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Synergy Shakedown

By danbolt

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Humor174.00
Coolness293
Audio863.70
Overall1103.80
Mood1303.58
Graphics1653.81
Fun2163.54
Innovation3233.40
Theme3973.83

Comments

eruiz00 2015-12-13 10:12

What a good music! should have done something like this at my work!!! good good work dude!

2015-12-13 14:45

Well made game.

mithreindeir 2015-12-14 03:37

Pretty great!

fanttum 2015-12-14 03:38

Cool idea but when it comes down to it is mostly just mashing a button. Would have liked some extra in there. Like a reason so turn around. Just going in a circle worked fine.

mactinite 2015-12-14 03:45

I think I broke my keyboard....

Pretty nice an simple game. Nice way to get around the two button controls with the double tap, though that did mess me up a few times.

ky533541 2015-12-14 04:30

Really fantastic audio, nice polish, I love it

tazdij 2015-12-14 04:30

very good.

shadedvertex 2015-12-14 04:33

This game is epic! The concept is pretty awesome, and it really puts us in the shoes of video game developers. The font reminds me of the old MUDs back in the DOS days, but that's really awesome. I'm not complaining!

shx 2015-12-14 05:07

Hehehe, this is exactly how it works at studios.

floppya 2015-12-14 05:13

The intro got a laugh out of me. Nice effort all around. Quality music!

tsfreddie 2015-12-14 05:38

Love the music.

miketsunami 2015-12-14 05:54

Nice art, funny, and unique gameplay. Well done!

trueboolean 2015-12-14 06:20

I like how the games are famicom cartridges!

honcho 2015-12-14 08:31

Awesome game! Really enjoyed this one. Loved the idea that you play as a lead and have to motivate your team :D

rzuf 2015-12-14 08:41

Usual management method would be to fire all underperformers, but not here. Nice! All managers should be obliged to play it!
I managed to squeeze 8 games from these poor people and I write this only with my left hand as the right one is currently malfunctioning because of frantic button mashing.
Intro is super-funny :D

2015-12-14 08:55

Its cute, but lacking in depth. I love the music and the aesthetic.

tuben999 2015-12-14 09:24

Really nice game! a little weird controls before you get the hang of it! "wow" "10/10"

mukult 2015-12-14 09:50

Wow!! Amazing game!!
Nice work !

teren 2015-12-14 11:44

Felt just like a NES game. Sweet!

jackyjjc 2015-12-14 11:45

I think I might have broke my keyboard :p very fun game. I love the tone and graphics

rantt 2015-12-14 12:21

Really liked the art and music. Fun game, I enjoyed it. Great job :)

greenscreen 2015-12-14 13:45

Game looks great, and sound is cool, but it lacks gameplay. There's not enough variety. But the end result is pretty nice.

vegapomme27 2015-12-14 14:15

A very nice game. Art feels nostalgic.

cheesyramen 2015-12-14 14:25

Awesome graphics & music! Also a nice interpretation of game development too :)

jamaster96 2015-12-14 15:44

so awesome

thesteveiam 2015-12-14 16:09

Cute little game, Good leveraging of buzzwords.

anarbitrarymustache 2015-12-14 16:21

Great audio and I liked the visuals as well. All of it was very cohesive and felt well put together.
I like all the entries that gave a single button multi-function - probably because I didn't think of it. In this case, I didn't use the change direction very often because I found it easier to just keep going in a loop, but I liked that it was there. If I had to nitpick anything, it would be the title "Synergy" as you aren't really synergizing anything.

danielsann7 2015-12-14 16:42

great music, very smart mechanics and super easy to understand also very funny, AWESOME! great job =D

alexiseshford 2015-12-14 16:57

SICK

One of the fav on this LD!

buffalophil 2015-12-14 16:58

Very cool!!!

thembi 2015-12-14 17:13

This one put a smile on my face.

anquetil13621 2015-12-14 17:41

So cute and interesting!! I can't stop playing it!! :)

miznoruri 2015-12-14 17:55

Great idea, nice art! I enjoy very much! Love this game!

mdelally 2015-12-14 18:08

Good job. Really addicting mechanic!

gkxd 2015-12-14 20:20

This is a really fun game with good music.

I love the idea of "encouraging" your developers to create a game; it adds a lot of humor. (If only making games worked like that in the real world.)

nunesbarbosa 2015-12-14 23:42

Nice game! A bit repetitive though.
Great idea, very innovative

yamzho 2015-12-15 15:59

Very nice entry !

ajopart 2015-12-15 16:09

Great art, humor and sound. Rapidly repetitive gameplay.

cudabear 2015-12-15 16:30

This game is awesome in almost every way, but unfortunately not very fun. I can't determine any strategy for it, other than going in a circle and button mashing. Yet, it's a very impressive game, it oozes polish, Well done!

local306 2015-12-15 18:04

Tricky to get used to the controls somewhat, but after a while I got the hang of being able to turn around and maximize my employees performance

zeezgames 2015-12-15 21:58

Really nice game here :) loved the music and i was getting really into it tapping away

Well Done!!

lukezaz 2015-12-16 04:44

Good little game! Mashing buttons eventually grew tiring, but I enjoyed the start, and the intro was well-made. Didn't end up switching directions too much though - only ended up doing so accidentally, making it a bit confusing if I tried to start moving soon after I'd stopped.

beardybard 2015-12-16 17:10

Your game describes our team during LD jam pretty accurate, haha.
I wish we've had this kind of manager, tho.

hegemege 2015-12-19 12:25

Great, now my hand hurts from the mashing

Awesome intro! Cheering music! Freaky-colored retro graphics! Hooray for Phaser!

wilbefast 2015-12-19 13:49

Nice one ^^" very funny and slightly painful how true it rings. The tapping to change direction was a bit confusing, I tended to just always go the same direction where possible. Still with two buttons there's only so much you can do (yeah, good use of theme too).

Well done :)

yword 2015-12-20 05:45

Very interesting and fun! Well done!

stanov 2015-12-22 20:13

The graphics are great - flashing and captions :) I've shipped 9 products and then my carpal tunnel went off :) Great fun for few minutes :)

scorched 2015-12-28 17:04

That was funny!

jupiter_hadley 2015-12-28 18:43

Funny concept, neat game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/iU4q-3Z4nkI

madball 2016-01-02 18:21

At first I had 6 workers and it was stressful. Then I fired 4 and it became relaxing. The productivity didn't go down.

So, I liked graphics and sounds a lot, they fit each other well. I liked that I could see my games as they are being developed. But I didn't really like the gameplay. The two-button theme just adds more stress, not fun. And the difficulty doesn't seem to increase a lot.

chuigum 2016-01-04 23:02

Haha funny concept but I like it! Awesome music and cool sound. Very retro-y. Great game! c: