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Infant Interceptor by voidraizer

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made by voidraizer for Ludum Dare 53 (COMPO)

Objective

Patrol as an ambulance with the sole objective of delivering new moms to the hospital before new moms deliver their babies.

Controls

W/S - Forward/Reverse

A/D - Left/Right

Spacebar - Brake

F - Toggle Siren

I recommend expanding the full screen when playing. That's how it was originally intended. I did shrink the UI elements a bunch to make them fit on the smaller WebGL5 player. As a result, they may be a bit small in fullscreen.

Instructions

Follow the baby icons to locate the building where their soon-to-be mother is housed. If you can't find any babies, scan the edges of the screen for little icons.

If you can't find the red loading zone, the floating yellow arrows should indicate where it is (back side of the building).

Enjoy delivering babies

HTML 5 Player https://voidraizer.itch.io/infant-interceptor
Source https://voidraizer.itch.io/infant-interceptor
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/infant-interceptor

Ratings

Overall 227th 3.452⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 343th 2.833⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 248th 3.175⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 85th 4.167⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 126th 3.833⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 114th 3.595⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 56th 3.714⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 167th 3.45⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 54🗳️ 5🗨️

Feedback

jakeblake
01. May 2023 · 03:47 UTC
The slurp sound effect on pickup was 10/10. I enjoyed the isometric art style as well.
Wahooney
01. May 2023 · 09:43 UTC
I can't play the game, before it can load I get this error message in the brower: Unable to parse Build/Build.framework.js.gz! This can happen if build compression was enabled but web server hosting the content was misconfigured to not serve the file with HTTP Response Header "Content-Encoding: gzip" present. Check browser Console and Devtools Network tab to debug.

Tried reinstalling multiple times, tested in the Itch.io app and Firefox.
LDJam user 237413
01. May 2023 · 10:46 UTC
Cool game with neat graphics and sound effects.
I found the ambulance a bit of a pain to drive and I think I lost some babies on the way back to the hospital? oops. Great work
Castitatis
01. May 2023 · 14:09 UTC
Really nice graphics and the audio is awesome haha
theguy
02. May 2023 · 22:57 UTC
The interpretation of the theme is quite unique, if you think about "Delivering a baby" in its double meaning here.
The interface is well designed and makes it clear what to do.

My only criticism would be that it is very easy to get caught on a tree, would be fun to drive through them and destroy them.

Other than that, good job!
Krash
03. May 2023 · 01:09 UTC
This game was hilarious and super cute. The first time I turned on the siren I actually laughed out loud. the graphics were really nice but the controls were a little funky.
ThaProfesional
06. May 2023 · 13:36 UTC
Really cool graphics I really liked how buildings disappeared (leaving their foundations) when I drove behind them.

Liked the scoring system and enjoyed trying to work out the best path to get around.

Music and sound effects were phenomenal. Realised there was a siren after my first play-through so did another run just to listed to it as I drove around.

Driving felt a tiny bit stiff - and so did crashing into stuff. I liked that it added to the challenge but with a bit of tuning I think it could be really slick.

Oh and I'm really happy someone made a "delivering babies" themed game. I know there's probably more but I haven't found them yet.
🎤 voidraizer
17. May 2023 · 03:55 UTC
Thanks for all the feedback!
quadtree
17. May 2023 · 08:46 UTC
Pretty nice graphics. I did end up running into a lot of stuff, and I was never sure what the siren did, though.
bentglasstube
18. May 2023 · 00:27 UTC
This was my favorite entry so far. I love the graphics which remind me of those old city play mats from my childhood. The sound effects and music were also very fun, and went well with the aesthetic of the game. The controls were a bit challenging and sometimes I couldn't really see what I was hitting. These are just minor gripes with an overall excellent game.
Gardenovena
18. May 2023 · 01:26 UTC
Hilarious and fun! While this somewhat a straight-forward driving game at its base, a lot of good choices were made to make it super enjoyable. Obviously the humor is great (audio especially). I was really grateful for additions like the buildings disappearing, arrows, floating directional symbols, these types of things are often low priority for jam games but really decrease frustration and improve enjoyment. Cheers!
ardorugus
18. May 2023 · 02:56 UTC
I actually liked this one very much. It's soft and mellow and have a good mood to it despite the hospital thing. Cool tune, and the F-siren reminds me a bit of Pink Floyd's line "we don't need no education", which feels quite appropriate here. Great concept, thanks for the entry!
drazil100
18. May 2023 · 03:03 UTC
Fun idea but I couldn't wrap my head around the fixed camera controls. I kept crashing into things. I really liked the audio though :P
epb9000
18. May 2023 · 03:10 UTC
I aint 'fraid no trees. Unfortunately, they aint 'fraid of me either. Lots of babies born in the ambulance because of this.
tanis
20. May 2023 · 08:25 UTC
The main theme is haunting me now :smile:
I would have liked the controls of the ambulance to be more arcade-y, if it makes sense.