Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD54 → A Parking Story
By gao-ming
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 14 | 4.22 | 65 | |
| Fun | 17 | 4.17 | 65 | |
| Innovation | 103 | 3.73 | 65 | |
| Theme | 8 | 4.57 | 65 | |
| Graphics | 8 | 4.42 | 65 | |
| Audio | 57 | 3.83 | 64 | |
| Humor | 41 | 3.64 | 59 | |
| Mood | 12 | 4.10 | 63 |
Very nice concept and mechanics. Loved the band-aids when you crash another car or wall.
Not sure I understand why there is 1 other car that has color different to the other, maybe it's just for decoration, but if that car is special in any way I didn't notice.
I was about to give up on one of the levels, but then noticed that you can crash into a car that already has a band-aid and it wont count as a new crash, so that helped to park.
Nice submission, great work.
I've searched for my post that I made to see if you finished the game ! AND YOU DID !!! WOW. this is very well made. In the end I gave up on one of them since I would have driven away to search for a better spot (i would have loved to skip that one that see other challenges) Very well made and I will challenge my grandson to a duel! Thank you for making this!
Great game! I really like the soft graphics and music)
Great! I very much like the little band-aids. Nice atmosphere to contrast my own feelings about stressful parking situations. Kept waiting for a little narrative to happen with the (colored) cars, I feel like there is space for something sweet and minimal storywise. Very nice entry!
the two things missing from the game would be 1, a timer for speed run stuff, and personal bests. And 2 some screen blocking stuff, i was able to take the car for a drive outside the screen and i got lost and couldnt get the car back :D, other then that was a nice game, maybe the last two puzzles were to easy, but maybe i missed out on the fact that the cars were partners of some kind? :D
THis is an amazing game! Matches the theme neatly. The controls are a bit too stiff in my opinion, but it's okay
I wish it was around when I've been learning to drive :laughing:
I really enjoyed playing this. A simple concept, but very well executed. Very well done!
gdfdfgdg.png It's not the first parking game I've seen in this jam, but it's the best one so far, everything works well and you really feel the theme, nice work
Wow, love the execution on this one - perfectly coherent small game! Nice clean visuals, cool sfxes, and those bandaids were cute little detail - overall great job! Bonus points for reminding me of my parking situations (I have an orange-ish car XD)
super great! sometimes simple is best. the band-aids were a nice touch! I would have intuitively preferred for the steering to auto-center, but I see why you implemented it the way you did, and I think it makes sense overall.
Man I'm just as bad at parking in this game, as in real life XD Good job, very fun and good looking.
I will never get a driver's license :') But ye, you must be a genius being able to pull off physics this good. Pleasantly simplified graphics make it feel like a sokpop game
Probably my favorite game so far. May be few tweak to make it a bit easier to control but I really enjoyed the game, it's one of the few that i played until the end ! Well done !
You captured the stressfullness of real parking PERFECTLY. At least, in your game noone is watching and there is no traffic I'm blocking...
I finish the game and got my driver licence. 10/10
fantastic game. had me hooked until the end. when i saw the bandaid slapped onto a car i bumped, i audibly laughed.
seems almost totally polished good job, simple concept and good polish cool stuff
NOW IMAGINE PLAYING THIS GAME IN FIRST PERSON AND A MINIMUM COST OF $200 WITH EVERY UNSUCCESSFUL TRY
interesting game!
its like my daily routine in place where i live. but game is very good
Loved this, that band aids were a nice touch
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Liked the aesthetic of this challenging game and the mood. Some background music wouldn't have hurt at all
This is fantastic! As someone who has problems with parking, this kinda helped haha :smile:
Really love the art direction. How much did you achieve by just using the right colors is amazing. One of the best games I played so far! I would play a full game of this just to relax.
Welp, this made me question my parking skills but it sure was a fun little game!
