Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD50 → Delay the inevitable: College Addition
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 613 | 2.35 | 22 | |
| Fun | 618 | 1.95 | 22 | |
| Innovation | 498 | 2.83 | 23 | |
| Theme | 367 | 3.52 | 23 | |
| Graphics | 607 | 1.90 | 23 | |
| Audio | 1.08 | 14 | ||
| Humor | 341 | 2.63 | 21 | |
| Mood | 567 | 2.34 | 21 |
Nice concept :)
I like the idea of balancing party and grades before graduation, and the hunger complexity was a nice touch.
One quick tip since it's your first jam, using something like https://coolors.co/ to choose your colors instead of those harsh Full RGB colors can really help boost your game's aesthetic and is super easy to do!
Nice for a first game. Couldn't figure out if there was a lose/win screen or not, but I played quite a bit.
Congrats on your first game and Ludum Dare entry! Hope you stick around to make more!
There are lots of complex things you'll learn to do as you make more complex games, but here are a few quick tips that are super easy and help make things a bit smoother:
- Use a consistent color scheme - I'm terrible at picking out colors, so I use a color scheme generator when I need a new one, like https://coolors.co/e9d758-297373-ff8552-e6e6e6-39393a. If you don't like the colors you can just reroll them, or lock some of them in and just reroll the ones you don't like. Even with no other changes, your game would look pretty solid if the colors matched each other a bit better
- Use rounded squares for textures - get paint.net (https://www.getpaint.net/download.html) if you don't already have it, you can draw out a rounded corner rectangle in whatever dimension you need in a few seconds, save it, and drop it into game!
- Pick a fun font - There are lots of default fonts installed, but if you don't like any of them, you can pick out a custom one from a site like https://www.dafont.com/ (just make sure the license permits whatever use you intend it for), download it, drag it into your Unity Assets folder, and it's ready to go! It's actually kind crazy what a different font can make; getting one that matches the vibe you're going for can completely change feel of the game!
Nice job getting smart on game dev, Unity, Itch, and game jams all in one fell swoop. The game needs a little work to be round out the core game loop, but I think I can see where you were headed. Just getting a submission in makes you way ahead of many others.
Congrats on your first game! I liked the basic game loop, and the idea of trying to max out your partying while keeping everything else balanced. Having all the card influence all the categories means I'm factoring a lot of things into my choices. It was a little overwhelming. I'd preferred it if each card had smaller set of tradeoffs to consider, but others may find that too simplistic, so to each their own.
Great work on getting a completed game done! That's a great achievement!
I liked the idea, I can see this being a very fun "game of life-ish" game. I was able to fix the UI but some the "maybe next time" button was not working. Congratulations on your game! Hope to see you here in the next jam!
Good job on your first jam game! It has a promising concept, even though i feel like a game over screen was missing, i had waaaay too much fun clicking on the cards. I now have a 1.00GPA im suffering from extreme starvation, but at least i have over 30k$-s!
I was trying to balance money hunger and grades but I realised you could pick only the red cards and not lose :D Nice humour too :D
Congrats on releasing your first game! If you're looking to build a career or hobby in game development, you're on the right path: many people never release their games. It's THE tangible way to study player behavior and user experience.
That being said, I wasn't sure if there was an end state to your game here. I went into the negatives, i reached a completely red bar (i thought red means bad, but I guess i achieved graduation?). The game continued on regardless.
If you're interested in game design, you might want to focus on directing the player's journey through your game, and weeding out obstacles. For example, the "maybe later" button should have some sort of feedback on click, otherwise it might feel broken. I couldn't tell if there was much nuance to the numbers offered by each card, but you might want to consider encouraging a variety of options, even if the player has set their mind on partying or graduating. What mechanics or rewards could you add for steering off the direct path? That would be the thought-process of tickling people's brains in a game about choices.
EDIT: Also, black text on blue background is a bit rough on the eyes. I do like that you picked different colors for the "type" of card, though, it's intuitive.
I'm in this game and I don't like it.
Jokes aside, congrats on finishing Ludum Dare! Making games is haaaaaard, and this is a really cool idea. Keep at it!
Congrats on you're first game. I liked the concept of avoiding graduation. Game never seemed to end so I think I was playing a lot after I should have graduated.
It was also my first entry (mine with godot). It will improve after you know better the tool so dont worry!.
Nice first entry! Really cool idea! The game didn't end after the bar at the top went all read and my numbers wouldn't change sometimes. It was really neat and I'm impressed. Good job!
Congratulation on your first game and welcome to the Ludum Dare community! Pretty cool idea for a game. A bit unpolished, but that is understandable. Not bad for your first game, keep it up :)