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Kelin's Delivery: Rain v1.2.1

by NeithR

Cart [#41029#] | Copy | Code | 2017-05-26 | Link

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Also available on itch.io, Indiexpo, and Kongregate.

Walkthrough

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Hello, Everyone!!
This is my first game... in PICO-8.

The game is about Kelin who has a job to deliver a package to her client. However, rain comes and Kelin has to stay in an unused old house because the path to cave is blocked. She is also hungry. Help Kelin find food and something to rid the cave block in the old house with adventure gameplay mechanic!

As mentioned, the gameplay genre is Adventure. Player inspects environment, get items, combine items, use item on something, and win the game.

Feedbacks are welcome!

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The hard part when making this game was making content and shrinking the code to fit the tool restriction. Token and character restrictions were easy, but the compressed size restriction was the hardest. I didn't aware of the compressed size restriction which made me accidentally put too many texts. In the end, I managed to fit the size from nearly 20000 bytes into 15360 bytes. For any future PICO-8 game dev who are planning to put a lot of text in the game, pay a lot of attention to compressed size restriction.

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==Changelog==

I'm stucked at the part where you have the key with the thing is it :(

Hi there, cosme12.
Have you tried to wash the key?

Yep, but can't use my hands ;)
Nice game btw.

@cosme12:
Have you turned the bucket into a washing bucket outside?
Thank you btw C:.

yep, I'm trying to explain without spoiling to much haha

@cosme12:
Have you also cut something from bed? It needs that for scrubbing.

Oh, that's the key. Thanks :P

@cosme12:
You're welcome C:.
About spoiling, don't worry, someone else who got stuck might need clue too in the future ;).

How long does it take to make a game like this?

@cosme12:
Over 2 months (around 1 month if not including resting time).
The programming was quicker since I used similar structure from my previous adventures games from other programming language.
However, making the concept and designing took a lot of times, especially since I am planning to make the next installment.

@NeithR Such a great job, congratulations!

@cosme12:
Thank you very much and thank you for playing!
Also, did you manage to solve the game?

@NeithR:
I had to start all over again because I closed it :P

@cosme12:
Good luck for the next try ;).

Just finished it. I really liked the cooking part :D
You get into point and click mode and don't "think" as a real person, making it hard to solve haha.
The "use on front" feature is really cool and different from what we are used to.

@cosme12:
Thank you for finishing it C:.
Also, the "use on front" took a lot of times to design even in the end it was a simple feature xD.

Great game, truly enjoyed playing it and completed it in the first run.

Good job with this game. It looks good and was fun to play !

@Tassilo, @yhoyhoj:
Thank you for playing the game.
I am glad you both enjoyed it C:.

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Also, for those who checked my code, very sorry that I had to shorten my code function and variables because I was unaware of the compressed code size limit (:3)_. Also, didn't want to shrink the game content.

Perhaps in the future, I will provide the non-shrunk version (forgot to make non-shorted backup) with different game using the game's code as template.

Hello, can somebody help me.. got stucked after found a key on trash can, and trying to open the door, i dont know what i supposed to do next.. :((

@andrenicobain:
Hint -> Find something to make it slippery.

Hello, Everyone!
Finally did an update again for v1.2 version.
Decided to rename the "Rainwater" into "Rain". I prefer the shorter word instead.

For anyone who got stuck, walkthrough is available now: http://neithr.blogspot.co.id/2017/05/walkthrough-kelins-delivery-rain.html

Also, "Kelin's Delivery: Rain" is available now on Kongregate (+API) and Indiexpo (Compatible with Indiepad) which links can be found on the 1st post just under the PICO-8 player.

-- Edit (May 27th, 2017)
Did update again for v1.2.1 version.

-- Edit (June 3rd, 2017)
Added for itch.io site.

That was sooooooooooooooo good. Very engrossing. I meant to just pop in and check it out after you commented on my thread, but I played the whole thing. Can't wait for the next installment! (Assuming you still plan on doing one)

@sloum:
Thanks for playing my game ;).
Yeah, I am planning to do next installment, but it will while be several months. Gonna do other project right now ;).

I'm having an awesome time playing this game, thanks for making it. Love the rain sound. It's amazing to me how much magic can be created with such simplicity, in Pico 8. I'm stuck but I see some hints above ;)

@gradualgames:
Thank you very much for playing Kelin's Delivery: Rain C:.
Gotta love PICO-8's restriction that made me simplify the game needs C:.

I love this kind of small scale whimsical adventure. Great concept and execution.
Well done!