DeliverY by StaGYL
Deliver the letter Y.
Yes, it's literallY DELIVERY! :laughing:
Controls:
Use WASD or arrow keys to control the movement of letter Y.
Use Z to undo moves.
:bulb: Go for that word to pass levels, it's the same word for the whole game. I won't tell you which one though ;) :bulb:
:heart: Thank you for playing and I appreciate your feedback! :heart:
Bug Fix After Submission:
Fixed the Z button undo bug that sometimes broke the game, and fixed the movement input bug which sometimes made movement too fast based on frame rate.
Credits:
@stagyl - design, code
@johnsonhao - design, art
| Link | https://stacygao.itch.io/delivery |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/delivery-9 |
Ratings
| Overall | 650th | 3.525⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 232th | 3.825⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 219th | 3.8⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 656th | 3.857⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 831th | 3.263⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 557th | 3.139⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 895th | 3.176⭐ | 19🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 22🗳️ | 21🗨️ |
The concept is so simple but satisfying, and well executed!
My only big complaint is that I had no clue what I was trying to do at the start. The first word was 'Victory', but I had assumed from then on that I was simply trying to make words, rather than make victory specifically... I went and asked ChatGPT about words that had the letters 'covertiy' in them because I was so stumped..
The controls are a bit too sensitive though, hard to make precise movements. Having an undo button is a very cool idea, I can see it being pretty useful in this game. However, I held Z down too long and it completely remade some of the previous words and random letters, including the "repla" section, borking the game haha.
Overall a lot of fun and an incredibly clever idea. I love wordplay like this.
Overall really nice game, fun, creative, good art and music, and very cool concept. Just wish it would go a little faster, but that's about it. Nice work :)

The gimmick of moving letters and "delivering" your Y to the end of each word is a pretty unique one! And the music was pretty good too!
Main thing I wanna say is that I don't feel like it was made clear that "victory" was the word you always spelled. It actually took me until reading these comments to figure that out. Maybe being more specific than just "make words" in the itch description would've alleviated this issue.
Besides that, this was a fun puzzle game! Couldn't get through it all the way because I wanted to play other games, but enjoyed what I did play!
I'm not much the sort for puzzle games but I played this one all the way through and had fun doing so.
Great work!

However, the words used in the puzzle may be too difficult to understand, especially if you don't speak English. It was also hard for me to guess which words were hidden there. Although the word "Victory" could have been easily guessed, I still couldn't figure it out and had to ask for help from ChatGPT. The next puzzle was even more difficult, and I didn't have the strength to understand it, and ChatGPT offered too many options for what words could be hidden there. 😅