The Box Baby

by revetoon

co-authored: @jojopalambas

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.10

Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.08

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.86

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.39

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.81

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.73

Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.10

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.83

❗️ Warning: strong language ❗️

Turmoil in the package processing hub!

Your job is simple: sort the packages into their matching trucks, and make the customers happy! But everything gets more complicated when an unexpected visitor enters the scene and starts giving orders...

*A simple puzzle-comedy game, based on unexpected twists and absurd situations, all made in three days!*

Everything in this game has been made in the course of Ludum Dare 53, including:

- All gameplay mechanics
- All graphics
- All musics
- All sound effects

(the only exception being our logo splashscreen at the beginning)

Tools

- Game engine: Unity
- 3D modeling: Blender
- 2D design: Gimp
- Music: FL Studio
- Sound design: Audacity

Changelog

v1.4 (Post-Jam)

- Various bug fixes, see ich.io link for the full changelog.

v1.3 (Post-Jam)

- Fix Dialog not displayed when making the game fullscreen on web versions.

v1.1

- Fixing various little bugs during the Ludum Dare.

v1.0

- Game release during the Ludum Dare.

Tags: #game jam, #humor

Genres: interactive fiction

Tools: Audacity, Blender, FL Studio, GIMP, Unity

Comments43

chesschaser2 May 2023, 10:39

Great little game. Love how it gets more and more complex, and the gameplay is varied.

LorenzoCgt2 May 2023, 10:56

I love it ! the polish level on this is insane :o

Alexander Tan2 May 2023, 10:57

Absolutely Perfect! Best game i have played so far! Great polish, great humour and even the simple gameplay is challenging. Would love to see a real game of this!

Voodoo2 May 2023, 11:00

Best game I've played from the Jam so far, the baby was great. Only downside was that once you can pick up the packages all the other conveyor belt mechanics become redundant.

unkilledshadow135_Alex2 May 2023, 11:02

Absolutely insane! I like almost everything about this game! Very smooth and nice art. I like that you managed to keep one core mechanic and increase it in something bigger. However, I guess there should be dialogues, but playing on WebGL I found, that textboxes are empty, BUT... Even without the dialogues I understood the mechanics and controls because they are so clear that the Box Baby would understand :smile:

MorePixels2 May 2023, 11:04

THIS WAS AMAZING! I LOVED IT SO MUCH. Was confused with the text not working but honestly it made everything so much funnier because i had no clue what was going on.

Amazing game!

JamesW2 May 2023, 11:13

A very solid game all in all. New mechanisms are introduced smoothly. Leaning more towards real-time operation instead of puzzles. If the puzzle part is polished more, this game will be the perfect :o

JojoPalambas2 May 2023, 11:21

@unkilledshadow135-alex Hi! Thanks for the review :)
We are very curious about the problem you encountered about the dialogs (it is a core part of the game, very sad if players cannot see that haha). What browser were you playing on? Are there some specific details on your setup that may occur that?

unkilledshadow135_Alex2 May 2023, 11:29

@jojopalambas Hi! I'm not quite sure about specific details on my setup but I'm using Opera GX. Could it be a problem?

BLumbye2 May 2023, 12:26

Initially, I thought the game was a bit too easy and boring, but that quickly took a turn! Great fun, though I wish it was paced a tiny bit faster :smile:

maxds982 May 2023, 12:52

It's definitely the best game I have ever seed on LD. This f*cking baby just blow up me and I could not spot laughing while playing. Great game 11/10!

Zhiteng Chen2 May 2023, 13:00

For me, I would hide the baby from the game title, so the player will get more surprise, haha. Anyway, simple elegant mechanic and I have fun. Thanks. Welcome to play my game too.

neecto2 May 2023, 13:20

great and fun game, really nice approach to varied gameplay mechanics!

LouieJams2 May 2023, 13:28

Gameplay was good and responded well. Was surprised by the swearing boss baby :'D

Timbaleek2 May 2023, 13:38

The humor is amazing, and every level was surprising. Great ending lol. Keep it up, this could be actually released someday :)

ZOMBIEBUST3R2 May 2023, 13:48

This was a rollercoaster of a game. Did not expect any of it coming in but it was a blast. The dialogue is funny and the ending is very fitting. Would have loved a level selector but other than that awesome work!

Amolker2 May 2023, 13:59

Great game, really like the twist with baby. It started like some regular LD game but then!
Good job!
Just one thing. When I get to fullscreen - text disapears.

AstroCookie2 May 2023, 16:32

My first thought was "Another game about delivery chains...". Oh my. Each level was a good surprise! I really enjoyed the dialogue, kind of Portal-like humor, but trashy ^^ 👍 for making it playable online! It was a lot of fun, thanks!

Kongo2 May 2023, 18:46

Came for the puzzle. Stayed for the plot. So fricking aswesome! I love it!

