Animal Merchant by sansen

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made by sansen for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

Notice:

The HTML game may have some bugs, the character may move very fast if this condition happens, please play the game on the Windows plantform.(As we had tested, we recommended to open this game through Chrome instead of Firefox. )

Game Introduction:

In this game, you are an animal merchant, when you start your sailing, there will be some living things with you. You must breed them when sailing, because you have to get more of them to get more money. But every raft only have “limited space”, you have to pay attention to the number of them to make sure your raft will not sink.

Aim:

You can control the animal merchant to move these animals. The animals will breed when there are more than 2 of them. Based on the food chains, you can control the number of animals by feeding them to their natural enemies. So, take control of your “goods”, try to get more of them while avoiding sinking the raft due to excessive quantity. And also don’t forget your aim is to get more animals to get higher score.

Controls:

W/A/S/D or direction key-move

C-pick up/put down

Q/E- switch the animal to be lifted

Food Chains:

Mushroom-Sheep-Wolf

Mushroom-Chicken-Fox-Bear

Some Tips:

Animals will breed when there’s two, but a clump of mushrooms can also breed.

They will breed only on their own raft, won’t breed on others’ raft.

Animals will breed every 15 seconds, while chicken breed every 20 seconds.

Bear and Wolf will die in Mushroom raft because of poisoning.

You can try to take one’s natural enemies to their raft to reduce the number.

Score: Mushroom-1 Chicken-2 Sheep-3 Fox-5 Wolf-6 Bear-7

Credits:

Models - https://sketchfab.com/sansen54/collections/ld54-5cb47a8bc92f450c84c4654adff1cce1

Sound Effect - https://www.aigei.com/

@sansen - Art Design/Lever Design/Planning

@devil-ovo - Animation Design/Programming/Planning

Ratings

Overall 1026th 2.962⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1064th 2.615⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 763th 3.115⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Theme 655th 3.5⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 561th 3.63⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Humor 737th 2.545⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 938th 2.94⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 15🗳️ 30🗨️

Feedback

brainles etertainment
02. Oct 2023 · 17:18 UTC
Doesn't work in Firefox, but seems fine in Chromium.
🎤 sansen
02. Oct 2023 · 17:28 UTC
@brainles-etertainment Thanks a lot!
Agnira
03. Oct 2023 · 13:26 UTC
Takes not so much time to understand how to play, good game.
Devil_ovo
04. Oct 2023 · 01:21 UTC
@agnira Thank you, I am glad that you enjoy the game.
LDJam user 378283
05. Oct 2023 · 11:29 UTC
Interesting game,people fall down water needs a lose menu
ldkuba
05. Oct 2023 · 11:30 UTC
Cool graphics! The idea is simple but makes sense. I fell into the water at some point and there was no way to get out :( Other than that pretty cool game!
dod108
05. Oct 2023 · 11:32 UTC
Is it possible to use ZIP instead of RAR? I don't have WinRar and don't want to install it just to open this one file.
Devil_ovo
05. Oct 2023 · 11:33 UTC
@ldkuba I am happy to hear that you love it. As for the falling problem, it is actually caused by the unstable frame rates in webgl. Also it is our mistake to forget juding the game whether it ends when you fell into the water.
Devil_ovo
05. Oct 2023 · 11:36 UTC
@bayunyoubi Yep, bro. You are right. I am exicited to hear your appreciation and also thank you for your valuable suggestion.
Devil_ovo
06. Oct 2023 · 01:33 UTC
@dod108 Copy that,dude. I upload a zip file on the itch.io website.I hope you could enjoy it.
dod108
06. Oct 2023 · 09:14 UTC
@devil-ovo Thanks!

Nice idea! My feedback:
- The game was too difficult for me (not in a fun way), I wasn't able to finish any mission successfully. Maybe it's just me, but maybe the balance is a little bit off.
- Proper fullscreen would be nice.
- As other people mentioned, you can fall from the raft and can't get back.

