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PaperDrone by kromeboy

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made by kromeboy for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

A Paperboy clone somewhat.

In a strange alternative reality there are still newspapers... and drones. You have to deliver newspapers to mailboxes (red) to collect points. You can collect newspapers on the side of the road (white cubes). WASD to move, spacebar to shoot.

This game is endless and will speed up until you crash

Good Luck!

Link https://kromeboy.itch.io/paperdrone
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/paperdrone

Ratings

Overall 1172th 2.717⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1086th 2.75⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1171th 2.417⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Theme 457th 4.033⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 943th 2.983⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Audio 753th 2.05⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Humor 953th 2.407⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1111th 2.672⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Given 28🗳️ 33🗨️

Feedback

Torculus
02. May 2023 · 02:03 UTC
That's pretty fun, I like the homage! The sounds hurt my ears though lol, should be toned down a bit. The gameplay is pretty fun though, and concept is really solid, I like it!
Gev
02. May 2023 · 02:03 UTC
The online leaderboard was a nice touch.
NoobDude
02. May 2023 · 12:33 UTC
a pretty nice little game, however i ran out of newspapers to deliver and they seem to be very scarce around the place, i maybe saw one every 10 minutes and every time on the opposite side of the tracks, give me more newspapers to shoot dammit! Good job btw
🎤 kromeboy
02. May 2023 · 12:47 UTC
@noobdude thanks for playing! Newspapers are always on the left side of the mailbox and there is a stack every 10 mailboxes (the random generation on the level may sometime cover a stack with a building)

Best strategy when you are out of papers is to move left of the mailboxes (but be careful not to hit a building!)
Phobos
02. May 2023 · 12:50 UTC
A small game but really fun, the leaderboard is a good idea. Because of that I've played a lot trying to go up this board.
BodhiAgora
02. May 2023 · 17:54 UTC
Leader board is awesome. Controls feel nice. Definitely captures that paperboy vibe, which is rad as heck. As a drone, I did want to fly over some of the obstacles, especially when skimming the edge to get more papers. I dig it
klausklapper
03. May 2023 · 15:08 UTC
It's quite a short game, with very bare bone graphics, simple gameplay and snappy controls, but I agree with the others, the leader board was a great idea. I think it would greatly benefit from some additional audio, like a sound track and maybe some ambient sounds.
Dominic Graziano
03. May 2023 · 17:41 UTC
solid game and the leaderboard kept me coming back. Only gripe I have is that the pickups are few and far between and really easy to miss.
LDJam user 166918
03. May 2023 · 17:42 UTC
good ol' paperboy mechanics
Jeff Kerman
03. May 2023 · 17:44 UTC
Nice simple game. Impressive you managed to include a scoreboard. Great job!
JoshuaBounds
03. May 2023 · 17:45 UTC
Very retro. Great difficulty curve too, I had time to get used to the game before it started getting really fast. Well done!
AlexFSmirnov
03. May 2023 · 17:46 UTC
I like the concept of having to think about two things - delivering newspapers and avoiding traffic. Scoreboard is a nice touch too :)
Team Gaivot
03. May 2023 · 17:52 UTC
Pretty fun, I like the movement controls for a drone. Being able to control where you shoot would make it more fun I think, and having a few more newspaper drops would be nice so you dont have to wait too long if you miss one of the pickups.
LDJam user 281060
03. May 2023 · 17:53 UTC
Challenging game! I liked having to time the shooting precisely while navigating traffic. The controls felt a little "mushy" to me, but I got the hang of it after a couple tries. Hard to get more on theme than delivering newspapers!
Shmi
03. May 2023 · 17:56 UTC
I'm terrible at delivery papers but the game is really fun to play even though I'm bad at it. The graphic are cool in a retro style and the universal scoreboard is a great touch.
karreg
03. May 2023 · 17:57 UTC
Neat little game, the mailboxes' hitbox should be larger and the newspapers should appear more often. Otherwise, trying to make a 3D Paperboy was an interesting idea. Good job !
xCarl
03. May 2023 · 21:00 UTC
Interesting idea! I think the new newspapers should appear more frecuently, if you miss one you have to wait too much for another one to spawn. Great job!
Eli Delventhal
03. May 2023 · 23:03 UTC
Decent little Paperboy offshoot. It's really tough to aim without getting right next to each box and you're screwed if you don't find the paper re-ups, but it was fun. Not a ton here yet, would be good to see some more.
picross
04. May 2023 · 03:29 UTC
Very fun, even tho I suck! Lol. Cute graphics and the online leaderboard is great!
paulhocker
04. May 2023 · 03:34 UTC
was very hard to get the timing right on the delivery. after i ran out of papers there only seems to be one chace to pickup more. thanks for making the game.
blotosaur
04. May 2023 · 04:33 UTC
Nice idea and cool that there is a leaderboard! The one time I could get the extra paper stack, I crashed haha. Got a high score of 7.