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Packboy

By piece-ofcheese

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2553.5541
Fun2773.3941
Innovation4103.1141
Theme2183.8341
Graphics4892.9341
Humor1613.0039
Mood4342.7939

Comments

paraxite 2018-08-13 00:52

Not bad. The penalty for not filling the luggage to 100% is too harsh.

krp 2018-08-13 00:53

Game is really fun! I wish it was a bit easier though.

psychead 2018-08-13 00:54

Good job, a fun take on the concept. The tutorial was quite charming. The difficulty ramps up pretty quickly for my taste though, guitar cases seem pretty unbalanced.

jka 2018-08-13 01:16

Good stuff! The black and white art style is nice and game concept is cool. I got some unhappy customers while it looked like I had plenty of time left though. Not sure if that's a bug or if I'm doing something wrong. :)

ajay-2002 2018-08-13 03:35

I like the art style and the concept is very nice, but it does get difficult hahaa

serious07 2018-08-13 03:35

I really liked the game. The whole environment of the event perfectly conveys the atmosphere of the game. To make so many different forms for objects probably was not easy.

swess 2018-08-13 03:49

Lovely game! Nice game idea. Makes me think of those cookNServe games! Nice mood. The difficulty could be balanced by checking if the items could fit somewhere in the current luggages, I hit myself trying to fit a skate in 3 flower pot and a coffee stove XD Also, a basic background music would make the experience even more lovely :)

Nice job! Keep it up!

winnie33 2018-08-13 04:11

Tutorial was great, haha. The readme was a nice addition as well.

It felt a bit difficult though and I have no idea what I was doing wrong. What is more important, filling a suitcase completely, having all the stuff be together, or serving a customer in time? Wat if a suitcase got all the items of a customer but it isn't completely full yet? And so on. It was kinda hard to prioritize certain moves if you didn't know which were more important.

Anyway, the mood is definitely great and with some background music and perhaps difficulty changes this would make an awesome game!

piece-ofcheese 2018-08-13 04:14

@jka customers are unhappy when you put their items in different bags. sorry if that was unclear.

madar-games 2018-08-13 04:18

Love the art style! I wish there was a simple toon to go along with it. I also really like the color scheme and how clean it is. One thing I noticed though is that it seems people don't me packing their things with other peopel's things. Very unrealistic 0/10! Overall it was a very good submission and I don't have much negative to say besides the music thing. Very solid entry.

piece-ofcheese 2018-08-13 04:20

Also regarding the difficulty, I definitely agree that the game gets too hard around shift 4. I will try to rebalance it after the jam and make more content.

endurion 2018-08-13 04:32

Neat game :)

As others said, the penalty for not filling the bags 100% is way too harsh. Having unhappy customers costs a lot less!

You might want to make sure that there actually is a bag that can fit all customers items.

nehvis 2018-08-13 04:40

Really like the concept!

khaotom 2018-08-13 05:19

Very harsh bosses at this job. I get fired after 2 days everytime, the penalties are very harsh!

piece-ofcheese 2018-08-13 05:21

Added a download for a version with the following nerfs: - Reduced penalty for shipping containers that aren't full - Longer time limit on the customers - Better system for choosing which items and containers to spawn (e.g. no more than one guitar at a time)

This should make the game a lot more enjoyable to play. Nonetheless, it should still be judged based on the original version.

erendelous 2018-08-13 05:45

Lol, it seems REALLY, REALLY fun to play(maybe should be a little faster?) Good job, anyway.

mazzletov 2018-08-13 06:25

It looks so easy but it is so hard. I couldn't manage to keep my job even after 5 shifts. During the first shift, I didn't knew that I could right click to ship/discard my cargo. Great job!

noah-j 2018-08-13 11:40

Pretty fun ! Linke the concept, the tutorial is a pretty dope thing, pretty tough with the player tho...

eric-kulbiej 2018-08-13 13:12

Nice game, enjoyed it very much. Keep it up!

jbarba109 2018-08-13 15:40

Enjoyable! I would have like to get to the tutorial first, tho... I got miserably fired like 4 times before I understood the game :sweat_smile:

xcvzxc 2018-08-13 17:24

Quite difficult game (as many other out there haha), The simplest looking games are usually the hardest (flappy bird :p )

gaoyuan-chen 2018-08-14 02:59

Like the design, and the details.

Would like to shift the box automatically when it is full.

andreymust19 2018-08-14 18:46

Ooooo, that what me need. I long time thinking about 3D-game with tetris-packing stuff in boxes/cases, but not have idea good gameplay for that. Your variant more interest.

turbo-torbo 2018-08-14 19:04

Really liked your game! The graphics where fitting and overall the visual style was cool. And the tutorial was funny :) nicely done!

void-productions 2018-08-26 17:52

@piece-ofcheese A different idea of game and nice music style but found a bit tough to make money in the game. Overall the game is pretty good.Do try our game too and share your experience in the comment box.Hope you'll like it.

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