Fat Bear Fumble by wazce

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made by wazce for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

Fat bear is fumbling around the forest trying to protect the rabbit villagers from the scary woodland monsters. Protect the villagers while they collect berries for you to eat in order to get fatter! Collect acorns in order to build huts for villagers to spawn at.

Fallen trees can be interacted with to make huts that spawn villagers for 2 acorns. Slowly bump into a tree to drop an acorn onto the ground. Don't accidentally step on your villagers, they'll come back to haunt you once it's night time!

Happy fat bear week!

Controls: Left click and drag to accelerate bear Space bar to interact (with piled berries and broken trees)

build3.zip is most recent!

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Ratings

Overall 940th 3.054⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1044th 2.429⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 879th 2.839⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Theme 969th 2.893⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 799th 3.179⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Audio 591th 2.964⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Humor 631th 2.885⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Mood 905th 3.036⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Given 21🗳️ 43🗨️

Feedback

RotaaAaAAaaAaAa
08. Oct 2024 · 01:55 UTC
fun game!I like the idea with bears 🥺it makes the whole thing a lot more interesting
Radjax
08. Oct 2024 · 02:02 UTC
Cool acceleration mechanic, I did get caught up once behind a hut and couldnt get going again, but definitely nailed the vibe of a lumbering bear, great job!
Cam Moore
08. Oct 2024 · 02:03 UTC
I really like the art for this game.
James-Tanm
08. Oct 2024 · 02:37 UTC
The positives:
- Great art
- A decent tune for the time limitations
- Loved the little rabbit villagers
- We love a bear week game

What could be improved
- Controls were a bit tricky, though i think that might have been on purpose.
- Would have liked a bit more direction in game. Was a little bit hard to figure out exactly what I should be doing, I killed all my villagers the first time cuz I thought that was the goal :(
- If you press esc you get stuck in a menu and need to alt f4 the game
Sn4pi
08. Oct 2024 · 07:26 UTC
The idea is great, even though there were a few bugs here and there. I liked the soundtrack, it set up a good mood.

Good entry!
Meinewn
08. Oct 2024 · 07:55 UTC
The game has a really nice autumn vibe! The graphics are great, the music works well with the sound effects, and it really reminds me of Stardew Valley. Unfortunately, I had a lot of trouble controlling my bear; I even wondered if I was doing something wrong. Maybe a control guide would help? Even though I couldn't really play properly, I found the idea of those little bunnies circling around me very cute. I would have loved to help them gather food and build their village, but instead, I ended up killing a few of them. I hope they don't hold a grudge against me.
Gimodor12
08. Oct 2024 · 17:38 UTC
The music is very funny. I liked the game
Kirass
08. Oct 2024 · 17:44 UTC
I really liked this game! It's awesome!
Kaspjej
08. Oct 2024 · 17:49 UTC
Fun little game!

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GrUt607
09. Oct 2024 · 00:07 UTC
simple but quite interesting game
Iwant_Pizza
09. Oct 2024 · 00:10 UTC
In first time i think about main hero beacuse his ocheny like bober perdole
David Soriano
09. Oct 2024 · 03:14 UTC
A simple game but with very cute art that puts you in an autumn mood
LDJam user 4312
09. Oct 2024 · 21:01 UTC
I love the idea and the graphics were great, the bulky bear and the rabbit villagers are most excellent! The tune set a great mood for the game but even tough I tried to a lot I just couldn't really get into the controls.
Kekwu
10. Oct 2024 · 06:55 UTC
Cool game
khaotom
11. Oct 2024 · 05:21 UTC
Very cute!
Exa
15. Oct 2024 · 07:12 UTC
Nice game,very interesting plot!!!!Nice job!!!!
Cliff Coffee
18. Oct 2024 · 20:04 UTC
Cute music and interesting mechanics, particularly appreciated day/night cycle though it happens pretty fast. The movement mechanic took some getting used to, particularly managing speed to perform the different actions when hitting the trees. I ended up careening off the map into the blue a few times and just losing, but it was fun.
drinkycode
19. Oct 2024 · 05:45 UTC
Really interesting idea, the concept of having the bear be like a weird bowling-like object that needs to go around and cause havoc (but not too much havoc) in order to knock trees down while still collecting and building resources is fascinating. There's a lot going on, almost too much honestly, but I admire the ambition here and keeping in the Halloween/spooky season spirit too with the pumpkins and ghosts!
Yaen
23. Oct 2024 · 18:16 UTC
The first time I played, I didn't understand how to interact because there was no ingame tutorial so I just stood there, confused, until I lost to mysterious circumstances. Then I read about the controls. So I controlled my bear (kind of sluggish and un-fun to control, but hey, we movin!) and steered it into all bunnies to catch them, of course! When I finally succeeded, I got presented with the glorious victory message: You Lose! Yay! Wait, what? Ok, let's read the rules... I have to protect them! Oh :D

Third try went better though they somehow never seemed to collect or use the acorns I threw from the trees for them. Not sure how to enforce that. Of course I still lost in the end. I don't know if that's preventable.

Despite my confusing experience with the game, I must commend the charming graphical presentation and the cool and fitting music and soundscape (wish there were sounds of interactions to make them feel more impactful though!).