Playground Panic

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.44
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.31
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.03
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.78
Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.08
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.92
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.72

Story

Children are the future! But they are also very clumsy… When kids play it is inevitable that there is some distress among them. They drop their food, lose their toys or hurt themselves.

You are a supervisor of a school playground on which children are having fun. Due to the inevitable budget cuts of the government you will need to supervise more and more children. You need to be fast and help the children when they are in distress. By doing this you delay the moment of complete chaos on the playground!

Gameplay

- You can move by using the WASD keys
- You need to take care of the children during recess, when children have distress they will start crying. You can complete a level by solving all distress during the set amount of time, their break.
- The child in distress shows tears (:sweat_drops:) and an exclamation mark (:exclamation:) so you know where to go.
- When you move close enough to a child in distress it will resolve their distress
- The panic-o-meter will increase by one when a child goes into a panic, when you have more than 3 children in panic-mode you will loose
- Difficulty will increase by having less time in between the children that need attention / more children on the playground.
- You cannot walk through the playground equipment.

Tech

- We've build this game in HTML, CSS and JavaScript. It should run in all modern browsers.
- Sound
- The theme song has been generated on Ecrett Music. We've recorded the audio because the website does not allow signing up any more for downloads.
- The sound effects of the children were created using our own voices.

Comments15

Sam Horner3 Apr 2022, 20:21
Super cool concept, the sound effect made me chuckle everytime a child got distressed :laughing:
ashley watson4 Apr 2022, 03:05
SUPER CONCEPT LOL FOUND ITS LIKE DEALING WITH A GROUPMOF KID YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THEYRE GONNA DO LOVED THE GAME
Austin Sierra
Austin Sierra4 Apr 2022, 13:30
I like how the graphics look like something out of a school whiteboard or something. Its all very thematically cohesive. Audio is hilarious and so is the premise, the gameplay just leaves something to be desired. it gets repetitive VERY quickly
eboatwright
eboatwright4 Apr 2022, 19:56
Very fun game! I loved the graphics, although the controls felt a little slow (I think that's kinda the point, but still) and I think the UI could have been a little better. I get it's a jam game, but a custom font would have done alot of good :) Fun game!
blobo5 Apr 2022, 03:29
Haaa! I love the noises the kids make. The artwork is cute and child-like, it almost reminds me of Blues Clues, how the school appears to be drawn in crayon. Also, wow, the chaos as the game gets further and further is a lot of fun! Wonderfully done.
Mehran5 Apr 2022, 16:22
Kids distress sounds was so good. Simple but enjoyable game.
MrEvilGuy
MrEvilGuy7 Apr 2022, 03:51
Hahaha wow you sound a lot like me making baby noises for an old game I made. Love the sound effects/music combo. Love the art style too. Wish there was slightly more trouble-making than just crying though hahahaha.
ArianaD
ArianaD7 Apr 2022, 03:52
the sound LMAO, super fun though and the visuals really matched the overall theme of the game/atmosphere!
jyumonji
jyumonji8 Apr 2022, 06:43
Really love this cute style =D
namnam
namnam9 Apr 2022, 07:49
Haha, i liked the mood, I laugh. It's really simple (may be a little bit too simple) but it's funny :) Nice take on the theme.
TheUnusualArt9 Apr 2022, 19:38
Awesome game, everything fits well together!
Nice, easy to understand gameplay, which gets really challenging the longer you play.
The artstyle is really cute and I love the soundeffects of the children crying :'D
Good job!
blinry
blinry10 Apr 2022, 11:06
We didn't find the mechanics for this one especially engaging. Running after the kids didn't give us very meaningful choices to make, or strategy to employ. We stopped playing after a few breaks. I think adding more gameplay elements might help? Good job on the graphics!
LDJam user 27954610 Apr 2022, 13:12
Fun idea, art, and music. Maybe adding a temporary sprint or something similar would have been helpful. I found I couldn't catch up to the kids too well and it kept causing me trouble. Good entry though.
LDJam user 28075510 Apr 2022, 14:22
LOL those voices. Funny concept. The difficulty ramps up quite quickly!

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