(H)armless Delivery by Herka

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made by Herka for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

Pitch

You’re an employee at the local post center and your job is to dispatch the packages via the conveyor belt.

The problem ? You don’t have arms and the controls are hidden behind shut doors. You will have to use your brain (and your feet) to quickly find a way inside the control room in order to set the proper path before the package is sent to the wrong destination.

Controls

Use only the mouse controls.

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Click on the ball object to enter shoot mode, click'n drag to control the strength and direction, release to shoot the ball !

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Click'n drag anywhere else to rotate the camera

Ratings

Overall 493th 3.658⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 450th 3.579⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 204th 3.816⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 621th 3.895⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 15🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 359614
02. May 2023 · 08:07 UTC
hi..
cool concept...
kinda enjoy for the killing time ..
but its just bit hard to control..
keep it up dude
Vidu
02. May 2023 · 08:10 UTC
![Sans titre-1.jpg](///raw/de7/a3/z/5a7b7.jpg)

That was so fun ! I loved it ! Congrats !!
LDJam user 257438
02. May 2023 · 08:11 UTC
Excellent idea bro but the controls are tough!!
LDJam user 43351
02. May 2023 · 08:11 UTC
I really like the music! This was a fun game, with some nice progression. The last level was stressful but fun when you figure it out! Nice neat game, well done!
LDJam user 249705
02. May 2023 · 08:17 UTC
A very unique idea. Didn't think golf with friends as a puzzle game would go so hard!
Apirei
02. May 2023 · 08:38 UTC
A unique idea combining golf and delivery. It was very enjoyable!
Batony Robson
02. May 2023 · 08:47 UTC
Looks nice and pleasant overall.
LafLaurine
03. May 2023 · 07:41 UTC
@pralista @random-ideation-studios thanks! will try to improve the control of the ball!
LafLaurine
03. May 2023 · 07:42 UTC
@vidu @jejkobb Thanks for playing and congrats for completing the game ! :)
LafLaurine
03. May 2023 · 07:42 UTC
@sugarsugarsugar @apirei @batony-robson Thanks a lot !
Zeit
04. May 2023 · 06:30 UTC
This game is really good! It has a surprising way of playing, using a small white ball to trigger mechanisms to deliver mail. It's really impressive for a game jam entry. that it's crazy that you guys can finish this complete game. However, I also found some strange things, such as the mail floating in mid-air when it's being moved, lol.
JaximusQ
04. May 2023 · 09:30 UTC
Love it <3 mini golf game are so cool when they are combine with other kind of game
Wuppos
06. May 2023 · 16:18 UTC
This game had very nice gameplay which mixed light puzzling and skill. I really enjoyed it! The 3D assets were also very nice and fit the feel of the game perfectly. Together with the sound effects and the music I think the whole game feels very coherent and as a complete package :) The gameplay itself is also very good, but sometimes a bit buggy. Sometimes the ball would get stuck in a wall, and I could only get it out in certain directions for some reason. Or the ball would make a jump for a reason I did not understand. Once the jump of the ball caused it to go off the map and I had to restart the game to continue.
That said, it did not take away from the really nicely designed levels. I think you did very well increasing the difficulty appropriately, with the last level being an especially nice test of the skill of the player. Really well done! I enjoyed it :D
cureja
07. May 2023 · 23:37 UTC
Fun to mess around with the ball and level! Wished the controls were a bit more consistent and that right clicked also allowed camera rotation~ It would be cool if you could fling any or more objects into the switches. Good job!
LDJam user 336851
08. May 2023 · 18:36 UTC
This really feels like a completed game the difficulty ramps up very nicely, there was this one bug where the ball would launch upwards at high velocity and of the map then you have to restart the game. but apart from that The controls overall felt really smooth.
simmo
09. May 2023 · 20:36 UTC
Very neat - this game really gave off mid 2000s flash puzzle game vibes and I loved it!
ZungryWare
16. May 2023 · 17:41 UTC
Interesting idea to combine golf with puzzle game elements. The switches felt a little awkward to hit though since it's unclear how much force is required to hit it and how close you need to be. Maybe it would feel better if it was a toggleable pressure plate instead.

It's really easy to softlock yourself in level 3 by knocking yourself out of the level. And if you go back to the level select, you can't select level 3 so I had to replay level 2 three times to beat level 3.

![softlock.png](///raw/01d/a4/z/5bcd8.png)