FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD54 → Hank The Busdriver

Hank The Busdriver

By limered, ryupold and helen

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall8893.1834
Fun9222.9534
Innovation7253.1734
Theme3673.9234
Graphics8283.1034
Audio4753.3333
Humor1703.7634
Mood7443.3033

Comments

scottgamer28 2023-10-02 23:11

Nice game, these kids need to behave lol

majomirez 2023-10-02 23:15

I really like the idea, but I don't quite get the end goal of the game, it seems it never ends, is that a bug?

zlatking 2023-10-02 23:30

I love the way you make the kids move to the bus, it feels like Hank is in a zombie movie or something lmao. I do like the concept as well, it's simple and you even provide multiple ways to play. And of course the voice actor gave the performance of a lifetime with the doors opening and closing sounds.

Like Majo said there's no win or loss condition, which is a bit unfortunate as there's no stakes. Maybe after 3 mistakes you see a screen that says "Hank got fired" with the option to try again? Or after 20 turns without failing 3 times "Hank has retired after a long and successful career". I think it would instantly make the game feel a bit more complete.

shmi 2023-10-02 23:31

Like the concept of the game, I don't think the scoring was working for me. Like the graphics and enjoyed your sound effects

cheesepencil 2023-10-03 01:48

This was delightful and frankly, perfect in every way. Loved it.

poboy 2023-10-03 07:25

Every jam has that one "unforgettable game" and for this jam it's this one. What a delight. COME ON, INNNNNNNNNNNNN

poboy 2023-10-03 07:27

Seriously, the way the kids just swarm your bus like flies on rotting salami. I love it. I'm obsessed

poboy 2023-10-03 07:29

I love smashing the "drive away" button and just careening down the street

helen 2023-10-03 08:16

@scottgamer28 @shmi @cheesepencil Thank you for playing and your feedback :)

@majomirez @zlatking Thanks for your feedback. The game has no ending. Great idea of the different endings. We definitely should have done that.

@poboy We're happy you like the game so much :D

kro 2023-10-03 20:13

By pressing space you won't get a result message. And you can spam mouse click on doors button to skip everything but not a space on keyboard. Small little chaotic game.

helen 2023-10-03 20:20

@kro Thanks for your feedback. It's a bug that the results aren't shown on pressing space. You can skip the bus stops, but why would you? :P

janinna21 2023-10-03 20:31

Funny voiceover :D Game is simple but its about guessing?

caibearz 2023-10-03 20:33

so simple but unforgettable

don-fouts 2023-10-03 20:35

These children are wild. Great entry, as others have mentioned starting off with space bar didn't give the results but after clicking the icon once it started giving me the feedback for how many children I upset. Overall nice work!

ynnon 2023-10-04 18:26

very good and funny simulator of public transport :D

okshirl 2023-10-04 20:12

This is so morbidly funny the way the bus driver pulls up and there's a swarm of kids just headbutting into the front of the bus HAHAHAHHAHA. and it's honestly terrifying how they just crowd up around you like zombies like the other comment said lol. It was a little bit hard to grasp the goal and the win condition, and the ai pathing could be adjusted to avoid all the visual cluttering on the left. I think with a bit more guidance and clearer win condition this could make a really fun game about counting and reaction speed. I rate it 5/5 on humor and it's nice take on the theme!

pichiiparu 2023-10-04 23:43

The game is so funny, I love how there are kids just swarming all in the bus, the when you drive off they all get thrown to the back of the bus LOLL

I don't think there's a working scoring system for me? I'm not sure if it's neverendering, but nevertheless, such a great game haha

frib 2023-10-04 23:44

friendly zombie apocalypse simulator. Funny game :D well done!

ruddiculous 2023-10-05 00:18

what a manic game lol. from the soundtrack to the hordes of children smashing against the exterior of the bus... there's no real score or way to know how you're doing tho? the game needs penalties or a tally or something, even a game over state instead of being perpetual. I ended up just kind of arbitrarily opening and closing the doors whenever i wanted to hear the voice acting lol. I feel like counting as a game mechanism is pretty cruel and this crazy yet simple setting y'all constructed has much more potential! a solid humor candidate if there was more to interact and affect in the gameplay - great work!

helloimbenjamin 2023-10-05 00:22

It's a pretty funny idea. Nice game!

game-dev-with-michael 2023-10-05 00:40

I like the concept, but yeah, I don't really see any result. It also wasn't clear if the number of seats was also supposed to be the number of kids or if there were multiple to a seat. Typically there would be 2 to a seat.

skylife 2023-10-07 07:13

Great interpretation of the theme! :)

deadbydeath 2023-10-09 10:26

Kids nowadays have no manners at all! The idea was funny and I liked it, but I felt like it was a little bit less interactive that what I would prefer. The graphics, the music and the sound effects were really yo the point and the design was wonderful! Good job my friends! Keep up!

helen 2023-10-10 12:33

@janinna21 Yes, you have to estimate how many pupils got in the bus and if it's the correct amount (shown in the right) close the doors.

@caibearz @don-fouts @ynnon @frib @helloimbenjamin @skylife @deadbydeath Thanks for playing and your feedback :)

@okshirl The pupils movement also reminded us of zombies :D That's why we also let them walk in the left side of the bus.

@pichiiparu @ruddiculous @game-dev-with-michael The game has no ending. When you click on the close button, a score for this round will be shown. The shown seat symbol refers to one pupil.

egormnc 2023-10-14 14:32

The game is interesting, it was quite nice to play it, keep working on it and everything will be cool

damp-squib 2023-10-15 22:12

I think the game would benefit having a better way to display how many seats each bus have other than a text message, maybe different bus graphics? In any case, with its simple interaction and no end goal, it was still very entertaining to watch the zombie-like people mindlessly swarming the streets trying to get on the bus. Great job!

very-dark-lord 2023-10-17 18:01

Scandalous! I had a capacity of 3, had 3 pupils inside, and the message said I left kids waiting despite having empty seats! :( But very funny game, love the hectic energy of the swarm of children. Would of course be nice to have a goal or something and have the game end after n busses and get a score or so. But it's a great and very entertaining start. :)

Also, as has been mentioned, it seemed very pointless at first when I used space as this didn't yield any feedback - but after reading here that this is different when clicking the button with the mouse, I switched to that strategy and that worked. :D

helen 2023-10-18 11:03

@egormnc @damp-squib Thanks for playing and your feedback! Variations of the bus are a good idea to display the different amounts of seats.

@very-dark-lord I'm so sorry! Sometimes the counting is wrong because a pupil slips into the bus while driving away. You totally did a great job! Normally you would have heard a horn.

cam-moore 2023-10-18 16:44

This cracks me up haha its similar to an idea we had but I was too afraid to try and program it so good work! I like your idea better anyway:P

saumon 2023-10-18 18:45

It is an impressive fun game. but it seems nothing happens when the bus is overloaded.I like it anyway!

sergio-nikol 2023-10-20 16:28

I don't get it :-(