Mom sent me Grocery Shopping by Maïssa

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made by Maïssa for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

In this little shopping adventure, you play as a kid in a grocery store trying to buy everything his Mom asked for... But what ?! The store is closing in almost 2 min !, you. have. to be. FAST !! Race through the store, grab the items and keep them balanced in your wobbly shopping trolley. Watch for the clock, don’t drop a thing, and make it to the checkout before Mom finds out you messed up !

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*/!\WE INVITE PLAYERS TO PLAY WITH A PS5 OR XBOX CONTROLLER FOR A BETTER EXPERIENCE /!*

MOVE : ZQSD / Arrows / Left joystick

SELECT : Mouse left click / A

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Game Design :

Malo Sellin​, Jeffrey Eugene​, Amaury Bellegy-Thaud​, Maïssa Berkane,

Programming :

Malo Sellin​, Jeffrey Eugene​, Amaury Bellegy-Thaud,

UI :

Maïssa

3D Art :

Tyckou, Vaquariis

Ratings

Overall 445th 3.45⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 206th 3.65⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 531th 3.025⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 242th 3.9⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 501th 3.425⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 91th 3.895⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 487th 3.395⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 8🗳️ 11🗨️

Feedback

Ira Baciu
Oct 05th · 20:48 UTC
pls add a link to the game![Screenshot 2025-10-05 234801.png](///raw/3cf/56/z/6d056.png)
🎤 Maïssa
Oct 06th · 07:30 UTC
@ira-baciu Done ! You can go to the itch.io to download the game
d-demetori
Oct 07th · 08:29 UTC
The cart can be a bit too reactive at times, but otherwise idea is good.
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Vadim Lyanka
Oct 08th · 07:56 UTC
I liked it, it was fun, original and even challenging.
zuoyueren_kiara
Oct 08th · 09:21 UTC
Super smooth 3D animations! The controls feel really slick, and there are surprisingly multiple endings😄
belosha
Oct 09th · 19:45 UTC
I like how challenging the controls are XD really fun to play, however I got stuck on a ramp T-T
Daniel123
Oct 10th · 06:52 UTC
I think I need a bigger shopping car and more stable item. I just make a turn in the shop and all the products were thrown away:<
Eugenik
Oct 14th · 10:02 UTC
The concept of racing against the clock while trying to manage a wobbly shopping trolley sounds like a really clever and fun challenge! I love the added pressure of getting everything done before Mom finds out.
thegrottman
Oct 21st · 07:02 UTC
Great idea, lovely humor (French scaring the mother :D), fantastic execution. I really enjoyed playing it. Enjoyable music, pleasant graphics - you did a marvelous job!
Fupi
Oct 24th · 01:24 UTC
Pretty funny simple idea! I think you should have made the control scheme use the mouse instead of the keyboard, since when you press a key your cart immediately snaps to that direction and you lose all your items, which doesn't feel fair. I got a funny ending when I collected a bunch of bread, but I wish my mom also had something to say to me when I came home with 3 brand new TVs. x3
Jim jagers
Oct 24th · 20:47 UTC
pretty fun!
Myst
Oct 24th · 21:11 UTC
Very good game, it's a bit finicky at times, but it's fun trying to hunt down the custom success/failure messages that come with buying too much of one thing
LDJam user 416351
Oct 24th · 21:31 UTC
That's very nice concept and it turned out to be quite fun, but damn, controls are not for the faint of heart =) I tried both Xbox controller and keyboard, neither seemed intuitive to me. I would natually expect expect pushing controller stick up to accelerate in the character look direction and then slight left / right movements for steering, basically, like in some racing game maybe. Same with keyboard: W for acceleration, A+D for steering, S for moving backwards. But moving in the "key direction relative to the world" so to speak, yeah, I couldn't get used to it. And such a harsh movement always leads to loosing a lot of goods from your cart =) But then you realize there's a TV section and that's an easy way to win the game =) By the way, from there you can jump out of the store completely using the slope =D