Love this one, make me realize I suck at parking both in real life and in game :cry:
I didn't play the whole way through, gave up after a few trees levels.
good: - nice graphics; the art style is simple but very polished and creates a great atmosphere - mechanics are well tuned and have good feel (the lights and engine sounds really help)
cons: - I think it's very hard to make this concept work and not be frustrating! it was one of my early ideas, tbh I imagine a fair number of other people's too, and a big reason I didn't go for it was that I didn't think I could make it fun. regardless I think this was a really good effort and better than anything I would've done - no music :shrug:
Perfectly fits the theme, frustrating but in a good way, great sound and graphics. My favourite game of the jam thus far
i love this concept. controls are crazy good. i continue to suck at parking !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very nice indeed! One really gets the "just one more try" itch!
In firefox have not textures but was not a problem to play really, was funny and good use of theme really.
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Well done! Take a candy! :candy:
You nailed the handling of the car man, smooth as a butter! The audio is great, especially the engine sound, and the simple but polished graphics too, I love those little band-aids whenever we hit something, they're adorable and really add up to the humor. Such an amazing entry!
Wow! This is really a great game. I can't really believe that you managed to achieve this level of polish in the compo. The visuals are very good, great choice of colors and it comes together really well together with the sound design.
I found that when I had hit an obstacle once (and the little bandaid shows up) I dont fail when I hit it a second time. Not sure if a feature or a bug, but you should look into either fixing it or clarifying that it is a feature.
Really good job!
Nice game, I played it multiple times. My only request is to be able to rotate the camera. Great game.
You've aced the mood with the graphics and the engine sound :) The bandages are a nice touch. Coherent game, well executed. Good job!
Wow you got me! It's so frustrating to park in such a small place but I enjoyed it so much, and it looks very good too! ☺
It's hilarious that band-aids act as shields for the cars. I don't think I would have gotten past this level otherwise:
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Great game, and great use of the theme. The red car is such a dick. I am a pretty good driver and parker, but a couple of the levels here gave me fits (see image). What fun, and such a clean, well-designed implementation. Nice work!cars.jpg
An amazing level of polish, and impeccable style. I couldn't stop until I managed to beat all the levels. One of my favourites this jam, congrats!
An amazing idea i with i would have think off!
Pretty good gameplay, graphics and implementation. Very solid!
Very nice game! It's very fun!
Just finished the game ! It's really good. It's nice having a game that's chill with no need to go fast, no lives and no pressure. ^^ Gg !
Screenshot 2023-10-16 193828.png Yay! This was so fun to play!
Nice game, good scope. Probably my favourite game in the parking genre
Fun little puzzle game (apart from the terrifying flashbacks to my driving test :grin: ). Nice graphics, pleasant music. Love the little band-aids that appear at collision points. Well done!
A very good, well-polished little game. I really liked the idea of adding band-aids for safety; it helped me complete some levels without getting too frustrated
Made me think about a mix between Untitled Goose Game and You Suck At Parking. A very clean submission, this is what a game jam game should be : simple but polished. Good job!
An excellent idea lovelly executed!
and how god i hate that red car that can't park correctly ! Sans titre.jpg
Good take on the theme!
Some of the levels were a bit too difficult if you ask me. There's one level that everyone seems to be posting screenshots of, the night time one with the very tight window. I'm being a bit dramatic here, but the only way that level is possible is if you add a few bandages on the corners of the cars. I don't think this game was going for "rage inducing" but I'm usually very calm and some of those levels got to me.
**Edit:** some additional notes about difficulty: by the time I reached the final levels, I stopped trying. I basically just bonked to corners intentionally to make the rest of the level easier.
Anyway, the graphics set a really nice mood, and I love the limited use of color. The level complete jingle is a bit silly at first, but I think after the rage inducing parts, it lot it's charm. Like a sarcastic "woo, i did it."
Overall it was an interesting game. I think the difficulty could be balanced a bit more. The final 2 levels (the 2nd to last one especially) felt entirely free, but not in a "victory lap" way. I think it's perfectly fine to have the last level free, then it goes to the final screen, but the one before it also being super easy is a weird choice if you ask me.
Anyway, cool game!