Rescue Rat

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.23
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.85
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.99
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.98
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.03
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.90
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.66
Middle Ages. The plague epidemic is in full swing. People are hiding at home and waiting for their medicines, but there are too many victims, and the Plague Doctor does not have time to help everyone. Then he comes up with a brilliant plan...

A Rescue Rat will help deliver medicines! Accept quests, save the townspeople, and most importantly: AVOID. THE PLAGUE. RATS! :rat:



Don't forget to expand the game to full screen!


Controls

- WASD *to move*
- F *to interact*
- SPACEBAR *to continue* in the dialogs

Our team

- Alexander Lipatov (@sashalipatov) - Team Leader
- Georgy Shkurov (@georgy) - Programmer
- Nikita Zaborskikh (@p1n) - Programmer
- Mikhail Avdeev (@mihail) - Game Designer
- Maria Shitova (@davitta) - Environment Artist
- Nika Poroshkova (@pnikav) - UI Artist, Articles
- Maria Alrik (@maria-alrik) - Character Artist
Tags: #unity
Genres: role playing
Tools: Unity

Comments94

Cresceda
Cresceda2 May 2023, 00:45
Love the artstyle! Heads up; game needs to be played in full-screen on the webgl version to work.
Wolfier
Wolfier2 May 2023, 00:58
It seems I'm not the only one one with a animal protagonist for the Dare.

