Snail Traffic Control

by smooches

co-authored: @charzy, @ihaveaninkling

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.83

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.78

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.91

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.83

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.81

Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.30

Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.41

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.83

Welcome! You are the new snail traffic control officer. I know this sounds daunting, but fortunately Mr. Snailsworth is here to show you the ropes!

Snails are restless creatures and you’ve got to keep them from crashing by placing arrows in front of them to change their direction. Every 10 seconds, a new snail will land by drop pod and add to the chaos!

There are quite a few types of snails in this clutch so keep an eye on what each snail does. Can you survive this mollusc madness?

Controls:

Place Arrows - Click and drag Left Mouse Button

Remove Arrows - Right Click

Game Made By:

Russell Nairn, Pippa Hobbs and Matthew Sullivan

Game made for Ludum Dare 51

Theme: Every 10 Seconds

Tags: #cute, #game-gam, #hectic, #mouse only, #short, #snail, #web

Genres: puzzle, strategy

Comments17

Flamboozle3 Oct 2022, 19:34

Very unique game. I love ideas that don't seem to make sense but (why are we an air traffic controller for snails? who cares why). The voice audio was funny and the game also gets challenging.

Katleho Machobane3 Oct 2022, 19:43

cool concept, well executed, just not for me

mcovert3 Oct 2022, 19:43

I seemed to have an issue with it not always letting me add arrows - I'd sit there for a few seconds trying to get an arrow on a tile only to have the snail eventually just hit the wall instead :(

Other than that great! Loved the voice of my tutorial buddy.

Chris Covert3 Oct 2022, 19:44

I love the visuals and sounds, they definitely made me chuckle. I certainly wasn't expecting to explosively harm any snails or to get fired from my job today. :smile:

Tomga3 Oct 2022, 19:45

Haha, very nice game, loved the audio. The unique snails where very well made, but it was a bit to difficulty for my liking. Would be nice if there would be some kind of optional difficulty options (easy, medium, hard).

nullval3 Oct 2022, 21:58

Wow, amazing that you had time to put in a tutorial. It gets really frantic really fast, who knew that managing snails could be so hectic? :D great visuals all the way through and through. I loved the mumbletalking audio you gave the snail mayor :D great game :)

ElmoEinstein3 Oct 2022, 22:31

i really liked it although the snails direction being random was a little frustrating

Filip Vannfält3 Oct 2022, 22:34

Really great, love the audio and art style! One thing I would change is to make it slightly easier to keep track of the squares by giving them a more distinct tint from each other.

SimplePotential3 Oct 2022, 22:58

At first I wasn't sure but the more I played it the more I liked it. I love the blathering the narrator does that the beginning. Unique controls and overall just a nice entry.

Eugenik5 Oct 2022, 01:39

wow this game is BADASS! love it!!.

Roka Josh9 Oct 2022, 12:01

Very funny entry, simple concept but done well and I like the addition of the different snails as the challenge ramps up. Great job!

Henrik Ganard9 Oct 2022, 17:34

It got harder quite fast and I enjoyed that alot. Great game.

Barna9 Oct 2022, 18:01

Awesome game, good job! Laughed hard at the voiceover :D

Chocolat-Endive9 Oct 2022, 21:37

That is stupid in good way. Loved the voice, the gameplay is simple to understand and works really well, everything is fine, the UI has no issue, you made a nice little tutorial.

That's a pretty solid jam game you made here!

Maybe some kind of leaderboard would be a nice addition?

Big_Chalupa9 Oct 2022, 22:20

Dynamic music! I love it.

ryusui10 Oct 2022, 04:42

This was HILARIOUS. I'm not very good at it but I love the low-key fire-and-forget-ness, just setting up a bunch of arrows to keep the snails in play, watching the edges to make sure they don't crawl too close. Plus the tutorial guy losing his temper at you when you lose.

I also love how the music is synced with the action. Slow snails move every beat, fast snails move every half-beat!

yetanother19 Oct 2022, 02:21

Great art and sound, very funny and refreshing!

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