Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD46 → Sourdough Starter Kit
By edearth
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 442 | 3.51 | 36 | |
| Fun | 97 | 3.91 | 36 | |
| Innovation | 151 | 3.83 | 35 | |
| Theme | 948 | 3.01 | 35 | |
| Graphics | 596 | 3.33 | 35 | |
| Humor | 131 | 3.62 | 34 | |
| Mood | 523 | 3.21 | 35 |
This is possibly one of the greatest games I've played this jam. At first I looked and thought "what the heck is this". After picking up the water pitcher and watching it flail about and spill I knew this was perfect. Nice job on this one!
One bug I found was that if you spammed the clock, the game would practically freeze.
I had a great time, even if I didn't make bread. It was very difficult to manipulate the containers which was very funny, due to the feeling that it'd been intentionally designed to be difficult.
It is really simple game. I think goals of this game are ucertain. Also physics works really strange. Balls are getting out from beneath the jar. The art style is cool.
It is a very fun physics game. Sometimes my stuff got stuck together but I had fun overall. Good job!
I actually love this so much. While I was patiently pouring the ingredients together without dropping too much stuff, and gently shaking the jar to release air bubbles, I found some zen. It captures why people keep sourdough starters in the first place! Aside from, you know, to make bread. Nice work!
Really simple but surprisingly fun! It's complicated if you don't know what you're doing but it's easy to learn as you play since there aren't many options anyway
Really simple but surprisingly fun! It's complicated if you don't know what you're doing but it's easy to learn as you play since there aren't many options anyway
Easy to make a mess and the stuff is falling out thourgh the walls when shaken, but still kinda funny :)
i didn't expect to playing so long) well done! clean picture and interesting gameplay. Didn't saw any theme application, or i missed something?
Amazing, those physics with those graphics remind me of those ragdoll flash games pre-2010.
I found that as time went on the game started to get a little slow handling all the physics updates for generating air bubbles, but it only took a little bit before that cleared itself up. Other than that this was a really enjoyable game. I do wish there was a little bit of background music or something but beyond that this is good.
Thank you all for the amazing feedback and support! You're all amazing! <3
@captandrey the idea is that you're supposed to keep the yeast alive. I wanted to show yeast cell multiplicating in a small animation when advancing days, but I had to drop it since I ran out of time :)
@theseusinabottle yeah, that's my biggest regret, I had to drop the music and sound effects too. To be honest, I was trying to do something with shaders and I failed miserably. Lesson learned, I'll prioritize sound next time!
Its really fun but that air bubbles generate too much
High marks for this. I'm not even sure it's working right, and I don't see anything under Yeast Counter, but it doesn't matter. Just the fact that you can pick up and pour these items, see some reaction, and then just throw around the items makes it super fun.
Quite funny and actually gets you into finishing the dough :grin: After failing to get anything into the jar carefully in the beginning I changed to a more free playstyle and it kept working, nice job :smiley: Sound would've really added something as well...
i spilled the containers but other than that it was nice
That was surprisingly fun and I wound up playing till I could make a loaf of sourdough. I'd say the physics could be easier to work with, but I think that's part of this game's charm is the challenge of wrangling water, flour, and a yeast jar with a mouse cursor. Great idea and an excellent implementation!
Strangely satisfying. I think I have what it takes to make sourdough in real life now.
I love this game! It's so cute and fun. Playing around with the physics objects is enjoyable and entertaining. There's not much gameplay, but it's still a very fun take on the theme. I had a bug where my flour bag got stuck in my jar though and spewed my days of hard labor and love all over the counter. Fantastic job on the game!
I dont understand what to do, but it was fun
Haha, I'm not as creative as I thought (I also did a sourdough starter simulator and a friend linked me to yours :) ). Really nice animation of flour & water and having the yeast release gas.
Now, that's an interesting one, with weird physics, too... But, that's just makes it even funnier! Honestly, when I started the game, I thought what the hell is this. But then I started to figure out how to do it (after I had to restart, because my bag got stuck in the jar), and then I just kept going, adding the ingredients carefully, and shaking out the little bubbles. And I got my prize: I can bake bread now! Yay! :smile:
I loved this idea from the moment I saw it. It took me a while, but after 32 days I've managed to bake some wonderful bread. :)
Three issues I had: 1. The physics of grabbing things aren't really working as expected. Even the slightest movement to the left or right makes the object rotate by a lot. In contrast, when the object rotates to the side it takes a really long time for it to fall back down due to gravity. 2. Sometimes, if you drop an object close to another, you can't pick it up alone again - their colliders glitch through each other and become connected, and the only way to separate them is to shake them violently (and lose most of your progress). 3. The "Menu" button visible when you finish the game is active at all times during the game - you can accidentally click on it while trying to pick up the flour. Try moving your mouse cursor to the bottom of the flour bag. The cursor will change and you will be able to click the button to move you back to the menu.
In summary, I really liked this game. I gotta say, there is something oddly satisfying about trying to gently shake the air our of that container. While I felt like I had to work against the physics instead of working with it, I really had fun playing it, more than I usually get out of this type of physics games. I've even managed to get my score down to 14 days after a few more playthroughs. I loved it, well done!