Parcel Panic

by amheklerior

co-authored: @argaf, @hood

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.75

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.42

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.12

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.75

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.40

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.08

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.87

A Millennial Metalhead delivering boxes one beat at a time.

Story

Nothing much to say, here's a list of what's going on:
- the year is 2070;
- I still need to work 137 years to get my pension;
- sentient AI took control of Earth and felt pity for human beings;
- AI makes us delivery packages because it knows how much we used to love to receive them;
- Roborto is my assistant, it monitors me via CRT. Sometimes I like to listen to music while it takes control;
- Metal is still a thing in 2070, because robots thought it was an important part of their essence and 8-bitted the shit out of it.

Gameplay

It's the easiest job ever: just press the S button when the laser is right in the middle of the box. Metal rhythm help to focus.
If you miss the boxes too many times, I get 1+ year of work. Kindly pay attention.

Credits

Programmers: Amheklerior - hood // Pixel Art & Animations: Andrea Putortì

Comments37

saffeine1 May 2023, 22:04

love the graphics and the simplicity or the gameplay I could sit here and just press 's' for like 20 minutes

Argaf2 May 2023, 08:30

@saffeine hello! I'm the pixel artist of this game, thank you so much! It means a lot to us

Answer212 May 2023, 12:15

The graphics are a miracle!

Nicso2 May 2023, 12:17

there is something strangely relaxing about the game, nice work 👍

Alex Chertilin2 May 2023, 12:19

I like your style so much.

ludumdarevd6xh2 May 2023, 12:41

Cool visuals and soundtrack on point. Somehow I expected the packages to arrive to the beat of the music, like a rhythm game.

GodDoesPlayDice2 May 2023, 15:38

thumbs up for Metallica

Argaf2 May 2023, 16:29

@answer21 Thank you very much! You're so kind!

Argaf2 May 2023, 16:31

@nicso that was our objective! Metal + relax, unsual combo. Thank you!

Argaf2 May 2023, 16:34

@alex-chertilin Happy to hear that! Thanks a lot! You can check more of my art here if you want.
Kudos to the devs to make it alive

Argaf2 May 2023, 16:34

@ludumdarevd6xh Thank you! Appreciate the feedback :)

Argaf2 May 2023, 16:36

@goddoesplaydice haha thanks! We went for a classic, other options to add/change might be Motörhead or Pantera

miraculousMelon3 May 2023, 13:17

Cool graphics and vibes! Unfortunately WebGL games run poorly for me and so i think i miss out on the rhythm aspect of the game as it lags out every time i click S... might be good to upload a downloadable build just so people have the option :)

TheGameOverGuy3 May 2023, 16:44

Great graphics! I really thought this was going to be a rhythm game a first, but it still was enjoyable. Did you arrange the cover yourself?

the neon shark3 May 2023, 16:47

Simple and delightful. Love the music, mood, and synchronization (i swear it was synchronized to the music right? or is my mind playing tricks on me??)

Emily-TTG3 May 2023, 16:49

Looks amazing! There's a little bit of strangeness with loads of "miss" coming up when it only looks like a single box passed and I would definitely love a bit more to get my teeth into but én-general it's a great experience. Good job!

SMdG3 May 2023, 16:53

Very polished game with really good music and art. Had fun playing it.

Samoussa3 May 2023, 17:05

The mood is awesome ! Art is incredible, good choice of music.
It was very enjoyable and relaxing to just play the game and watch the graphics.
Congratulations!

Rakowu3 May 2023, 17:25

So in advance, really good style. The visualisation of a screen is also very successful. Metallica in 8Bit mode is as cool as Metallica in Apocalyptica style xD Also very dynamic, good reaction and simple but effective gameplay. A bit of variety like things you can't catch or the packages in rhythm like the lie down would have rounded things off :D

Argaf3 May 2023, 17:26

@miraculousmelon Thanks a lot for your feedback! We'll add it for sure ^^

Argaf3 May 2023, 17:27

@thegameoverguy Yeah, it's kinda half way, we just wanted to create something very simple and chill as the dude on the screen ^^ the music is One by Metallica, 8-bitted and adjusted ^^

Argaf3 May 2023, 17:29

@the-neon-shark yeah it's kinda half way rhythm, we opted to make it simple and to just chill with 1 key, for now :) Thank you!

Argaf3 May 2023, 17:30

@emily-ttg Thank you very much!

Argaf3 May 2023, 17:31

@smdg thanks a lot! ^^

Argaf3 May 2023, 17:31

@samoussa Thank you so much! That was the obejective. Glad to hear that :)

noskro4 May 2023, 07:36

I usually prefer to include some thing to improve in my comments as just saying "this is great" doesn't provide any feedback, but here my feedback has to be that it never felt so satisfying to just press one button.

StormForged4 May 2023, 08:10

Simple gameplay executed very well, love to see it. Cool concept and backdrop coulda kept playing this one for a while.

Argaf4 May 2023, 11:39

@noskro thank you so much! That was one of the objectives

Argaf4 May 2023, 11:40

@stormforged thank you! Truly glad you enjoyed it.