Return of the Floppy by daviosmash

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made by daviosmash for LD31 (COMPO)
​Return of the Floppy!
In this game you will return to an older time as you watch the struggle of a floppy disk. In this high score, catch items game, you will avoid viruses and collect files.

(Recommend playing at 800x600 even with standalone versions)

Controls: Left arrow to move the floppy disk to the left, right arrow to move the floppy disk to the right. You can also use a controller.

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 2.73 995
Audio 2.90 439
Fun 2.76 855
Graphics 2.61 869
Humor 2.57 491
Innovation 2.19 1101
Mood 2.47 943
Theme 3.48 716

Feedback

Snail_Man
08. Dec 2014 · 03:14 UTC
Interesting game. The background was a bit noisy to see enemies on, but the movement was very smooth, and the difficulty curve was nice. Those purple stars are pretty hard to catch!
dokidoki
08. Dec 2014 · 03:19 UTC
Having the side-to-side viruses in there made it tricky, but I could hide in the corner for a while. :)
ehtd
08. Dec 2014 · 03:20 UTC
Nostalgic, nice background
Jupitron
08. Dec 2014 · 03:20 UTC
Hi!
Nice game! Really simple but effective, kept me playing a while! This site needs to bookmark favorites, definitely one my favs.
Zwergesel
08. Dec 2014 · 03:28 UTC
Difficult, but fun!
Tempeth
08. Dec 2014 · 03:35 UTC
Nicely done! Addicting game play, but I would agree background could be a bit more muted to be easier on the eyes :)
mtinkerhess
08. Dec 2014 · 03:55 UTC
Nice music! It would be nice to be able to get health back somehow.
ENDESGA
08. Dec 2014 · 04:06 UTC
Interesting game :D love it
Empyrealhell
08. Dec 2014 · 04:21 UTC
This was really well executed. It seems like you had a pretty good handle on what you could accomplish and stayed within those bounds. This is one of the more polished jam entries I've seen.
Quarterflip
08. Dec 2014 · 05:12 UTC
Floppy disk controls were a bit floaty, but apart from that it was pretty good. Loved the background music.
spacedoubt
08. Dec 2014 · 05:24 UTC
Throws you right into it! I would like to be able to see the text info at the bottom a little better so I could keep up. Cool game!
Somfunambulist
08. Dec 2014 · 05:46 UTC
Fairly simplistic, but not bad. The viruses were really difficult to dodge!
Nuclear Napalm
08. Dec 2014 · 06:25 UTC
TotalCommander!?! I like the old school art style, but gameplay way too simple.
Groydis
08. Dec 2014 · 06:41 UTC
What a wonderful throw back to the days of the floppy, As I played I recalled all the times I would want to copy small increments of data to a disk. Great Work!
tonypai
08. Dec 2014 · 07:58 UTC
Ahh, the good old days. :P
indigofiz
08. Dec 2014 · 07:58 UTC
The distribution of the enemy feels random. Maybe you could tweak it so it's easy in the beginning and then harder as time goes by, so people would have the chance to familiarize themselves. Congrats on the entry though~
bnmkt
08. Dec 2014 · 08:23 UTC
the moving are random ? it make this more difficult D: but it's cool !
Proximal Pyro
08. Dec 2014 · 08:30 UTC
Ok game. It is a really simple game and I would have wanted something more. The menu GUI you could have worked some more on.
stray
08. Dec 2014 · 08:46 UTC
Great Graphics
lisac
08. Dec 2014 · 10:20 UTC
Nice game, love the retro theme.
badlydrawnrod
08. Dec 2014 · 11:30 UTC
Really set that 80s/90s vibe, although that's a remarkably clean circuit board. This is a nice take on the theme and it looks good.

