Play Nursery Simulator
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #114 | 4.317 | 4.317 |
| Originality | #360 | 3.912 | 3.912 |
| Overall | #377 | 3.731 | 3.731 |
| Fun | #980 | 3.256 | 3.256 |
Ranked from 524 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
There's tons of kids, completely out of control (fighting each other, setting fires, crying).
Did your team create the art for this game during the 48 hour time slot?
Yes
We created all art during the game jam
Did your team create the audio for this game during the 48 hour time slot?
Yes
We created all audio during the game jam
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The art, music and concept are all really cool! It would be fun to play a full version of this game. My partner's a teacher and she said, "this was real". XD
Haha yes it was certainly inspired by real life :) Thank you for playing, glad you liked it!
Art and music is excellent, and the gameplay fits the theme. My only criticism is that I wish the pickup mechanic would prioritise the needy kids. I know it's meant to get out of control, but fumbling with the same group of kids for too long because you can't grab the right one is a bit annoying. Otherwise great!!
You know what, that's a really good suggestion! Definitely something we should have done to make it more controllable when you're surrounded by crying and fighting kids ^^
the art is amazing, shows the theme very well. overall great game!
Art is sweet and fitting music... get's very hectic and out of control and a bit janky control wise. Also my nightmare taking care of that many crying kids...
Thank you for your feedback! Which part of the controls felt janky to you?
The movement mostly... could have been though since I played it in 4k fullscreen and in general it didn't seem that smooth
Ah that's probably input lag on webgl then. Thanks for telling!
Great way to express loss of control. By giving it to you easily at the beginning and then growing your problems exponentially, you really feel the loss.
Nice, thanks! Achieving that feeling was one of our main goals so I'm glad it worked for you! :)
Did not expect anything less from these masters! Best entry I -JUSTIN STOP WALKING TO THE HEARTH!- I've seen thus f -CARL LEAVE KIM ALONE- far!
Haha this comment really made me laugh! Thank you! Glad you enjoyed our game :)
Very hectic game, definitely felt out of control. Nice visuals.
well didn't really expected anything less then this beautiful game by this team! Super fun game
Cool game! I really liked the art. It was a good interpretation of the theme
Can't wait to see the dev log for this!
Nice... colourful graphics good music... and is original... I see a great future for this game, if released on mobile platform. Good luck!
This game makes you hate kids very quickly! To be honest I didn't understood what I need to do then game starts, so it became clear after the first day ends and I saw score. I don't now why, but difficulty increases very fast and it became boring to play because the only thing you do is rapidly press Space while you circled by children. Visuals and audio are good, children's crying sounds very natural!
Thank you for the feedback! Player agency is definitely tricky to get right with a theme like this.
Jonas is a great crying-voice-actor! :)
Wonderful art style, heavily complements the gameplay as well :)
Great style! And that music is fantastic. So many crying children sounds haha. I have no idea what to do so I just put everyone in the fire. 10/10.
Fun fact: those crying children are a mix of Jonas' Noa's and my voice, recorded via discord and pitched up a bunch :P
As I was breaking up a fight in the bathroom and I picked up the lifeless, unconscious body of a child, I realized what I had done. Great game, great art, great sound.
oh dear... thank you for sharing your experience with the game :)
Glad you liked the audio ^^
Didn't expect less from you guys :D
Great Job!
Really nice presentation the mechanic was very original great game keep up the good work : D
As a high school teacher, the moment the bell went and they all streamed out while I was trying to break up a fight in the sandpit gave me flashbacks.
This is not a game. This is someone's trauma turned into art.
Haha it was definitely inspired by real life! :D I volunteered working with kids and youths for a year and while this is definitely an extreme exaggeration, the feeling of stress can get quite intense sometimes ^^
Thank you for playing!
Great simulational way of representing the daily school life, like a punch show in the toilet is always nice to see! :D
Top-notch presentation. And the simulation seems perfectly accurate and realistic to me, children can, indeed, be little devils. ^^
Your style and game-charm are extraordinary, as always! I expected all kids would eventually turn into demons and eat you :D