Moldwasher

by rubel-nmb

co-authored: @purelygrey

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.18

Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.09

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.84

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.86

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.32

Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.09

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.88

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.93

Added the Steam page for Moldwasher -> https://store.steampowered.com/app/3688130/Moldwasher/

Chill mold-cleaning arcade in a forgotten fridge full of surprises

Control: WASD and Left Mouse

I didn’t quite manage to fully explore the “Depths” theme.
I wanted to add many layers of mold to represent the depths of decay, but ended up with only two at most.
And the idea of depth in terms of movement through the fridge is also kind of symbolic. I had planned to go from the fridge to the kitchen, then to the basement, and finally into the sewers.

Music and Sfx: Purely Grey

Art: Doshik Gribnoy, AkulKa, Rubel

Shaders: Rubel

Moldwasher on itch.io

Full walkthrough video here, but I highly reccomend to play and feel it

Tags: #cozy, #pixel art, #simulator

Genres: action

Tools: Unity

Comments20

PretendCoding8 Apr 2025, 01:10

The music was awesome! Those eggs are hard mode though. Really fun game!

quasilyte8 Apr 2025, 11:27

That fly was like a party member, traveling with me from level to level.
It was not helping me though.
We're not buddies with that fly anymore.

LDJam user 2984968 Apr 2025, 20:54

My favourite game of the jam so far, the gameplay feels fresh and the mold growth looks so good! I would love to see a full game using this concept!

woe10 Apr 2025, 20:48

very cool mold shader, nice entry!

FunBanan10 Apr 2025, 21:13

A pleasant and cozy game. It's great to play this game after work. It was a pleasure to play!

Alem2611 Apr 2025, 12:36

The mold growing mechanic is really satisfying in some way. The graphics are well done and the sfx sound good too!

It's not too much on theme, that's true, but still a really cool game :)

KaueSilva11 Apr 2025, 14:51

What a cool game man, was satisfying to play and clean all that mould, really nice entry 5/5 and the graphics? Perfect

Nicso11 Apr 2025, 14:53

The propagation system is really good. Not a big fan of mold beeing able to regrow on already cleaned food, but that’s really to be peeky. I would have loved to see an upgrade system, but pretty sure you already thought about it. Well done

LDJam user 39997211 Apr 2025, 14:59

Very good entry! The cleaning is satisyfing and shaders used for mold are very cool. UI is lacking though, at least stylized font would've been nice. Overall, very good!

floppynub11 Apr 2025, 15:00

Fun game, very satisfying to clean all the food up. The way the mold grows creates for interesting gameplay as you can't simply mindlessly spray all over the place, you have to be deliberate with where you clean in order to stop the growth. That's an awesome bit of design. Fantastic work, great entry!

I_POTS11 Apr 2025, 16:51

Very cute pixel style! The gameplay is a bit monotonous, keep up the good work!

Missfire11 Apr 2025, 22:30

Such a cool concept! Just realizing you’re playing as a sushi-cleaner is amusing all by itself. The mechanics are interesting—both a bit relaxing and still challenging, since the mold grows back quickly. Overall, I really enjoyed playing. It was fun!

BadPiggy13 Apr 2025, 08:22

I was only able to get to the level with the fly, cheese, bread and erm.... whatever the third food was

I loved the effect for cleaning mold of the food items. Also liked the presentation in general.

That said, I think the game needed some balancing. The mold seems to regrow a little too quickly, especially when you have to deal with the fly. It feels like I'm fighting a losing battle.

None the less, this was a cool idea that you executed pretty well. Solid entry here

ln40413 Apr 2025, 13:17

Very fun game! Nice graphics!

Eugenik14 Apr 2025, 13:17

Man, I love this - perfect job on audio!.

Borabee15 Apr 2025, 04:39

Very cool idea and really cool mold growing effect! I do think if fits the theme, after all the foods that go moldy are the ones you forget in the depths of your refrigerator heheh

LDJam user 24319315 Apr 2025, 07:53

I think the theme is hard to see but if you do play the game, it does have depths.
Anyways, nice washing game! I wish the mold could have varying spread speed for levels variety and the HUD show which object is which properly.

DiscoFish19 Apr 2025, 05:33

I hate that fly (ha-ha)! Awesome game. Really addictive gameplay. Amizing graphics and music. Well done!

Paulsams25 Apr 2025, 15:33

It's a very enjoyable game, and for the first time in jam I've seen a game with similar ideas about cleaning items like ours). :sunglasses: It was fun to play.