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Destructor 32 GMS

By erik-brunnstrom

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1033.9721
Fun1493.7621
Innovation134.2621
Theme3603.6821
Graphics1064.3121
Humor5892.6920
Mood614.0721

Comments

guine 2018-12-07 13:06

Congrats! This is awesome!

jk5000 2018-12-07 14:16

A super interesting puzzle game. Well done.

azayiah 2018-12-11 12:23

Very interesting game dude!!!

nnnikki 2018-12-11 17:03

"Oh, okay. I see. Now I should press the fire button aaaaand..."

BREAKING NEWS! The terrorist has escaped.

".......I think I did it wrong."

Well, I had a super fun time nevertheless figuring out how to use this weird contraption and blasting off to failure. Good work.

eternalxp 2018-12-11 17:23

It was a bit hard to wrap my head around, but i think this just adds to the experience. I really felt that i was triangulating signals and I felt the tension of trying to be precise and quick. Overall you did an amazing job.

ecmjohnson 2018-12-27 17:02

I really liked the concept here! I found it very satisfying finding a new station and trying to find the target signal. There was quite a bit of challenge for some stations when a lot of signals overlapped and I wish I'd been able to abandon some stations that were too hard. Overall I really enjoyed learning how to play and I found it very satisfying!

haustgeirr 2018-12-27 21:07

Superb game! Definitely something unusual and really captivating. Took a few misfires to get the jist of what I was doing, but I finally got the leader with only minor casualties. My biggest complain is the use of the mouse-wheel. Otherwise, really great job. :grin:

brazmogu 2018-12-27 22:33

I really, really like the feel of this game. I like games that simulate very specific interfaces and make the player decipher data gathered through these technical interfaces. I do like the somber tone that the theme was given in this game, and how the tension builds accordingly.

Only one thing is missing from it, and it'd be a better UI (the game gets locked when you lose, so I had to close and open it again) and also some way to cancel the triangulation when I can't find the target signal at all after connecting with the relay. I end up with overlapping circles that I wish I could erase or never had plotted. :P

I still haven't suceeded in the mission, but this game sure makes me want to get it right.

cdunham 2018-12-28 11:16

Even with all the help text the game is still confusing. Scrolling with the mouse takes a long time to get the dials where I want it to be. The overall design and idea of the game is great though, and implemented fairly well. If there was more time I would suggest doing a full blown(no pun intended) tutorial so the player has a definitive idea of what they're doing before being thrust into the game.

adultlink 2018-12-28 12:06

This is an amazing work! Let me start with that. I really really enjoyed it, kept me wanting to try again.

I can see you put quite a bit of work in this, and it shows, because it's really well rounded, from gameplay to graphics and sound. Astounding, amazing immersion! :)

It reminded me of "Keep talking and nobody explodes". There are a few common aspects to it and you also gotta follow instructions to achieve a goal. I believe you could polish this up a bit, maybe add a couple more mechanics to it, make it co-op friendly and publish it if you wanted.

If I had to nitpick, I'd say telling signals apart is quite hard. Do you have actual experience with radio communications such as these? It was difficult for me to find the required signal during the antenna positioning phase.

Oh I ran into a bug btw. On one of my attempts I ended up launching the missile with just a couple seconds left, and this happened, I guess both outcomes overlapped. I wasn't able to click "retry" or "exit", had to kill the game and restart.

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Amazing, best game I've played.

hare-software 2018-12-29 21:58

I played this game a lot more than I had planned for, it is simply addicting in a way. Everything just nicely fits with each other. The sound as you turn the dials, the fuzzy analog signal that gets stronger or weaker as you move the the buttons. The sound of radio chatter that slowly fades as you dialling in. You guys managed to make something that I would pay to play. Very well done!

neon 2018-12-30 06:13

Really excellent work. I'm bad at hearing morse code I suppose, but I did find the whole experience really neat. The interface with the effects, the animated rotating signal receiver thing, everything just fits together really well and looks good. The sounds fit in very well also.

cheetah 2018-12-30 12:42

Superb game, really enjoyed playing it.