U.N.S.T.A.B.L.E

ilokimo 2021-10-03 23:30 ♥ 3

Note to other players: on ship piloting duty, move right is the E key not D.

The danger of minigames in game jam games is that it takes a lot of time and it's a bigger challenge to get the idea through or to be innovative. It is very impressive over all. I didn't figure out what to do in the cleaning minigame.

reccy 2021-10-04 00:08 ♥ 1

Nice work! It's hard enough making one game for a game jam, but getting minigames working too is impressive. It's a fun game and I think outside of a few minor bugs (Move right as E instead of D, can't replenish ammo without firing your gun) I enjoyed it! Also I like how you slowly introduced the ship systems over time - it made it way less overwhelming to play when everything started to go wrong 😄

pdotjpg 2021-10-04 22:47 ♥ 1

I have to admit this didn't hold my interest through the whole trip and I didn't finish the game, but it's cool. The theme is nice, I like the fact you give players time to learn the layout and the minigames, and every individual mechanic is well-explained and solid. I just think it's a bit too long and repetitive. But it's a cool idea nicely executed (except for the mistake in the flying minigame controls).

binaryprinciple 2021-10-05 00:26 ♥ 1

Well that was not helpful for my anxiety! LOL Nice idea, I was initially enjoying a space walk then everything broke and had to come back and keep the humans from freezing. Pulling minigames in so little time is very impressive. Well done.

fabernull 2021-10-05 06:57 ♥ 1

As others said making multiple minigames is very impressive for 48 hours. I'm a sucker for space settings and robots so I really enjoyed the premise. Nothing really wrong with it that couldn't be adjusted with a little more time. Great work :D

potatolain 2021-10-07 23:36 ♥ 1

I managed to finish it! Cute little game for the compo.

I will mention I ran into a few bugs that made it challenging. The ship control bug mentioned above really threw me for a loop, I actually had to restart the game to get past it. I'm not sure if this was supposed to happen, but later in the game, maybe 4 or 5 pieces of trash got stuck on the far right wall in the life support system, so I could only get the health back up to 50% or so. I also had a really hard time getting rid of the trash on that system, since you let go of trash as soon as the mouse leaves the game area. (Making that just a few pixels bigger might make a world of difference)

That aside, this is a really cool game! It's definitely impressive to get multiple small games working in the compo timeframe. I actually thought the length of the game was perfect - just long enough to experience all of the minigames, and start having to prioritize things. I also really liked the music - it created a chill atmosphere. (And helped balance the anxiety of watching all the things!) The slow introduction of minigames was also really helpful, as someone else already commented.

Thanks for a really fun game!

johnathan-peres 2021-10-07 23:51 ♥ 1

Very fun, I managed to save the humans! Loved how you introduce the game elements at the start, the only issue for me is the controls of the auto pilot A to left and E to right for me, took some time to figure out. Overall great entry!

stefanie-leitch 2021-10-08 00:42 ♥ 0

Thanks for the feedback about the input issue @johnathan-peres @ilokimo @reccy ! I have resolved it.

whenyoucantfindafriend 2021-10-08 03:27 ♥ 1

Great Job! Must have been difficult to program all the tasks for UNSTABLE for the Jam! Like the concept of a robot juggling so many tasks on a ship. Cool game!

deltamain 2021-10-08 11:04 ♥ 1

Really cool game. It is easy to see that you hardworked on all game mechanics. Only thing is needed - is polishing. Also theme is not disclosed.

c1fr1 2021-10-08 11:56 ♥ 1

Really well balanced game. I was worried that once the tutorial part ended I wouldn't be able to keep up but it was just about right once I properly understood the mechanics.

The tutorial was pretty good the first time around, but it did get a bit annoying on my second attempt. It would have been good to separate a "game" mode and a "tutorial" mode so that you don't have to wait for all the mechanics to start working.

cabjhegas 2021-10-08 13:55 ♥ 1

Loved the robot name! haha I'm impressed how you were able to put mini games into it in such a limited time. Good job

gdesecrate 2021-10-08 19:56 ♥ 1

I have enjoyed watching the crew die!

dob 2021-10-08 19:56 ♥ 1

This is a really neat concept - I like the idea of minigames. I played for quite a while, and I could never find anything that let me shoot, and I couldn't find anything to do with the welding gun. I couldn't seem to switch from the fire extinguisher (which I could use, but there were no fires). I tried clicking on the other items at the bottom, no luck. They all had full green bars. Not sure what the problem was.

levidsmith 2021-10-09 02:08 ♥ 1

Nice game! I liked how all of the mini-games were tied together to complete the overall objective. One issue I had was using up resources (such as fire extinguisher) as I was trying to fill up another one (such as guns).

zubspace 2021-10-10 20:23 ♥ 1

Very interesting game. Like the different minigames you put in there. It's a bit frantic, because you introduced so many things to thing about in a very short time. But I guess, that was the point :) Audio effects are definitely missing, but still, well done for a Compo game!

maximeg 2021-10-20 11:51 ♥ 0

Nice game, maybe a bit too ambitious