Nightly Delivery by Frankey333

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made by Frankey333 for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

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Welcome, kitty-reaper! You have one night to deliver as many packages as you kittily can. But beware! With paws this cute, the amount of things you can carry is greatly limited, and you couldn't possibly throw out your trusty scythe or you pet firefly! Nightly delivery is a game where you try to fit as many things as possible into your inventory and deliver them to their recipients. ld54_arrow (4).png How to play

Frankey will add the webgl on here tonight. In the meantime, please, visit itch.io if you'd like to play our game in browser. Otherwise download it for Windows below to play in FullHD and get the full experience of Lapin's art. ld54_arrow (5).png Controls

WASD - movement

Mouse - Item interactions

Space - Open/Close NPC Inventory

F/R - Flip/Rotate item

ESC - Menu

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Credits

Almost everything you can see was drawn by Lapin using Clip Studio Paint 2.0

Frankey made it all work using Unity 2021.3.6f1 , sound nice with Bosca Ceoil and added sfx using sfxr

The gameplay and design was a collaborative effort between both of us.

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Beat our score!

Frankey: 349

Lapin: 314

ld54<em>item</em>cat.png (Lapin's cat says Hi! <3) ld54<em>item</em>straight<em>rope</em>flat.png

Ratings

Overall 232th 3.917⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 543th 3.479⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 601th 3.313⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 200th 4.167⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 286th 4.083⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Audio 242th 3.729⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Humor 510th 3⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 226th 3.935⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 28🗳️ 25🗨️

Feedback

Deruitda
02. Oct 2023 · 21:02 UTC
Fits the theme great, loved the art and music as well. I think you could make the inventory items that the people want delivered a bit more obvious than they are now
LDJam user 314224
02. Oct 2023 · 21:07 UTC
Nice ! I really like the funny and innovative shapes compared to the classic object shapes in inventories.
GG :D

Well done for all the hand-drawn assets :o
Ascenial
02. Oct 2023 · 21:09 UTC
Had fun playing I wish the npcs were a tad bit closer but it was fun.
LDJam user 373644
02. Oct 2023 · 21:10 UTC
This is excellent - the art is stellar, and it's a very polished game for a game jam. Great work!

Only suggestion would be to make it clear whether each person wants a delivery, or has another item for me to deliver. But maybe leaving it ambiguous was intentional.
Robbobin
02. Oct 2023 · 21:16 UTC
- The art was definitely the highlight for me! I like how quirky the items are.
- The movement side of the game felt like it could've just been swapped out for a timer, since all it really represented in practice was holding a button down until you reach the destination. I'd suggest either swap the WSAD movement out for a simple timer (or have the player just zip to their destination, counting the time down accordingly), or have some movement challenges.
- Giving the player a reason to interact with the inventory tetris while you walk, somehow, would help make the game feel less like waiting a while between little bursts of inventory management between missions.
- I liked the mood & the player character is great! Would be interested to see how the character could help support the inventory tetris game mechanics, aside from having matching items.

Lovely stuff :)
lapin2686
02. Oct 2023 · 22:21 UTC
Thank you all for your feedback! I am so glad you like my art and our game <3

@deruitda Do you mean that the orange highlight is too subtle, or that you can't tell who wants what? If I had more time, I would consider drawing tiny versions of all the items to put in the arrows which could help the second issue.

@falestress Thank you! I am glad you enjoy my designs <3

@ascenial Thank you! We made the kitty a bit faster to decrease the pain of traveling. I hope this makes the game more pleasant for you too <3

@ralian Thank you so much! The quest givers have orange indicators and the item receivers have blue indicators. I hope this helps.

@robbobin So much feedback, wow! Thanks!
* I am glad you like my art <3
* Yeah, we have speed up the kitty to make the running part of the game a bit speedier.
* Actually, you can still interact with it while you travel, so you can use the travel time to rearrange your inventory.
* Yes, in the future, it'd be great if the kitty could maybe pick up improvements for the inventory. We were also considering allowing the kitty to toss her pet to make a bit more room at the cost of not being able to see. But in the end, we decided against it.
cawfee_art
03. Oct 2023 · 12:17 UTC
This was very cute. I really enjoyed delivering as a cat. Also the designs of the items look very nice!
mechanicallife
03. Oct 2023 · 19:29 UTC
I think the game is real neat, love the idea of the inventory tetris stuff. I felt like the theme might have suffered a tad, never felt like I was strapped for space in the inventory. but I might be missing some mechanic or something. Lovely art also! Especially the item art, real nice! lovely entry have a good one!
Orinta
03. Oct 2023 · 20:04 UTC
Well done with the theme, the game was really challenging and overall - great puzzle! Also, cute cat :33
chusmimax
04. Oct 2023 · 02:41 UTC
Aesthetically it is pleasant, the music is fitting and it controls well, but I personally have 2 problems:
-Everything is too far away, moving is straight forward, and yet it takes most of the time.
-Even if I know the direction of the delivery, I have no sense of distance (like a distance meter under the icon), which makes it really hard to make decisions like taking a bunch of requests or just delivering the one I have.
Logicon211
06. Oct 2023 · 23:28 UTC
ITS REAPING TIME
Natano
12. Oct 2023 · 16:41 UTC
OMG. I absolutelly loved this game! The art, the mechanisms and the music make such a good atmosphere for the game!
Nice Job!
MasterJ767
13. Oct 2023 · 20:33 UTC
This game was a great fit for the theme. The art is really cute and alongside the music sets the perfect mood. I felt that things were a little too spread out in the game world and walking between the people was starting to become tedious. Other than that a brilliant game!