Ludum Dare #39compo

Fluff Factory

by simple-ghost

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.84

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.25

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.78

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.84

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.58

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.37

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.40

Lore:

Humanity is at the verge of energetical crysis. One of the last way of obtaining power, is gathering static energy, from fur of extremly fluffy descendants of guinea pigs - the "Fluffs".
However... you are just a simple worker at the old "Fluff Factory". Your dream is to save enough money for a ticket to Hawai.

Controls:

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W,A,S,D - Movement

E - Interact
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Mouse - Look Around

Shift - Sprint

Author's note:

Once again, I was mainly focusing on visuals, and I'm pretty happy with the results. Game has unfortunately no sfx and no music. There was just no time for it. I have managed to create 5 different quality settings, so you should be able to play this even on older machines. Game might be slightly unballanced as there was no real time for testing. Watch the gameplay video if you have trouble understanding the game.

Tips:

- Buying 3-4 Fluffs should be enough
- Fluffs regain energy in the enclosure, but only if there is food and water
- More Fluffs in enclosure -> food and water are drained more rapidly
- You can throw away empty boxes and Fluff Poop into garbage can
- There are a lot of usefull items hidden in the factory
- You can improve maximum energy of a Fluff, by putting it into training wheel.
- Recharging fluffs works as shown on the first screenshot (put battery into recharge station and Fluff at the ned of the cable)

I hope you will enjoy the game. Cheers!

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https://twitter.com/OndrejAngelovic

Tags: #atmospheric, #economy, #farming, #management, #minimalist, #relaxing, #singleplayer, #trading

Genres: simulation

Comments33

kamikaziuk31 Jul 2017, 12:38

Cool game. The mechanics felt nice and having the buy/sell on the wall posters was a nice idea.

pitpony31 Jul 2017, 12:58

Really great graphics and atmosphere. It took me a while to figure things out and unfortunately I couldn't seem to charge a battery despite having a fully charged fluff in the wheel.

Still, very impressive for 48 hours.

Simple Ghostauthor31 Jul 2017, 14:38

Thanks for your feedback guys!

pitpony - you have to put them right next to the battery, wheel is for training not battery charging

Strigifo31 Jul 2017, 15:28

Cool entry. Just like your other games I love the graphics.

TomDev31 Jul 2017, 15:44

The graphics are the best ones I have ever seen in any ludum dare EVER, the atmosphere suits perfectly the vibe of the game, outstanding game

Lyon31 Jul 2017, 18:07

Really nice graphics, great presentation. I like the pet simulation spin on the theme. The one thing I'd say is that it did take me a while to figure out where exactly I was supposed to place the fluffs once they were fully charged, that could have been clearer just because of how small the little pipe is and how many cables are strewn about, combined with the dark scene. Great job on this!

pmilian31 Jul 2017, 18:41

The graphics are amazing ! Well done !

I like the atmosphere of a little office to work with the goal of one day going to Hawaii.

The only frustrating thing for me was the walking speed, it is so slow !!

frostdragonliz31 Jul 2017, 18:42

"I'll be in Hawaii before this place really starts to stink"

Fluff Rancher A++ graphics and game play. Fluffs were beginning to creep me out a bit by the end though.

TheLukker31 Jul 2017, 18:43

Nice graphics. Although pretty repetitive and I didn't feel like I wanted t continue playing

Sergey Nelga31 Jul 2017, 19:18

Can't seems to charge batteries as well. I love the aesthetics of the room design, and cold unrelenting, judgmental stare of the fluffs... This could definitely be expanded upon and become a full game.

uzyfeo31 Jul 2017, 19:29

You have to put out the source man... Rules of the Compo...
I'll bookmark this and check it when you do so, this should not get ratings at all, even when it looks/plays good...

notime4games31 Jul 2017, 19:51

Really good job in 48h!
Took me a good 40min+ to finish!
Fluff scare me :D They stare into my soul!

ondrej.paska31 Jul 2017, 19:57

Hm.. I can't seem to be able to click on anything? Is it just me? graphics are really nice!

Simple Ghostauthor31 Jul 2017, 20:17

@pmilian you can sprint with shift

@frostdragonliz that is just awesome man :D :D

@sergey-nelga there will be a gameplay video this evening so you can check how its done there :)

@uzyfeo calm down, read the description, I clearly stated that I will add the source soon

@notime4games I am really glad that you enjoyed it! :)

@ondrej-paska Use E to interact , not click :)

uzyfeo31 Jul 2017, 20:20

@simple-ghost yep I saw that after I posted... Can't seem to edit it for some odd reason :/
I already voted, really nice for 48h :)
Also found out you are from Slovakia too, nice to meet fellow mate here :)

Simple Ghostauthor31 Jul 2017, 20:48

@pitpony
@sergey-nelga

You can check out the first screenshot to see how battery charging works, and where fluff has to be placed :)

Sivael31 Jul 2017, 21:45

LOVE the graphics and the theme, a bit too slow for my tastes though.

