That time I got to help my father in his new garage

by seraphyi

co-authored: @kartof, @mihrea

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.59

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.07

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.96

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.00

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.11

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.83

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.82

Intro:
Today is not your day! Dad's on vacation and wants to repair his car.
Time to help him and try to get on his good side. Follow dad's instructions and buy the tools he needs.
Be careful and don't upset him.

How to play :
Choose the right store.
Search for the requested tool.

Controls:
Movement -> Mouse
Picking Tools -> Left Mouse Click
Pushing Tools -> Right Mouse Click

We hope you enjoy our game, we surely did:))
Thanks a lot to everyone, but especially for my team and for those missing hours of sleep. You're great! ❤️

P.S.: We'll get back to you with some updates, stay tunned! 😉!

Tags: #2d, #first-person, #pixel art, #short, #singleplayer, #unity

Genres: simulation

Comments19

Alexander Tan2 May 2023, 17:17

Interesting concept, this gives me ptsd and trauma but overall interesting

SolidHinken2 May 2023, 20:20

Accurate.

BartekDe2 May 2023, 20:58

I played two times and not even once I brought home the right tool that my beloved dad wanted.
Feels like real life. 11/10

Purely from a game-dev perspective, there were nice animations of picking up tools.

Can't wait for the updates!

st00nsa2 May 2023, 21:29

Ohh gosh, I really love the aesthetic on the screenshot (big fun of this low res 3d). But I don't have windows to run it, pls make a web/mac version.

LorenzoCgt3 May 2023, 17:16

love when dad punch me hard

DanielB4 May 2023, 04:16

Pretty fun, it's like a memory game where my life is on the line.

HoloLight174 May 2023, 11:56

The most authentic experience in my life. Thanks!

LDJam user 2781464 May 2023, 14:20

My dad hit me so much :(

Either I'm dumdum or sometimes the right item would not be at the store, or I would pick the right item and get hit anyway.

Seraphyiauthor4 May 2023, 20:59

@chybby we made it so that you can get new tools if you push all of them out of the box (though it isn't very clear you can do this). will add an indication you can do this in the post ludum version. thanks for the feedback!

Dexort5 May 2023, 16:56

Nice game. But was not so clear how to play for the first couple times. Was confused, why instruments are not appearing. Later realized, that pushing is not for cosmetics. Nice art style!

Mantook8 May 2023, 13:43

This one is one of the most interesting ones I have played. It feels like a depiction of childhood trauma!

Surfa9 May 2023, 20:07

Really like the graphics, wished the game had more to do. Felt like the flashlight part was a missed opportunity. For additional gameplay.

Mastoast9 May 2023, 21:11

Very disturbing game, very memorable. The sound effects are really well made, you really feel the violence when you fail a task, it really surprised me the first time, nice game

JamieOK10 May 2023, 12:14

Pixelly graphics and animation are real nice, audio is impactful, concept is... relatable :laughing: couldn't tell until reading these comments that you can reset the toolbox if the correct tool isn't there, that bit in the tutorial could be a bit clearer. Cool little jam, if a bit dark. Nice job!

Paulsams11 May 2023, 10:17

It looks cool, but somehow little is felt in this game. But the fact that you tried to do something like that - well done.

LDJam user 20240811 May 2023, 10:43

This is a nice entry! the pixel art with 2 different perspectives in really nice, and the idea is pretty innovative, I wish the objectives would appear somewhere in the screen so you can search for the items without having to read a lot of text everytime, but maybe that's just me..

SparklingSushi13 May 2023, 18:34

Yeah, i liked it so much : D
The concept of the game is simple and works very well.
Loved the graphics, different tools and tension to get the proper one : D
Very cool submission, thanks for that :)

Max Amaden18 May 2023, 22:35

Lovely graphics, lovely feel, and oddly nostalgic somehow?? This is what a good Ludum Dare entry looks like! A couple of people have already shouted out, but the animations make me very happy from a dev perspective.

I had a great time with this one, keep up the awesome work team!! :grin:

ScrapMetal18 May 2023, 22:45

Dang, I've never been so stressed out trying to pick the right tool. :sweat_smile: :cold_sweat:

This game is triggering! The emotions and trauma it created in me was uncomfortable af, but damn, the art and animations are so good!

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