Nectar Tapper (GDTV GameJam 2025)
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===== Made for GDTV 2025 GameJam - "Tiny World". =====
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==== Nectar Tapper: ====
Your goal is to serve delicious nectar to some thirsty bugs !
==== Controls: ====
UP/DOWN = Switch lane
LEFT/RIGHT = Move (to catch empty drinks, not yet implemented...)
Z/X or O/X = Fill drinks, release to serve.
==== Credits: ====
This game is inspired by the "Tapper" classic arcade game
from 1984 by Bally Midway .
(Go try it if you haven't, it's pretty good. :) )
[Thank you for trying this little PICO-8 game. ^^]
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Tapper is my favorite arcade game, so I liked this a lot! If I were to give any feedback, then I'd mention that the position at which the bugs get impatient is a little far from the end of the counter. It messed me up quite often when I thought I had more time. I love the aesthetics!
Thank you for trying my game and for the feedback !
It was an issue with my position check (I flipped the sprite, but their X position didn't match the sprite), and I didn' apply an offset for this specific one.
I didn't catch it since my game-overs were mostly from drinks falling-off. ^^'
I'm also amazed at how a 40+yo arcade still feels so good to play. It's also one one of my favs !
Have a good one ! :)
This is a really fun game, it's somewhat edictive, I'd say, a little tutorial would be nice, it took me a little time to get a hang of , but overrall a realy nice game!
Hey, thank you for trying out my game !
I played quite a bit of Tapper (the game I'm heavily inspired by), so I already knew how things worked.
If I was better organized and had more motivation during the jam it would've been nice to put like a little cut-scene while starting to show the bartender filling and serving a drink to a customer. I think that would've been enough to showcase the goal of the game.
I also scrapped some features like the different levels/customer bahaviours (some customers could throw an empty drink back at you for a refill) which would've added some much needed variety, it's a bit flat at the moment... ^^'
But I agree with you, the base concept is simple but quite addictive !
Be sure to check out the original ("Tapper" from 1984), if you want to get more of that type of game.
Have a good one ! :)