Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD53 → Hell'o-Cargo
By roalinn, agudar, Pixelce, Harbinger and yusp
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 15 | 4.37 | 127 | |
| Fun | 35 | 4.26 | 127 | |
| Innovation | 320 | 3.66 | 126 | |
| Theme | 189 | 4.29 | 128 | |
| Graphics | 19 | 4.70 | 129 | |
| Audio | 32 | 4.37 | 128 | |
| Humor | 124 | 3.95 | 123 | |
| Mood | 63 | 4.30 | 127 |
Really cool and a delightful mix of creepy/cute! I really dig the aesthetic and sound choices along with the satisfying gameplay. The animation had some very nice squash & stretch, and the levels themselves were also very well designed, with a hook and a catch! I'd say that a button to restart levels instead of having to kill oneself would reduce some tedium though.
awesome! nice art & sound, but you can only throw but not drop the bag makes it a little bit hard to aim to the button.
wonderful pixelart! and responsive controls!
Amazing! Love the aesthetic and the visuals. And that banger in the background's awesome! Also love the little physics chain. Very well done :)
Really neat visuals!
Feels really polished, I love the vibes! I wish there was a visual indicator or something to be able to judge throws easily though, I feel like I kept over and undershooting them constantly.
I did enjoy the game regardless though!
Lovely visuals! The game was too hard for me, though, I couldn't pass the 3rd level.
Holy cow, the artwork is outstanding! What an incredible mood you have set. The story is great, the twist ending had me laughing, and the puzzles were excellent. Bravo, all around! 5 stars in every category.
I recorded myself playing for extra feedback.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAIWNjLQFM8
Fanastic job! Blown away by how well put together this is. Art, music, SFX, design.. all perfect!
I love the visual celest-like style, the platforming feels super awesome in this game and I like the simple concept of key/door bringing a delivery to progress. I think the theme could have been exploredd more but great job!
Extremely impressive visuals, and polish. The movement is amazing and you could easily convince me this game was from Steam.
I absolutely love the artwork and the general mood, really made me think of Celeste (in all the best ways) I will say it got a little annoying having to hold J while platforming, but it's a pretty minor gripe. Great job!
Literally the best game i've seen until now! love everything, graphics are epic! so coool!! I'll def try to find all the collectibles soon!
loved the end and how everything was creepy but cute at the same time<3
One of if not the prettiest game Ive seen this jam
beautiful game, love the animations
Wow! Gorgeous pixels and really nice puzzle design. The timer is exactly the touch I need to speed run.
This was fantastic! Loved the whole mood, great pixelart and sound. Character felt really nice to control, love the squash and stretch with the jump. ALso loved the little bit of narrative to bookend it.
Satisfying figuring out the puzzles. I had to stop and think, which is a mark of good level design! And super nice touch with the timer and secrets.
Really struggling to find faults, great job all around.
Good points all around, loved it but felt sad for the slave delivery man u__u
Hell... O dear that boy got ATE... WILD. no really what a twist 4/5
Amazing visuals :heart_eyes: and solid platforming.
Really nice touch dragging that chain around with you the whole time :smile:
I think this is basically as perfect as an entry can be. I really like the attention to detail such as the rattling of the chain and the jump you do when you die. I had a hard time but I kept trying because I knew the game was being fair. Great achievement, well done!
Graphics is AMAZING. Audio is AMAZING. Gameplay is AMAZING.Very cool LD entry. Just... amazing. Like this game very much.
Amazing game! Nice art and animation. Cool demons!
Amazing work guys. Cannot believe that's an LD game its so polished and high quality.
Wow, very enjoyable game, I wish it was longer. A lot of the things in the game reminded me of Celeste (map tiles, signs, text style, etc.). Very readable level design. I also liked the visual effects, it reeeealy stood out from the game-jam-crowd :D
The only criticism I have is that it would be better to have pickup/throw keybinding as a button/toggle and not as a "hold button". It was quite irritating.
Great little game with lots of polish. The animations at the start tell a story really well. Levels are designed really well too, interesting little puzzles with solutions that aren't obvious after the first couple. My biggest issue with the game is that quite precise throwing is needed and it takes quite a bit of playing to get a feel for it. The core mechanic of throwing the package you're delivering does lead to some great gameplay, fantastic work across the board.
Great job with the graphic, puzzles, and polish. I hope there'll be more levels to play. The ending was unexpected though XD
woooooow, awesome!
This was so good. I actually played till the end. Love the visuals. The neon aura is great. Small and cute animations are just too neat. Awesome job guys!!!
woah, this is so insane that this was a submission.
art, music, sfx, movement everything is smooth as butter~
but it's not just the game feel that bops,
the puzzle design here is really amazing too! not easy at all~
hell'o a good job *:)*
This was fantastic. Genuinely loved this. Not only does it give me hella Celeste vibes, music was perfect for the style, the art direction was fantastic, and it was genuinely a good puzzle game, completed it in just over 10 minutes. Played the Post version too so it was fun and worth it
Quite an astonishing game. Loved every aspect of it. The most solid game I've seen in any LDjam so far :D Good job!
