Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD32 → USB Hero
By de_von
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 1 | 100 | ||
| Graphics | 373 | 3.57 | ||
| Mood | 414 | 3.21 | ||
| Innovation | 537 | 3.06 | ||
| Theme | 728 | 3.05 | ||
| Overall | 743 | 2.95 | ||
| Fun | 823 | 2.60 | ||
| Humor | 855 | 2.09 |
Too bad you couldn't properly finish it. I sort of see where you wanted to go. The fail states aren't too clear though, I keep randomly losing and I don't hear footsteps until I'm already in the game over screen. The hacking mechanic is nice but a bit simple. Graphically speaking the assets are quite nice but the environment is too dark. Good work :)
Funny
Very moody environment, and nice models.
but I have shitted bricks when I heard footsteps o_o
Had fun with this :) couldn't complete it though, kept getting heard or spotted and I am not sure by what. Good entry though.
Was very excited to see, would love to see it finished.
It was a pretty interesting idea, but would've been better if you could see what it was that was looking for you (unless I missed it). At any rate, I'd like to see more games with this kind of theme! :)
This game has so much potential. I liked the darkness and the feeling that you were creeping around trying not to get caught. The hacking mechanics were not bad once you learn what to do. (I also love the little detail of LD32 on the backs of the monitors :D )
Here are some problems with the game: First of all, it's not overly clear which computers you are supposed to hack. At least for me, only the first one was lit up blue, the others were either too subtle, or not lit up at all. Also if you get caught while mid-hack there is no way to escape or hide. Another problem is the hacking. When I first tried it, I didn't quite understand that the letters I typed went in the center. I thought they were more letters for me to type therefore I messed it up (I'm pretty dumb, yes). Maybe some indicator that your typed letters are there would be nice. Something else minor I noticed is that when ' comes up as a letter to type, I always thought it was a comma. The final problem (which you likely already know) is sound. The game is completely devoid of sound which almost kills the atmosphere. When the footsteps come in, they were unfitting and made me jump from the sudden volume.
Not a bad first entry. Congrats! Hope to see more from you guys in the future! (also, is programmist a word?)
Now, i feel like a hacker. :)
Thank you for such detailed feedback:)
About too dark environment overall, or in some places, and other problems with light - this was a test lightmapping, and changing it would take some time (real time lightning and shadowing is a bit demanding on resources =).
Concerning computers which you have to hack - it would be too easy, if they were all bright blue (like in the screenshots), wouldn't it? But yes, we definitely will do something with it in the future.
If you have been caught while hacking - you can press the "Esc" button to cancel input, and run away ;)
Also, we will add some indication for input zone and change the list of symbols which you have to type, as it was also confusing for non-English speakers to find special symbols on their keyboard (I myself find it a part of a challenge for such players...)
About sounds in game - they were all prepared for the integration into the game, but we hadn't enough time for that (I was the one responsible for the sound effects, and believe me, they will immerse you more into game's atmoshpere=).
All this changes won't be present in this version, as it's already debugged and final working version for LD#32! (Programmist is a Russian word for programmer:).
Well cool. I'd like to see a post jam polished up version if you ever make one!
Nice game! However, because I'm not used to QWERTY keyboard, it was hard for me to play.
Anyway, good job!
Nice game and have potential . Good job!
I liked the idea, but I couldn't insert symbols like ? or _ into the computers :-(
Pretty nice stealth game, great graphics, well done :)
Cool concept, For the life of me, I could not figure out which computers to hack. The first one was blue, and I eventually figured that one out, but when I tried one with a gray screen nothing happened... even though it was obviously different from the other computers nearby.
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The first screen was blue, but the second two weren't? Managed to win after I started checking every single screen. Interesting idea, reminds me a lot of Quadrilateral Cowboy.
It was a cool environment, though I think it needed a tutorial
Interesting idea, though a bit underdeveloped in a game jam context (understandable). It's rather tedious to approach each computer to find out which ones are hackable, and it would be good to see what is actually looking for you. Good atmosphere and graphics though; a nice effort overall.
an hacking game that was actually good. well done
The Hacking was pretty fun, actually. some of the characters were tough to decipher initially, though. maybe try to avoid using symbols like the apostrophe, and the letter O and such as they tend to look similar to other symbols/letters
Liked the office space setting, since my game also too place in an office setting but from a different era. liked the computer consoles
This is quite a nice concept, with a little more time this could be a great game. Good job!
Nice hacking mechanics. It might improve with some tutorial or a first stage to let players learn with ease, then get things more complex with bigger rooms and more complex hacking. Good job!
Good.
No sfx no music ... it would be a great thing to add more mood ! Despite this is a good concept and pretty well done ... :)
Funny game, but when I type "=" it writes "0"