warehouse.gif

Slacking off is not an option - you've got customers in various different city districts to appease! Let their satisfaction drop too low, and your business will go bankrupt. Stay on top of your game by growing your workforce and upgrading your gear so you can keep up with the demand. show_analytics.gif

Now, are you ready to take on the challenge of managing your very own delivery empire?

Link https://github.com/Gerolmed/ludumdare-53
Link https://gerolmed.itch.io/package-panik
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/package-panik

Ratings

Overall 111th 4.115⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Fun 301th 3.745⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 380th 3.583⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Theme 38th 4.511⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 114th 4.448⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Audio 113th 4.074⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Humor 784th 2.75⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Mood 303th 3.84⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Given 65🗳️ 99🗨️

Feedback

HermanLejter
02. May 2023 · 01:23 UTC
Love the graphics! Very well done.
Pixelverse
02. May 2023 · 01:25 UTC
Not only is the game fun but it’s also mostly mobile friendly. I was playing this on my phone! Good job 👍
MilkyJoe73
02. May 2023 · 01:30 UTC
Great Pixel Art!
Firebelley
02. May 2023 · 01:33 UTC
Beautiful game, really nicely put together and fun to play! It took me a bit to figure everything out, but I mostly got it. Ended up unlocking all zones. The one thing I couldn't figure out was how to get the drones to work. I think I was missing something. Regardless, this was an awesome game and I had a lot of fun with it!
Ixil Miniussi
02. May 2023 · 01:36 UTC
Super impressed by the attention to detail. Not only is the concept itself technically impressive you still had time to polish it all. One of the rare submissions where the audio is pleasant, same for the graphics and navigation. I'm particularly impressed by all the sprites, from the upgradable buildings to the moving patterns in the background. Super pleasant
LDJam user 279622
02. May 2023 · 09:20 UTC
i love capitalism

i laid off my entire workforce and replaced them with drones and i lost? i think it must be a bug :(
AndideBob
02. May 2023 · 09:21 UTC
What a cute little game, the graphics are SO good! The start is a bit slow, but once money come rolling in it gets going! The music nicely underlines the idle game vibes this game gives off. Really well done!
oscarglo
02. May 2023 · 09:29 UTC
This is a very high quality game, it deserves way more ratings. The mechanics take some time to wrap your head around but they make sense in the end, and it feels and looks great in general. Great job from all of the team!
MintBreak
02. May 2023 · 09:30 UTC
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Welp that was just down right addictive. This is not good for my health. Amazing work guys
Allax
02. May 2023 · 16:16 UTC
Wow, that's really good. Very solid for a jam. It took a while to figure it all out at first, but I really liked it. The art and music are excellent. Great entry!
AploveStudio
02. May 2023 · 17:05 UTC
super polished for a jam game, nice work!! love the art style!!!
SmelJey
02. May 2023 · 18:16 UTC
This game looks very nice and quite polished for a jam entry! The look and feel are incredible. I spend a lot of time to figure out all the mechanics, but after all it was a fun game! I really enjoyed playing it!
Michael Harris
02. May 2023 · 18:31 UTC
Love the look and how intricate it is for a 72 hours game jam!
Kristallllllik
02. May 2023 · 20:14 UTC
looks so good
Kristallllllik
02. May 2023 · 20:19 UTC
Interesting game and nice art!
callbackthefunction
03. May 2023 · 02:59 UTC
Nice game! I really love the art and overall user experiences. I think it will be even better if there are more sfx for upgrade and package delivered, but overall I enjoy the game a lot!
Foraland
03. May 2023 · 03:37 UTC
Amazing!
JP Design
03. May 2023 · 04:18 UTC
Oh man! This almost feels like a full game! Can't believe it's a jam entry.

My only suggestion is more comprehensive tutorial, and better communicate to the player they are placed on a good or bad part of the map
jward
04. May 2023 · 03:18 UTC
Gorgeous, and amazing UI / transitions / etc. I started off ok, but then people started getting angry, but it wasn't clear to me why. Or whether I had too many or too few employees of a given type. Though I wasn't good at it, it was really impressive anyway.
Vera Babchenko
04. May 2023 · 09:12 UTC
I liked the gameplay that you can figure out without hints and rules! There are more and more cars! Cute pixel art! Cool color scheme, non-standard!
LucDeligne
04. May 2023 · 13:07 UTC
The scope and polish of this entry is mighty impressive, even for a team of four!
Congrats to all of you!

It's a bit hard to pick up the mechanics at first, I wonder if a more interactive tutorial would have helped? (though it would have undoubtedly been more work to make...)