Is it possible to make a higher resolution map, or a bigger map. I'm largely just wandering around until if find who i'm looking for.
LDJam user 321333
LDJam user 3213332 May 2023, 01:56
I agree about the map (and showing a map at the start to tell us where the people are would be helpful) and the art, and I enjoyed the writing quite a bit as well.
LDJam user 3001432 May 2023, 12:18
афигенный арт! и смешные крыски(когда вертятся и верх ногами)))
MKRaw2 May 2023, 13:54
The art is very nice, the rat keeps rotating and I got lost no knowing where to go
Mary Orlova2 May 2023, 16:17
Мне очень нравится сам концепт срдневековья, очен люблю такое) Красивый арт, клёвые анимации и хорошо, что вы пофиксили то, когда крыска крутится вокруг своей оси, стало лучше играться) Хотелось бы сделать мини карту побольше, чтобы понять как к какому персу добраться, а то я просто брожу по карте и пытаюсь вспомнить кто где находится или мб показывать направление куда идти, нз, но что -то , что облегчит немного нахждение челиков на карте
OmriLahav2 May 2023, 16:31
Very good looking game, well done!
DanielShershnev2Game12 May 2023, 18:03
Очень всё красиво нарисовано! И игра хорошая!
dianovvv2 May 2023, 20:05
Ваау, очень красивый арт и классная задумка. Я испугалась, когда на меня побежала первая крыска хвхахвх
Kristina252 May 2023, 21:34
Очень красиво, арт на высшем уровне!
Достаточно объемная и увлекательная игра. За короткий срок у вас получилось сделать крутую игру!)
Sashalipatovauthor3 May 2023, 01:50
@cresceda Thanks for your comment! It’s true we have few technical issues, but we are improving ourselves.
Sashalipatovauthor3 May 2023, 01:54
@wolfier Thanks for your comment. At the production stage, we decided that this is the best option for the size of the map. but we take into account your claims.
Sashalipatovauthor3 May 2023, 01:57
@oter thanks for the comment! We take into account all claims, and we proud for dialogues too)
Sashalipatovauthor3 May 2023, 01:58
@polinachrr Спасибо за комментарий, мы сами думали сотворять крутящихся Крыс или нет, ахах
Sashalipatovauthor3 May 2023, 01:59
@mkraw Thanks for your comment! We are improving all the bugs
Sashalipatovauthor3 May 2023, 02:23
@mary-orlova спасибо за твой комментарий! Странно, летающие крысы всем нравились, лол. Мы пока на этапе тестирования и учитываем все предложения по улучшению игры. Все что ты описала мы добавим в Баттл пасс ахах
Sashalipatovauthor3 May 2023, 02:25
@dianovvv Спасибо за комментарий, мы так и задумывали )
Alexkik1515
Alexkik15153 May 2023, 10:13
Игра проста в ореинтеровке, уже зараннее знаю куда иду, дополнительно очень помогает карта. В целом хорошая работа.
WimbleBimble3 May 2023, 11:21
Очень атмосферная и красивая игра. Просто 10/10.
Ntimi
Ntimi3 May 2023, 14:33
Interesting game. I liked your character art, especially the starting panels and the little animations of the people on the map. The characters were hard to find on the map, I guess after a while you remember where every guy is, but especially in the beginning I was wandering around quite a while aimlessly. You captured the mood of a plague-ridden city in the middle ages well, though. The music and art fit well together.
filgreen3
filgreen33 May 2023, 15:01
Impressed by art style!
WeirdBitGames
WeirdBitGames3 May 2023, 15:37
The art style is so good! I like taht it's set in medieval times too! The music is super chill and the mini-map is SUPER helpful and is a great addition!
sledzik3 May 2023, 18:44
great artstyle!
FreezedIce3 May 2023, 18:46
I'm getting a crash after the opening slides:\
karreg
karreg3 May 2023, 18:47
Nice graphics and mood, and an interesting idea that suits the theme very well. Great job !
sbeif3 May 2023, 18:48
I got an error when trying to play after the tutorial
After a page refresh however I was able to play. Cool art, fitting music and funny dialogues. I noticed however that I was almost exclusively looking at the minimap, as it made it easier to locate the goal and to avoid plague rats. At the same time though, I think this was making the gameplay less interesting. Perhaps you could consider a different approach, like for example an arrow that points towards the target so that I have to memorize the map a bit and have to look at the main scene.
Braveskin
Braveskin3 May 2023, 18:52
Very cool drawn visual style and concept. Unfortunately I was not able to get any sounds to play so I think I missed out on some music.
AlpalcaLad3 May 2023, 19:13
I'm getting a webGL error of some kind (running it full screen so thats not the issue) Do you have a downloadable as well so I can still check the game out?
Georgy
Georgy3 May 2023, 20:12
@alpalcalad This is the first time we've heard of such a bug, so we've added a downloadable file to Itch.io just for you.
Georgy
Georgy3 May 2023, 20:15
@sbeif @freezedice Thanks for reporting the bugs. This error appears if you do not wait for the end of the animation and press the button earlier, we will fix the error soon!
AlpalcaLad3 May 2023, 21:20
Legend thanks. Only possible issue would be the layering was a bit odd for the player. You could stand above the doctor but still be in front which looked aesthetically a bit odd. Really the best criticism i have tho so rly good game other than that
MaximPes3 May 2023, 21:46
Обожаю средневековье! Сама идея отправить на доставку лекарств крысу шикарна! 10 из 10.
nerdyHerbivore
nerdyHerbivore3 May 2023, 22:20
Lovely art and music, when I think even adding a North/South/East/West in the upper right quest dialog would help. Once I memorized where people were it was easier, but I did have to take Licorish multiple times in a row, so I think eliminating a quest from the list once you've completed it would make the dialogue feel fresh each time.

We made a game with rats delivering the plague, so I like to think your rat is in the same universe curing the people on which we're dumping fleas!
soundgnome
soundgnome4 May 2023, 00:52
Love the art style and music. Once I figured out how the game worked I found myself mostly just looking at the minimap and ignoring the rest of the screen until I got to a delivery, which is a shame because the the artwork is so good. I wonder if it would have worked to get rid of the minimap and just have an arrow pointing in the direction of your objective.
Stupid_scarf
Stupid_scarf4 May 2023, 07:36
Я влюбилась в арт (он божественный)...
Но пару ошибок, пока пыталась запустить словила (грустно).
А так очень хорошая работа!
LDJam user 280509
LDJam user 2805094 May 2023, 10:51
Super cool medieval style!

