Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD39 → Icebroken
By cruelmotivator and merzlot
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 124 | 3.85 | 42 | |
| Fun | 214 | 3.50 | 42 | |
| Innovation | 122 | 3.65 | 42 | |
| Theme | 22 | 4.32 | 42 | |
| Graphics | 228 | 4.00 | 43 | |
| Humor | 273 | 2.75 | 38 | |
| Mood | 168 | 3.70 | 42 |
¬Cool¬ game! The art is really nice and the ice breaking effect looks really good. It is very hard though, I don't think I managed to get it past halfway to safety before my reactor runs out. I didn't see a point in powering the cabin lights, they don't need to sleep do they? Overall, fun game!
Quite a neat game! A very unique take on the theme. The game can get quite difficult especially with crew members hugging boilers! overall a very good idea and the art style is clean and colourful :D
Excellent game. Well polished! looks and feels complete as if there where no time restriction. can't really find anything that could have been made better. Perhaps it is a bit too hard, maybe its becouse you only have one level (or do you have more? havent managed to get to safty).
Nice idea and lovely visual style!
Are the crew members any use btw? I managed to kill 7/8 and got quite far (about 80%) as it was a lot easier to keep one dude alive without spending to much energy...
The graphics, the sound and the dying crew contribute to a great atmosphere. A bit slow paced but well balanced. Good job
Nice art style and interesting idea! It's really hard and I couldn't manage to get to safety, but I enjoyed the experience!
Thanks everyone for feedback! :) There are some tips for the game: keep your food store full at start, when your energy production is still high. Same for temperature. Do not forget to turn on the lights - it allows to use medbay not so often.
Great feeling game. Its harsh, direct, fit the theme. Loved the graphics. This is one of those little games that could probably do well on the open market if expanded on.
This was really cool, the game was very unique if a little hard, I got about 60% of the way to safety, maybe a little more depth would add to it? Or a use for crew members, maybe they could fix the generator? Anyway, really cool! :v:
Really nice entry, I loved the style and the gameplay was very enticing. If only it was a little easier - I couldn't beat it even after maybe half a dozen attempts. Still loved it though - great work!
Amazing game! It feels super polished and I love the art style!
A great entry. The art style and sound effects really bring it together. I found the difficulty level was well balanced.
Really nice game!
At first, I wasn't really sure in how to play (the initial 'controls' screen was a little overwhelming), but after some interactions here and there I kind of got it. My favourite bit was switching the light on/off (and the npcs tripping off lol).
Okay, I will admit this: I'm awfully bad at management games like this one, in my best run I get about 75% to the end, but it was a rather enjoyable experience nonetheless.
Really awesome game, I love these power management games. Some audio would really complete the experience and provide some extra cues to players to help with timing, but still awesome for a jam game!
@jemsmith there is audio, what are you talking about?
Really liked the art style and different things to do and there was always things to adjust which keeps the player engaging.
Very cool game. It made me want to keep playing till I won. Each time, I got just a little bit further haha. Managed to save 5/8 crew. In the end I just left all the lights off to save power and let them stumble around (a bit cruel maybe but it somewhat worked!)
I love the pace of this game, it's really frantic the whole time juggling all these rooms. The interplay between the systems you've designed is superb, great job!
Nice one! It took me some time to figure out how to play it, but then it was fun. The graphics of the ship are cool and the overall atmosphere is great. Good job!
I really like this one. I didn't get to the end, but the art really drew me in and I liked the hectic management of it. Found the reactor degradation killed me usually. Do they ever go back to their bunks? My guys seemed to hang around the kitchen and boiler (and occasionally the med bay). Very nice. Would definitely try it again.
Nice game. I liked all of the variables to control. I couldn't make it further than half way before I ran out of power. Sometimes it felt like the generator would get stuck in "double down arrow" mode even when I turned everything off. I like how the ship freezes over if you stay in the stop position for too long.
*Hugged a boiler and got burnt*
Great ice/heat effects and art overall.
Couple of questions: - Is there any dependency on the crew count and production speed? - Is there any purpose for the sleeping room?
I did a playthrough:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEKJsOCxGxk
Just look at Paul and Erasmus at 1:22 :smile:
Good entry. At first I believed the crew was too stupid for its own survival, then I tried different strategies, understood new pieces of the mechanics and was able to push a little further each try. I didn't manage to reach safety, as it is quite hard and the game tend to snowball towards defeat pretty harsh, but it's pretty fun and feels tightly balanced. I might try a little more.
Sometimes I forget to turn off some devices, and I think the highlight effect is a bit shy. Also could have been nice to have some sound effects/background music.
Overall you did a very good job!
Awesome game! The graphics are well done and I really love the concept (nice take of the theme). The sound effects create a nice atmosphere. The gameplay is enjoyable and I really have nothing to blame considering it's a jam! Id' like to see more of this game!
Due to a bug the comment duplicated :( woops
Nice game! It took me some time to figure out how to play it correctly, but then it was a fun strategy game. I think the difficulty level is really tighly balanced, I couldn't get to the safe zone but every new play I was closer to it. The sound effects create a nice atmosphere along with the art style. Good job, congratulations!
The boat design and layout was nicely done and the art was great at complimenting the gameplay. Liked how you had to many so many different elements but it was all clearly advised to the player.