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A City Minute by Red_dino

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made by Red_dino for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

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You've just been born, and it's time to take over as the city's deliveryperson! Hop around the town, talk to people, and deliver bad news, clothes, and babies! All this happens in A City Minute.

I made a walkthrough in case you get lost! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/a-city-minute/a-city-minute-walkthrough-guide

Gameplay: - Explore town and discover secrets. You'll need to know the town pretty well to complete your boss's directives. - The city has 3 streets, Main Street, Park Lane, and Ocean Drive. You can check which you're on in the top left!

Controls: - Jump (Space) - Move (A/Left, W/Right) - Interact (E) - Change streets (W/Up, D/Down)

Thank you for playing!!

If you'd rather run the source instead of the EXE, the requirements are: Python 3.7+, PyGame 1.9.6 (Haven't tested it on newer)

Music: “Forest Music” Sirental (https://sirental.itch.io/forest-music) Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution v4.0 International

Font: "Kalam" Indian Type Foundry (https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Kalam/about) Licensed under Open Font License

Everything else: Red_dino (Me!)

Edits: Uploaded a cleaner EXE without all the assets in the root directory.

Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/a-city-minute

Ratings

Overall 935th 3.232⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1035th 2.875⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 911th 2.964⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1058th 3.232⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 905th 3.117⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Humor 515th 3.214⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Mood 425th 3.714⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Given 26🗳️ 39🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 0
02. May 2023 · 03:07 UTC
A very peaceful game with a colorful world. I couldn't find the guy who was going to pass me work, and I pressed E on several instances of people and couldn't interact with them. The game size was too tall to fit my screen, so I couldn't see the bottom.
FruitFlinger
02. May 2023 · 03:34 UTC
don't see the delivery. not sure what to do. game played too fast, hard to control.
JunaGames
02. May 2023 · 03:34 UTC
cool game, fewer controls would make it feel nice
Stephen Kyranakis
02. May 2023 · 03:52 UTC
I liked this little narrative adventure! I think it was a good idea to have the player go through and see most of the locations before finding the deliveryperson so that they understand what to do later. I think it may have been beneficial to more clearly indicate at the beginning that the first goal is just to explore until you find them; I felt a bit lost at first. Overall, great work!
🎤 Red_dino
02. May 2023 · 04:12 UTC
@junagames Thanks! Agreed, if I had more time one of my main ideas was to merge the street changing into one button.

@stephen-kyranakis Thanks for the feedback! Those are great ideas, I'll keep them in mind if I keep working on the game.
Willby
02. May 2023 · 06:46 UTC
I couldn't really find what to do. I found all the places, I restarted the game a few times to see that original message through I am still really confused.
riley9
02. May 2023 · 06:50 UTC
really nice atmosphere.. i liked to explore town and get to know the three areas (also yea!! orange is indeed really in right now!). i have to say that i also felt a bit lost but !! this also added to the feeling of the game
silverknives
02. May 2023 · 07:24 UTC
cool exploration phase and nice art, maybe delivery should have multi part collection to add complexity
Sylvic
02. May 2023 · 16:26 UTC
Nice atmosphere, really nice music (My favorite thing from the game). The instructions are slightly confusing, you get quite lost at the beggining until you figure out what to do. The resolution is also a bit weird. But nice entry overall!
JimmyMcGinger
02. May 2023 · 18:31 UTC
Like many in the comments I couldn't really work out what to do (I felt like I talked to everyone?) but the vibes with the colours/music etc... made for a really enjoyable atmosphere.
kypello
02. May 2023 · 23:21 UTC
Cool game, I like how it puts several different twists on the idea of "delivering" with the different tasks you have to do. Also exploring the world and finding people and things to interact with is fun.

One criticism I have is that it's annoying how going through doors/down different streets is sometimes W and sometimes S, and I kept pressing the wrong one. It felt to me like there was no reason to have two separate buttons so why not just make it the same button for all doors and streets?
🎤 Red_dino
03. May 2023 · 08:30 UTC
Thanks for the playing the game everyone and for all the feedback!! I made a walkthrough to make the story more do-able https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/a-city-minute/a-city-minute-walkthrough-guide.

@silverknives Great idea! A quest where you collect items to trade or build something would be cool.

@kypello Agreed, originally I had intersections that gave you two options at once, but I designed that out during crunch time! Thanks for playing. :)
chesschaser
03. May 2023 · 09:30 UTC
Pretty good game with nice pixel art graphics!
Sodoj
04. May 2023 · 11:25 UTC
What a melancholic little game! The vibes are immaculate with this one! Unfortunately, I got stuck on the guy on the second apartment, no matter what I tried, there was no prompt to enter it. I don't care though, I had a lot of fun soaking up the atmosphere and enjoying the town. Well done!
Hannah
04. May 2023 · 12:16 UTC
A very sweet game with good vibes. I found it a bit tricky figuring out what to do but enjoyed exploring the town.
LDJam user 242787
05. May 2023 · 03:30 UTC
Great job with this game! I loved the unique mechanic of pulling blobs together, which added a fun and innovative aspect to the gameplay. The art style and pixel graphics were also really impressive, creating an enjoyable atmosphere for exploring the world. The sound design and music were great, too. Overall, well done!
Zhiteng Chen
05. May 2023 · 11:00 UTC
I like the way you've structured the "delivery".
Interaction should be more consistent.
Welcome to play me game as well.
ohfacts
05. May 2023 · 14:42 UTC
Good job! Also considering you made this from scratch is very impressive. The aesthetic was lovely. This is the kind of exploration heavy game I'd play if I found it on steam.
nanolotl
07. May 2023 · 10:37 UTC
Took a while to find the delivery part, but once I did I managed to finish the game. I enjoyed the narrative and genernal mood. The controls could have been improved - movement felt fast, and I didn't really understand why sometimes I was using up and sometimes using down to go through doors.
🎤 Red_dino
08. May 2023 · 01:27 UTC
Thank you all for the comments and for playing the game!