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5K to Mars by ruthiepee

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made by ruthiepee for Ludum Dare 57 (JAM)

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Play on Itch.io

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Gameplay Video

https://youtu.be/dI1O24ALuss

You're the referee at the annual 5K to Mars, but unfortunately, you were momentarily distracted by a rogue churro cart chasing a space dog. In that brief cinnamon-dusted chaos, you missed seeing who crossed the finish line first.

Now, the racers are cooling down, stretching, and arguing over their placements. Luckily, each of them offers a tidbit of information about where they think they finished -- or who they were near. It's up to you to piece together the real order based on their testimonies.

🌌 HOW TO PLAY 🌌

  1. Click on a racer to hear what they have to say.
  2. Click and drag the racers to the order you think they placed in
  3. Press the "Looks good to me" button to check your answers

🚀 TOOLS USED 🚀

Engine: Unity

Art: Adobe Illustrator

🧑‍🚀 SPACE CREW 🧑‍🚀

Programmer: Billy

Art: Ruthie

Music: Erica

Play on Itch.io https://dairydog.itch.io/5k-to-mars
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/57/5k-to-mars

Ratings

Overall 168th 3.9⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 176th 3.78⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 185th 3.72⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Theme 836th 2.42⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 361th 3.84⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Audio 100th 3.98⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Humor 148th 3.625⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 352th 3.7⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 21🗳️ 28🗨️

Feedback

jimmothysanchez
08. Apr 2025 · 02:42 UTC
This is fantastic. I thought it was a good game but when I realized that there's multiple puzzles that took it up a notch. Are the puzzles procedurally generated? It's got a lot of character to the game. I played through 3 rounds and it took me longer than I would like to admit. Great job!

One thing of note though is there seems to be a bug coming out of dialog where runners can get stuck on top of each other and can't be moved after that. ![Capture.PNG](///raw/ef9/z/6b2b3.png)
🎤 ruthiepee
08. Apr 2025 · 14:11 UTC
@jimmothysanchez thanks for the review! Yes, the puzzles are procedurally generated. Our programmer, Billy, is a logic wizard. We're working on some bug fixes today so come back and play it again soon. :rocket:
slow chaz
08. Apr 2025 · 15:22 UTC
Wow, this is really special. The art and sound really matched well, it felt great. Clear gameplay, I immediately knew what to do and started sorting. This was an awesome time!
slow chaz
08. Apr 2025 · 15:23 UTC
Also love the character designs!!
VerttiXPertti
08. Apr 2025 · 15:25 UTC
Had fun trying to figure this out. Nice job
ayuv
08. Apr 2025 · 15:32 UTC
I don't get how a simple game can be this addictive and fun to play. It reminded me of those arrangement questions I used to have on my reasoning olympiad LOL. Really enjoyed playing it. BGM and the different sounds for all characters was a fire move. Great job!
Andreadbx
08. Apr 2025 · 15:39 UTC
![112.png](///raw/86d/c/z/6b6de.png)

Yayyyy i got them all correct!

Love the idea of the game, and impressive on the how the puzzle generation works, that sounds to me like a puzzle to set up on his own! Great game!
Bismark
09. Apr 2025 · 01:18 UTC
Very original, and funny.
eggsscrambled
09. Apr 2025 · 02:16 UTC
![I WON.png](///raw/f7a/04/z/6b9cc.png)

Chill music and quite the brain bender. Other than A bug that makes you unable to grab a character if you cut them off while they're talking this is a pretty polished and cute puzzle game! I really liked the voices of the characters (Casey specifically)
meskaline
09. Apr 2025 · 14:19 UTC
Super chill and relaxing. Love this kind of games. Congrats on a great entry. THis was fun.
Tugaryn
09. Apr 2025 · 14:50 UTC
Like vibes!
Really love style of game, thanks you, cool puzzle, like it
firellon
09. Apr 2025 · 18:46 UTC
This is indeed a very nice puzzle. Took a fair bit to figure out. Love that everyone has their own style of communications ;)

![Screenshot 2025-04-09 205324.png](///raw/e18/z/6bc66.png)
Zzzkvidi4
09. Apr 2025 · 18:59 UTC
It's very impressive that the puzzle is procedurally generated. I don't regret the time I spent on solving it)
Game-mon
09. Apr 2025 · 19:14 UTC
Wow really cool one! I really loved the design of the character and the fact that characters have unique voice. I was schocked to see it was procedurally generated! fantastic job here
Starl
11. Apr 2025 · 14:43 UTC
Great procedurally generated puzzle! I really enjoyed this game. Art and audio are amazing. Loved it.
ToKto
11. Apr 2025 · 18:59 UTC
It's a fun logic game, although at first I didn't really understand what to do.
wisstopher
11. Apr 2025 · 21:54 UTC
Really cool idea with slick execution. Such a good entry, well done!
LDJam user 221097
13. Apr 2025 · 16:01 UTC
Yay, I love logic games like this! The visual presentation is very clean, the chara designs are really nice, and the musical ambience is great (the little voice sounds add a lot of characterization!)
Bravo to the team!
Carraka
19. Apr 2025 · 15:57 UTC
I was impressed there are multiple puzzles! Definitely find a way to indicate that. A couple improvements might have been letting us skip ahead to see the full text rather than having to wait for it to all appear, and also having the puzzles ramp up in difficulty.
val.ociraptor
22. Apr 2025 · 23:08 UTC
The most fun and zany character designs!! Such a great idea for a jam game, everything from the art to the presentation to the core mechanic is elegant and comprehensibly designed and fuuuun :)