My wife did a "Mum plays..." of this game: http://youtu.be/exE2rA3HscQ
hadesfury
08. Dec 2014 · 11:35 UTC
Best score 1400 :D
I really love you background, you should made it not only a background :D
GreenyUk
08. Dec 2014 · 11:49 UTC
The UI could use some TLC, but gameplay is there. I like that the items dropping have random behavior.
DavidErosa
08. Dec 2014 · 11:58 UTC
Nice and simple. Maybe the floppy has too much inertia, but overall a nice game. Thanks!
Techblogogy
08. Dec 2014 · 12:42 UTC
What's a floppy drive? (J.K.) Great job.
PERECil
08. Dec 2014 · 12:50 UTC
This games reminds me both missile command and astrosmash. Good controls, but very hard.
woodecker
08. Dec 2014 · 13:48 UTC
I thing enemies/friends are too similar. Fun to play!
hexagore
08. Dec 2014 · 13:59 UTC
High score: 1800. Kinda tranquil to play.
eruditespirit
08. Dec 2014 · 14:47 UTC
The interesting enemy movement patterns and decent amount of polish stand out!
MaesK
08. Dec 2014 · 15:03 UTC
Nice little game, I like how the hazard icon stopped a while before advancing, unlike the others. Keep it up!
kraln
08. Dec 2014 · 15:06 UTC
I liked it, but I would have liked it more if it had progressive difficulty or set waves of enemies. It was a bit too random--anyone, good one!
Wakka
08. Dec 2014 · 17:05 UTC
love that retro sound :) Welldone!
danielilett
08. Dec 2014 · 17:28 UTC
This was alright, I found it quite floaty to control, and the viruses were moving across the screen a little too much in my opinion, so it made them annoyingly hard to dodge, but the concept is pretty neat, and the music wasn't bad either. I wasn't a great fan of the graphics, because they seemed really basic to me, but it fits the theme well. Good job.
terrytheplatypus
08. Dec 2014 · 18:57 UTC
Nice little game, though from the screen shot, I got a different idea for a single-screen game, a platformer where your character is really REALLY small, and there's one level, but the level is big because the character is only one pixel or something.
Luminar
08. Dec 2014 · 19:36 UTC
Not bad, but would like some kind of goal to the game that would make it worth playing.
Bardikus
08. Dec 2014 · 19:42 UTC
Simple fun and nostalgic game
Eponesh
08. Dec 2014 · 20:02 UTC
Cool game:) Score: 13000
Spacemyname
08. Dec 2014 · 20:40 UTC
Possibly my favourite game so far. You know my weakness sir!
BusinessClient
08. Dec 2014 · 20:52 UTC
Simple but well done. I dig the nostalgia. I wish they were retro icons from Windows 3.1 or something like that.
BKGH
08. Dec 2014 · 22:29 UTC
Neat background.
The enemy back and forth motion was hard to get used to, at first.
Wezley
08. Dec 2014 · 23:52 UTC
Oh the nostalgia! nice job! xD
KunoNoOni
09. Dec 2014 · 01:39 UTC
Neat little game.
benmcnelly
09. Dec 2014 · 06:37 UTC
My favorite part is trying to trick the viruses! Nice entry!
DavidLv
09. Dec 2014 · 12:34 UTC
It's a very simple game. but I like it.
ceosol
09. Dec 2014 · 13:27 UTC
Since the background was flat, it gave a sense of a lot of movement offscreen. I think it was a creative take on a dodge game. For future development, I would add a requirement to collect data. Otherwise, like someone else said, you can just hide in the corner for a while. As someone else pointed out with health, the file collection could also serve as a health meter where viruses make you lose data.
StackAttack
09. Dec 2014 · 21:35 UTC
The in game graphics are actually pretty good, they fit well, why is the title screen so much worse? I would definitely appreciate more powerups
jpmit
09. Dec 2014 · 21:44 UTC
Very cool graphics. Nice music as well. Pretty fun too!
Geckoo1337
10. Dec 2014 · 05:45 UTC
A really nice entry for a simple concept which accomplishes the challenge for this LD. I like the movement fluidity and the differents elements - friends or ennemies. Well done ++
FergusonTV
10. Dec 2014 · 09:35 UTC
Nice game.
shadow64
11. Dec 2014 · 07:56 UTC
Thanks for checking out Natquik and leaving me feedback! I definitely enjoyed myself here. I felt like the difficulty ramped up slowly but specifically. I was collecting stars and getting to the flow of things. The music reminded me a little bit of Primer's soundtrack. Job well done. Thanks for sharing and congrats! :)
cxsquared
11. Dec 2014 · 13:41 UTC
Nice and simple. I really like the theme you went with. Good work.
MiniBobbo
13. Dec 2014 · 00:07 UTC
I liked the simple and clean gameplay. Sometimes individual elements would come to a stop and then start up again after a half second. It really threw my timing off!

My high score was 16400 after I hit my stride on the second or third playthrough. I can see why we don't use floppy disks anymore!
Nikteddy92
14. Dec 2014 · 09:30 UTC
Nice music, it's perfect for the theme of the game!
BTW well done, a little too hard sometimes!
JJEvil
15. Dec 2014 · 19:39 UTC
Simple game. Fun to play. The viruses are vicious.
maybeimelias
16. Dec 2014 · 00:18 UTC
Awesome job for a first time entry. Nice graphics and good use of sounds. Something I would have liked to see would have been to have a floating UI pop when you got points or lost a life. Great job bro!
asobitech
16. Dec 2014 · 19:03 UTC
Simple catch the falling objects game. Pretty damn tough as well. I miss floppy disks.
Eggplant
18. Dec 2014 · 23:11 UTC
Cool! I liked it.
sP0CkEr2
22. Dec 2014 · 04:36 UTC
pretty good game - simple mechanics - but everything was cmoplete - nice job
MintArcade
24. Dec 2014 · 01:05 UTC
Nice game. Total Commander use to have similar icon. Retro for the win :)