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Packed Ride by grizeldi

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made by grizeldi for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

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Packed Ride is puzzle game where you're in charge of assigning seats to bus passengers. But there's a twist – some are loud, and some don't smell too great. Your job? Create the perfect seating arrangement to keep everyone as happy as possible.

How to Play

Use your mouse to hover over the seat you want to assign the next passenger to. By hovering over people you can see their information. If the bus is full and there are more passengers waiting to get on the bus you can use "R" to turn them away.

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Screenshots

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Credits

  • grizeldi: Programming, VFX, Music
  • LunarRuin: Music, SFX
  • PickyDogFish: Game Design, Programming
  • TheRedDevil: Programming, UI
  • negdo: 3D Art, Animation, UI

All assets created or recorded in the duration of the jam. No AI art generators of any kind were used.

Tech Used

  • Engine: Godot 4.1.1 with C#
  • 3D Art: Blender 4.0 Beta
  • 2D Art, VFX: Krita
  • UI: Figma
  • Music/SFX: Bitwig Studio, Reaper
Windows https://grizeldi.itch.io/packed-ride
Linux https://grizeldi.itch.io/packed-ride
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/54/packed-ride

Ratings

Overall 160th 4⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Fun 193th 3.893⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 264th 3.732⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Theme 86th 4.375⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 187th 4.232⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Audio 446th 3.389⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Humor 179th 3.741⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Mood 458th 3.654⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Given 29🗳️ 36🗨️

Feedback

velvetlobster
02. Oct 2023 · 22:13 UTC
it seems it is still password protected at this moment

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🎤 grizeldi
02. Oct 2023 · 22:18 UTC
@velvetlobster the LD page is not supposed to be live yet and shows as unpublished to me. How did you get here? :sweat_smile:
velvetlobster
02. Oct 2023 · 22:21 UTC
:laughing: I was looking for games to play browsing through the posts ... I think I found yours through a post you published :laughing: ping me when its ready
🎤 grizeldi
02. Oct 2023 · 22:45 UTC
@velvetlobster The game is up now if you want to take a look :)
BananaFarmer
03. Oct 2023 · 03:16 UTC
Super cool game, haven't got 5 stars yet but I'll keep on trying!
InfinityE
03. Oct 2023 · 10:38 UTC
amazing graphics and sounds, great job and I enjoy the game loop.
Keely-Brown
03. Oct 2023 · 11:17 UTC
The tutorial was nice but a lot of information to get at once. It might be better to incorporate aspects of it into the game so you can learn in realtime rather than by reading.

I liked the variety and types of placement issues that you had to try to solve. The visuals were pretty cohesive and effective.

It might have helped to give you a better idea of what stuff was losing you points by having some visual effects to indicate when someone was unhappy about something around them. I wasn't always sure what I had done wrong.

Cool concept!
Bauke Regnerus
03. Oct 2023 · 11:18 UTC
That's a lovely concept for a game. I like how traits determine how the passengers feel on the ride. It's the classic stack stuff in tiny spaces concept, but a fresh take on it. You might want to check the fullscreen settings as it seems to stretch things out.
vishnuk37
03. Oct 2023 · 11:30 UTC
It is a fun game , really liked the concept.
Stronf
03. Oct 2023 · 11:39 UTC
Like the concept, fits the theme well, got 4.33 in the end. I can see the game working well expanded

Regarding points for improvement - I agree with tutorial being quite a lot, I would like more indication what is wrong within the bus. Also the process of putting people in the bus is a bit confusing due to perspective, maybe could be solved by highlighting which place you are putting the person into just clicking the place.

But overall a good entry, nice job
NoniGirl
03. Oct 2023 · 12:29 UTC
Had a rating of 1,96 lol :deer:
PickyDogFish
03. Oct 2023 · 14:38 UTC
@stronf thanks for the feedback. We are aware that it could be more clear what seats are affected by which effect. We were thinking about adding some sort of particles or icons to show where it stinks or is noisy, but ultimately ran out of time. We're taking in the feedback and might make a small post-ld update with some quality of life changes ;)
MossGames
03. Oct 2023 · 17:11 UTC
This is such a good game! Had to read the tutorial twice to understand but once I did. Really enjoy the humour and when I recognised the music that the people were playing I chuckled. Always awesome to see a Linux port!
Bredera
04. Oct 2023 · 17:00 UTC
Cool little puzzle game! Great implementation of the theme and the art was really nice! Sometimes the placing the people was quite janky and a bit of a struggle. But overall it was smooth and enjoyable. Well done :smile:
Coro_yy
04. Oct 2023 · 19:08 UTC
What a great concept! I liked the texts for the different types of people. The graphics were nicely done and the gameplay was really smooth and simple. I'd like to know what the highest achievable rating is. Mine was a 2.78 I think. The only thing that bothered me was the music. The 5 second loop felt very repetitive after a minute.
Proz
05. Oct 2023 · 17:46 UTC
Nice design! Very clean and thoughtful gameplay, I would even play this on my phone while sitting on the bus)
Catusfelony
05. Oct 2023 · 19:09 UTC
The art style is very "utility-first" and I like it a lot for that, there's a lot of clarity. I also like all the little descriptions for each type of passenger. This kind of management is not my forté though, and I only barely got a rating higher than 2 xwx

Very good entry!
Rusty2117
05. Oct 2023 · 20:29 UTC
Fits the theme, kind of difficult to get into but maybe with practise I'd get the hang of it.
Tomtomgome
05. Oct 2023 · 20:38 UTC
Nice and complete entry, quite funny!
As many people have said, what the game lacks most is obvious feedback. What areas are going to be affected by an effect is the main one, but for further quality of life, you might consider ease the access to the current ratings of the people and how many but stop they have left. Currently you need to hover to see it, and it impedes the player a little. If this information was readily available (through icons, color changes, particles, dialog bubble, etc...) the game would feel more like a big game of chess.
But it's nit picking, because the entry is already well made on many other aspects.
ntourand
06. Oct 2023 · 03:53 UTC
Love this game! Very relatable to the bus experience. I had a bit of trouble occasionally with seating passengers, and a bit more challenge might be beneficial. But overall had a great time, love the art style as well!
fraanns
18. Oct 2023 · 19:56 UTC
Got a rating of 3,75, so average compute experience 😅. Great game with amazing graphics.