Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD44 → Sweet Squish
By dvlv
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 357 | 3.13 | 46 | |
| Fun | 382 | 2.84 | 45 | |
| Innovation | 347 | 2.82 | 45 | |
| Theme | 122 | 3.66 | 45 | |
| Graphics | 392 | 2.80 | 46 | |
| Audio | 295 | 2.76 | 44 | |
| Humor | 101 | 3.33 | 44 | |
| Mood | 353 | 2.83 | 45 |
Had fun playing this, but I found a bug, if you rapidly click you break any of the puzzles. After doing so it usually replaces with a previously selected item and then doesn't allow you to click any of the others to change them
@gear-steak Thanks for playing! I can't reproduce the bug on my work laptop (Chrome 73, OpenSuse Tumbleweed, Itch.io version).
@dvlv I was consistently able to reproduce on chrome, windows 10
Its a decent little game, match 3 arent really my kinda game but it works. And it does indeed follow the theme
The story made it!
The sound effect when smash the candy is too loud compared to the music (which I say is perfect for the atmosphere). The story is nice, I like the concept of that creepy soul ticket based - arcade place xd Congratulations!
I liked the story!
Funny take on the theme. I had a friend who would play candy crush and constantly put her phone in the future to play more :joy:
Nice humor and really fits the theme. Really cool effect in the dialogue system. Good job
Nice little puzzle game.
The story was a little too real about predatory mobile games, haha!
I'm not much of a match-3 or match-4 player. That whole genre escapes me, but this seems as good an implementation of it than any. Colorful, both visually and in narrative.
Good job! Had fun with it!
A game within a game, OK. The idea on itself is not bad, however, I feel like the game lack a "challenge/punishment", it's straight up too easy. Overall, nice catch on this Ludum Dare. Have fun for the rest of the event and be proud of yourself, not everyone finishes their games.
Interesting narrative, good job!
Wow, thanks for all of the comments!
@dumivid - Yeah, totally agree. This is my second LD entry and both games have been a branching story with actual "gameplay" taking a back seat. Hopefully next jam I can deviate from this and try to make a game without a story.
@chawls-v @vinay-rao Would you believe I came up with the idea when I opened up a match-3 mobile game immediately after checking the theme? Hehe.
@twobythree Thanks for the feedback. I will add a headphone-users warning!
I won't @ everyone else, but thanks very much for playing and commenting.
Haha, this was really fun. I love these kinds of game where you wonder what the goal really is. The parody of the "game" is also really cool.
Nice job!
Nice job. I got 156 years old. I guess healthcare moved fast in game universe
@seriar Haha, never thought of that. Could have used old age as a fourth ending. Thanks for playing!
@johanhelsing Thank you :)
As a 220 year old farmer. I think I learned a lesson.
Haha, great game!
The best!XD
A very funny little game. I am not sure it is the worlds best game, but when the game says it is, then it must be true. Overall a funny and good LD game. Well done.
I like the idea behind it but i do feel like i cannot really lose and i don't even have to plan my moves as i can exchange anything with anything. One missed opportunity is that you did not changed his age on the poster :)
Funny story, well polished :) Is the impossible level the ending x) ?
@aterlamia Thanks for playing. It's more of a story, so I don't want people to lose, I want them to see the story. The poster doesn't change because the idea was Timmy and his phone are the only things that advance through time, his environment stays the same.
@hugzfnr Thank you! There's no impossible level. If you got stuck on the level with 4 columns and three sweets, you have to match them as rows of 4, otherwise you get leftover sweets.
Thanks everyone for playing and commenting!
Wait, they didn't change his room in 5 years? :stuck_out_tongue:
Nice game. The take on the theme is what I like. You might wanna check ours, it'll be kind of familiar :)
The sound is a bit too high pitched tho, but otherwise ok.
Keep up the good work.
Simple but fun, well done.
Simple and effective. Cute graphics. GJ!
Wow this was amazing. When I started playing, I was wondering if this has anything todo with the theme. The moment, when I realized that it was a game inside the game was an awesome surprise. When the first level with 4 candys in every color came, I first thought it was a bug or intended to be impossible. Finding out that you can still solve it by cleverly placing 4 in a row was really satisfyig. It was a really cool challenge that I didn't expect. The way you create a story that is even a bit thoughtprovoking with a match-3 game is really clever and impressive. I only read your description of Sweet-Squish on the ld-page after playing the game and think it's really creative and funny. I am glad you found the time to write this after developing a game and a game inside it in only 48h. I worked together with a friend and 72h but still it got really really stressfull towards the end :) Amazing Job Dvlv! We would be very happy if you tried out our game and told us what you think about it.
Our time is our only true currency and we spend it on useless things like Sweet Squish and Ludum Dare when we could be out there doing something useful like farming carrots!
You nailed the theme. Thank you for the life lesson :D
@paul59 @meskaline Thanks :)
@cambryx Glad you liked it, thanks for your comment! I will check out your game when I can get to a windows machine!
@138 Hehe, you're welcome :p Thanks for playing.
Very good game, I enjoyed it :) I t is really fun to discover the different endings
It's great! Thank you