And interesting concept to let a rat deliver the medicine while other rats are delivering plague!
Gone.Done4 May 2023, 12:39
Игра интересная и весёлая, однако меня напрягало всю игру анимация ходьбы, которая постоянно проигрывалась, отдельное спасибо за миникарту, очень помогала)
Dan Allison
Dan Allison4 May 2023, 12:55
Really great aesthetics here, very atmospheric too which I think was down to such a strong art style and music. Game was fun, liked the conversations between the rat doc and the other characters and finding the best way around the rats was cool. I eventually died when I decided to try and sneak past one rat only to be chased directly into another!
trASSh
trASSh4 May 2023, 13:18
Amazing art style and atmosphere! There was a bug when i 1st started the game but after restarting it was fixed!
Igor Minenko
Igor Minenko4 May 2023, 13:20
wow, such a beautiful game with an interesting idea!
Falk Hoeppner
Falk Hoeppner4 May 2023, 13:27
I loved the music and art, they made for a very aesthetically enjoyable experience. The gameplay was limited but good.
lipr4 May 2023, 13:44
good job
kanity
kanity4 May 2023, 14:15
The character art is gorgeous, and the atmosphere is well crafted. The carrier rat would go over NPCs (as her model just slides over those who are not part of the quest atm) and it is easy to get lost even with a map, but the concept is great and gameplay is interesting.
Montigor4 May 2023, 17:29
Artstyle and mood are amazing!
DurkaGames
DurkaGames4 May 2023, 17:33
We love this UI, very very good art style. Our big respect to @pnikav! For programmers: guys, you should put a flip function outside the moving function, to block rotation of the character back to start position and scale the character collider a bit more. Also we miss a bit more sprites in the animation sprite sheets and, regretfully, there's no interact. Just isn't working, idk why. Overall, very nice entry!
resacaGames
resacaGames4 May 2023, 17:35
Art style was very good, super creepy.
The dialogues were fun! Map was OP tho, like I never stopped looking at it and never crossed a plague rat.
Loved it, great work!!!
kot94 May 2023, 17:38
Loved the artstyle!
krrror4 May 2023, 17:56
так как я очень люблю крыс, игра сразу запал мне в сердечко. ребята, которые ее создавали, большие молодцы!!
agudar
agudar4 May 2023, 19:15
the visuals are very nice, the animations are sweet, but the gameplay is a little difficult, it took me a long time to understand what to do, the monster that was walking around randomly killed me a few times
pnikav
pnikav4 May 2023, 20:05
@durkagames Thank you so much for your comment, I really tried! I will definitely tell our programmers, we will try to fix what you described :)
FlashViper
FlashViper4 May 2023, 20:16
The art was cool, but I couldn't understand what to do. The monster was hard to see, and by the time I did, they had already bumped into me. I also couldn't find anything to interact with :|
Overall, great artstyle, but the gameplay needs a lot of polish
rekkorize4 May 2023, 20:28
Немного не хватило разнообразия, в целом прикольная игра с приятной атмосферой :)
vafer4 May 2023, 20:29
As all are mentioning it, the art is so good. Nothing to really add. Except maybe lack of some intruction of how to play or what to do excactly. GJ!
Alexascher4 May 2023, 20:35
Визуальный стиль музыка и диалоги отличные! Невольно заулыбался когда запустил. Вижу, что у других комментаторов враги бродили по городу, но у меня они стояли на месте и я их обходил просто. Я выучил имена 4-х больных и заработал 1700 очков
Sashalipatovauthor5 May 2023, 03:19
@ntimi thanks for the playing! The game is still testing we are really appreciate your comments!
Sashalipatovauthor5 May 2023, 03:24
@braveskin thanks for the playing! In the mane menu we hanged option “music”)
Sashalipatovauthor5 May 2023, 03:26
@maximpes Спасибо, что поиграли! Мы действительно хотели удивить игроков на этом джеме)
Sashalipatovauthor5 May 2023, 03:28
@nerdyherbivore Thanks! We are still testing the game and improve it. Massage us, maybe create same universe)
Sashalipatovauthor5 May 2023, 03:37
@soundgnome thanks for playing! We have tested the game and decided that mini-map is the best solution, but we are improving our game!
Sashalipatovauthor5 May 2023, 03:38
@stupid-scarf спасибо за комментарий! Наши дизайнеры очень рады слышать]! Мы учуявшем наш проект, все баги будут исправлены!
Sashalipatovauthor5 May 2023, 03:40
@dan-allison thanks for the comment! We are really appreciate that you like gameplay!)
Sashalipatovauthor5 May 2023, 03:41
@trassh thanks for the playing! We are trying to improve our game! All bugs will be fixed!
Sashalipatovauthor5 May 2023, 03:46
@resacagames thanks for the playing! We are still thinking how improve our mini map!
Sashalipatovauthor5 May 2023, 03:47
@krrror Спачибо тебе большое за комментарий! Мы тоже любим крыс)
Sashalipatovauthor5 May 2023, 03:48
@agudar thanks for the playing! In the mane menu we created a tutorial)
Sashalipatovauthor5 May 2023, 03:49
@rekkorize Спасибо что поиграли! Мы будем улучшать игру, ждём ваших пожеланий)
Sashalipatovauthor5 May 2023, 03:50
@vafer thanks for the playing! We are really trying to make pretty game, also we have tutorial in our mane menu)
Sashalipatovauthor5 May 2023, 03:52
@alexascher Спасибо за комментарий! Игра может различаться от стиля прохождения) Мы очень рады, что вам понравились диалоги и вы смогли дойти так далеко)
Tyrannas
Tyrannas5 May 2023, 12:35
Enjoyable game ! I like the original idea you had for the theme haha "hey guys, lets make a rat delivery service ok ?".
The graphics were great, especially the characters (rat included), lot of details and that's really the strong point of the game for me. For the gameplay it's simple but works well, and there is so much you can do in a Ludum Dare ! I would have loved to have a bit more lore / story during the missions but, yeah as i said, not enough time i guess ! Anyway, well played :)
Acckaya_Sotona5 May 2023, 12:55
Арт хорош, но так и не понял как играть и что делать кроме как бегать по локации
XeduR
XeduR5 May 2023, 17:43
Like someone else had mentioned, if you don't wait for the intro slides to finish and just click on "continue" as soon as you can, the game crashes.