Really nice game with cool graphics and level design. Had fun playing. Good job.
Game delight. I would love to play more. I would spend hours solving puzzles. I don't have much to say, just that it's very well polished. Mechanics, art and music are in synchrony and balance.
Congratulations on the excellent work.
Great experience! it was really fun to play and I am in love with the graphics! Only thing is you might give a small hint on collectibles at least for the first one so we know we should be looking out for them.
Outstanding work of art, animation and level design! I loved every part of the game. Great job guys! Can't wait to see more of it.
Wowie! Such a complete game for a weekend, got some celeste vibes from the aesthetics but the gameplay is also really interesting, loved the variety in blocks! Played on stream so you've heard a lot of things from me already but I can't stress enough how cool this was.
Loved it! Such a complete game, great design!!
Very fun game! Would play outside of the jam, super polished gameplay and graphics.
Lovely game! super well polished and just fun to play :)
Excellent game, probably one of the best, solid mechanics, impressive work on the graphics for a game jam !
Divine polish game :scream: ! By the way, It's The best I've played in the jam so far.
The SFX gave a nice feeling to your game and the graphics are simply amazing! The animations are very fluid!
Smart Level design, with new mechanics been added as we pass trough the levels. Some puzzles forced me to think for a while.
The only negative point was that the controls using the arrow keys are uncomfortable (J + [Keys]?). A solution could be allow the player grab the box with the 'F' key for example.
Overall, a great entry! Good job, guys!
PS: The plot twist on the final will make me have nightmares at night :smile:
The Celeste inspiration is really strong and I can't not appreciate it! I really liked the pixel art and also the general polish of the game. The puzzles were challenging but not too hard, maybe the throw wasn't perfect but I managed to get to the end regardless (the ending is hilarious btw)
Really great looking game and very well polished
The sprites, the animation, the purple-ish atmosphere, the ennemies, the sound, the collision feedback, are all very polished. This is a banger, keep going !
This must be on steam rn,seriously, the graphics and st are incredible,the storyline is intresting and it's a great way to express the theme ! Great job
Super funny, Super fun, Super great job! I could easily see this continuing!
Fantastic game. Very Celeste like.
I LOVED the artstyle, LOVED the music, LOVED the gameplay, LOVED the ending. I don't know what to criticise here, you made something beautiful. Might be my favorite and the most polished game this jam.
GG can't wave dash. No but seriously an incredible game :smile:, one small thing: idk if I'm just bad or if crouch throw (to put a box in place) does not always work.
Thanks for hanging out in the stream and bringing your game!
Here is a link to the VOD that starts at your section. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1810812417?t=00h14m18s
Loved everything about this game! Incredible what can be done in 3 days
Just great. Colors, level design, the feel of controls. Smooth work!
What can I say, this is an amazing entry! It looks and play REALLY well, it's juicy, it has nice audio. Huge congrats for your entry, it's awesome :)
I want more! This is so fun haha xD brilliant.PNG
While making our game, we talked about how we wanted the simple things to be satisfying. We wanted satisfaction as our main ideal and drive for our player. Your game truly excels at this. The sprites are wonderful, and the animations are perfect every frame. Everything moves and is alive, and there is already so much love in such a tiny game. Congratulations to the team. You definitely made one of the best games this jam.
I think the levels could be boiled down to simpler levels with either being tricky to execute, or tricky to figure out, but preferably not both in the same level
Love the game! 10/10 I left a comment about a resolution bug on itch
I really like the visual style of this game. I get pleasure!
This is really, really good! It's so visually striking too! I actually really like the chain physics (and sound effect). Once I realised I could hold onto the package rather than hoping I could make it to the end via fixed positiion throws, it became a lot easier! A really great enty ngl!
wow so neat 🧡
art is beautiful, controls are on point, audio too
i just wich i could resize the window since it's a little small on 4k
also not sure about the stay pressed mecanic for lifting versus just push. It seems logical considering the action, but can sometimes be a little bit awkward.
Really nice entry anyway
I don't have a word to say. This game is a 5/5
Awesome! Loved the artwork and music. The level design is very friendly for players who do not have much experience in platformers
The artistic atmosphere created by this game is really great, and I love it very much. It gives me a special feeling that immerses me in the game world.
As a pixel art lover i really liked your game. Gameplay, level design, sounds.. overall everything are amazing. And it's also just 6mb. I couldn't find any adjective to describe this game. But there is a one flaw i saw up/down arrow key support could be added to the game. If this will be sold in the Steam i would give all my money. :heart: (Your itch.io design is also amazing)
Absolutely fantastic, 10/10 experience. Graphics were great, mechanics were great, everything was great. Thank you for making this!