JojoPalambas2 May 2023, 19:46

@amolker Thanks for the review! We have heard of this problem from other players, but your message really helped us reproducing it! We are working on it, dialogs are a core part of the game :slight_smile:

SpicyMarcus2 May 2023, 20:37

A brilliant game with great humor and some clever mechanics! Definitely worth a play!

Shmi2 May 2023, 22:20

Really liked this game, had a bit of a slow start but the got really fun towards the end. Love the dialogue and the unexpected turns in the storyline.

makuck953 May 2023, 14:38

I like the tutorial and how you add more mechanics to it. Graphics are minimalistic and fit very well to game. I don't like curses in games. I think it should be used very rare in the special moment. There I don't have fun with read all baby dialogs.

MintBreak4 May 2023, 08:58

;( My feelings were hurt, that's one mean baby. That was probably the funniest entry I've played. I was kind of frustrated at how slow the conveyors were going cause each time I failed I had to do the dialogue over again + wait for the package. GREAT JOB THOUGH!!!!!

Jatinstic Gaming4 May 2023, 09:10

A nice little game with minimalist but beautiful graphics! Loved the music as well! Great job!

And uh... I can not be the only one who tried this...

Krzyhau4 May 2023, 10:21

Well, what can I say, the humor in this one is off the charts. I also like how you tweak the gameplay in unconventional way to support this ridiculously hilarious mess of a story. I imagine because all of this you ran out of time, because the ending feels sudden and incomplete ("lmao f" vibes, and disappearing peds when you shoot them lol). Controls feel intuitive, hover highlight is probably a big factor in this.

Overall, I enjoyed it. Stupidly fun interactive piece of satire!

GeniusArt4 May 2023, 10:35

Great game! Interesting gameplay mechanics, nice sense of humor and interesting multitasking missions

LDJam user 3143564 May 2023, 10:44

Quality content. Not just mechanics, but some plot development (not for everytone though). Not too long, nice work with sounds and music.
Controls could be better (spraying and shooting is not very handy) and sometimes game "bugs" (level doesn't end if you do something wrong), but the game is really good and full-fledged overall. Good job!

Kitira4 May 2023, 10:59

Funny game with really good ideas and a very special humor, which I liked a lot! ^^ First, I had wished for a Fast Forward button, but then also very quickly no more ;D Really great that with each level new game mechanics are added, which expanded the game in a very unpredictable way. Great game!

Momo_Hunter4 May 2023, 12:17

Loved the game, well executed and also bug free. Well done!

pndaa4 May 2023, 12:22

Wonderfull game. Everything is easy to understand and explained well. I really liked the baby's dialogues. I also loved the ending.

Good job !!!

hmrpf4 May 2023, 12:35

What did I just played ahah. Great entry, loved it.

Firebugs4 May 2023, 12:44

What the heck did I just play. Ahaha, great job subverting expectations, loved the moment where you told me I could just pick up the packages with my hands... duh... what a goon. Great entry!

LDJam user 1892704 May 2023, 13:00

I really enjoyed how inventive and surprising the game was throughout. The humour is a little juvenile for my tastes but the game is really well done.

SneakyFox4 May 2023, 22:08

THIS GAME IS AWESOME!

Great job! I love almost all part's of it, and I want more :)
I really enjoy this type of graphics, and downloaded pc version for smooth shadows.

But level with child is too brutal, there must a way to save him, I though I will lose at first and you can't really do it, but.. you can.

In total, best game of this jam for me so far, and the story, the style, the interactivity is quite nice

Erlioniel5 May 2023, 08:32

Hi there!

For sure the funniest creation I've played this LD, was laughing as fuck! Nice to see ya guys and have such a small mechanic with such amount of details in story-telling - just amazing!

Here is my huge :thumbsup: for this one!

MAR Zockmeister5 May 2023, 23:04

Haha, totally fun idea, nice levels, great humor. Totally loved it. :smile: Awesome game and very polished.

spudboy7 May 2023, 00:36

Really good haha. The ending felt a bit anticlimactic but I know how game jams are, only so much time to make stuff :P

MrTroy7 May 2023, 01:23

Woah. That was wild. I didn't know what to expect the entire time!

ValentinWB11 May 2023, 14:19

I did not see last twist coming ! I was wondering why the game was so slow at first but it works so well to feel the change of mood afterwards. Good Work !

jordantanner16 May 2023, 03:05

As others have said, really really polished game here. It's clear that you guys had a vision early on of what you wanted to do and then executed it extremely well! Puzzles were clever and well designed. I dug the chill piano track and the visual aesthetic as well.

WeirdBitGames16 May 2023, 16:45

This is really simple and elegant. I did wonder what the flipper was for as I flipped several boxes onto the dirt before the trash tutorial appear hehe! I felt like it could've been a bit faster, but then again it was the tutorial section. Really simple controls, great visuals and super on theme for the jam, amazing job!