12-to-6 Shift

by bgsulz
Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.24
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.83
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.88
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.83
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.48
Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.19
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.42
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.75
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My game jam team needs me, and I'm stuck on this lousy 12-6 pizza delivery shift. But I've got an idea.


I found this dinky robot in my garage. Always gets stuck in a loop, but it'll have to do. I'm going to program it to run my delivery routes for me.

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Controls:


First, I'll get my bearings by looking around with right-click-drag and the scroll wheel.
I just have to drag the instructional chips into the control console to program the robot’s movement and hit the Play button (⏵).
I can left-click on the "Shift" chip to adjust its value. If I want a cleaner run, I can press the [Start Fresh] button.

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The Tools:


Game Engine: Unity / C# [Ben Sulzinsky]

Artwork: Affinity Designer [Ben Sulzinsky]

Music: Audacity [Josh Gardos]

Audio: as3sfxr, Zapsplat.com

The Team:


Ben Sulzinsky [Art, Unity/programming]

Robert Buckley [Level design, sound effects]

Josh Gardos [Original music, sound effects, testing]

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Genres: puzzle
Tools: Audacity

Comments15

Iron Leonem
Iron Leonem6 Oct 2020, 04:18
I have to say, this is the first game where I went "I'd play MUCH more of this." My only two criticisms are that the functions aren't suuuuper self explanatory, and in a game where editing par is a thing, not giving your players all the information before they begin is a little rough. Also, the music, while VERY fun, needed to do either one of two things- be less foreground and more background, or be twice as long.

All that being said, I loved this game, and everyone should play it. Your team did an incredible job. The graphics are stellar, the writing and scenario, while campy, is very fun and engaging. I loved the take on the theme. Incredible work.
dyguests
dyguests6 Oct 2020, 04:38
Very relevant, good music and images.
Finally, can it be accelerated?
BGSulz
BGSulzauthor6 Oct 2020, 05:27
@iron-leonem Thank you for your kind, constructive, and detailed feedback! The level par display was the victim of time-crunch. If there's a post-jam version, par will be front and center. Thanks again for playing!
BGSulz
BGSulzauthor6 Oct 2020, 05:28
@dyguests Thank you for your feedback! The speed is locked, but that's a great idea for a potential post-jam version.
AnimusZeal
AnimusZeal6 Oct 2020, 10:39
Hey @bgsulz
, @robert-buchley
and @gardosj

I just
wanted to say that I really had blast with your game.
The whole entry seems reaalllyyy polished
. The music is very very
fitting
, graphics are just great and I loved the story between each level. The feeling of success after accomplishing a puzzle is pretty nice. The additional mechanics are keeping the experience fresh. The only thing I have to say is that it took me about 2-3 minutes to figure the basics out. But I don't think it's something really negative and should be expected from an experimental puzzle game. Overall I only can say awesome work :smile:
CondeSluck
CondeSluck6 Oct 2020, 14:31
The game is very complete, and the limitation of the instructions for the robot within the loop. It makes it a little more curious and fun.
The only thing that doesn't suit me is that after rerunning the instructions and getting stuck in the loop I can continue modifying them.
Thomas Carey7 Oct 2020, 14:08
This game has an extremely impressive level of polish. Playing it did not feel how playing a jam game usually feels. The detail on the visual design and effects along with the subtle sounds for every interaction made this feel like it could've easily been a complete game. At first I was confused by the fact that I was supposed to edit the instructions mid-play but once I figured it out it actually set this game apart from a lot of similar gameplay loops and made it a surprising challenge to minimize my edits. Really impressive work.
SamDemaine
SamDemaine7 Oct 2020, 22:39
Hey nice job! I like the graphics and controls are nice! could you check out my game? :D
DaSpikeyBoss
DaSpikeyBoss9 Oct 2020, 08:15
Very Nice. The music was awesome, and the storyline was great. The graphics were really nice too. Instructions could have been a bit clearer but overall, a really nice job.
FadrikAlexander
FadrikAlexander9 Oct 2020, 08:16
reminded of my time learning Sketch, nice game.
Yword
Yword11 Oct 2020, 15:24
Wow, this game is very good and polished in all aspects, and I liked the UI very much! ^_^
Omeletton11 Oct 2020, 15:43
Very nice, love the auido
sg-goennung
sg-goennung25 Oct 2020, 16:37
Really good work. I like the idee and the good quality of the game. Nice sound and music, too.
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