Clam Jam

by fis

co-authored: @johncoffee, @nivbeth, @lean

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.96

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.56

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.79

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.21

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.53

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.41

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.00

Hello everyone,

For our twelfth entry for Ludum Dare, we are heading to the beach with our title “Clam Jam” and we’re very proud of what we have accomplished!

For 58 we made an arcade game where you slip into the role of a duck who loves to collect beautiful shells on the beach. As each day passes, your daily goal is harder and harder to reach. Nasty crabs try to slow you down as well as the unforgiving ocean...

We hope you thoroughly enjoy it.

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Unleashing your ultimate form you waddle along the beach in search for the sparkling treasures that enrich your life. All of your days are spent in this hunt. Carrying them to your communal tower, even if you reach the limits of your strength.

Make your trips before the day ends and watch out for obstacles along the way.

#### How to play
You can either use WASD to waddle around or click/touch in the direction you want to move.

Congratulations, now you are ready the get waddling. Try your best to reach the highest scores.

Best regards @nivbeth, @fis, @JohnCoffee & @lean

Comments28

Magalix6 Oct 2025, 22:31

I love the design ! Very calm and cute !

Stefan B.6 Oct 2025, 22:35

very polished art style, super cute!

MrMaico6 Oct 2025, 22:36

Charming game with a cute main character and some colorful hats! Simple core idea, well executed. Very very polished for a Jam! Great job.

Only feedback: once the crab stuns you, I kind of got stun locked for a while.

TheSquid6 Oct 2025, 22:54

Very polished and cute little game.

Jhonny1117 Oct 2025, 11:41

The music was super chill. Nice game.

Gerrit7 Oct 2025, 12:34

Great atmosphere! :D My favourite was the red hat :3 Played it all the way to the end!

pro47 Oct 2025, 17:20

I was able to get to a score of 10390, but the elite guard of crabs to the south finally defeated me. They were too good at chasing haha. Nice artwork and solid game loop.

Fun game!

Iriska7 Oct 2025, 21:11

Im am IN LOVE with that game!!!💜⭐💜 10/10

mackelio7 Oct 2025, 21:21

such a cute game!! i began to get a personal grunsh against these evil craps xd one time i got stun locked for like a minute and couldnt escape from the craps that chase me :D really nice entry! one of the best and most polished i played so far :D

Raice7 Oct 2025, 21:50

Super polished and cute game! The crabs bullied me in the end though haha xD Great work!

Fravinci7 Oct 2025, 21:50

Really cosy and cute game, nicely pollished!
These crabs!!! arghhhhH!!!!!

yeesh8 Oct 2025, 01:51

lovely and cute shell collecting game! The art and gameplay is polished, I'm so impressed yall had time to do the little feedback things that make everything seem fully realized (the shells changing colours based on the last one you picked up, speed being affected by carrying weight and the terrain) the music as well was pleasant to listen to as I played!!

RobertTory8 Oct 2025, 06:37

the design is so cute and calm

zelew8 Oct 2025, 10:31

im in love!!

NonDev8 Oct 2025, 11:40

Lovely little game, very cute. Never have I waddled so stylishly with a fancy shell on my head before!

Flying Butter Studio8 Oct 2025, 16:10

Nice mood and well polished. Calm feeling and cute design, I love it.

Nice entry, congrats :smile:

Keys Presser8 Oct 2025, 16:28

A very nice and polished game, keep it up!

It's funny that we also made a game with a very similar concept, although it's noticeably different. It was interesting to see how similar concepts were approached by different people

Eliasou8 Oct 2025, 16:58

Nice gameplay idea! Quite funny!
I love the graphics very cute and colorful (especially ducklings).

As player I just noticed one point of frustration and it's the acceleration. Just a bit too slow, I appreciate the effect of the ducklings moving lil feet faster and faster, but it takes too much time reaching max speed ^^

Pengu1238 Oct 2025, 17:01

It's a very cute and relaxing game! Though the difficulty spikes a ton near the end, and the slowing down mechanic unfortunately feels pretty bad near the end, especially once the crabs chase you....
But good job regardless! Would need a little bit of tweaking balancing wise

Zozieee8 Oct 2025, 19:04

The art is adorable and the sound is great. The UI is really polished and I enjoyed playing!

roumo10258 Oct 2025, 19:10

Such a lovely game with many smart ideas! But the movement feels a bit off – kind of sticky and slow.

KafuuChino9 Oct 2025, 04:13

Such a smooth UI and cute graphics! Love the style, atmosphere, and the seawater shader.

LDJam user 2689349 Oct 2025, 04:41

The polish of the game is insane the love for UI stand out. the menu got love i like this a lot (usaly not done in jam games). Nice momentum on the duck that it needed to get going to full speed. It there were particle effects on the movement that would spice up the game even more or footprints that fade.I could only find 1 thing: the bucket on the craps head look transparent,thats it! great game Team.

Khamekaze9 Oct 2025, 11:55

Love the art and music in this! Not a huge fan of the slow acceleration but once you get up to speed it's fun to try and maintain it. Also not sure if it's a bug or intended but once I delivered the required amount for the day I still had to collect a few more before it would let me progress

Mia_1439 Oct 2025, 19:22

The walking animation of the duck was soo cute! An overall successful game that puts the player in a feel-good mood :)

Jcourt11 Oct 2025, 23:45

This is really nice and polished! As others have said, the art and vibes are great.The hats are a nice touch, and the crabs start out easy to avoid but get pretty interesting after the first few days

Roroto Sic12 Oct 2025, 19:25

very cute and chill game :)

F1Krazy15 Oct 2025, 14:03

I agree with the general vibe: this is a very cozy and relaxing game with fantastic artwork and music, but the game gets a bit too frustrating and difficult once the homing crabs come into play. Because your acceleration is so slow, and your top speed is barely higher than the crabs' even when unencumbered, they can very easily end up stunlocking you until too many of the clams have been washed away for you to be able to complete the level, and then you're forced to keep playing anyway just to pick up the few that are left.

I managed to get a score of 5020 on my first go, which I think is pretty good.

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