Even though the pixel size is a bit inconsistent between assets, the pixel art still looks surprisingly clean even when the camera zooms in and out. Good job on that!
Corporation
04. May 2023 · 17:21 UTC
Amazing concept and implementation, game is visually appealing and sounds great. I always enjoys this type of games, that not based on some kind of popular and well known mechanic, but try to explore something a bit different.
Minor suggestions from me would be: make learning curve and tutorial better for this types of game, it's always nice to show mechanics to the player step by step and let them feel the impact. Also, impact should be felt on even though out the playtime in tycoon typed games, so the goal and the ways of achieveing it is clear from the start. ALso UI could use some scaling, noticably when playing fullscreen.
Overall - very good entry!)
Momo_Hunter
04. May 2023 · 17:30 UTC
Nice entry, managed to buy everything but somehow lost, wasn't clear to me why, cause I had some cars that weren't in use and also the amount of letters and packages I was able to process (based on my buildings) should have been enough, but it wasn't? Would have been nice to get more inside knowledge to be able to plan even better, like how many deliveries aren't being delivered or in a delivery truck and how good the reach of the warehouses really is. Otherwise very nice graphics, really loved the pixel style, very fitting music that's not too annoying and a great balance, which is definitely hard in tycoon games. Job well done!
the neon shark
04. May 2023 · 17:56 UTC
Very well implemented and content rich game. Stellar graphics and oozing with style!
LDJam user 189270
04. May 2023 · 18:33 UTC
Scope of this is really impressive for ludum dare. The tutorial was a bit overwhelming but I picked it up after one failed run. I did find it hard to understand why I died of unhappiness but this is still a really impressive entry.
WeirdBitGames
04. May 2023 · 18:39 UTC
The graphics are amazing, I love the pixels and sprites! It's a little too complicated for me, but that doesn't stop this being an amazing game and being rated as such <3
MrEliptik
04. May 2023 · 21:26 UTC
Lots of things to figure out, its a complex entry! The art style is really cool. Congrats for your entry!
LDJam user 342640
05. May 2023 · 02:26 UTC
Really cute management game! It's crazy how much you guys got done in such a short timespan, seriously fantastic work. I'm gonna leave it running in the BG while playing other entries and see how much cash I can rack up. Great job!!!
TwoWolf
05. May 2023 · 05:21 UTC
That was extremely addictive. I really enjoyed watching those trucks just scrawling about doing their thing. I do agree with some above comments though, I lost despite upgrading everything and buying as many trucks as I can. I noticed that the drones don't do anything at all and in the game over scene there's a blue package that I somehow delivered 0 of. Am I missing something? (Maybe I should've put all my spawners at the middle like the pic above) Regardless, it is a simulation I want to try making and that's something.
icyyw
05. May 2023 · 09:30 UTC
I'm impressed by how 72 hours can make such a detailed game. Bravo!
Erlioniel
05. May 2023 · 12:42 UTC
A really good economic strategy but it's a little bit hard to catch and understand what's affecting what. What's the difference between trucks (and why we need that much), what actually different building affecting?

I really lost for some reason (because people started to be unsatisfied?) even tho there was all good economically and from delivery speed perspective. I even checked the chart and it was all growing :sob: Bought a drone and it was just staying on the base.

So the bottom line - I do love the art style, gameplay cycle & music, it's actually a really good example how such game could look like. But I didn't manage to beat it :sweat_smile:
Skleembof
06. May 2023 · 00:55 UTC
I agree with others that its a bit difficult to understand based on the tutorial. I figured things out through trial and error. I think the best way to introduce complex mechanics is to have simple tutorial levels that only show a few mechanics at a time, but obviously designing a tutorial is not feasible within the time limit.

Overall I liked the game and I would play a more fleshed out version with deeper mechanics.
YurisCat
06. May 2023 · 13:11 UTC
Wow! The color scheme of this game looks very professional at first glance! I especially like this kind of contrasting yet unified game color scheme! Well done!
DahliaInosensu
06. May 2023 · 17:24 UTC
I had a problem to understand the tutorial, and I am pretty sure that i dont understand it still. But I want to play it again and try to figure all out, which I think is something. Also I think I found a bug: when you choose your employees, and want to choose differently and change quantity to zero, you are left with no money and no employees. Or maybe it is my lack of understanding. But I somehow liked it:D
Ismael Rodriguez
06. May 2023 · 19:00 UTC
Great visuals. I think there's a bug in full screen messing with menu position. I caught a couple small waves, but never sustained long. I managed to get one good run where my deliveries made it into the thousands, but never delivered a blue box? While replaying I wish there was an even faster speed to get going. Great job overall.
LDJam user 176786
07. May 2023 · 11:39 UTC
amazing game , there is a bug that need to be fixed when you go full screen the screen of the upgrades goes from the left , and I think you should add this feature when you have alot of money you can hold click on the + and then you buy alot very fast instead of clicking hundresds of times, this is a basic mechanic in this games, also there should be an objective for the game and it need to be stopped if you reach a specific thing, except for this the game is awsome I gave it 4.5 rating , excuse me if I mentioned stuff that other people have said before in thier comments, I don't have time to read all of them
Euler Moises
10. May 2023 · 03:41 UTC
I suck at management games so I sucked at your game. I thought he was cute. Despite not being innovative, it does what it proposes very well. The graphics are beautiful and the gameplay is well organized (I didn't find any bugs). Now let's talk about the music: How wonderful! I loved it from beginning to end!


Congratulations on the excellent work!
TheGamerASD
10. May 2023 · 20:59 UTC
Great game, I really enjoyed the management-style gameplay and the pixel artstyle.
Sodoj
12. May 2023 · 19:04 UTC
Woah, this game is massive and impressive! Unfortunately, I suck some serious ass at those management games, but I can appreciate the work that has gone into it. It looks great, the music in the background sounds nice and I did feel at one moment like I knew what I was doing. Congrats on making it!
CataclysmicKnight
12. May 2023 · 20:12 UTC
I love these kinds of games! This one had a lot more thinking than a lot of em do (I usually play idle games where loss is impossible, and the puzzliness of figuring out where to put the depots was a cool addition!). I didn't make it all that far, but I did unlock all of the areas which was cool :D And it was super fun watching all my vehicles run all over! ​
Andreas Roschal
13. May 2023 · 16:49 UTC
Visuals, UI, and Audio a superb. The game feels and plays really well.
Gameplaywise it was not really that complex for games of this genre, but that is completely justifiable in the scope of a game jam. It made the game super relaxing to play which made me enjoy it a lot.
Great entry!