Bugsby Bearkeley31 Jul 2017, 22:04

The graphics are beautiful and the whole layout of the lab is well done. The humor works, but there's also a forboding undertone in the background, and I appreciate the mix. It's like if Trouble with Tribbles took place in a nuclear bunker.

The gameplay was interesting at first, but ran its course for me by the time I sold my first battery. I would have enjoyed it more if each food/water source was a full refill instead of 1/10th, and if upgrading your fluffs made more of a difference. As it is, it feels a lot more micromanage-y than it needs to be. If this were an intentional satire of pet ownership I would retract that criticism.

Simple Ghostauthor1 Aug 2017, 08:26

@bugsby-bearkeley
It totally needs more balancing :) Original plan for upgrading was more complex, but there was just no time to fit it in.

Sarrixx6 Aug 2017, 04:41

This was amazing haha, what a great game! Quite a unique idea, I think it would be interesting to see an expanded version of this game. Some audio would have been the icing on the cake though and really set the mood and made it all that more immersive. The only bug I encountered was when I purchased 5 food and 5 water quickly, I only got 2 of the food and 1 of the water delivered and it didn't seem like they stacked or anything to me. Kudos on an amazing game!

Meta-link6 Aug 2017, 10:44

Really great game !

The mechanics are fun and fit really well the theme. Plus the graphics are really neat, good job :)

realryanrogers7 Aug 2017, 00:01

Enjoyed this game a ton! Well done.

PhasedEvolution7 Aug 2017, 11:11

Lovely art. Beautiful atmosphere. Well done

Simple Ghostauthor7 Aug 2017, 20:15

@sarrixx @meta-link @realryanrogers @phasedevoulution
Thanks for your feedback guys! :)

Split828 Aug 2017, 10:08

Nice and interesting graphics. You have your own style and that's good. I would maybe just lighten it up a little bit or make the vignette effect more subtle. Great job overall.

Simple Ghostauthor8 Aug 2017, 21:46

@split82 Thanks for the feedback! :)

wolderado11 Aug 2017, 10:14

Great concept! I really liked those cute fluffy things :D Kinda disgusted by their plort though:D Graphics were awesome but cinema effects is a bit overused. I carefully read all papers and my favorite is manual. I don't know what I can do without it :D:D I didn't able to plug those fluffy things in other end of the charger. They just kept eating everything :D

PRANEET5611 Aug 2017, 12:24

This is the greatest game I've seen of this LD in terms of graphics!! Even though it was repetitive, I played out till the end and made enough money to go to Hawaii, but I was kinda disappointed because some sort of cutscene when I click to go to Hawaii instead of just having the game exit.

oakus11 Aug 2017, 13:16

This is really awesome average 9-5 worker simulator! At the start the gameplay wasn't obvious to me without looking at video of it and I think what could help would be highlighting the hovered "active" item and putting the description more in the middle of screen because you're constantly changing active item by hovering and checking status of things.

Other that that, briliant. The graphics, the idea, the execution, really good!

Although I didn't finished it because apparently my food deliveries got stuck somewhere on the way :D after like 10 minutes of play.

StaNov12 Aug 2017, 09:26

The graphics are just awesome :)

First minutes of gameplay are great!

Putting the food and water from input to the bowls is bit annoing - just rotating and clicking.

Some music would be nice :)

Thanks for sharing!

Simple Ghostauthor12 Aug 2017, 23:05

@wolderado @praneet56 @oakus @stanov
Thanks for the feedback guys! :)

LeviDSmith20 Aug 2017, 06:17

Nice little game. I messed up my first try and bought like 8 of the critters. I wish there was an easier way to tell if they were charged or empty, instead of having to hover your cursor over them. Maybe make them turn green when they are full and red when they are empty. The moving back and forth between the shop and pen got a little tiring after a while. The boxes need to be texture mapped all the way around, because they look plain on the back side. It would also be nice if the boxes disappeared after you use them on the food or water supply. When I opened the door to go to Hawai then game closed, so I wasn't sure if that was intended or if the game crashed. I was expecting a "congratulations" or something. It would also be nice if there was some sort of sound effect when you purchase items. When I first started I didn't know I was doing anything when I clicked on the papers for the shop on the wall.

Sarrixx21 Aug 2017, 16:36

Fluff Factory featured in part 10 of my lets play Ludum Dare 39 series on YouTube, check it out here if you'd like!