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De-Livery: A Game About Organ Removal Surgery by Real_Human_1000

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made by Real_Human_1000 for Ludum Dare 53 (COMPO)

delivery.png A game about removing livers. De-livering. It's a pun. canvas2.png

Description

Pilot your two mechanized Grabber-Hands (TM) to safely and surgically remove this poor fellow's liver. At least, it would be safe and surgical if you hadn't left all of your scalpels and scissors all over the operating table. Oops. Try to squash and stretch the liver around the sharp implements to deliver it unscathed to the receptacle. How many livers can you deliver in just two minutes? Test your surgical skills and find out!

Controls

Use WASD to control the left Grabber-Hand and the ARROW keys to control the right Grabber-Hand. Press space to pick up or release the liver, but only when both Grabber-Hands are positioned above it!

Link

I recommend playing on Itch, where the embed behaves a little bit better: https://real-human-1000.itch.io/de-livery

Bugfix

Bugfix: scoring now accounts for liver damage, as originally intended.

Source Code https://github.com/Real-Human-1000/deliver-game
HTML link https://real-human-1000.itch.io/de-livery
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/de-livery

Ratings

Overall 233th 3.439⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Fun 234th 3.258⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 75th 3.788⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Theme 112th 4.106⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 270th 3.273⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Audio 200th 3.258⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Humor 13th 4.219⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Mood 220th 3.212⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Given 25🗳️ 47🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 299757
01. May 2023 · 02:44 UTC
Very nice gameplay loop. Could use some more mechanics but still is fun
Castitatis
01. May 2023 · 02:54 UTC
The game was really difficult for me because I'm playing on an azerty keyboard XD

nice/gross sound effects :D
Paroxysmal
01. May 2023 · 03:17 UTC
Good entry...certainly tests ones coordination with the keys.
LDJam user 277876
01. May 2023 · 03:52 UTC
A very solid entry! You found a unique mechanic and an even more unique interpretation of the theme. Naturally, the game is limited in its scope, but there is value in finding something small and doing it well. Keep up the great work :)
Kwiper
01. May 2023 · 03:59 UTC
A very solid and unique game! I love how you took the theme and made it a pun, and then turned it into something unique and challenging. Really tests your dexterity, and I really like how morbid it all is, from the visuals to the sound design.
LDJam user 280624
01. May 2023 · 11:17 UTC
Amazing theme interpretation! I like the hand controls and the liver effects when you change its size.
Sylf
01. May 2023 · 19:59 UTC
heeey, fellow pun-game creator! :D
nice one, although I was panicking the whole time while I was playing.
LDJam user 364744
02. May 2023 · 01:44 UTC
the squashing & stretching of the liver is a lovely little facet of design (and made me laugh). got 3730 points. great work!
LDJam user 280707
02. May 2023 · 01:44 UTC
Love the punny take on the theme! Pretty solid!
TEEJIO
02. May 2023 · 02:02 UTC
We have the same name lol, gotta rate it good :pray:
adele.illustration
02. May 2023 · 09:11 UTC
The theme is very funny and the mechanics are interesting! It is super difficult though I don't know how anyone manages to de-liver more than one liver :D good job!
noskro
02. May 2023 · 10:01 UTC
First I just came here to support my fellow de-liver-er :D
I have to say my first impression of the game was "that's it?". But then at lvl 3 it starts getting tricky that you have to deform the liver a bit and then the game gets fun (nothign against an easy level to get used to the controls). I dind't realize the timer until it ended the first time. That gives it a more challenging feel.
Also I didn't spend too much attention to the text running at the top of the screen past the instructions. But I have a feeling I should spend a round reading all of it.

Edit: On my 3rd run I had a really difficult first level. Now I think I feel lucky that I had an easy start to get to learn the game. Not sure how I liked it to lose to the first level
ZeAntwan
02. May 2023 · 15:58 UTC
The pun alone did it for me, such a dumb and clever at the same time! Also super interesting gameplay with both hand having to be manipulated, I could definitely see that being played with a controller and two sticks! Nice one!
pdotjpg
02. May 2023 · 20:46 UTC
Haha, this is great. Love the pun, love the goofy writing scrolling across the top of the screen (no time to read it, though!) and the stretching and rotation of the liver is actually mechanically pretty interesting. Super cute little entry, great job!
helekopeter
02. May 2023 · 20:53 UTC
Took me way too long to realize I wasn't supposed to pick up the scissors or scalpels. Love the way the liver squishes. Good pun, good game.
Advarsky
02. May 2023 · 20:54 UTC
It's the best iterpretation of the theme
CantThinkOfAName
03. May 2023 · 05:54 UTC
Was very entertaining! Its a great interpretation of the theme, definitely innovative!
WouterK12
03. May 2023 · 09:37 UTC
Creative take on the theme. I didn't feel like the knifes and scissors did do me any harm, so I crossed the path by just moving over them. But now I get it and that's not how you get a high score haha
The graphics are pretty cool and I like the stretch effect on the liver. Well done! :)
Claybro2021
04. May 2023 · 02:47 UTC
This is really unique! The wasd/arrow key mix was really unexpected and was kind of mind-wrecking at first but I ended up really liking it. The stretchy liver and varied hand speed was an interesting mechanic to experiment with. Awesome game, there's a lot of cool things you could do with this mechanic.
Vilius
05. May 2023 · 06:55 UTC
Haha, liver go shplfrgrtrt.
PurpledArtFrog
05. May 2023 · 18:22 UTC
Gross gross gross... nice and simple game loop .... I got a level though where it was literally impossible to get to the tray within touching the pointy thingys :wink:

Glad you decided on a semi stylized approach :smile:

Good job :thumbsup_tone1:
Local Minimum
06. May 2023 · 08:19 UTC
I was thinking about such interpretations too but more along the lines of removing or outlawing male servant uniforms... I loved the sounds and the graphics were need. It would have been more fun if there was obstacle or challenges while moving the liver. Perhaps the scalpels that were lying around could have been happily dancing and needed to be avoided. The liver could have had a bit of mind of it's own and the target tray could have been on a rickety cart that sometimes shifted position. Stuff along those lines.

Great break from all the usual deliveries though!
Juutis
06. May 2023 · 13:27 UTC
Great interpretation of the theme! :grin: I love the stretching effect! Were the blades and stretching supposed to do anything, though? I got 490 points per delivery no matter how much I stretched the liver or touched the scalpels.
Hakro
08. May 2023 · 22:28 UTC
Gross, but fun ! Nice entry, doesn't need much more than that.
I liked your way of interpreting the theme as well, which is quite unique :id:
Well done
Brandon Campbell
09. May 2023 · 04:42 UTC
Really interesting and unique idea! I like it a lot. Music is great.
Bitlytic
11. May 2023 · 21:20 UTC
At first I loved the game because of the pun, then I pulled out the first liver and heard the sound effects. 3 Seconds later I moved the hands too close together and the liver stretched across the entire screen and I received -4000 points.

10/10, I pay my taxes just like everyone else.
Jimbly
12. May 2023 · 00:12 UTC
I de-livered 6 livers. 5/5 for theme. Game length was just right, not a lot going on, so I'm glad it ended when it did =). I found it too easy, with the digital controls of the keyboard, to keep my grabbers perfectly in sync, it would have been nice if something affected that, like their movement randomly sped up or down a bit so that I had to pay a little attention to both hands or something. Nice audio and graphics.