Of Mice and Mail by ShamanTramp
Of Mice and Mail
We are proud to present to you our very first game, made specifically for this game jam.
The Delhi and Veri brothers have their own unique way of managing their urban parcel delivery business. Today, what matters is efficiency, speed, and accuracy because that's how the customer is satisfied !
Aim for the colored windows to earn more points. Bonus actions and combos can earn you more points. If the POLICE catch you, it's game over! You lose ground by hitting obstacles or being hit by a parcel.
Color code :
Brown < Green < Blue < Red < Gold
Inputs :
Arrow keys UP and DOWN to move (you can also use W and S)
Press LEFT CLICK to aim and release it to swing!
We hope you will have a fun time!
As a bonus, here's a preview of the "cut content" we'll be adding in a future update of the game!
We didn't manage to add everything we wanted in time ! Here are a some features missing :
The ability to make combos and super combos!
A boost gauge that allows you to distance yourself from the police and accelerate the delivery pace.
More buildings, obstacles on lawns, and special interactions on the terrain.
A two-player mode.
And a few more surprises! :)
We're a team of three friends who ever wanted to make games, here's our try !
Music by BagHz, Graphics by BezedH, Coding and Wrapping by ShamanTramp :)
| Link | https://shamantramp.itch.io/ofmiceandmail |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/of-mice-an-mail |
Ratings
| Overall | 544th | 3.613⭐ | 64🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 591th | 3.435⭐ | 64🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 692th | 3.214⭐ | 65🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 684th | 3.817⭐ | 65🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 294th | 4.127⭐ | 65🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 205th | 3.869⭐ | 63🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 249th | 3.69⭐ | 60🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 500th | 3.627⭐ | 61🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 60🗳️ | 113🗨️ |
Great job to you folks !
Nice game loop and visual feedback of what was happening, i did find it difficult to be on the same depth as the vehicle however but enjoyed the game despite that!
As you definitely know, both your graphics and your soundscape are superb and go well with one another. The animation style gives the game a bit of a paper-cutout feel that I very much enjoy.
I encountered no bugs and the whole experience feels polished. Definitely inviting a few replays. Great work!
The artwork is great! The concept is interesting and the soundtrack makes the game even better. I've got $68700 in the end XD
Also, being able to break objects in the environment is a nice touch!
There's a dominant strategy is this game which is spamming the hell out of the mouse button, so a cooldown between swings would work nice, but wrecking all the stuff was v fun so there's that haha.
Oh and the music is great! Good job and keep goin!
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Look, I've saved the day or something. Some kind of day was saved, somewhere.
And kudos to your artist, that is a *ton* of assets! (Though if may offer a small niptick on the art, it's a bit hard to tell everything apart. Maybe clever use of contrast and tint could help?)
Anyway the concept is original and clever and the game feels good, just choatic and messy enough to be fun.
Good job!
Didn't realize in the game that the different windows were worth different point values. I was aiming it at first, but then decided it was easier to spam :p
Would be nice if the level had a set length so that I'm progressing towards some end goal, and also makes it worth focusing on trying to aim for more efficient scoring objectives rather than just doing whatever.
Cute art!
It's so fun to smash everything ahah
It could have been cool to throw package to the police car too ^^
I thought the graphics and sounds were great, and while the gameplay is simple, it brought what it needed to in the time I had with it.
Thanks for sharing!