Business Munch

by yoni
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.56
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.52
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.08
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.81
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.42
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.87
Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.29
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.44
​A big monster! It’s eating everything! You need to save - YOURSELF! Because you’re the most important CEO in the whole company. Could you push past all those who look up to you for guidance, and get yourself to safety? Find out in our next Weekly-Daily-Quarterly status meeting!​

Developed for Ludum Dare Jam 51.

Credits:
* Yoni Rozenshein - Programming.
* Uri Shomroni - Game Design, Animation, Additional Graphics.
* Hagay Giller - Graphics, Character Design.
* Gal Druker - Music, Sounds, Voice Acting, Additional Programming.
* Eran Galili - Programming.
* Shiran Rozenshein - Executive Play Testing, Video Editing, Additional Graphics.
* Asaf Sagi - Game Design.
* Alon Reznik - Additional Programming.

Comments18

PostFrog
PostFrog5 Oct 2022, 14:56
Nice! The use of the theme and the overall idea is pretty fun. Enjoyed the music and art (אללה חגי) as well!

Controls were kinda weird, felt like I was fighting them half of the time and that they were a bigger threat than the actual monster. Sometimes my dude just won't jump and collision was off as well, so every time I time I jumped I wasn't sure where my dudes gonna end (on the other hand, it was more funny than annoying most of the time). Also took me a while to understand that the fan blades kills you (and that it wasn't a bug). Felt like it wasn't shown properly, but maybe I missed something I dunno lol.

On another (buggy) note, the monster counter on the side never reset when I reset the lvl. The thing was going on its own pace so at some point it hard to know when I'm gonna get eaten. Also I had to change from Firefox to chrome to get the game to work.

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LDJam user 3024686 Oct 2022, 13:06
Do you have a download link? The web player is not working for me.
Nobuna-no7 Oct 2022, 14:06
Hahaha, I love the concept! Had plenty of fun with the voice acting and the last levels. I had some issue with collisions on the logistic levels, but went around them by trying different approach. I really wanted to see the game until the end, and I must say, it was worth it :joy:
ubershmekel
ubershmekel7 Oct 2022, 15:58
I laughed out loud. The animation that shows up after beating a level, where the monster eats the floor above me, is just beautiful. It's like every level I beat is a big win thanks to that animation. The writing was funny, the art was cute, and the level design was great, except for the ceiling fans >:| I had a blast going through this, definitely one of my favorite entries this jam. Thank you for the game!
SimonO
SimonO7 Oct 2022, 16:00
Love the humour and theme! The per-floor monster destruction works great to contextualise the time limit per level and it's great how consistent the experience is to support the theme. I got a little stuck on one level (I kept dying when hitting the top of the screen, not sure if you die if you go above the top?) but had a lot of fun :)
Yoniauthor10 Oct 2022, 13:17
@simono We didn't have time to animate the ceiling fans. Please imagine them rotating with deadly speed :)

@nobuna-no & @ubershmekel & @simono thank you for your feedback! :)
Pascal Fitzner
Pascal Fitzner10 Oct 2022, 14:52
Very entertaining, especially the voice acting. ^^
LDJam user 298496
LDJam user 29849610 Oct 2022, 15:02
I really like the overarching escape/chase theme and the twist for the final few levels. Occasionally I would fly off and die on things without any clear explanation, but retries were speedy so those deaths didn't get too annoying.

Great job, the audio adds a really nice touch.
real_flamingicecubegames
real_flamingicecubegames10 Oct 2022, 15:10
This was awesome.
Humor was great, graphics were nice, gameplay was frenetic and the writing and voice acting made everything funnier.
I don't really have anything bad to say about this other than maybe it could have an endless mode?
Regardless, this is a great entry and a personal favorite of the jam so far.
Platyp
Platyp11 Oct 2022, 21:14
Funny va created a great mood
Flying Dog Fish
Flying Dog Fish11 Oct 2022, 21:41
This is the funniest game I've seen in this LD. The wacky movement makes it even funnier.
Ryan Dotsikas
Ryan Dotsikas11 Oct 2022, 22:17
Nice job with this hilarious game! I love that you had an actual cutscene at the start with great writing and voice acting! I also love the VO that would come on over the building speaker as you progressed through the game. I thought you did a great job with the effect of the building scrolling down as the floor above was eaten, very cool! I definitely had some bugs with the countdown not resetting/showing accurately when it would be eaten, and sometimes dying despite the monster not attacking. But hey, I had fun, great job!
bamberga
bamberga12 Oct 2022, 01:37
I absolutely love the presentation and humor. voiceover was great, bossman and monster both have a lot of character. The music was epic and i was super surprised to hear that there were three different versions as you progress through the building! I loved the plot twist in the middle, best plot twist since Bioshock

The jump being kind of jank was a big problem for me and disrupted my enjoyment. For a platformer the jump needs to be on point! If you'd had time to polish that up this would be one of my faves
Yoniauthor16 Oct 2022, 13:10
Thanks for the feedback everyone!

@ryan-dotsikas the "sometimes dying despite the monster not attacking" is not a bug - it's simply that we didn't have time to animate the deadly rotating ceiling fans, and without animation they look kinda turned off! :innocent:

@bamberga I agree about the jank but we focused so much on adding content and at-least-barely-playable gameplay to the game that we ran out of time to fix it! :)
Sibi
Sibi16 Oct 2022, 21:57
That game felt like it was telling a true story :D
Unfortunately there was a level where I always became mosnter food by jumping too high. Luckily I persisted and found a way too finish the game. Really loved the diversity and detail of the levels. Also the voice commentary was really well placed and added to the atmosphere.
Yoniauthor19 Oct 2022, 17:23
@sibi I'm glad you liked it! In that level, you died because you jumped into the deadly-but-sadly-unanimated ceiling fans :)

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