Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD46 → Emergency Override
By listonos
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 124 | 3.89 | 31 | |
| Fun | 348 | 3.51 | 31 | |
| Innovation | 85 | 4.00 | 31 | |
| Theme | 158 | 4.05 | 31 | |
| Graphics | 93 | 4.17 | 31 | |
| Audio | 82 | 3.87 | 31 | |
| Humor | 43 | 3.96 | 30 | |
| Mood | 82 | 3.94 | 31 |
This was great, I think this is the first game I've played with an end!
One note. I finished the game, but I think I got too far ahead of the pre-recorded dialogue, so I had to wait for them to finish (30 seconds or so?) before the game ended. Not really a big deal, just a little weird. I really liked the sense of humor, and do think the voice overs were important to the game.
I managed to make it to the end on my first play!
It took me a little bit to understand how the puzzle worked, but I thought it was a really fun puzzle once I got the hang of it around my second or third try (the first puzzle or two I ended up flipping blindly).
I think what took me a bit was the information overload at the start of the game - I ended up not reading the log, and couldn't figure out how to access it again, and all the different readouts made for good atmosphere, but confused me at first.
Maybe if there was some way to bring in the important readouts one-by-one - for example, I didn't notice that turning off the atmosphere module (yes, I know) was dropping the oxygen supply, and I didn't notice until my batteries were almost gone that flipping blindly was costing me batteries.
Also I understand the gameplay difference between "module on/off" and "override", but logic-wise it was confusing to me at first the difference between the two. I might actually prefer a more pure focus on override puzzles and less on ship tinkering.
Anyway, I loved the theme! The graphics were really fitting and the AI narration got good chuckles out of me. Great work!
I almost failed until I realised the binary on the left is not just a decoration!
Great concept and voice acting.
This is so good!! The visual aesthetic you pulled off here is incredible, love the voiceover effects as well. I didn't realize that the bot was gonna be an enemy instead of a friend.. main mechanic of flipping binary switches very easy to understand and well designed. Overall super solid entry, I can tell you had fun making it :)
I'm not a very good gamer. I didn't understand the game that well and i didn't really get how the binary numbers toggles worked. But I got through some puzzles by trial and error. Note that this is all because I'm just not a very experienced gamer. With that being said you were able to teach someone like me most of the controls and the stuff about the modules. That's a win already. I also really liked the art and the game in general is just a very pleasant experience even though I didn't understand everything.
Really nice voice acting and excellent atmosphere. The puzzle was challenging but felt rewarding as well! Great game!
Nice little puzzle and retro-computer-troubleshooting simulator. The visuals and sound come together so well and its actually engaging to use your commands to flick things on and off, unlike some 'hacking' or typing-focused games. Impressive stuff here :)
The production quality of the game is excellent given the 48h time limit. The graphics and the effects (post processing I assume) works really well in adding the retro feel to the game. The voice over is a nice touch. If you add some simple 8bit sfx and it will bring me right back to the good old times.
The first time I play a game like this, I like the concept, it's innovative, the visuals are great too, adding sfx could improve the game. Nice voice acting! Good job
Easily your most "cool" production-level, funny, and -A E S T H E T I C- kind of game and I had a blast with it. Great use of the filter and telling a little story, and using the binary switches was a more original take than many hacking games use.
Nice implementation of HAL 9000 :P Nice game!
I'm not sure how to solve the bit flipping, but the voice acting had some great lines that were hilarious.
I love stinkin logic puzzles lol .. I sort of over-overrided things just to play the puzzles lol
Loved all of it! Especially the voice acting!
Loved the retro screen effect and the AI. I never fully understood how the flipping worked but randomly pressing f seemed to work just fine ;)
I think I predicted the ending. :smile:
Here is my playthrough:
https://youtu.be/YHDx5TgrHRg
Really cool game :smile: and a really good take on "hacking" that's pretty unique from how other games have done it before. Definitely took me a few tries to get the hang of things, but I really enjoyed playing it! Amazing graphics and audio, the voice acting and humor was perfect.
The game was a nice take on the theme, overall amazing job with this game!