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Toad Pizza Express

By nazorus

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall454.0340
Fun284.1740
Innovation1293.5740
Theme2233.8040
Graphics1183.8640
Audio493.8940
Humor254.0940
Mood663.8140

Comments

mavvy 2023-05-01 02:35

"Yeah!" Love this entry. It's creative, it's fast-paced and it feels nice to play. Each level escalates in difficulty just right, has the best congratulations level I've seen so far and most of all, feels a little Pizza Tower inspired, especially in the visuals (so I automatically love it lol). Gamepad comes highly recommended, but I noticed I couldn't lick upward with the d-pad. Music's good, the sound design is creative and it is just a plain ol' fun platform game about delivering pizza.

daniel-gelband 2023-05-01 03:07

Excellent game, played all the way through. Fun to master.

holdmeimscared 2023-05-01 03:13

Oh man. The graphics are stupid in the absolute best possible way - I love them, great style. I love his little courier hat. I laughed at the very first sound effect I heard. I love your music, great vibes.

I had a little trouble really getting the hang of the controls (on qwerty keyboard) so didn't go much beyond the first stage, but I had a smile on my face the whole way.

peterfiftyfour 2023-05-01 05:04

Y'ALL READY TO GET FUNKY??

kgurniak91 2023-05-01 10:06

Very fun game, nice and simple audio/graphics. I really liked the feeling of acceleration and how much the punch thrusted you forward. Wall jumping with tongue-grabbing was excellent too.

nazorus 2023-05-01 11:36

Glad to see fellow Pizza Tower enjoyers here! @mavvy @peterfiftyfour

Thanks for the feedback, I play and rate all of your games.

@daniel-gelband I don't have Linux on my PC right now so I couldn't try yours :(

dysleixc 2023-05-01 14:31

10/10 this game will make you angry

chum-chum 2023-05-01 15:29

Great job on the music, level design, basically everything. I laughed the whole way. I was able to beat all 3 levels. great job.

I understood how it works by pointing the joystick, but I'd like it if you could maybe get some kind of arrow indicator to where the toad will lick. :frog: :pizza:

clemall 2023-05-01 16:51

Amazing game! I love the style, it is so hilarious to see your toad licking everything :laughing: The sound design is spot on.

And I see what you did with the lava location, smart and so frustrating to get tricked :laughing: I had way more fun that I anticipated and got addicted.

Strong entry, well done :thumbsup:

a-huua 2023-05-03 21:28

I think this is one of my favourite entries. It was so fun, not too hard but not easy at all, graphics were nice and perfect audio to go with the game. The vibes are immaculate

bmanstudio 2023-05-03 21:28

Really fun and awesome game! I loved the gamepad controls, made it so much better! great job you guys

icch-howw 2023-05-03 21:29

Good controls, cool audio, nice level design, the game just works very well^^ As you stated it is a little more challenging using the keyboard, especially the last level, but I managed to play through it after a few tries^^ Good job on this submission!

str8griz 2023-05-03 21:30

Great art style and sound! The mechanics felt pretty good too!

Awesome entry!

niterich 2023-05-03 21:32

Great entry! The sound design is top notch, and the physics and controls are superb!

My only complaint is that the level design is a bit too tricky. I feel like there were a lot of times where I had to dash through a brick wall, only to dash too far and fall in a pit of lava

zbugba 2023-05-03 21:44

Nice game, like the idea of using your tongue as sort of grapple hook.

Enjoyed the audo and visuals.

Gameplay wise I would improve the wall jumping a little bit as sometimes it felt awkward to jump between two walls, not sure why. Having checkpoints would also make the game much more accessible for the game jam given people will most likely spend no more than 10-15 minutes playing the game, thanks to this they would be able to see more levels.

Last thing, the shift key is not working for the lick action.

Cheers!

snakemuho 2023-05-04 16:23

It's a very fun tower-like, I did indeed enjoy the pizza

tamara188 2023-05-04 17:00

yes, this is perfect. games like this are why i ldjam

scum 2023-05-04 18:53

great entry! movement feels very fun, only found some trouble getting wall jumps down consistently.

ategon 2023-05-07 06:56

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=13820

dusho 2023-05-07 17:50

great and funny game.. took some time to learn controls.. art is cute, consistent .. music fits the game perfectly

kevin-scroggins 2023-05-07 19:48

Haha this is a pretty fun little jam game! Nice work putting this together. Would have been a lot better if the keyboard controls weren't so awkward, should have considered using Q/E instead of C/V.

david-mason 2023-05-08 14:11

nice

torte478 2023-05-08 14:47

That game is very solid and polished. Nice job! It's one of the best submissions for me.

cavedens 2023-05-08 16:11

Really cool little game. I enjoyed the movement and the little expressions the frog guy made! Super adorable guy. Loved it. Great submission!

hakro 2023-05-08 22:34

Excellent ! I really liked the physics and the licking idea on this game. Surprisingly fun in its absurdity :D Nicely done.

the-hat-guy 2023-05-09 21:50

Really nice game! I loved the sound effects!

alec-viera 2023-05-10 19:35

Phenomenal work y'all, had so much fun with this one all around. I did indeed enjoy the pizza :) Was so much fun to fling the lil' guy around with its punching move. Great level design.

kirbloid 2023-05-10 19:41

Instantly fell in love with it from the art alone and then solidified that with the gameplay. So much charm in this one and feels so polished!

amango 2023-05-10 22:07

I absolutely love the character sprites. A mood. This was a challenging and fun jam game! I agree with the keyboard controls being a bit awkward, +1 on Q/E rather than C/V. Really good vibes.

the-enigma 2023-05-15 00:02

Interesting art style and very neat gameplay although the keyboard controls are a little awkward. Congrats on the entry

jeremy-ryan 2023-05-15 00:15

One of the most fun entries I've played so far!

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The basic premise and gameplay were really fun. The character's movement and mobility were really goofy but also rewarding to get right. The tongue mechanic felt really good when navigating across obstacles, especially where it required tight timing. The game was a little short --- only two levels --- but for a game jam game that's usually not a bad thing. It's way better to make two great levels than ten rushed levels where the player gets bored after level five.

First thoughts on potential improvement on the gameplay side: - The movement felt a little slippery, which usually doesn't feel great for a precision platformer. I liked the fact that you were slow to build up momentum, but the character could stand to stop faster when trying to turn around or stop. - The wall jumping was a little finnicky, particularly the very last section where you had to swap back and forth rapidly. I kept bouncing off the walls slightly. - I really liked how the second level had a task you had to complete *after* picking up the pizza. If you had time for a third level, it would have been interesting to pick up the pizza very early but have to navigate multiple obstacles afterward without access to your tongue.

The graphics and audio were also very enjoyable. The graphics style was pretty simple, but the goofy character art and special animations for squishing against walls, etc. made it feel great to play. If you had time, it would have been great to add a little bit of squash and stretch when jumping and landing on the ground for the extra little spice.

I drew your delivery toad and added him to the cat-ear pixel-art fan art compilation on [my profile page.](https://ldjam.com/users/jeremy-ryan/)

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Thanks for making this, and good luck during the rest of play and rate!

lone-wolf 2023-05-15 23:33

This was a blast to play, the animations and sound effects were spot-on funny, and the controls were intuitive.

Great work!

darchankaen 2023-05-20 09:23

Awesome game! I like aesthetics and this hook mechanic...this is amazing.