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A jam submission

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There's a lot of cheese to be had from the kitchen counter. How much cheese can you bag before the cat gets back?
Submitted by PhantomDB9 — 10 hours, 57 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Aesthetics#1503.8643.864
Music#1743.4583.458
Sound#1823.2713.271
Theme#2383.5593.559
Overall#2703.3563.356
Story#2962.4072.407
Fun#3223.1193.119
Mechanics#3512.9322.932

Ranked from 59 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How many people worked on this game in total?
1

Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
Yes, 3D Assets, UI icons and Sound Effects from https://www.kenney.nl/ , free Particle Effects from Synty Studios (https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/vfx/particles/simple-fx-cartoon-particles-67834) and Matthew Guz (https://www.matthewguz.com/), Music from Incompetch, Kevin McLeod

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Submitted

Well done on your first Jam! Hope you'll get involved in lots more :).
I struggled to work out what I was doing with the machines and mice, might need a bit more tutorial and different levels to build things up some more. 
Looks nice, and who doesn't love a lego bridge :).

Submitted

I like the art. The controls are a little bit finicky and hard to figure out. But it's a cool concept. 

Good Job :D

Submitted

Ah, great to see another rodent game in the jam. I really enjoyed this, like Overcooked meets Bomber Crew. I enjoyed it both when things were going haywire and for the maybe 20 seconds when everything was calm and there was just the plink-plunk of the rats doing their work. The only issue I had was some difficulty in getting my mouse clicks to register on the machines - it felt kind of finicky to click on them "right". That's ultimately a very minor issue. I think if you added some flow control levers to direct cheese onto different belts while one is being repaired, the complexity is just at the right level for some more fun pandemonium. Great entry!

Submitted

This has great potential and really great factory style game. You did a lot in 10 days. Really well done.

Submitted(+1)

Well done on your first game jam! We hope you learned from your personal challenge as much as we do from ours. I would    say you did well.

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REVIEW:

Played 15minutes

Service Under Pressure game with a blend of Factorio and Tapper.

I am glad the game has a 5min timer! Overall this was a joy.

The music, sfx, asset selection was well suited for the game and this theme.

Control tutorial on the main menu is a fresh approach. The text and GUI is clear and out of the way yet shows the important stuff.

Integrating the theme was well done with LEGO, kitchen tools, and conveyor. However, a story to motivate the player    was missing.

I believe this game have great potential to become the next “Dashing Diner” or “Overcooked”, or even a serious game about a recycling plant but in rat world.

Thank you for the inspiration!


Submitted

Easy to play. I loved the music and sounds, very cohesive. 

Submitted

This is a nicely implemented factory game for a 10 day jam. All I would sugest is making it easier somehow to select things. I found myself struggling to assign the mouse I wanted to a job quickly as it wouldn't register my selection sometimes. Good job.

Submitted

I liked it, the idea is good.

Maybe avoid to have two actions on the left click and assign the pan/move to the middle mouse button. This will make the selection more easier.

Good work.

Submitted

"WE HAVE A CHEESE BLOCKAGE ON CONVEYOR 3!"

I've never seen a mouse run so fast with a hammer before, but the cheese must be extracted!

This is a very ambitious game and you did a good job on the implementation. The camera controls were a little bit janky. Your time attack gameplay works well, I would love to see you expand further on this idea and maybe create more of a rat cheese factory management type of game.

Great work on your first jam! (we're also on our first)

Submitted

A nice little game! I would like to see some progression with more mice maybe, because it feels awkward when I have so many work places, but only 4 mice.

Submitted

I love the mice, they are super cute! Like others I had issues clicking the tasks I wanted in a timely manner, which delayed repairs and thus more things broke. In saying that the game was still fun! I got 17 cheeses , congrats on the game :D 

Submitted

It's really funny to play and the aesthetics is great. The only issue I had is some hard time selectionning and assigning the task, it feels like the target area could be a bit larger.

Submitted

Well implemented. Nice idea. Sometimes selection (left clic) of characters or workshops feels a little bit imprecise

Submitted

Great job on the game. The art was very good. I like the look of everything. It was tough as everything kept breaking down all at the same time. Haha. Keep up the good work.

Submitted

Quite a cute game congrats on submission!

Submitted

This was a great game, I wouldn't be surprised if this got 1st place! I loved the art and music. It got a little hard controlling the mice and making them move to the areas. But it was a great game!

Developer

Thanks for the kind words! Yeah selecting stuff isn't working too well. Thanks for playing!

Submitted

Cool game, I like the setting and perspective of mice churning out cheese :D Really great and consistent artstyle also, well done!

Developer(+1)

Thanks so much! :D

Submitted

Fun little factory game! :D

Developer

Thanks! :D

Submitted (1 edit)

Absolutely adorable game, very unique from other assembly line games I've played.

Developer

Thanks! I'm usually not very good at those assembly line games...so I made one that I could be decent at :D Thanks for playing!

I like the concept, but controlling the four mice is really overwhelming, especially with how difficult it is to select things.

Developer

Thanks! And yeah, clicking on the mice is a little too finicky. They can also be selected with the 1-4 numbers on the keyboard which makes it a lot easier, I should probably have made it more clear that that is an option. Thanks for playing!

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