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Hungry lil' DudesView game page

Feed lil' dudes and help them reach their goal!

Submitted by TaHie — 1 day, 2 hours before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Fun	#17	4.246	4.246
Overall	#38	4.179	4.179
Creativity	#50	4.254	4.254
Presentation	#160	4.037	4.037

Ranked from 134 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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TaHie

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How does your game fit the theme?
The lil' dudes start their journey across the city to reach their destination: WcWonalds

The game embraces the theme by throwing players straight into the action — minimal instructions, no hand holding, just food and hungry lil’ dudes. You learn by experimenting, messing up, and trying again. The chaos is part of the charm — the only way forward is to just get started!

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BrojomaanSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

I love the transitions in this they feel so fun!
This is a great time thank you for sharing!
I bet it was hard to make sure they ALWAYS did the same arcs on the jumps so props to that!

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Tinker Trains Limited

TaHieDeveloper1 year ago

they were indeed very tricky to nail. Luckily i was able to implement it within time. Glad you noticed that!

Sekundes24Submitted1 year ago(+1)

Incredibly well refined. Catchy tune. Interesting mechanic. Challenging but fair puzzles. Definitely one of the best ones I played!

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InternalScreminSubmitted1 year ago

Oh this is an adorable little puzzle game with plenty of charm! Honestly, I feel like it would make for a wonderful little mobile game to play on a train or in a cab with its entirely mouse-centric control scheme. Oh, and I have to mention, making puzzle games are HARD, I honestly don’t even really know how to approach it from a design standpoint… So great job! Especially for your first jam!

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Ms. Witchy's Magic Academy

TaHieDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thank you!! Yeah spent days trying to find which ideas are fun and scalable. For me making puzzle games usually comes down to a lot of trial and error. I got super lucky this time, once i got the core mechanic nailed down, all the ideas started flowing naturally.

I think the main thing ive learned when making this game was not to get too attached to one idea.

itsbigman6969Submitted1 year ago(+1)

Super fun to play! Really good level design and was really satisfying to figure out the solutions to each puzzles, nice work!

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Mistermister890Submitted1 year ago(+1)

Its really fun to play i love the transition effect between levels and the gameplay it selfs rememberme a lot to mario vs donkey ds games that you give a path to the mini marios to get the goal

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LegendarenSubmitted1 year ago

Nice concept! Love the idea, well executed. No sure if it's just me but I think the game window was a little on the small side and couldn't find a way to make it bigger

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Start The Truck

whoareyou_vlSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Really fun game :) It makes me hungry

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umaarvoreSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Really nice design and mechanic, reminded me a bit of lemmings, amazing job!

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Gotta Touch Grass 6

MaximilianXSubmitted1 year ago

Interesting, but it froze after I pressed pause and sped it up.... not sure what happened. Either way, pretty neat

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Psycho Striker X

AspidokheloneSubmitted1 year ago

it's crazy how much level design you got done in such a short amount of time! also felt like there was some really specific sound direction in here, it really created a specific vibe, and it was all very well made!

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NotALemonDevSubmitted1 year ago

Really loved the game, played through all levels. Kinda wish there were more tbh. Such a creative idea, an excellent execution!

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AnesSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Really nice game! I really liked the goofy art and audio, and it has some amazing puzzles!

( I'd also appreciate it if anyone gave my game a try!!)

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NubalauSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Great game! Really liked it. It put my mind to thinking)))

Also the sounds and art are really good!

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Slime Morphosis

GurkusSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

neat little game

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LezheartSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Great game and very complete especially for a jam !

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Kobold's new master

DarconiousSubmitted1 year ago

Super fun puzzle game! Everyone should give this one a go!

Played through all levels but the last one. Personally wasn't using the pause button much in my playthrough and wished the food would stay where I put it on a previous attempt.

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DobidusSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

How can a game called hungry lil' guys be so good? I absolutely love and I have been really hard to make

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philmakesgarbageSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Really great work on this, a nice twist on the genre. Love the way all the gameplay elements fit into your theming. Fart noises funny hehe

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Clean your room (if you feel like it)

MarMaraSubmitted1 year ago(+2)

Very fun! I liked experimenting and completing the levels in my own way.

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Little Car Winds Up

TaHieDeveloper1 year ago

Thank you! I made sure that every single level (except lvl 1) has at least two different solutions hehe

BearLPSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

What a fun puzzler! I am a sucker for Lemmings and any little dudes that run (naruto run flappy arm animation? So killer btw) aimlessly toward their destination and this gave me that with real interesting twists. Loved it.

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