Amaze-on Game

by abregado

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.30

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.93

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.56

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.53

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.62

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.22

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.97

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.18

Pack orders for a fabulous and well meaning company using high tech equipment! Using less packaging is good for the environment, so to keep public opinion high, the Amaze-on corporation uses no packaging at all.

This is a mistake avoidance game using a speed typing mechanic.

CONTROLS:

Keyboard only (it is probably not so great on non-english keyboards)

HOW TO PLAY:

- Read the packing slip to see where the items are kept
- Press a combination of letter and number to select a location
- Compare the unlabeled item with the short description on the packing slip
- Decide if it is the right item (DON'T MAKE MISTAKES!)
- Pack as many orders as possible in the time limit.

FEATURES:

- 4 levels of difficulty
- highscore system
- high tech printing solutions

CREDITS:

Thanks to Kenney.nl for the assets.

EXTRA:

This game was made with an additional challenge, something I'm calling Asset Jam. Multiple people jam with the following rules:
- We brainstorm together and decide on a game idea together
- We each make our version of the game idea
- We all use the same assets (both sound and graphics)

The idea is to create several very comparable projects. My jam partner this time around was @wheybags. Make sure to play his game as well!

Comments30

Marino21 Apr 2020, 08:12

There are no download links

stagiere25121 Apr 2020, 08:34

There are no links

FabiGhindaru21 Apr 2020, 08:40

Damn I love this Papers please aesthetic! Too bad there isn't a download link :/ Did something happened @abregado?

redfenix21 Apr 2020, 08:42

no download links

Simply21 Apr 2020, 08:49

LINKS!

GandalfDerWaise21 Apr 2020, 08:50

missing links :(

Maindric21 Apr 2020, 08:55

Sounds like an interesting concept, but lacks the link to try it. I will try the other links though.

JAsonsumm121 Apr 2020, 09:01

Yeah i'd love to try this one, where's the link? :)

MegaHana21 Apr 2020, 09:01

here for the concept, need links ;(

Abregadoauthor21 Apr 2020, 09:14

@marino @stagiere251 @fabighindaru @redfenix @simply @gandalfderwaise @megahana @maindric @jasonsumm1 fixed now. No idea why it was not working.

koro.games21 Apr 2020, 09:16

Wanna play this game! :(

CodeForJoyCaro21 Apr 2020, 09:43

Love the look of the game.
But the gameplay felt a bit too much like work for me.

Samuel Hollywood-Summers21 Apr 2020, 10:24

An interesting input mechanic and running smoothly for me without bugs. I agree with Caro on the gameplay feeling a little too much like work though. A bit more motivation to go faster, with some sort of balancing of risk and reward might make it feel more exciting. Also, I feel there is an opportunity for more humour in the item descriptions (I like the cordless hammer, for example).

RexGame21 Apr 2020, 11:23

the idea are crazy ^^

Nocity21 Apr 2020, 12:19

Liked the concept and overall look and feel of the game.

Erikvdb21 Apr 2020, 14:21

Nice concept to sort of practice typing skills. I love the aesthetic too! Gameplay wise it gets a bit too repetitive fast and I don't know if there's ever a mismatch between the location on the order and the actual location of the item that you may or may not have to memorize. Otherwise I just felt confident in what I typed and hit space without visually confirming it's the right item.

wheybags21 Apr 2020, 15:59

The animations were really slick all-round. It was a bit unclear to me at first whether there was a link between the shifts, but I did notice the orders getting bigger + faster eventually. Nice game overall :)

ATTX22 Apr 2020, 01:49

Very creative idea and unique gameplay. Very nice graphics and sfx. Could have used a little quiet background music. Nice style, and once I got used to it, I was typing them as they were writing. Could have had more letters or different combos that weren't just letter-number. Nice job!

Maindric22 Apr 2020, 05:53

@abregado I just got done playing (now that it works) and well done! For the most part it played well. I had a few instances where it seemed like it would stop accepting input. I do not know what was up there. Good work!

Abregadoauthor22 Apr 2020, 07:39

@maindric yeah, there was not enough validation on the input. I think it can get stuck but a few presses of the same key will unstick it. Thanks everyone for playing.

Maindric22 Apr 2020, 09:24

@abregado Ah, that's the fix. I just kept typing in what I wanted until something happened. :)

RiccaStudio22 Apr 2020, 18:05

nice idea! i like the sounds

valisse2122 Apr 2020, 21:09

Very nice idea and mechanics! Reminds of Cook and Serve and similar games somehow.

somethinboutgames23 Apr 2020, 00:11

Quite stressful, nice use of the assets though! I'm not the biggest fan of using the number row in typing games, just because I'm not as fast there :smile:

Abiral24 Apr 2020, 16:18

Really awesome idea and game. Nice concept. Keep going! Good Luck!

guladam25 Apr 2020, 11:00

Nice idea, I really liked it. It's a bit of a stretch from the theme in my opinion, but still a really cool concept :)

smbe1925 Apr 2020, 20:24

Nice game with an interesting idea. I would have liked the printer to be faster, most of the time I was just waiting for the next order to finish printing.

bubbadubc26 Apr 2020, 23:52

I didn't have fun.

Vex28 Apr 2020, 14:50

The idea is interesting, but what makes games like Cook, Serve, Delicious or Typewriter From Hell stand out is the charm - and that seems to be lacking. Playing felt like an unrewarding chore instead of playing a game.

Igor KinGamer1 May 2020, 01:21

The game should give feedback on your mistakes, either immediately or at the end of the day. It's a little frustrating to just know that you made mistakes, but not what mistakes.

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