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Slime Express by DurkaGames

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made by DurkaGames for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

Warning: This is not the final version, the game will be improved. For a better experience, play our later versions!

The game was designed with the intention of adapting it to phones.

Why is high-quality Korean cosmetics so expensive? It's all because of the snail delivery service, which delivers slime with a secret formula to stores for Korean cosmetics.

Snail-manager Henry is a very responsible snail and helps his fellow courier snails to deliver goods as quickly as possible and manages their route, which significantly facilitates the task.

The player will play as an intern, who is supervised by Henry and gives him stars for completing tasks. Help the courier snails choose the right tactics for the route and earn a place in the Slime Express company.

Monusy - Game designer/artist/animator

ArtemidiaNn - SoundDesigner

ParPanSs - Programmer

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Link https://durkagames.itch.io/slimy-express
Link https://durkagames.itch.io/slimy-express
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/slime-express

Ratings

Overall 625th 3.55⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 664th 3.35⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 275th 3.725⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 585th 3.925⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 262th 4.167⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 447th 3.421⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 495th 3.25⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 455th 3.675⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 12🗳️ 25🗨️

Feedback

Hora-Timer
02. May 2023 · 22:50 UTC
I can't find the game, apparently you only made it for MacOS
rekkorize
04. May 2023 · 02:56 UTC
Good concept and cute art, nice entry :)
Rincs
04. May 2023 · 03:57 UTC
Love the art and music (please make sure to raise that volume). A bit buggy, but I got to play it~ :3 still fun~
LDJam user 282870
04. May 2023 · 17:40 UTC
Ok so. I got to the play screen, and no snail, just some abilities, and what looks like smoke coming out of the ground. I hit escape to leave the game and it would not let me out, had to use close window.

I'm sure everything is great but I could not play the game, or escape and leave.
🎤 DurkaGames
04. May 2023 · 17:43 UTC
@beebster-games please put the abilities in the "?" circles :D
JamieOK
04. May 2023 · 17:58 UTC
Cool concept, I was thinking there was no reason to do anything other than the rolling ability until I got to the second level, but when I stuck with the crawling ability, the snail went upside down underneath the level and got stuck. Couldn't reset the level or quit out unfortunately?
Graphics look really good though, animated snail and background during the intro was very surprising, nice work!
LDJam user 282870
04. May 2023 · 18:02 UTC
@durkagames Okay, I DLed it again and played it again. It is very very good, I changed my scoring for you. You should make more of the puzzles. Thnaks
🎤 DurkaGames
04. May 2023 · 18:05 UTC
@beebster-games thank you!
LDJam user 282870
04. May 2023 · 18:07 UTC
@durkagames You bet bro...
FlashViper
04. May 2023 · 20:06 UTC
Great graphics and an interesting mechanic idea. I'd like to see it expanded beyond 3 levels, but you take what you can get in a game jam :)
obittner
04. May 2023 · 20:17 UTC
Very nice game. I found it a bit easy but I guess this could work very well for a younger audience.

I had sometimes problems opening the ability menu where I would just randomly grab one of the abilities in the upper row instead of opening the menu.
I also found the intro text quite slow. Maybe make it possible to skip to the next text line instead of skipping the whole dialog. But I understand that this is not priority in the Jam.
LDJam user 279507
04. May 2023 · 20:21 UTC
Ah man I wish there were more levels. Starting to get the hang of things by level 3. Lovely art and vibes, took a little experimentation to figure out what I was supposed to be doing but after that point the gameplay is quite elegant.
Clephanie
04. May 2023 · 20:33 UTC
I love the art and the idea, it's a very funny concept and it makes me want to see more. The ambiance with music is relaxing and appropriate.
Mezix
04. May 2023 · 22:17 UTC
Very cute intro and concept, relaxing gameplay, but would have liked to see some more mechanical depth! Great job though :D
Sam Gorman
05. May 2023 · 00:48 UTC
I really enjoy the art (the big snail sprites are so cute) and the mechanics are nice and simple to understand. I think a great puzzle game could be made out of this, and it feels like it could work well on a touch screen.

I know you can skip it, but I found the intro really long and I think you could shorten it. Speed up the text, maybe edit down the exposition, and get to the tutorial quicker. It was really polished, but the intro took longer than the entire game, so shortening it might improve the experience!
ardorugus
06. May 2023 · 05:51 UTC
Liked the mechanics and the logics, cute little puzzle game that lacks fun sfx, but very involving and charming. Lots of lore in the start, really asking to be skipped, maybe could be put within the levels' narrative. Overall, great, thanks!
quabmara
07. May 2023 · 12:52 UTC
The animations are really cool.
Would have been cool to have some more levels :)
Good job!
LDJam user 336851
07. May 2023 · 19:28 UTC
Really good graphics and fun puzzles although a little short. made me very nostalgic for bob the snail
Winter2277
13. May 2023 · 22:44 UTC
Very simple yet interesting and fun game mechanic! Great job on the execution, art and all