Rummaging Raccoon by LucaVazz
Join Ruby in cleaning up the junkyard with the help of her trusty helper, C. A. T. – B. O. Ⅹ.
Collect and salvage all of the scrap in order to bring nature back - but you aren't alone in this massive task. Recycle the scrap into tiny robotic creatures to make light work of this project.
Clear all the scrap and fill the area with fully grown plants to create this paradise and win this game!
Tutorial: (because we ran out of time to fully add it in-game 😅) - Start with the piles of scrap north of C.A.T.-B.O.X. as they are smaller - Pick up scrap one by one, bring it to the workbench table, salvage them and feed C.A.T.-B.O.X. the resulting resources - Under the scraps, little cat-cartridges are hidden, which appear once the pile is fully cleaned up - Feed C.A.T.-B.O.X. a cartridge to unlock building the different types of bots - The cartridge for rats is hidden north of C.A.T.-B.O.X., they will help you to collect scrap faster - The cartridge for monkeys is hidden south of C.A.T.-B.O.X., they will help you to salvage scrap more efficiently - Monkeys only salvage scrap which was collected by rats or bears - There are also cartridges hidden for bears (which collect heavy scrap like washing machines or office chairs), bats (which clean up toxic waste from scrap so that it can be collected), bumble bees (which plant flowers and shrubs) and butterflies (which water the plants so they can fully grow) - To win, you need to fully clean up the dump: - Collect all scrap pieces - Salvage all scrap pieces - Plant a seed in place of every scrap pile (~60) - All plants need to be fully grown
Controls:
- W / A / S / D or arrow keys to move Ruby the raccoon
- Point your mouse cursor on scrap or resources to pick them up, then point and use left click to place them or right click to drop them
- Scraps need to be placed on the workbench, then point your mouse cursor on the workbench and hold left click pressed to salvage the resources
- left click on C. A. T. – B. O. Ⅹ. to drop resources into her / to open her UI to build bots for automating all that tedious work
Made with:
Godot 4, a lot of acrylic paint, an Oylmpus E-M10 camera, Gimp and Fruity Loops.
With original music by Losch.
Using Indie Flower as the font for UIs.
| Play the game on itch.io | https://lucavazz.itch.io/rummaging-raccoon |
| Source code on GitLab | https://gitlab.com/greenopal-studio/rummaging-raccoon/-/tree/main |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/rummaging-raccoon |
Ratings
| Overall | 802th | 3.28⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 698th | 3.22⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 684th | 3.12⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 765th | 3.38⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 400th | 3.88⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 454th | 3.3⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 639th | 2.86⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 596th | 3.46⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 21🗳️ | 30🗨️ |
Good job
However I tried so hard to make a robot for automation but I couldn't do it 😭. After so much rummaging I had so much in my C.A.T B.O.X. but still no dice :cry: . Perhpas some instructions of what you need to make a robot to speed up the process would go a long way
We've just added a little tutorial to the game description to explain the mechanics. Unfortunately we were unable to add it in-game in time :/
@patomkin There is a cartridge hidden under the scrap north of C.A.T.-B.O.X. to unlock building rats, which collect the scrap so that the monkeys can salvage it. Unfortunately the monkeys only work on scrap which was collected by rats, not on scrap which ruby the raccoon collected - so sorry for the confusion.
If you don't count the first 3 minutes of gameplay, the game plays lively, but it feels like there's no challenge; it quickly reaches a "god mode" moment.
But it is indeed an interesting project!
- the onboarding is really rough, since there's no kind of tutorial (and to be honest, the one you gave here didn't reeeally make me understand the game loop aswell)
- You can pick up and salvage scrap from anywhere in the world, as long as you can see it (I think that's not intended is it? :D)
- I cleaned 2 whole piles and was confused as to what I'm supposed to do with the scrap once I've fed it to the catbox. Then I found a cartridge underneath the 3rd pile and was like "aah now I can craft something", but either it's buggy and I can't craft the Rat, or I just don't get the crafting UI... It's super pretty and I love the art style though!
Edit: Oooh I found a tiny tiny check box next to the Rat in the crafting menu haha. I think something might have gone wrong with the responsiveness of UI elements :sweat_smile:
Also, again idk if it was buggy for me, but there were no sound effects & music at all right? Would've definitely added a lot to the experience.
This all sounds kinda negative, but keep in mind it's just all the problems I found and the challenges I had going in. It's a super cute little game and was fun once I understood the mechanics! :smile:
We added a full dynamic soundtrack to the game, so it's unfortunate that you didn't get to hear it :/ On which platform and with what browser did you play the game?
There is indeed a win screen - in your screenshot you can see that some butterfly bots are still hard at work :) Once all plants are all grown up there is a win screen.