Good Neighbours

by thephennix

co-authored: @princesse-cornichon, @reminus

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.73

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.55

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.46

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.77

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.83

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.66

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.80

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.15

Immerse yourself in the warm world of Good Neighbours, a single-player puzzle game where your mission is to create the most harmonious neighborhood possible by cleverly placing each resident according to their affinities.

You play as the new urban planner of the charming town of Harmonyville, tasked with creating a community where every neighbour feels at home. However, the inhabitants have varied personalities, diverse passions and complex relationships. Your challenge is to use your sense of observation and logic.

Get ready to solve the puzzles of neighborhood life in Good Neighbors and enjoy the rewarding experience of creating a united and harmonious community.

WARNING :
- IF YOU PLAY IN WEB BROWSER CLIC ON FULL SCREEN BUTTON !
- IF WEB VERSION DOESN NOT RUN YOU CAN DOWLOAD THE PC VERSION
- DUE TO LACK OF TIME THE GAME RUN ONLY FOR 16/9 SCREEN

Genres: puzzle

Tools: Unity

Comments29

Buni2 Oct 2023, 22:11

Sadly I cannot get past the Unity loading screen :I

ThePhennixauthor2 Oct 2023, 22:21

Hello
OK it's working now thank you for your feedback

Waded2 Oct 2023, 22:39

Amazing game!!! I absolutely love it. The increasing difficulty of the puzzles is amazing and its fun to see the same characters back. Very self explanatory and a lot of fun!

Xindil2 Oct 2023, 22:39

Wow I love the idea of your game! Gameplay is quite straightforward and the music is a huge plus for the vibe. I just wish I could see more backstories behind the neighbors but that's hardly a fault of the game, great job!

LuanCarlo2 Oct 2023, 23:24

Such a great game idea! At the beginning I got a bit lost with the symbols but I figure it out after 2 or 3 rounds what they mean. I really like the character styles and the mood brought thought the music. A how-to-play screen and a bit of polish will elevate it to another level, for sure. Great work!!

mmason3 Oct 2023, 17:58

This was a fantastic game, I don't know exactly how many levels I beat but I got to the first one with everyone. I feel like maybe you had an unfinished mechanic where you could move the apartments but I never really saw a point to do so. There was a really nice learning curve in this game that was completely without language that I thought was really well done, in fact you could probably make it completely language free fairly easily.

qsingshi3 Oct 2023, 19:12

Love the idea, love the audio and the art works are also nice, but i got some problems playing this round - i only saw one person to move and i dont know what i should do next XP maybe a bug or sth? however, a really good work you guys made !!

satacat3 Oct 2023, 19:30

i got too invested into placing each resident on their right place. dont know how many levels there are but all of them difficult enough to enjoy! also id recommend to work on a game resolution cause it felt a bit off to look at the small images (didnt bother me that much tho!) nice game overall~

LDJam user 2379453 Oct 2023, 20:30

Very impressive for a JAM.
Also I think the visuals and music work together excellent.

farouchelark3 Oct 2023, 22:02

I want to play this so bad! It looks amazing, unfortunately I can't get past the tutorial, no matter where I place mr. ghost "validate" does nothing.

Princesse Cornichon4 Oct 2023, 08:06

Hi @qsingshi @farouchelark ! We are really sorry for the problem
that you both meet. Does the problem keep coming back even when you refresh the browser?

farouchelark4 Oct 2023, 16:28

@princesse-cornichon unfortunately it won't work even after restarting the whole computer. I'm playing on chrome.

ThePhennixauthor4 Oct 2023, 21:28

@qsingshi @farouchelark dev here
Be sure to clic on the blue arrow (bottom - right) to play the game full screen
Unfortunately it only support 16/9 ratio btw

Fredspipa4 Oct 2023, 21:58

I'm having the same issue as @farouchelark.

No matter where I place him, or how I place the apartment, pressing Validate does nothing. Tried restarting the game several times, no errors in console :( it looks so fun!

Shmi4 Oct 2023, 22:31

Was fun to play, simple mechanics so a nice chill game to play

MAR Zockmeister4 Oct 2023, 22:44

Very cool game, interesting concept, very polished, reminds me of one of my favorite card games Landlord (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/312/landlord). The progress could be faster in the beginning, the first levels are rather easy - I would have preferred to have more persons earlier. But anyway, fun game! :smiley:

Game Dev With Michael5 Oct 2023, 01:16

Cool game. Reminds me of the board game "welcome home" a little bit. Different idea, but the requirements being different, etc. reminds me of that a little.

Something that would be helpful is an explanation on some of the symbols. The ones about a specific person were easy enough,

Phillip Scott5 Oct 2023, 09:52

I enjoyed this one, would like to more of it! not sure if there is an end but I must have completed about 30 buildings some of them are quite tricky. Liked making up backstories for them in my head and the reasons why they dislike things. couple of improvements would like to see the building centred and the place room either turned into something (room requirements) or dropped as it felt a little tedious to place the rooms after a while. Also a swap room function would have been nice.

great job overall and the art and music was simple but effective. with a little more polish it would take it to a whole new level :heart:

Harksa5 Oct 2023, 18:58

Bonjour la France (Maybe ?)
The game is sadly unplayable for me. Do ping me if it ever works again because I'd love to play it.

I'll also that that you should be opting out of audio if did not make the music of the game (as it's unfair for those who does). I'm saying that since none of the people involved was especially for the music.

ThePhennixauthor6 Oct 2023, 19:47

@harksa
Well see for the music rating. We did opt out for the music but it takes some time for the change to appear.
About your probleme did you try to download the pc version ? (or tried the itchio version ?)

Harksa7 Oct 2023, 14:08

I have downloaded the game on itchio. The first screen look like this :

Clicking on validate does nothing :slight_frown:

ThePhennixauthor8 Oct 2023, 21:12

@harksa

ok I see the problem. Its not a bug :
You have actually to put the apartment in one of the two gray slot on the left of the screen.
Then you can validate the level.
(Placing apartment is an abandoned feature sadly)

Harksa9 Oct 2023, 20:48

Oh ! Okay I'm sorry it wasn't obvious to me. So now I have finished the game and I can say it was a quite nice experience. The music is well chosen and the graphisms are cute.
It's a nice little puzzle game but the only downside I see to it is that it wasn't obvious that you could move the appartment arround.

It's okay though, it was still nice to play!

Keep up the good work :smile:

digital bacon10 Oct 2023, 10:27

Very polished, well designed game. Love the art style and the Sims-like music. Excellent work!

ThePhennixauthor10 Oct 2023, 15:06

@harksa haha thank you so much for your feedback ! We are aware of the game's flaws its ok !

LDJam user 488610 Oct 2023, 16:04

Yeah, ok, that doorbell effect made me stand up and head for the door and I felt stupid.

Maybe it would be nice to know in advance the likes and dislikes of people, so you can plan in advance? Also, at some point I placed a guy, then the apartment, and then the character was behind the apartment so you woudln't see it :id:

Nice entry!

SparklingSushi10 Oct 2023, 19:11

Congratz of finishin the project!
Was fun playing it, really enjoying, has 'one more level' effect.
Would be good to have some indicator how many levels to go but still managed to finish it with pleasure :)
See ya on the next jam!

LDJam user 26072015 Oct 2023, 19:10

Great idea for a puzzle game! I could really see a some kind of narrative addition with characters with evolving affinities, which would tell a story, like a character loves another one in a level, then doesn't want to be next to them because they broke up, or some characters becoming friends, etc