A downloadable game for Windows and macOS

Getting groceries gets wild for soon-to-be dad Lester Quest.

One moment, he’s checking out; the next his beautiful and -very- pregnant wife, Madge Quest, is overcome with ravenous cravings.

He knows there isn’t much time before the check-out clerk loses his cool, but Lester insists on making his wife happy–at any cost.

This punny, super dad knows the clock is ticking.  Summoning his sacred “Dad Powers” he’ll dodge around grocery hazards to get whatever his beloved desires.

However, when the sample lady throws deadly shrimp, Lester has to decide what is more important: getting the goods, or staying alive?

Controls:

Movement Keys: W, A, S, D

[Right-click] to channel your Dad Powers into a concentrated burst of speed towards the mouse. 

[SPACEBAR] to discuss food strategies with your pregnant wife. 

Keep your stress down by dodging past rolling cans, flying jams, and scampi bullets. 

Navigate the treacherous grocery to retrieve the ingredients for a dish most magnificent before time's up! 

**This game was created for VimJam 2020 with a focus on collectables and a theme of "There and Back".  This is our first game and our first jam!  Hope you enjoy.**

Credits:

Code and Concept by Woolamander (Goats Gruff Games)
Art and Animation 
by Annuke (Goats Gruff Games)

Cover Font by Fenotype
Base Sprite Art 
by Lokif 
(Changes made: some poses, hair, eyes, clothes, and shoes)

Music:
Gameplay Theme "Sweet 70s"
composed by Clement Panchout
MainMenu Theme "CVP701Jam" composed by omfgdude
GameOver Theme "The Charm 68"
composed by The Cynic Projecthttps://pixelsphere.org/

Various sound effects composed by:
Wobbleboxx.com
artisticdude
qubodup


Download

Download
Expecting Groceries v1.2 win.zip 26 MB
Download
Expecting Groceries v1-2 mac.zip 29 MB

Install instructions

  1. Download zip file.
  2. Extract folders from zip file.
  3. Click on "expecting groceries" application with the headshot icon.
  4. Enjoy!

Comments

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Wow, an awesome and interesting concept that was nearly perfectly executed in the span of only 7 days! And it was funny as heck, well done! The only thing I would maybe change is to emphasize that clicking "Continue" rather than pressing space again advances the conversations, that had me stuck for a minute. Although I'm probably just not that bright. Anyways, great job!

Hey thanks for the feedback! I agree 100%. Heck, I kept making the same mistake while playtesting after I coded the dang thing! Deadline caught up with me, but will definitely be fixed in next release :) Cheers. 

I know the feel, I had to completely overhaul the entire idea of my game to get it done by the deadline, and then I still didn't even get it done lol.

Wonderful game! It’s so relatable too. lmao. Thanks for that good laugh and great game. reminded me a lot of toejam and earl or zombies ate my neighbors

Happy to hear you had a good laugh!  Thanks for taking time to play it.

So funny love the concept! Really enjoyed this game.

Glad you liked it! Thanks for playing.

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Hilarious game. Simple concept executed well by the developers, the dialogue had me cracking up! Will definitely be following this developer to enjoy whatever they put out next.

Thanks so much for the kind words and for playing :)