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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At first I though the game was about carrying the kids to the part of the nursery they want to go to. I was looking for a sign around the nursery that matched the icon over the child's head. I felt that might be interesting to keep the children happy. The art, animation and sound are great!
I really like the originality and the concept but.. I find it hard to like this game, because at the end of the game the out of control-ness was taken to a point where it's impossible to be good at the game and your best hope is just to spam space.
It really gives a good idea of chaos when you are an adult and you have to take care of a lot of kids :D
Oh, the art is amazing, congrats! :D
Sublime artwork, crazy chaos, really fun. Wasn't sure how to control those kids other than mashing the spacebar at the end of the day, but I guess that's how managing a nursery IRL is. Great work and looking forward to the making of video!
It's quite sad that the mix of "Mac OS + WebGL" doesn't allow me to play the game without lags. Perhaps, it didn't matter anyways, because the game is still amazing. I was always a fan of this art style, because it inspires me to work more too.
For some reason, although the idea is so simple, I haven't seen anyone making a game about the school, which was a fresh new perspective on the theme.
The voices for children are the best part, I want to see how you were trying to record them with serious faces XD
I actually think that despite having a really beautiful tutorial in the beginning, it was still difficult to figure out what those kids want from me (or maybe it's supposed to simulate the real life. If this is the case, then it's quite accurate). So, I ended up trying to put theme into the fire by myself...
Loved the game :D hopefully, we can expect the video of how the game was done
I feel like this was the only game where I genuinely felt like things were spiraling out of control
Great art and good idea for the theme! It gets quite funny when all the kids start fighting, crying and stuff hahaha
It's the nectar
This game makes me go YES!
The art is lovely as always! But what strikes me the most os how the game nails the theme "Out of Control". It's amazing how everything quickly go from absolutely fine to complete chaos! I'm not sure if I understood all the rules (does separating fighting kids is enough? should the fire one be brought to the fireplace?), but that participated to the feeling of not being able to handle the crisis! I had a fantastic time discovering and playing this game! :D
I often want to pick up and toss a kid for crying* what an amazing simulator! (*not really, but the fight club needs to broken up somehow)
Of course this was only made in two days, but if you had more time the lore could evolve to different types of schools, bigger maps, and rougher students. It's always fun to think of what else a game can have when it already has such polish!
Nice concept interms of simulation...
and good artistic character
It was like a junior fight club and I loved the music ^_^
It was a very fun game and at the beginning it all seemd fine, but the hole situation went out of control, doing a great implementation of the game. The soundtrack fits a lot with the game and overall is a fun experience, and it is the ultimate babysitting simulator.
Love the art and it was definitely out of control!
Wow love the art! The chaotic spread of madness is similar to what we did in our game, except we have you yeeting sheep instead of babies :') The slightly more ethical version. Well done, as usual!
This was a cool game and the aesthetic was very nice! I do have a couple suggestions though.
One would be different ways of interacting to diffuse certain situations. I felt it was unnecessary to have all these different actions for the children when for all cases you just pick them up. My other note is about the blur. It is a very nice looking effect but made some text hard to read.
Regardless great work!
I hate this game because it made me feel like I had no control and I just gave up 10/10
Children are unstable and unpredictable, which really fits the theme. Its an enjoyable experience.
Just wondering why did some kids set themselves on fire.
There are some rare pyromaniac kids who like to play with fire :)