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I think that the HOA president who wanted to look at ugly houses was my favorite part. I would have like a bit of music, but it's hard to do everything in a jam. Fun!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":941641,"author_name":"LDJam user 259103","author_uid":"259103","epoch":1682996996,"text":"Okay, first off: the corn part was really funny. I liked that a lot.\n\nThe game felt sort of luck-based to me; I was mostly just wandering around and hoping I'd randomly come across a soul, so it didn't really feel like my fault when I died. Overall, though, this game has a charm to it---nice work!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":941678,"author_name":"Hundekuchen","author_uid":"hundekuchen","epoch":1682997240,"text":"i never knew death was so nice! carrying around souls to every destination they asked for :3 what a guy!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":971221,"author_name":"Refry","author_uid":"refry","epoch":1683393855,"text":"Cool idea, I like how you interpreted the concept of \"delivery\". I sure miss a music there, but the mood was chilling and nice. ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":971240,"author_name":"A1stakesauce","author_uid":"a1stakesauce","epoch":1683394424,"text":"Thank you all for the feedback. We would have loved to do more with this game! We found ourselves coming right down to the wire with this one! By the time we realized where it was going it was too late to change the concept. A linear slower paced story was the next logical step, and obviously sound effects, Can't wait to do it again!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":971302,"author_name":"vizitas","author_uid":"vizitas","epoch":1683396373,"text":"Loved the graphics. It would be nice to have some music during gameplay.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":971348,"author_name":"skitefall","author_uid":"skitefall","epoch":1683397371,"text":"I love the corn guy \ud83d\ude02 Such an amazing surprise ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":971369,"author_name":"AVAVT","author_uid":"avavt","epoch":1683397925,"text":"The graphic was nice, and I love the music (why isn't it played during the gameplay?)\n\nI was hooked in immediately with the \"introduction\" soul (the person who want to see the car and then Betty and the corn), I guess it's placed there by intend? Really good kickoff.\n\nGoing on I really like that the souls all have their own story and feel \"alive\", I'd instinctively imagine the person I'm delivering, like the introduction soul was a farmer guy who loved his work, probably is very young at his death. Or the old man who want to see places with memory of his wife, probably he was in a wheelchair for awhile so he couldn't visit those places for awhile...\n\nThis lead to my no.1 dissatisfaction that the game's on a timer so I feel rushed and can't get to know the souls better. Doesn't matter that much being a single player game though, but definitely would enjoy a slower approach like a  narrative or puzzle game setup.\n\nAs a side note, this Jam's theme lead to a lot of Death-themed game, but I really appreciate that this one's lightweight and even humorous.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":973121,"author_name":"Johnsensei","author_uid":"johnsensei","epoch":1683474779,"text":"I think this is the first 3D game I've been able to run in a web browser for this jam. Whatever you did to make that happen, good job.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":973166,"author_name":"Flying Dog Fish","author_uid":"flying-dog-fish","epoch":1683476157,"text":"This is one pretty game! Some of the stuff the souls wanted to do before moving on was really hilarious. The timer likes to run out while you're searching for the next soul, I think it would be better if it only run while actually carrying a soul. 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Giving bonus points for the hilarious corn bit  :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld53\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[],"metadata":{"g_key":"88572","g_author":"1278217","g_event":"LD53","g_eventkey":"118","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"423416","g_title":"The Death Delivery Service","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"613","g_commentcount":"18","g_site2_node_id":"358610","g_hide":"Y","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"358610","n_urlkey":"423416","n_parent":"332127","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/the-death-delivery-service","n_slug":"the-death-delivery-service","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"278217","n_created":"1682729346","n_modified":"1759526203","n_version":"1131871","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD53","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":278217,"body":"Welcome to \"The Death Delivery Service\", where you become an instrument of Death, tasked with gathering souls and delivering them to their final resting place.\nUse W-A-S-D to control Death.\n\nSpacebar to Dash.\n\nLeft Click to collect souls in your lantern.\n\nBring the souls to their final requested resting place.\n\nCollect as many souls as you can and rack up your Soul Score.\n\nThe more places you visit the higher the score.\n\nBring all the Souls to their final resting places before TIME RUNS OUT!!!!\n\nIn this isometric low poly delivery game, you must navigate through the town and collect as many souls as possible before time runs out.\n\nAs the player, you control Death, who is equipped with a lantern that is capable of holding souls. 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