Tiny dropshipping

co-authored: @nekuake
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.76
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.45
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.52
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.29
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.62
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.88
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.62
Deliver the parcels to the homes of all the city! Keep in mind that the patience of your customers is very limited.

Important! How to play:


* Get more trucks by pressing the Space bar. Be careful, if two trucks colide, it's game over.
* DON'T spawn more than one truck at the same time, or they will colide and you will lose.
* Each truck has 3 packages. Once delivered, you have to go back manually to the spawn to get more.
* Plan the route for every of your trucks.
* Plan where you place your trucks so you don't crash on accident!
* Left-click a truck to select it.
* Plan it's route. Add points to the route by left-clicking, and confirm with right-click.
* You don't need to add a stop for every pickup, the truck will deliver the parcel as long as it has packages if it goes near one.

It is possible to get more than 40 points if you play correctly.

If you need help and a tip: remember how real life postal services! And good luck!

Avoid leaving a customer for too long or making two trucks crash or you lose!

All the graphics but the emojis and the truck symbol where made by us. Music and sounds are copyright free.

Updates:
Added a little icon indicationg to press the space bar at the start, as most of the people were not reading the instructions...
Genres: puzzle

Comments15

Tudvari
Tudvari2 May 2023, 16:07
Very polished game, I would love to see more depth in it. At first I thought the "confirmation" right click was unnecessary but then I realised that I could add multiple points to a path. Nice! :)
SuperKlever2 May 2023, 16:19
An interesting logic game about delivery. It looks beautiful
LDJam user 282870
LDJam user 28287016 May 2023, 12:27
Very well done game. It is a bit frustrating at times, and the packages come a little fast in the beginning. All in all it is a well programmed idea
Le Don
Le Don16 May 2023, 12:28
This is actually a great game! I really like this one a lot. I needed some time to figure the controls and concept out, but overall I think planing the routes is quite fun. The art and background music fits also really well. There might be room for improvements. For example, I wish there would be a pause button, because setting up those paths while being under time pressure can be a bit rough. I also wish there would be an escape button, so I wouldn't have alt+F4 to close the game.
JulienLussiez
JulienLussiez18 May 2023, 16:46
Great job ! The logic is interesting and the gameplay quite addictive. I also like the minimalist style.
b4ux1t3
b4ux1t318 May 2023, 17:03
Addictive, engaging, nailed the theme. Well done!
STUDIO ENDEVA18 May 2023, 20:48
Really enjoyed this one. Art was my favourite part. Less is more. Such clean presentation. Congrats on your entry!
Steve Sparkes
Steve Sparkes18 May 2023, 21:26
Very nice work on this! It's a great game to vibe to. I'm impressed with the pathfinding approach to planning the routes, though that didn't mean I was any better at organising my deliveries. ;) The aesthetic of the game was sleek, cohesive and probably my favourite part of it. Great work team!
Christian Zommerfelds
Christian Zommerfelds18 May 2023, 21:58
Nice job! I found the controls quite unituitive, had to read the instructions multiple times and lose a few times. I think a small text prompt on the screen would have helped :) Also I couldn't always get to the customers, not sure how precise you have to be. But otherwise a relaxing game!
Fluburbio
Fluburbio18 May 2023, 22:12
I had some trouble adjusting to the controls and had to read the instructions multiple times too. I think that when you right click to start on your path, if you haven't left clicked, that right click should validate your path like a left click and then start the truck.

But once I got it, I found your game very ingenious, and I absolutely adore that clean visual style 😁 Excellent work! This is a brilliant game that's perfectly aligned with the theme.
Max Amaden
Max Amaden18 May 2023, 23:08
Really fun time, and very interesting idea! To the best of my knowledge, a unique one too! I had a lot of fun with this, planning all of the routes was oddly relaxing and I really vibed with it. I was quite impressed with the level of polish, too!

I had a good time with this little game, and I look forward to seeing what you make next! Keep up the great work!! :grin:
kanity
kanity19 May 2023, 14:29
Very nice idea and cute map, I had some troubles trying to lay the path, more specifically clicking on a truck to start drawing the path (not always appeared to work) and then after making the path I would click right click, my line would disappear and the truck would stay in the same place :(
Theg
Theg19 May 2023, 15:08
Very neat idea! I had an issue with trucks just stopping any deliveries but I had a lot of fun.
Pegasus
Pegasus19 May 2023, 15:33
Really cool idea that fits the theme very well. I like the visuals, very simple to see what's going on with the icons and roads etc. I really like the idea of having to guide the trucks so as not to intercept each other. The path finding you've done makes it really satisfying to plan out an entire route with multiple stops, and never gets overcomplicated.

I found that the gameplay does get a little repetitive after a while - managed to get to 64 and the best strategy seemed to just send empty trucks to random streets so they don't get in the way, and then just spawn in new ones. Maybe if there wasn't infinite trucks then it would mean you have to be a bit more strategic about when you send them back to the depot and what routes they take. I also had a couple of runs ended where I accidentally tried to spawn in a truck while another was still too close, quite frustrating having to start over - I know you mentioned it in your instructions but I think it wouldn't be hard to just prevent new trucks spawning while one is already at the depot.

Overall a really good game though, I could easily see this being polished up and expanded into a full on game. Great job guys!

P.S. You left the DoNotShip debug info folder in your game build lol
Skel3ton
Skel3ton19 May 2023, 16:36
interesting and fun game. It took me a while to get used to the controls, but then it worked. Sometimes when I needed to move up just a little, I could not see where I was clicking.

very good entry

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