ravenflame 2018-08-13 10:03
@crispypin they're similar, your gameplay is probably better. Got caught out a few times by the brown and brownish boxes by placing one when I shouldn't have. The music speeding up really pushes you.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD42 → Forklift Simulator
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 560 | 3.41 | 47 | |
| Fun | 487 | 3.33 | 47 | |
| Innovation | 548 | 3.22 | 45 | |
| Theme | 387 | 3.73 | 46 | |
| Graphics | 767 | 3.17 | 46 | |
| Audio | 405 | 3.22 | 46 | |
| Humor | 658 | 2.45 | 38 | |
| Mood | 692 | 3.02 | 43 |
@crispypin they're similar, your gameplay is probably better. Got caught out a few times by the brown and brownish boxes by placing one when I shouldn't have. The music speeding up really pushes you.
Overall interesting gameplay. Some colors are little to close to tell and grab took me way too long to figure out lol. I didn't realize you need to hold down the spacebar. Good Job though
Not sure how to use grab, I always just push boxes. The game got kinda stuck on giving me only brown boxes when the 2 paths were always green. So there was a long time without actually being able to do anything.
Hey guys, great job on the game! I loved the sounds and the graphics so great job there! To be honest I think the game play could use some changes to make it more fun. With the high score indicator it makes me think this is supposed to be an arcade-like game but there really is no threat of losing anytime soon so I think the pacing of the game should be sped up a bit to make you really sweat and work harder to organize your space! I never really felt like I was 'running out of space' at any point in the game. I also felt that the colors weren't clear enough considering in the start menu you place a regular box on a brown square to start the game but repeating that action during the actual game will end up with you losing the game.
Cool game! The music was really fun and imaginative. However, after my first restart the entire bottom left corner of the game vanished and was replaced by a greyscale triangle - just to let you know! The controls are pretty tilting to get used to, but it's super entertaining once you are used to it. I wasn't too sure what to do with the non-red non-pink boxes, but otherwise clear directions! Nice job!
Really enjoyed it! Occasionally the forklift wouldn't turn left whilst holding a box but I loved it even with that.
LOL I work on a forklift daily.....was kind of refreshing to play a game about it. I especially liked the feel of the player controller's rotation...good job!
There was something oddly addictive about this. It did feel like there wasn't much to do at times, due to the wrong colour boxes coming through - I wonder if this could be resolved by having more coloured entryways and more shoots pushing boxes in so that it becomes overwhelming eventually but keeps the action moving. The controls of the forklift worked well and the music speeding up was great but was somewhat contradicted by the slow gameplay at the time. Good job overall!
The second box looks red, but when I place it on the red square it says Game Over. But the game is good (
Germans will love this game I'm sure.
Game fits theme like a glove, nicely done. I like to arrange and optimize stuff in real life, so this kind of game is heavily appealing to my OCD.
I like the forklift mechanic. Things are snappy and everything works smoothly. That being said, the game could be a little faster. I found my left hand pressing shift habitually to give some speed boost to the forklift. There could be some speed boost mechanic with equal disadvantages. For example if player presses speed boost, the game speeds up all around as well.
Music is repetitive, but the game manages to add some variety to it by changing pitch according to the progress. Audio is dominated by jarring motor sound, but that's to be expected when the game is about driving a forklift.
Graphics are adequate. Different box and receiver hues could be more defined. I found myself mistaking some closely colored boxes.
There are not much humor involved and the mood overall is kind of plain.
Nice job, could have used a little more time on some of the art I think but a good game overall!
I agree with @keppu on the forklift mechanic. it felt snappy but just a liiittle bit too slow as if the game it self is a obstacle. crank up the speed of the forklift and to compensate for that you could spawn some extra crates.
Awesome concept! I loved the game :) it is also addictive. Smooth out the controls and its good for production :D
Nice game. I like how you use the gameplay element in the menu, though, it's a little confusing at first. The control is quite awkward only using one hand, I think it's better using the arrow keys. I agree with others, the color is too similar. Overall, I enjoyed it.
This is the best game I reviewed so far, great job, I scored 41!
Nice entry. It felt a bit slow at times, and one of the colors is very close to that of the netural color so I got game over when placing my second box :). But overall good job!
Thank you everyone for the feedback! Working on an update now!
Edit: Update out now!
Took a while to get used to the steering but it was pretty fun once it gets going. One of the best uses of the theme ive seen so far, giving us control over our lack of space
I really liked the game its a lot of fun and more challenging that it looks. The only thing I think needs to be addressed is the controls. I feel they should be a little more snappy / smooth.
Can't say I've ever played a proper forklift game until today! Controlling the forklift was more fun than I was expecting. As for the color issues, I still had a bit of trouble distinguishing between some of them. Then again, I'm also a bit colorblind ;) A future consideration might be to add symbols of some kind along with colors. But, overall, nice job! Keep up the good work.
Good Gaming Idea, Music needs to be improved Graphics good
Very fun game, great graphics! I loved the music too, especially how the tempo speeds up, it gives me that late-game Tetris feeling lol. I didn't understand that you have to keep the space bar held at first, but once I figured that out I had a lot of fun!
24! I like the base idea and the organic feel the game has. And I was pleasantly surprised to see how fast you master the forklift. Maybe there should be more pressure to it, like adding hazards of some sorts (bombs??) but it's still a good little game. Nice job!
Awesome game! I enjoy the art and mood of it. Keep up the good work!
Simple and funny game
simple but efficient and addictive :)
I like the music acceleration and the menu as a tutorial it's a really clever idea !!
The only thing I could say is that once you made just one mistake, it's game over immediately :/
Great work guys!
Very solid entry! The increased pitch of the music really upped the pressure and kept the short loop from feeling too repetitive. Thanks for sharing your game with my stream awhile back. Your game was played around 3:55 into this vod: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/299401837
@ursagames Thanks alot for playing! I couldn't watch you play live but i found it later through the timestamped excel sheet. I'm glad you liked it!