Super great, well-polished game! Not a lot of complaints, other than the throwing being a little finnicky, but that's super minor - great job overall!
The game is stunningly polished, clean and beautiful. The feels of the gameplay is super smooth. Audio could take a bigger part of the project I feel. The art is crazy good. I even replayed the game to get all the secrets.
There is so much different mechanics to exploit that with only new level designs you already have a big game with a lot of level. For the jam it's perfect, but I think each mechanics could have a bit more time/levels to understand.
All in all, awesome job in so little time !
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@hmrpf Thanks for playing and all of your comments/feedbacks! Your time is pretty cool and glad you got all the confetti. After adding a lot of mechanics to the game, we didn't add a lot of levels because we wanted to keep it short. That's why we couldn't do the levels where the mechanics were kept simple.
Thanks again!
What an incredible entry !! The game is so well polished and so fun, GG
Amazing game! High polish! I really like this game and fun to play! Great work!
I think it's a good call to keep it simple for the jam !
Beautiful mood and palette!!!! Loved the style of the game, also very polished (expressive fonts for example 😍). Very challenging as well, I needed some time to get used to the gameplay. Overall one of the best entries I played so far, great work!!!!!!
Hey there!
Saw your creation on a stream and I can say that it's a freaking cool small platformer, really appreaciate playing it (even tho I've seen the play through on the stream). It's really lovely from all perspectives! I do like sprites, music and animation.
Cheers, guys, really good result! :thumbsup:
This game is wildly good! I don't have a single criticism. The art is beautiful and evokes strong Celeste energy, the music is fantastic, the platforming feels great. I would love to see a full game with this theme. Amazing job!
Ehehe. Update: Not my best time as I had to make a few attempts for the confetti, but I got it >w< Screenshot 2023-05-06 021808.png
@rincs hahaha excellent, congratulations!! I think it's fine ^o^
Absolutely fantastic game, here's the VOD where I played your game if you're interested: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1812362155
The game whose colors I fell in love <3
Wow, super polished game, this is pretty impressive ! Nice animations, music, sfx, also the ingame tutorial is a real plus (even if it's simple, not everyone has and take the time to do it). So congratulations, really solid entry. Only thing that bothered me, but it's more a personnal thing, is that I don't really like the mix between puzzle and platforming game, it can sometimes be really frustrating when you know the solution but it takes serverals tries to perform it just because you need to find the perfect throwing distance. But it might be a nice thing for some people! Anyway, well played again !
I see super polished gameplay here. Great entry. Great game!
Good game, definitely among the top contenders. It is really shocking to see lots of usual-for-polished-games stuff like transitions, lighting, tutorials, decorative animations, big props!
As for critisism, I have two "buts" for this game. One is the obvious lack of throwing trajectory, it was more than frustrating to redo the same throw 3-4 times, and do total 10+ failed throws per level. Second one is more subtle, and it's lack of interesting mechanics. Like, buttons, movable boxes and deadly lasers are something of a common thing for platformers. If you didn't intend to go for unique experience then it's ok, but anyway it seemed like I've played these "layouts" dozens of times with the same steps to complete the level. If you were to make a full game out of it, then it would be cool to see some interesting mechanic to break the default flow of level design.
Still huge thumbs up to the whole team. Dig the style (which reminds me of Enter the Gungeon), enjoy the sound, love the polishing. Hope this does not stay as a LD-only project :smile:
@nozomu57 Many thanks for your comment and compliments! The box throwing of the game was, in our opinion, easy to get used to after a few levels. This may vary from person to person. I also witnessed that some people did not have much difficulty in their first experience. Of course you're right, there may be some balance issues as this game is a "jam game". Secondly, yes the mechanics are a bit classic. We went from a little more classic mechanics and tried to render them well and polish the game extremely. You are absolutely right in your comment. Thank you again for this comment.
Amazing game! That's the next level of polish and great game feel right here. I stayed in the first level for a few minutes just to inspect the jump height, speed, sfx, fx and the pixel art. Everything is simple but super effective. Congrats!
I think it would be cool to add the patchnote of the post jam version tho. The itch page also looks great btw :)
Such a solid submission. Movement and platforming felt great. I echo all the compliments in these comments. Well done!
Played the game again today, Art and music are awesome, I find myself wanting more, I would love to see a full game with more challenging levels!
Thanks for submitting your game to be played on the stream! If you wanted to watch my reaction again here's the vod timestamped to your game https://youtu.be/iOvkquUaMjs?t=2308
This game was a lot of fun, great looks great sound fun puzzle design. Definitely agree with some of the others though about needing to iron out the controls. I struggled way more with that portion of things than anything directly in the game. Great work though, it was fun, and definitely got a chuckle out of me.
