Tow To Tomorrow by GettingRekt

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made by GettingRekt for Ludum Dare 54 (COMPO)

Use your towboat to get rich!

Spend your day making money, the day ends after 10 minutes, as well as the game.

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Instructions

Drive around the small island to find any ships that needs help docking.

Controls

  • WASD = Steering
  • Left Mouse, attach/detach towing line

Tips

  • The red docks give 150% cash, the greens only 50%.
  • Ships has up to 6 towing locations Screenshot 2023-10-03 122859.png

Ratings

Overall 183th 3.553⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 233th 3.263⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 142th 3.579⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 200th 3.579⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 43th 4.184⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 69th 3.737⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 195th 2.531⭐ 18🧑‍⚖️
Mood 195th 3.278⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 17🗳️ 20🗨️

Feedback

Stronf
01. Oct 2023 · 20:02 UTC
wow, really impressed it was made this quickly

nice graphics, thematic concept, deceptively easy controls, fun gameplay. Was stressed but finally managed to get the biggest ship to the red dock (after crashing several of them previously:)
(also found a small bug - if you dock the ship and then detach the line and push the ship with your tow, you may get the money twice)
🎤 GettingRekt
01. Oct 2023 · 21:39 UTC
@Stonf Thanks for great feedback and detecting that bug. In the version before I only activated the ships after they got towed (to avoid checking for docks on all ships all the time), but that meant that if you only pushed a ship into the docks it wouldn't trigger any $$$. So I added that ships were activated by pushing as well, but clearly I didn't check if the ships already was docked, meaning pushing docked ships was a gold mine. Thanks to your early feedback I was able to fix it before the deadline :)
Kaimon
02. Oct 2023 · 16:45 UTC
Great game, you managed to make a lot with less and that's quite clever ! I had to train a little bit for the movement avec the boat but after a while it became smoother. Nice entry :)
binroot
02. Oct 2023 · 16:54 UTC
Hooks you in quicker than you can say "roadside assistance!". Love the music, almost felt like beach-rock. The boat controls were goofy, in a good way. I could see this game develop in so many different ways (imagine more tug-boat power-ups). Anyways, pretty incredible you did all this in just 2 days! Nice going!
brainles etertainment
02. Oct 2023 · 16:54 UTC
Very nice graphics and idea, but controls are impossible. The rotates around its avis endlessly, thus making the game unplayable. Well, at least for me.
LDJam user 3808
02. Oct 2023 · 17:31 UTC
Fun little game. The tugboat was little too floaty like car on ice. More boaty controls would suite better for this game. Overall 10 minutes went over quite fast.
fnelix
02. Oct 2023 · 19:33 UTC
Very nice, had fun towing some ships! The controls and towboat physics are a bit janky, but this adds to the challenge. I made something with ships, too, but I like the look of your big ships better. Good entry!
LDJam user 296265
02. Oct 2023 · 20:22 UTC
Wow! Amazing job. Graphics are very good looking, consistent, music - super fitting. It's easy to pick up and play, everything is clear. As others have said the controls are a little too sensitive, but it was just part of the challenge. Keep it up :)
BisnessPirate
03. Oct 2023 · 09:18 UTC
Had a bit of fun with the game! Definitely had some troubles with the movement though. Especially towing the large ship could get a bit frustrating.
woona
03. Oct 2023 · 10:27 UTC
Very nice looking game! I enjoyed the vibe a lot!

The controls are a little difficult to master, as others have said already. Also, occasionally tugboat clipped through the ships in the harbor. You could also push the ship out of the dock after it turned green. I don't think there's any penalty for that.

I laughed when two colliding ships disappeared in red smoke. This was unexpected. 😁

Great job making this game!
crylica
03. Oct 2023 · 11:26 UTC
The graphics are really good, but I had some difficulty with the controls. The ship seems to drift left/right even when I'm trying to pull straight?
Tudvari
03. Oct 2023 · 18:12 UTC
It was a bit difficult to tow the ships but I liked the idea, and overally the game. Nicely polished entry! :) (Though I'm a bit disappointed that I couldn't fall off the world. :cry: )
cogcomp
03. Oct 2023 · 18:40 UTC
Really nice idea and pretty as well. I have to agree with the others that the controls need adjusting. Sometimes it feels a bit unfair because of them. Otherwise an excellent game. Well done!
Nick Rafalski
05. Oct 2023 · 00:32 UTC
Amazing. I have no complaints. I love everything about this game. I felt so cool when I managed to get 2 big boats into 1 read dock. I am the captain now. Great job!
Bernhard
05. Oct 2023 · 11:52 UTC
Made 90$ but ended up destroying a ship right at the end because I tried to hurry up :-( Really well made game, rocking music! :guitar:
freamdev
05. Oct 2023 · 22:13 UTC
Had a little issue moving the ship around, mostly started to spin in one place like a beyblade, but successfully sinked all but two ships... wait what do you mean that wasn't the aim? :smile:

Pretty fun and wellamde entry!
Kerdelos
07. Oct 2023 · 19:30 UTC
I like the concept of this one !

There's a lot a small details to it that are nice, such as the multiple atach points on the ships or the fact that they get destroyed if they touch the environment.

I found the control of the boat to be a little bit too "spiny", I'd suggest adding more angular drag or the equivalent to make the boat more controllable.

Good job on your entry :)
Germdog53
08. Oct 2023 · 04:48 UTC
This is very fun to play. I enjoyed being able to attach and being able to accomplish the mission without attaching and just pushing the boats around.
LDJam user 377116
08. Oct 2023 · 18:30 UTC
Super cool graphics and cool concept! I found it very hard! Well done : D I might have destroyed a few too many ships on the way xD