Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD50 → Out of Controls?
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 995 | 3.28 | 35 | |
| Fun | 895 | 3.19 | 35 | |
| Innovation | 55 | 4.10 | 36 | |
| Theme | 689 | 3.65 | 35 | |
| Graphics | 1225 | 2.62 | 35 |
the game has a well made multitasking challenge, I tried to be smart and stick to the edge but I got punished for it anyway lol, really like the game. as a bit of criticism I wish your buttons don't get permanently destroyed at some point, I would like to keep going untill I run out of health but that's just how I feel about it
Glad you like it! Some of the enemies drop spare parts to help you repair your controls.
This is a really inventive idea! I like the idea of trying to fix the ship in the middle of a fight. Rerouting is super interesting but kind of difficult to use, maybe there should be some way to fix things if you can buy yourself some extra time. Nice work!
I really like the concept! It gives a good type of stress-dopamine trying to fix up your ship, and rerouting the controls like crazy, so good job on that.
Some constructive criticism would be that I feel like except for the first 30 ish seconds, you very easily spiral out of control once you get hit and lose one control, since the screen is basically filled with bullets at that point. Losing one button thus easily makes you lose a lot of buttons, maybe there could be some sort of invincibility frames to not lose all your buttons instantly?
Overall great job!
Cool idea! Reminds me of the GMTK jam theme from a while back. Game was fun, but I wasn't really able to multitask well -- I just ended up getting shot while trying to fix the wires. I found a good strategy was to wire every key to shoot as well as whatever movement it was, to have backup keys for shooting if space was broken.
The concept of losing your controls and having to remap them to get a fighting chance is amazing. The controls are very sensitive which makes it hard to dodge projectiles. Overall it is a very creative and entertaining game.
Wow! This game was very hard but a really cool concept with a creative implementation! The EMP effect was really cool and a nice bit of polish.
It was pretty difficult to pay attention to both panels and I feel like this could have been balanced a little better. Shooting enemies was very difficult, and I liked the addition of invincible dashing.
Great work for your first Ludum Dare! Welcome to the fold and I hope to see more games from your team :)
The concept and the idea are very good, it was very difficult for me to manage the ship and do other tasks at the same time. In addition to the controls being perhaps too sensitive to easily handle the ship, it is generally very good. great job!
This is a really creative mechanic! I also really liked the warp effect visually. It's extremely challenging to manage fixing the wires while also moving around, but nothing wrong with a game being difficult.
It was very difficult but it was also very fun, I like this idea and haven't seen many like it.
One of the most difficult games I've played this jam, felt the multitask requirements may have been a bit much, but a fun time nonetheless!
The concept is really nice. I wonder if there is a way to integrate it smoother into the gameplay. As others have said its so difficult to focus on your ship and fixing the controls at the same time. Maybe have a small time window everytime things get jambled to fix it - and if you run out of time you have to play the next wave with fucked up controls xD
Yeah that said i would prefer a wave system as it gives some sense of progress and relax time in between.
Overall the gameplay is held back by the concept - but i think in a jam innovation is key and the idea is really cool.
It is a very innovative idea, but it is not satisfying in my opinion to loose controls all of the time, I have the feeling I never can conentrate on the fun part (shooting stuff). But maybe there is a way to mitigate the problem, I don't know. (Maybe play it as multiplayer. one fixes stuff mit the mouse, the other one controls the ship with the keyboard lol)
At first I thought it was difficult, but when I figured it out, I liked the game!
Really interesting idea, I liked how you constantly had to focus on both your ship and the controls. After a bit it becomes really hard though, since when you lose controls you can't move and there's lots of enemies on the screen at that point, which only makes you lose more controls and fail quickly. The idea was really nice but I think it would've been nice to either not lose controls as permanently or have an easier way to get them back since now it was pretty hard to survive more than 30s or so. Good job though, it was fun to play!
I had a hard time getting the controls right. Learning curve whas al little to high for my unskilled mulitask abilitys . Did not get far but like the mechanics very original.
Very interesting idea with control. A good example of when a game with simple mechanics and graphics has a unique gameplay
I had a really hard time to multi-task but the idea is great. I kind of wish my ship could take 1-2 extra hits before disconnecting a button from an action.
I thought the idea of losing controls was really creative. It would be good if it was just temporary but maybe that wouldn't fit the theme as well. Nice work!
The idea is good but I've entered a situation in which enemies would gather above me while I'm shooting anything in front of me to sruvive. This could go on forever as long I could shoot any enemy in front of me and fix the controls after EMP wave.
Wow the idea to have player configuring key bindings as a mechanic is so innovative.
I love this idea, I'm very in love with the idea of wiring your controls and them being knocked out by damage, feel like it can be cheesed quite easily but over all i love this, fits the theme great and i hope you continue making games as this is a great project
Very cool concept! But very hard at the same time. At each try I get lost pretty early, actually as soon as I get hit once, it's hard to get back on my feet and go on. Maybe it would have been nice to ease the process, at least in the beginning. I would definitely enjoy a post jam version with a refinement on this point :)
Interesting concept but hard as hell.
Really interesting and novel concept. It took me a few tries to figure out what was going on. I think some feedback for invalid actions might have helped me figure it out sooner
Really interesting and novel concept. It took me a few tries to figure out what was going on. I think some feedback for invalid actions might have helped me figure it out sooner
Very cool idea and well implemented! It's very fun to try to remap everything in a hurry when you get hit. I would have loved a bit more event that force you to remapping from time to time without feeling like it's the end.
Thanks for the game I had fun 🚀
Dang that's tough! I really like the idea, though! I could see this being played two player, with someone else trying to wire your controls and.. chaos ensuing!
I really got a kick out of this! I can't think of a game that requires you to actually make manual repairs to your ship while still flying it in combat, so big points for originality for sure. I will say it really gets away from you quickly if you do get hit, though I did eventually start to realize that I needed to prioritize the up/down connections and just focus on dodging and fully repair when safe after that...so it's almost an added strategy element that works for it. Nice work!