Click to Deliver by Noobman64

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made by Noobman64 for Ludum Dare 53 (COMPO)

A clicker game you can beat in just over a minute!

Content warning: reference to adult acts, but no imagery or description

Unnecessary info for anyone interested:

I'm already horrible at making games, but this time I only had one day too so its a bigger mess than usual. Long story short, I decided to just go with a clicker game. It's really basic but I hope someone gets some dopamine out of it

I was hoping to add systems for shelter and food so you had to balance your baby delivery rate, but I had to get rid of all the fun ideas again. I was also hoping to add some sound but it wasn't meant to be. Anyway its 2AM so I'm just gonna tidy this page up and go to bed. Good luck with your games folks!

Unity Engine 2021.3.16f1

Gimp 2

Piskel 0.14.0

Microsoft Visual Studio 2022

Ratings

Overall 396th 2.45⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 397th 2.325⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 390th 2.4⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 283th 3.575⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 388th 2.275⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 94th 3.45⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 21🗳️ 9🗨️

Feedback

Bad_B4DGuy
01. May 2023 · 08:56 UTC
Sick game!This game is quite absurd and fun.You just click frantically and see a bunch of weird bird rushing to a house frantically with a weird baby on the mouth of each of them.It's not so related to the theme but still impressive.
kierogi
01. May 2023 · 09:04 UTC
I'd seen the concept of this delivery thrown around and it's cool to see a unique take on it. Pretty fun as is, but would have been really cool to see what innovative clicker progressions could have been added with the second day.
Whizbang
01. May 2023 · 10:25 UTC
It was ok, but I got board quick it lacked a little on the graphics and the concept seems limited.
LDJam user 279233
02. May 2023 · 15:27 UTC
@bad-b4dguy Thanks for the nice comment! The birds might not make sense depending on when/where you grew up but in some cultures the stork (a kind of bird) is said to deliver babies to homes. You don't see it as much anymore but the image of a stork carrying a baby in a bundle used to be in a lot of cartoons. If you google "Stork clipart" you will see what I was going for. The relation to the theme is that the storks are "delivering" babies and the act of bringing a baby to this world is also called "delivery". I hope that clears some of the confusion :)

@kierogi Thanks for the kind words! I'm honestly surprised more people didn't go with delivery as in babies but I guess I have a weird mind. I'm pretty disappointed in how little I was able to accomplish that day, but one of these days I'll submit a proper game. Fingers crossed for Ludum Dare 54

@whizbang Thanks for the feedback! Yeah its pretty basic. I was hoping that adding a time limit and keeping it short would keep the player engaged, but it doesn't look like I was successful
dUmMy432
03. May 2023 · 13:34 UTC
nice game... just keep clicking
LDJam user 277876
03. May 2023 · 13:54 UTC
For a clicker game at least it has some variety in terms of the "baby shower" button. All it would take would be to make the baby shower button move around the screen or something and you have a more interactive game. Not bad as a start and I'm sure you could expand on it if you so wish. Also the dialogue was quite humorous!
milano23
03. May 2023 · 15:03 UTC
HAHA, nice game. I can't click at that speed in the same spot for that long. Gave my finger a workout though. Nice graphics fun game. You should consider porting to mobile. With some more polish it would work well there. Easier to tap a finger then press a mouse button.
LDJam user 279233
03. May 2023 · 16:46 UTC
@dummy432 Yep, its a carpel tunnel exercise (:

@glove Thanks for the nice comment! I love your idea of moving the button! I could have done it in like 10 minutes, and it would have been a pretty nice improvement. Very good "bang for buck" in terms of development time. I wish I thought of it. I'm so glad you enjoyed the humor! I'm just one guy and don't have anyone to bounce Ideas on so I can never tell if my jokes are noticed and/or funny.

@milano23 Thanks for your kind words! Sorry if my game hurt your hand. I was hoping the "baby shower" button would add a bit of variety to the game and make you move your mouse a bit more but it wasn't enough. I thought of adding more buttons on different timers but they would all need their own theme and art, which there was no time for. I kind of cheated with the baby shower, in that the art was basically the stork sprite without the stork. I just needed to remove the bird to get the baby. I should look into mobile development too, thanks for pointing that out
Matt Green
04. May 2023 · 03:30 UTC
Did I catch a Ryan George joke in there?

