The year is 2030. the earth is ravaged. society is in disarray. chaos rules the wasteland. Genetically engineered giants known as Ügres are hired to carry important people from place to place. 

Sweet, sweet Ugre  – your assignment is to carry beloved actor Michael Cera from LA to New York. Use your hourly rate from Ügre HQ to tend to his every need. Keep him happy, healthy and entertained, and get him safely to his movie set in time.


HOW TO PLAY

– click to walk

– drag items from your inventory (the pocket) to Michael to keep him happy

– purchase more items to sustain Mr. Cera at any gas station you may pass

– pull out that map to strategize your stops

– put on some music if you'd like, we found some CDs. He likes music

– take good care of the little guy


Art & Code by Alex Benson

Sound & Music by Gabriel Chez

Frantically made for PIGSquad's 2023 Summer Slow Jams, with the themes of "idle" and "mutation"

StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
AuthorsAlex Benson, Gabriel Chez
GenreSimulation
TagsCasual, Colorful, Comedy, Cozy, Cute, Funny, Idle, Short, Virtual Pet, Walking simulator

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would there be a reason the game isn't fully loading on a laptop?

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cera later micheal

This is the type a game that sometime i dream about...in my POV of this game is about a dream and we need to fight to make it come true..from start to end of progress finally its come true...love the art,music,and control ^^

⭐= 4.5 / 5

More fun and more accurate than Oregon Trail.

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I come to you writing this as a forever-change giant Ügre. I awoke on another Monday morning in this ravaged wasteland known as Earth, and of course, I had yet another job from HQ that I must complete today—gotta love the old nine-to-five. I loaded up a few snacks and some fresh deo, and I hit the road to the pickup location. 

That is where I first met Michael, a tiny human actor who was just another so-called “important person” I was hired to carry across the country. Typically, this is just a job for me, a way to collect my hourly wage. And the “important people” I normally transport are usually hifalutin folk, the types of chumps who won’t giggle at you when you awake them with your wonderful whoopie cushion. But no, dare I say, not Mr. Cera. He is a pleasant gentleman who will happily play endless mad libs, eat banana after banana after banana, and take a long snooze until you both reach the Big Apple—a truly delightful road companion. 

At the end of my journey with Mr. Cera, we parted ways. He ventured deep into the city of New York, and I made my long and lonesome walk back to LA. I sure hope I kept you happy, healthy, and entertained, my good friend. While walking alone on the deserted roads back home, memories of Mr. Cera bidding me farewell and waving goodbye on the bridge flooded my mind. I can't help but ponder if I'll ever cross paths with my dear Michael Cera again. A giant can only dream. 

Wow, thank you for sharing your tender experience, big buddy! I'm so glad to hear your Ceraxperience had such a blessed impact.

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This looks amazing, great job! Is there any sort of auto-walk feature planned? I was hoping to play through but my old gamer hands can't really handle the repetitive clicking.

thanks! Yeah totally fair — I added functionality for both rollerblades and a Segway to ease click fatigue, I just ran out of time in the jam to complete them. If I can find some time, I’ll do a post-jam update with both available!

Nice! Yeah it's already impressive how much you were able to do within the jam time so that makes sense

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The concept of giants as human transporters in a post-civilization world was very interesting.

The giants are cute as they take care of the humans in a rewarding way, although we don't feel much emotion from them. Especially, she was looking into a gas station, which was the cutest thing I've ever seen.

I played in a time when I couldn't buy things from the gas station due to a bug, but I still enjoyed going to New York while taking care of the humans in various ways.


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That was fun!

When i first saw i thought it would be complicated, but no! It was really easy to pickup and understand what you have to do once you are in the game.

Really good game!

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Fun little game.

At some point I couldn't use most items in my pockets, and also couldn't buy stuff from gas stations anymore, for some weird presumably buggy reason, but it was fine since if I put some cds on and gave my passenger some sleepy time with his eyecovers I could maintain a positive salary for the entire journey with no muss or fuss.

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Hey thanks for letting me know! 

I was able to replicate what you're talking about and patch up both the 'right to refuse service' BS from the shop, as well as the undraggable inventory items. 

Just updated the build on the site, so hopefully it's smooth sailing from here on out. Appreciate your note, thanks again for the heads up!

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What an absolutely strange and cozy game. I love it, well done!

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i like the game how it looks