Zeba's Broke!!!!

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.80
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.78
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.47
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.38
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.67
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.83
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.87
Zeba's Broke is a gig economy hellscape simulator​ (only you're a witch)

Take orders, collect tips, and try not to run into birds!!! (Why are there so many birds???)

CHANGELOG
Turned down player speed
Less Birds

Comments43

Adam Gaskins
Adam Gaskins2 May 2023, 02:18
Dude this was a fun little game!! The controls were very intuitive, and it definitely made me feel like I was in Kiki's Delivery Service hehe. At one point I had 3 orders active and I was picking up multiple at a time and then delivering them, and when I pulled it off it felt awesome :heart_eyes:
Debone2 May 2023, 02:20
Thanks for your submission!
I made 50 bucks on my day. I really enjoyed the music and mood it created together with the choice of the paper map. The smooth fly and controls helped into aclimate myself into the city, good job there!

If anything, I'd take out the seagulls and make the challenge be some other constraint, they are too disruptive to the whole atmosphere :)
slimefriend
slimefriendauthor2 May 2023, 02:28
I can definitely turn down the amount of birds flying around! They are a little much
mrs.wheelsx
mrs.wheelsx2 May 2023, 02:29
I liked the seagulls! Please don't take them out. Great game :)
slimefriend
slimefriendauthor2 May 2023, 02:30
Don't worry dont worry im keepin em in! There's just gonna be less of them haha
Koolruz
Koolruz2 May 2023, 02:43
I *really* liked the music and vibe of just cruising around delivering orders - Great job with that! At first, I agreed with the other commenters that the seagulls could be hard to avoid and took down the vibe, but I think my problem was that I would be moving so fast that I wouldn't see the seagull in time to react. Once I started slowing down a bit, they were a lot less troublesome, and it felt really good once you felt like you were in control of the broom.

My only complaint was that I kept getting pulled out of flow when a new gig came in - I couldn't think of any reason I would turn one down (even if it didn't pay well, I could just ignore it seemingly without penalty), so disrupting gameplay to accept/decline an order felt harsh.

Overall though, I enjoyed my time filling in for Kiki :)
slimefriend
slimefriendauthor2 May 2023, 02:58
I'll also say I think the game is faster than it was when I was working on it, there's something with how built Godot games work I've yet to figure out...I think you're right about the orders, I'll look at that and see how I can make that feel better.
ChanceA2 May 2023, 03:01
This was a lot of fun! Very satisfying to zip around, would love to play more of this.
HoldMeImScared
HoldMeImScared2 May 2023, 03:15
The controls are reasonably responsive, it felt kinda nice to just fly for a bit, though yeah it helps to keep speed down some. Nice, chill music.
Zerfalex2 May 2023, 10:32
Like everyone else said, the whole sound design was very nice. The little detail of seeing the packages on your broom handle was super cool!
JCMonkey
JCMonkey2 May 2023, 15:47
uber eats on a broom stick love it! i for some reason managed to dodge the birds, but when i hit one i laughed my arse off!!!
Guardaro
Guardaro2 May 2023, 19:42
Very nice! Good chill music, loved the birds, noticed a few subtle UI things that were cool (the arrow changes size depending on how close you are to your destination). Lots of good polish in general. Good stuff!
Eric Nguyen2 May 2023, 19:51
The visual design is super clean, and I really enjoyed the music. The UI was well done and zipping around Toronto was satisfying. I managed to make 59 bucks on my day!

What do you think about adding some visual indicator that you're going slow enough to make max tip?
Starlight Glimmer is best poney2 May 2023, 21:22
Good job. My friend also wanted to make a Kiki's Delivery-inspired game but he bailed, so it's nice to see the idea come to life after all

> What do you think about adding some visual indicator that you’re going slow enough to make max tip?

I think this is a bad idea actually. Some things should be left to the player's intuition
Shmi2 May 2023, 22:35
Very relaxing game to play, even with the seagull. Gets a little repetitive after a few deliveries. But love the top down map style of play.
Jaxah
Jaxah2 May 2023, 22:41
I really love this concept. In fact, it was one of the ideas I was toying with for the jam, and I am so glad that you didn't just make it, but did a really good job with it!
Nozomu57
Nozomu572 May 2023, 22:52
This game is suprinsingly engaging. Got around 85 bucks at my best day. It turned out to be super fun to have several deliveries at once and try to make them all (last second, of course!). Intuitive controls with a bit of a learning curve also added to the welcomed challenge.