The game was pretty silly. Reminded me of the early internet, in a good way.
LDJam user 279233
04. May 2023 · 18:07 UTC
@matt-green Ohhh! I've been hearing that phrase on twitch and YouTube and it's been stuck in my brain, but i had never looked into it. I googled it and you're right! Apparently I've stolen a Ryan George bit before watching any of his videos. XD

Anyway, thanks for the kind words. Early internet is the best compliment i could hope for :)
PurpledArtFrog
05. May 2023 · 18:34 UTC
This one was a bit bit weird, but something nice and different. Clickers haven't really been my thing, but good job on this one...
Anthony Katona
06. May 2023 · 14:41 UTC
rofl 5 for humor 100%
LDJam user 279233
07. May 2023 · 03:35 UTC
@purpledartfrog Thank you for giving my game a try. I agree that it is quite weird :)

@anthony-katona I'm glad you got a chuckle out of my silly game. Thanks for the comment!
Pincushion
07. May 2023 · 17:59 UTC
I played it the first time around before I realized that baby shower made things easier. It also wasn't obvious that I needed to declare myself the winner by clicking the Win button, so I played 3 times to see the win screen, and my clicky finger is now tired. It definitely could use some more things to do. It's fun for the minute. Pretty funny too. Well done considering the limited time.
LDJam user 279233
07. May 2023 · 22:27 UTC
@pincushion Thank you for the feedback, I'm glad you liked the humor. You are right about the win condition. In retrospect I could have made the victory button larger and given it a more eye catching colour. I'll definitely try to consider that for my next Ludum Dare attempt!
BridgeOnAStick
08. May 2023 · 12:19 UTC
Fun game, my finger is hurting from all the clicking I needed to do. The baby shower is really funny as well. Keep up the good work!
Pegasus
09. May 2023 · 10:19 UTC
Very simple but to be honest that's not really a problem. You mentioned about sounds and I think that would have gone a long way in this game. The only other big critique I have is that it's not particularly clear what the plague thing is doing - a timer in the top right that affects a number in the bottom left while your eyes are focused on some buttons in the top left. Considering you made this in a day though great job, it's really just a couple of surface issues and I love the funny sprites you made.
ThomasLebel
09. May 2023 · 10:55 UTC
Ahah, started to play the game in the office, bad idea... I was clicking like a maniac trying to get those 500 babies...
That was fun ^^
LDJam user 279233
09. May 2023 · 18:30 UTC
@bridgeonastick Thanks for playing! Im glad you liked the baby shower. I wanted to go full silly with this game

@pegasys That's good feedback, I really should give audio a higher priority at least once. None of my Ludum Dare attempts have had any sounds yet. Regarding the numbers, the intent was to have the player leave their mouse on the button as they click and scan around the screen with their eyes for the numbers. I was hoping this could give the game a frantic/energetic feel. As you pointed out, it didn't really pan out in the end but I'm not sure how I would handle it differently. Maybe using progress bars instead of numbers would make things easier to scan in a hurry

@thomaslebel LOL, thanks for the comment, I hope I didn't get you in trouble! :)
ThaProfesional
10. May 2023 · 10:43 UTC
Had a lot of fun playing this - went through it a couple of times. Great concept / idea / variation on the theme and good graphics.

Missed sound but understand stuff needs to be cut 'cause of time.

Loved the "Baby Shower" button. Have no idea why the "Next Plague" button was clickable or what it did but I kept getting the urge to click it.
jk5000
12. May 2023 · 18:53 UTC
A okay little clicker game. A bit more gameplay would been great, but I still had fun trying your game.
LDJam user 279233
13. May 2023 · 14:01 UTC
@thaprofesional Thanks for the kind words! I hadn't noticed the plague button being clickable until you mentioned it. That's a bug, and I can see why it would confuse players. I have a bad habit of using buttons as miscellaneous UI elements, and I forgot to turn off the interactivity toggle on that one.

@jk5000 Thanks for giving it a go! Yeah It ended up being a bit bare-bones, even by my standards
M2tias
16. May 2023 · 22:48 UTC
This reminds me of my first entries. Nice, keep it up!