I liked the low-poly graphics!
Devil_ovo
06. Oct 2023 · 10:50 UTC
@dod108 Really thanks. I'm genuinely thankful for your feedback. Actually, even for me, it is also difficult! However, according to my teammate who designs the time limit, it has a trick to pass the level. Anyway, you are right. Game should be easy for playyer to get fun.
LDJam user 260720
10. Oct 2023 · 08:58 UTC
Nice game! maybe the main character should walk faster to make it a bit easier, or there should be another way to transport animals, anyways good take on the theme!
🎤 sansen
10. Oct 2023 · 09:19 UTC
@lastuck Thanks for advice, this game may actually a bit difficult, same as my teammate said.
Devil_ovo
10. Oct 2023 · 12:04 UTC
@lastuck Yep. I feel a bit difficult to accomplish the level too. Anyway, thank for your precious feedback.
Togis
10. Oct 2023 · 19:32 UTC
This is the first time I have too much things to sell :sheep: :wolf:

Nice concept. I had some trouble moving around, I got stuck a few times on the fences and once I felt in the waters and didn't re-appear anywhere until the boat reached the destination docks.

Overall the game was a bit too hard for me so I often made 0 score but it looked nice and I like your choice of music, it really helped with the chill mood.
Gizmolo
11. Oct 2023 · 05:05 UTC
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Oh no I've fallen in the water and I can't get out! Haha this was a fun one. I tried not to breed too many wolves early on so I wouldn't lose my cargo, but gosh darnit - I lost my cargo! I like the iso vantage point and I feel the controls worked well. A little polish and I think we could have a compelling animal merchant sim here :)
Xeke-Death
11. Oct 2023 · 10:07 UTC
I kept falling off the raft by accident. But I took those damn mushrooms with me!
I like the progression of animals through the levels.
A little simple at first, it was just a matter of seeing how many I need to feed to something else and then just waiting until the raft arrived.

Good work overall.
LDJam user 314224
11. Oct 2023 · 10:27 UTC
Cool graphics ! GG
Idea simple but effective !
maybe just put a little break between two are sheep x)

GG :) !
Devil_ovo
13. Oct 2023 · 06:33 UTC
@togis Thank u for the feedback.Yep, there are some problems about the moving. We will keep polishing this little game in the future. Also, indeed the game becomes a bit difficult in the level 2 and 3, even I could not pass it T_T.
Devil_ovo
13. Oct 2023 · 06:37 UTC
@gizmolo I am sorry to hear that you keep falling form the raft. We have test that if the frame rate is stable, the collision would work properly. But due to different devices and browsers, it seems that frame rate is not the same on different computers. Although I have been locked the frame rate in the code, it still doesn't work sometimes. Anyway, thanks for your advice.
Devil_ovo
13. Oct 2023 · 06:39 UTC
@xeke-death I am glad that you love the idea and I am really sorry for the falling. And the reason as I mention in other comments.Thank you.
Devil_ovo
13. Oct 2023 · 06:41 UTC
@falestress I am happy that you love the idea and graphic. Actually It is the first time I made a 3d game in the jam. Thank u.
Melowicyan
15. Oct 2023 · 13:43 UTC
I just try the web version of the game, in firefox i alway fall in the water, ok on Chrome. But it is complicate to understand the meaning of the game, my island at the start of the game move and i can't do anything... it is normal ?
Devil_ovo
16. Oct 2023 · 08:31 UTC
@melowicyan Yep, it works ok in the Chrome but ont firefox. And as for the island, actually it goes away because you are driving your raft to the target island to sell the cattles, which means you leave that born point. What player should do is to control the number of the cattles because they will constantly reproduce and make the raft become heavier and sink. I'm sorry that you did not get the point of our game, maybe we should make it more clear. Anyway, thank u for your feedback.
Ganiester
18. Oct 2023 · 17:05 UTC
Quite a neat game. I like the strategy and management aspect of juggling the animals. I do seem to run into many issues though with bugs so I had to restart a few times to keep playing. Otherwise good game :)
SleepyStudios
19. Oct 2023 · 21:48 UTC
Conceptually this game is absolutely brilliant but unfortunately for me it fell short slightly at the execution (along with my extremely terrible and lousy gameplay skills). I love the concept and the idea of the game but lacked the skills to actually stay alive and not fall off the raft, and unfortunately I couldn't complete any of the levels as I kept walking off the raft.

I would've appreciated and enjoyed the game more if there was an option to respawn after walking off the raft, or perhaps the game could automatically restart. Otherwise, it was a lovely design and a unique concept.