Music is super fitting and chill, you feel like you are cruising over the city! Add some nice city graphics, add "night shift" with lighted streets, maybe tweek broom physics so it's not a simple "slide with acceleration", and ship it! Really not that far from a finished game, would love to see more :smile:
TheGameOverGuy
TheGameOverGuy2 May 2023, 23:02
Fun game! Great idea! I think the controls take a bit of time to get used to, but after a while I had a great time.
teadrinker
teadrinker3 May 2023, 00:25
This is surprisingly fun!
Great work on the gig-app interface etc making it feel authentic.
Music is great as well!
theMule3 May 2023, 02:17
This is a fun little game! Having multiple pickups with both cooldown/readiness timers and delivery timers and an overall worknight timer plus the momentum based movement makes it turn very quickly into a hectic scenario! I like it! Flying over a streetmap was a really clever design decision
DGo
DGo3 May 2023, 02:23
Love the game! I made 74 bucks, one nice thing you could add is some sort of visual indicator for the timer on how long itll take the food to be ready, but that's a small nit, loved the game otherwise
agudar
agudar3 May 2023, 04:03
The controls are a bit tricky, but I like the idea of playing on a real map even though I don't know where it is
Ruslana
Ruslana3 May 2023, 10:26
Simple concept with simple controls. The gameplay is a bit challenging but it's okay. I like simplified solution of the background, like it's just a map but it works well for this idea. Well done! Also I like that main character is a witch )
Kler3 May 2023, 14:20
Really neat game, love the atmosphere! Feels challenging and hectic, yet somehow really soothing and wholesome. Agreed with the wish for an acceptance of new orders that doesn't pause the game.

I also wasn't sure what effect the timer on delivery has exactly, as I eventually realized you can still deliver the food and even get tips after it has run out.

Great job!
slimefriend
slimefriendauthor3 May 2023, 14:34
@kler the timer just affects your tips for that order
Scooters4 May 2023, 23:41
This was a fun game, but the map as the background made it a little hard to see. I was a little confused on how to get the packages delivered at first cause I found a delivery location before finding the package to deliver, but that was just me being stupid lol. Overall, it was fun to play!
LDJam user 361962
LDJam user 3619625 May 2023, 00:07
nice game. would be nice if icons for food pickup were bags of food, I was confused which color was for what.
SneakyFox
SneakyFox5 May 2023, 00:38
Controls are good, I get 70$ score. I don't understand why I have to wait while marker is fill for food, why just do not start it when you fly to marker? and no wait for food. The birds are do nothing, I can't even fly to them)

And the game is playing very nice and engaging, you have a solid tasks,controls and visuals.

What I liked it's the map. At first I was thought that you add real world map and I will be fly all over the globe :)

Nice idea witch fly delivery :tophat:
AffinityChris
AffinityChris5 May 2023, 03:26
This was a delight! Easy to pick up and play and shoot for a high score - was _almost_ extra tough having to rely on colors for orders (for colorblind folk like myself), but I was able to do okay.
Geekarious Tony5 May 2023, 03:28
Really dug this game! I omly made liek $25 my first try but 65 my second. Love the chill music, great stuff!
carkh5 May 2023, 03:29
I liked it, simple and effective. I like it's taking place on a real map. It only works with US layout keyboard.
WetBurritoSupreme
WetBurritoSupreme5 May 2023, 04:33
Aww sweet, this is a great aesthetic, I really liked zipping around the map. The tunes are great too!
Alchemic
Alchemic5 May 2023, 04:51
Fun and well-made game, just kinda felt lacking in terms of like, content? Maybe some different order types and more dynamic hazards would have helped. I love the music, it's very chill. Very comfy game overall!
jakelazaroff5 May 2023, 05:00
Oh wow, this is one of my favorites so far! Kiki's Delivery Service meets Crazy Taxi. Controls were good, music was chill, I laughed when a customer asked "why are there feathers in my food?!" when I dropped something off after ramming into a bird. Would love to see this get developed a bit further!
AsmadiGames7 May 2023, 17:53
Haha, this is pretty great and fun to play - my sneaky secret strategy is to go REALLY FAST and bounce off the walls of the map. Probably not intended, but a fun way to play.

Biiiiiiiirds!
Kevin Scroggins7 May 2023, 18:50
Ha, this is definitely a fun little chill game, awesome work! Good use of sounds / music, flow was nice, appreciated the text bits when you hit seagulls haha. Thanks for sharing!
LDJam user 1669188 May 2023, 12:33
To my surprise, I liked it. Nothing fancy, but the controls are quite responsive, and the idea of using the map as a location is great. The cooking mechanics add variety. Everything combined works well. Nice job.
geck0
geck09 May 2023, 01:05
79.31 was my record. Clean gameplay, I really enjoyed it.

A f*ing seagull scared me hahahha
MountainInn18 May 2023, 13:32
Movement is nice and smooth, chill music and overall game is relaxing and cozy.

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