Deerlivery

by jackboz
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.40
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.48
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.95
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.95
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.72
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.76
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.45
Jia, a charming Chinese girl, journeys through city streets as she delivers delicious, homemade dumplings to her eagerly awaiting customers and fights with ninjas who want to steal the dumplings.

Do not forget to share the joy with Jia at the end of her journey :smile:

Controls


Move = WSAD

Attack = L-Mouse

Dash = R-Mouse

Pick Up a Crate = E

(Controller also supported)

Credits

Thomas Cain: Programming

Jack Boz: Managing, Level Balancing, Programming (itch page)

Ibrahim Özhan: Programming

[Melis Eser] (https://www.artstation.com/kailen): 3D Environment Art

Micro: 3D Character Art

Shanai Melvin: 2D Art (itch page)

Icyy Wong: Music/SFX (itch page)

Comments30

LDJam user 316322
LDJam user 3163221 May 2023, 23:59
Nice game. I think i discovered a tactic to save more dumplings. Just leave the create near a structure and the black ninjas will have to come around it so you get more time to fight. Nice animations and looks overall. For me the lighting was quite a pain since you could see the shadows appearing and dissapearing. Have you thought about increasing the shadow rendering distance?
Congeesetador
Congeesetador2 May 2023, 00:31
I loved playing this game! It's so simple yet so fun, it was really hard balancing through dropping the dumplings, fighting the ninjas, and avoiding the ninja stars. It all combines into very enjoyable and challenging parts! There is nowhere that this game is lacking. I loved the little animations of the ninjas running and the ninja in the start screen!
AsmadiGames2 May 2023, 00:36
Simple, but it does function! Ninjas stole my dumplings, very rude indeed. Those dumplings were not for ninjas.
SoulReviews
SoulReviews2 May 2023, 00:38
At some point the green ninja's attacks just become an annoyance. I do like their snickering though.
Cabritta5 May 2023, 15:37
It is a nice and fun little game! Loved the environment art, and, although the main character is beautiful, it differs greatly from the scenario and enemies style, which makes the overall combination a little odd. Gameplay wise, it is a nice balance and design. Only thing that bothers me is that sometimes the black ninjas take a dumpling with out touching the box, from considerably far away, which was a bit frustrating.
NoNiMad
NoNiMad5 May 2023, 16:22
Fun to play, loved the dash particularly!
LexUor6 May 2023, 21:46
Damn ninjas are stealing my dumplings!

Kind of a small game with simple gameplay. Very nice scene at the end.
oD Wreckz7 May 2023, 17:01
@skaaaza Thank you for playing our game. We will be sure to check out the shadow rendering distance.
oD Wreckz7 May 2023, 17:02
@congeesetador Were very happy that you enjoyed our game. Thank you so much for the kind words you have used to describe our game.
oD Wreckz7 May 2023, 17:03
@soulreviews Thanks for your feedback we will be sure to update it after the jam.
oD Wreckz7 May 2023, 17:06
@cabritta Thank you for complimenting our games art. Sorry that the ninjas were able to steal dumplings from afar I hope you got them all back!
oD Wreckz7 May 2023, 17:07
@lexuor Thanks for helping Jia deliver the dumplings.
LDJam user 3208057 May 2023, 17:09
Super fun ! These dumplings must be amazing to have all these ninjas on me !!
TheSmellofOxygen7 May 2023, 20:31
Pretty cute. The controls are a little clunky, especially the collisions, and the animations could telegraph a little better on the attack and dash, but it's pretty polished. The victory screen was delightful. Great music and the audio cues really helped.
jackbozauthor8 May 2023, 11:11
@thesmellofoxygen Thanks for your feedback we will think how to fix it in the following updates.
LDJam user 2333478 May 2023, 18:26
Really enjoyed the nice ambience (music - theme matchup). Easy to play, semi-hard to master.
MrTroy
MrTroy9 May 2023, 04:48
I tried to be slick and put the dumplings down and fight them... that made it easier to run around me and grab them. :sob:

This was a fun little entry!
jackbozauthor9 May 2023, 14:24
@xparker Thank you. Have you saved all the dumplings at the 3rd level? :sweat_smile:
jackbozauthor9 May 2023, 14:25
Thank @mrtroy for helping Jia deliver the dumplings!
MarcoDeevil
MarcoDeevil9 May 2023, 21:47
All dumplings saved 8). Very nice game, could be more challanging. I liked chinese atmospehere in game (music and graphics). Congrats to you, solid entry!
milq
milq9 May 2023, 22:40
A very nice game! At first I thought I was not going to vote for the graphics and for the music because it looked like it was downloaded by third parties. But what's up! It's yours! I find these two sections incredible. Very good game and quite round. Perhaps I would shorten some areas a bit because walking all the time becomes a bit heavy. But come on, aside from that, I can only congratulate you on such a fantastic game!
jackbozauthor10 May 2023, 02:08
@marcodeevil thank you for your feedback! We hadn't time to implement star rating but try to save all the dumplings at least at the final level)
Honey Pony
Honey Pony15 May 2023, 06:43
Nice game! The graphics are pretty fantastic as others have said, especially the environmental graphics.

It took me a while to figure out what exactly I needed to do to win. At first it seemed like the main goal was to simply avoid the ninjas as much as possible, which seemed difficult to do and made the attack and dash feel pointless. In particular, at one point I lost because I had left the dumplings on the ground to try to fight the ninjas, and so I thought that leaving them on the ground was just generally a bad strategy.

Later I managed to figure out that the ninjas were actually stealing the dumplings directly from the package, whether it was on the ground or I was carrying it. This made the game make a lot more sense, as now I knew I had to either avoid the ninjas entirely or fight them off before they got to me or shortly after they stole a dumpling. This made the game a lot more fun, as now I actually understood what was going on, and it meant I could actually productively use the dash mechanic, which is a fun mechanic to use.

Overall, fun game!
jackbozauthor15 May 2023, 15:22
@honey-pony Thank you for your feedback and time you spent to figure out the elements of the core mechanic!
MistaGiggles17 May 2023, 18:56
Very nice game, impressed all of the art/sound was made during the jam. Enjoyed playing this
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