Fantasy Retail Simulator

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.10
Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.12
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.58
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.02
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.31
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.73
Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.27
Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.17

Here we go again...

So here you, a stallwart shadow ball imp on your first day on the job, YA! XD

Here to deliver "high quality" alcohols to your customers.

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Just one problem; your customers have some "minor" anger issues. Specifically if they do not get their drink quickly, they might explode from sheer anger induced blood pressure!! Also please for the love of god don't give them the wrong order...

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One too many explosion and the tavern might just come crashing down, sooooo... good luck with that.

Details


Okay okay okay, I'll give you the job details. See the stands here:

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Go there to pick up beer and wine. You can carry up to three items at a time. Just like this:

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During the course of the game, customers will enter the bar and request an alcohol. Basically the icon floating over their head. Just go over there and give it to them.

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Do it right and you get a point! Do it wrong, they explode and you lose a life.

Bear in mind that you give the item that is on top of your stack, so plan accordingly.

Controls


* Move -- Arrows keys
* Interact -- Space
* Quit -- Escape
* Restart -- R

Controls are also displayed in-game.

Goal

Try to last as long as possible. Please share your score in comments :)

Tools used


* LÖVE -- game engine
* aseprite -- pixel art
* beepbox -- music
* chiptone -- sound effects

Developer Note


This is my first Ludum Dare to feature both sound effects and music. Hopefully it is not too hard on your ears ;)

Game has 3 difficulties: easy, hard and drunk. I recommend starting on easy.

Also some of screenshots are a bit out of date, but should be fine. Am too tired at time of writing to fix it :P

Comments35

TasakaSama
TasakaSama30 Apr 2023, 21:42
The drink mode is too much ^^

But overall it's well done, and it's fun because I started a bit on the same concept just the view that changes :)
snesgaardauthor1 May 2023, 11:37
@tasakasama Thanks, will check out your game to see another take on the concept!

@karlthecool Pretty good, developer record is about 24 so far :)
Balgorode
Balgorode1 May 2023, 12:34
Drunk mode? Say no more!

But really though I liked this game and the drunk mode was peak.
snesgaardauthor1 May 2023, 13:44
@balgorode Glad you think so, considering drunk mode was added in the last 5 minutes before submission XD
LDJam user 258850
LDJam user 2588501 May 2023, 13:49
awesome ^^ being drunk actually cancels the effect making easy mode harder than drunk mode. my drunk mode score
StefanHolst2 May 2023, 02:28
Awesome game. Only got 15 on drunk mode tho.
guin362 May 2023, 02:41
I love this game! The way the customers go absolutely ballistic while waiting for their drinks while the music cheerfully drones on over my and the customers frantic movement. Drunk mode made me feel like throwing up 5/5
snesgaardauthor2 May 2023, 04:32
@rickylee What the... impressive! What kind of alcohol can you recommend to get that kind of score? :)

@guin36 Drunk mode is an important lesson for us all, to not show up drunk at work.
snesgaardauthor2 May 2023, 04:42
Sorry for the spam, pressed the publish button a few to many times on dodgy train WiFi :(
unima90002 May 2023, 17:46
Hahah nice game! Simple yet enjoyable enough! Struggled with the controls for a few seconds, but afterward got in the flow very fast. Liked it!
snesgaardauthor3 May 2023, 11:32
@unima9000 Ah good. Any way you think the controls could be improved?
Space_Games
Space_Games3 May 2023, 12:23
For your first ludum dare game it's a lot of fun! I love the pixel art work too. :)
Obe Dot
Obe Dot3 May 2023, 12:23
This game is so funny! Nice work.
unima90003 May 2023, 12:41
@snesgaard Some sort of small tutorial would do the thing I think! The one before the main core gameplay starts!
snesgaardauthor3 May 2023, 13:22
@space-games Ah, it's my first Ludum Dare with music, but definitely not the first :)

@unima9000 Yes agreed, will keep that in mind for next LD.
Sashalipatov4 May 2023, 10:02
Very smooth pixel and good design 5/5!
Rayqdr
Rayqdr4 May 2023, 15:45
fun little game ! keep going
sami822
sami8224 May 2023, 15:46
Really nice pixel art and funny client angriness, good jam.
Srynetix
Srynetix5 May 2023, 08:11
Woah I really like your drawing! :smile:
Great game, seeing the dudes waiting for wine/beer shaking in anger and exploding is really fun!
After a while you need to run everywhere and smash the space key. :stuck_out_tongue: Good job!
snakemuho
snakemuho5 May 2023, 22:52
Hell yeah drunk mode made me drunk for real, thanks
Johnsensei
Johnsensei6 May 2023, 00:58
Good job on the compo. I like the graphics. Something about them looks familiar.
chusmimax
chusmimax6 May 2023, 17:21
Neat game, Orcs asking for wine instead of beer, that a strange sight, but fun nonetheless.

Drunk is not the difficulty, but how you feel after a successful run.
Hakro
Hakro8 May 2023, 09:17
Really cute game, I like the graphics and mood.
Drunk mode, oh yeah :)
Great entry for Compo, nicely done.
Luis Priego Cuenca9 May 2023, 20:57
This was really funny, I like the mechanics, the art and the premise.
Lyxali11 May 2023, 14:15
I love it! Even the easy mode seems difficult. Feels finished, which is great for the Compo, meaning you made a good job scoping and getting things done.
chispaLBC
chispaLBC18 May 2023, 20:01
i was not expecting that with the drunk mode haha it was fun. Art also was on point. Good job ^^
More movement or types of drinks could be fun!

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