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Packed Ride

By negdo, grizeldi, pickydogfish, TheRedDevil and LunarRuin

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1604.0030
Fun1933.8930
Innovation2643.7330
Theme864.3730
Graphics1874.2330
Audio4463.3829
Humor1793.7429
Mood4583.6528

Comments

velvetlobster 2023-10-02 22:13

it seems it is still password protected at this moment

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grizeldi 2023-10-02 22:18

@velvetlobster the LD page is not supposed to be live yet and shows as unpublished to me. How did you get here? :sweat_smile:

velvetlobster 2023-10-02 22:21

:laughing: I was looking for games to play browsing through the posts ... I think I found yours through a post you published :laughing: ping me when its ready

grizeldi 2023-10-02 22:45

@velvetlobster The game is up now if you want to take a look :)

bananafarmer 2023-10-03 03:16

Super cool game, haven't got 5 stars yet but I'll keep on trying!

infinitye 2023-10-03 10:38

amazing graphics and sounds, great job and I enjoy the game loop.

keely-brown 2023-10-03 11:17

The tutorial was nice but a lot of information to get at once. It might be better to incorporate aspects of it into the game so you can learn in realtime rather than by reading.

I liked the variety and types of placement issues that you had to try to solve. The visuals were pretty cohesive and effective.

It might have helped to give you a better idea of what stuff was losing you points by having some visual effects to indicate when someone was unhappy about something around them. I wasn't always sure what I had done wrong.

Cool concept!

bauke-regnerus 2023-10-03 11:18

That's a lovely concept for a game. I like how traits determine how the passengers feel on the ride. It's the classic stack stuff in tiny spaces concept, but a fresh take on it. You might want to check the fullscreen settings as it seems to stretch things out.

vishnuk37 2023-10-03 11:30

It is a fun game , really liked the concept.

2023-10-03 11:39

Like the concept, fits the theme well, got 4.33 in the end. I can see the game working well expanded

Regarding points for improvement - I agree with tutorial being quite a lot, I would like more indication what is wrong within the bus. Also the process of putting people in the bus is a bit confusing due to perspective, maybe could be solved by highlighting which place you are putting the person into just clicking the place.

But overall a good entry, nice job

nonigirl 2023-10-03 12:29

Had a rating of 1,96 lol :deer:

pickydogfish 2023-10-03 14:38

@stronf thanks for the feedback. We are aware that it could be more clear what seats are affected by which effect. We were thinking about adding some sort of particles or icons to show where it stinks or is noisy, but ultimately ran out of time. We're taking in the feedback and might make a small post-ld update with some quality of life changes ;)

mossgames 2023-10-03 17:11

This is such a good game! Had to read the tutorial twice to understand but once I did. Really enjoy the humour and when I recognised the music that the people were playing I chuckled. Always awesome to see a Linux port!

bredera 2023-10-04 17:00

Cool little puzzle game! Great implementation of the theme and the art was really nice! Sometimes the placing the people was quite janky and a bit of a struggle. But overall it was smooth and enjoyable. Well done :smile:

coro-yy 2023-10-04 19:08

What a great concept! I liked the texts for the different types of people. The graphics were nicely done and the gameplay was really smooth and simple. I'd like to know what the highest achievable rating is. Mine was a 2.78 I think. The only thing that bothered me was the music. The 5 second loop felt very repetitive after a minute.

proz 2023-10-05 17:46

Nice design! Very clean and thoughtful gameplay, I would even play this on my phone while sitting on the bus)

catusfelony 2023-10-05 19:09

The art style is very "utility-first" and I like it a lot for that, there's a lot of clarity. I also like all the little descriptions for each type of passenger. This kind of management is not my forté though, and I only barely got a rating higher than 2 xwx

Very good entry!

rusty2117 2023-10-05 20:29

Fits the theme, kind of difficult to get into but maybe with practise I'd get the hang of it.

tomtomgome 2023-10-05 20:38

Nice and complete entry, quite funny! As many people have said, what the game lacks most is obvious feedback. What areas are going to be affected by an effect is the main one, but for further quality of life, you might consider ease the access to the current ratings of the people and how many but stop they have left. Currently you need to hover to see it, and it impedes the player a little. If this information was readily available (through icons, color changes, particles, dialog bubble, etc...) the game would feel more like a big game of chess. But it's nit picking, because the entry is already well made on many other aspects.

ntourand 2023-10-06 03:53

Love this game! Very relatable to the bus experience. I had a bit of trouble occasionally with seating passengers, and a bit more challenge might be beneficial. But overall had a great time, love the art style as well!

fraanns 2023-10-18 19:56

Got a rating of 3,75, so average compute experience 😅. Great game with amazing graphics.