Simply amazing. One thing I wish you can add is that the game should restart automatically whenever the package is destory. Well done, I don't think I've seen any games in this jam this polish yet. 10/10!
@100th-coin, @augmotic, @weeping-rupee, @ategon thank uu guys for creating these contents love yall so much :heart: !!
Top tier art and polish, wow! Thanks for sharing it on stream, here's da vod;
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1813689516
I'm a bit surprise that this turned out to be more of a little puzzler then a more straight forward platformer :) Very fun to play, probably the most polished game I've played so far this jam! Also loved that you guys added a cutsecene for the ending as well! lovely entry, good stuff!
Overall, this entry is amazing! The controls are very solid, the sounds are nice, the level design is balanced, and the pixel art and animations are great. I particularly like how the difficulty mainly comes from thinking about how to solve the level, rather than the execution itself.
Great work. Really high degree of polish - which I this is the best measure of a team's skill in a game jam.
Art and animations obviously very high quality. The little touches like the "vibration" of the laser source and the contact splash it makes with the ground really add a lot to the atmosphere.
Player controller is also really well done. Right amount of upward speed and gravity, always felt 100% in control. Could do with some coyote frames though!
Game design also really good. Tight, simple puzzles that give you a good eureka moment when you realise what you have to do.
Great entry. Expect to see this somewhere near the top!
such a fun and polished game, loved the pick up mechanics and level design! the puzzles needed more thinking than i expected haha
Really nice puzzles, the overall feeling was really good. Liked the controls and the fluid gameplay overall. And the end :laughing: Great entry! Loved it
Best game I tried so far. The theme is definitely there and it's tied very well to the gameplay mechanics, very fluid control and gameplay, great graphics, great music, a few more obstacles/enemies and a few more levels and this is a complete game. Loved the plot twist at the end. Great job guys!
This is a great post. I love all your details. The animation of the necklace is a perfect example of how even small things can be made in jam.
The humor is dark and twisted. I like that too. The ending was funny. You did a great job
The game is very polished. Both sound and visuals are great. If I were to find things to complain about it would be the fact that holding the button "J" was never explicitly listed. I did manage to break the game too but that's just a bonus ; )
Really well crafted game! Thanks for submitting! Here's the VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1818241676
Loved it! I thought you guys did a great job of introducing mechanics and then building on top of them to make them work together. The one that stands out to me as a little bit weak was the 'switch' for the lasers, but maybe you guys ran out of time to make more levels. I think the difficulty level was just right. I had to pause and ponder how to solve most of the levels, but never got stuck for too long. It did take me a bit to get used to the throwing range, but I found the levels were pretty forgiving and there was wiggle room.
Graphics and style was really pretty and coherent, and I really liked the ending. Well done :)
Hell'o Cargo is a great little game with polished animations that effectively tell a story. The level design is interesting, with puzzles that require thoughtful solutions. However, the precise throwing mechanic takes some getting used to, and it would be better if the pickup/throw keybinding were a button/toggle instead of a "hold button." Overall, the game is very enjoyable with fantastic gameplay, great visual effects, and readable level design. The attention to detail, such as the rattling of the chain and the jump when you die, is impressive. The pixel art and sound choices are on point, and the Celeste inspiration is noticeable. The puzzles are challenging, but not too hard, and the ending is hilarious. Overall, a delightful mix of creepy and cute, with a well-executed aesthetic.
+ Looks awesome. + At first the big bag was introduced as a platform, I thought I needed to make a pixel perfect jump and eventually I made it. I was super confused in the next level, until I accidentally picked up the big bag. Maybe also mention that it can be picked up along with the platform stuff.
interesting game! the graphic and sound ambiance are ultra stylish! The level design is progressive allowing to progress calmly while having new features coming to us ^^
WTF???!! This game is absolutely GORGEOUS!! :open_mouth: :heart_eyes: The art, animations, audio, puzzle design and controls that just feel really good all come together for an extremely enjoyable experience.
The difficulty ramps VERY quickly, to the point I almost quit at the 3rd level. But there was something about it that kept me trying until I finally beat it.
I loved all the little details, (the way the jump feels, the little squish when you press down, the dust fx on your feet, how you die, how you die when you get squished by a platform, :joy: , the way the lasers feel and react, and the charming jump in the box anim).
This game is stupidly good, on all levels. If I had to pick a top game for this jam, this might be it for me.
Awesome game! It is really polished and well done. I absolutely love the color palette you have chosen. The graphics and animations are so cute and that chain hanging around the character is a nice little touch. The platforming is done very well and all the nice little touches like the puff of dirt are just super cool. It takes a while to get the hang of the trajectory of the stuff you throw around though. Anyway super solid entry! Kudos!