The art style is nice and the music is relaxing and fits the setting. I think the game could have benefited from a compass that directs the player to their destination. The camera should have also been pushed a bit further as there were a few instances where I died to a rat that was under the top right UI. I died before I ever saw the rat.

Edit:

I just saw the message in the description above about playing the game in full screen. It does improve the experience, but you should try to make the UI scale for smaller viewports as well, especially if its playable in the browser.

This was my initial view:
AlexSolonnikovP4
AlexSolonnikovP46 May 2023, 09:58
A very interesting game with an interesting story. Nothing knocked out of the flow state. Great job!)
Antoine Aubert7 May 2023, 14:43
The game is pretty good. I like the medieval vibe but maybe adding some dialogue at the beginning of the game with the doctor would have been more immersive.
I would have loved to have more indications and choice of deliveries, and not just look at the mini map to find the characters and stars.
But great job, the graphics are really goods and the game works well !
Rakowu
Rakowu8 May 2023, 18:19
I think the art is really good. An option that you can show and hide the quest panel would have been good so that you have more visibility. An info button like when you hand in the quest would have been good for the doctor. I didn't know what the window was at the top right at the beginning, and then I understood that the doctor gives me missions. An exclamation mark to show "hey i'm giving you a quest" would have been an advantage. I like that the plague rats give up the chase after a while. i also find the fact that there are dialogues a sweet detail. Music would have been good too :D
ellaris
ellaris14 May 2023, 11:21
+ Interesting game, I like the atmosphere.
+ I think the minimap was too useful, it had much more information than the screen, so I just looked at the minimap the entire time. Maybe have the destination indication show up on the edge of the screen or don't show the plague rats on the minimap and reduce their trigger range.
+ There seemed be no end to the game (no timer), just free wandering (no max delivery number), and the plague rats were always in the same place (only followed the player), so after you learn the routes to the people it became pretty repetitive.
+ I found it weird that when getting close to the delivery recipient you got the conversation, which sometimes even mentioned something like give it to me or thanks, and you didn't drop of the "goods". I think you should drop off the delivery when the conversation begins, and then you can have the conversation trigger on proximity or button press.
+ Some of the conversations were confusing, and I think they triggered randomly but there weren't too much available because I got like the same conversation 3 times and then a different one? if that's the case, maybe have it be less random and trigger the conversation that hasn't been seen yet or has been seen the least amount of times.

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