Admin vs BFU by jarnik

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made by jarnik for LD31 (JAM)
Frankie is a common IT guy, he just cares about his lovely PCs and servers. He feels that work as admin must be like live in heaven except one moment… There are days when creatures from hell, usually called BFU, are trying to use his loved PCs and spread virus among them or damage them like dirty mouse wheel. But there is one thing which makes his day, slapping the BFUs. So, welcome in IT department simulator !

Frankie, the network admin guy, controls, repairs or scan nearby PCs and servers by using shell commands or performing special admin actions, for example sacrificing goat. Admin runs between his office and computers to fix all the problems caused by the users. The computers are connected via network to server which can be seen in the computer network map. If computer is infected then virus can also spread to the connected server through which other computers can be infect later in the network.

To win just survive for given time limit and at least one user has to stay.
But to lose is pretty simple - just piss off all users, so all of them will leave.

Game controls:
Arrow keys – admin’s moves
“bump” to PC or server – connect with PC or server to fix them
Type letters – enter shell command to fix PCs and servers
Enter – send shell command
Left CTRL, Command – show map

Credits:
BEM - programming
Mike - programming
@Jarnik - graphics
@VojtechOutulny - design, sounds

Ratings

Coolness 0% 2356
Overall(Jam) 3.47 285
Audio(Jam) 3.40 210
Fun(Jam) 3.33 290
Graphics(Jam) 3.76 255
Innovation(Jam) 4.00 48
Theme(Jam) 4.19 59

Feedback

Falin
07. Dec 2014 · 11:52 UTC
+ Hard typing game. Fun to play. Simple.
- Too long distance between servers.
vincentd
07. Dec 2014 · 12:31 UTC
Good idea, nicely rendered. Ugly walls, though.
Impossible to really play with my azerty keyboard... (couldn't type - character for instance).
stray
07. Dec 2014 · 14:09 UTC
nice graphic
Insality
07. Dec 2014 · 14:11 UTC
interesting idea but hard to play, rly :D
nice graphic[2]
bubblebuddha
07. Dec 2014 · 14:25 UTC
interesting graphic style :) gamplay is a little bit hard for me.
Istani
07. Dec 2014 · 15:23 UTC
interesting. i like it XD

Nice oldscool graphics
Snuux
07. Dec 2014 · 17:02 UTC
Super graphics!)
justinooncx
07. Dec 2014 · 18:49 UTC
Now I know how to code! Thanks!
maddogawl
07. Dec 2014 · 19:17 UTC
Very cool game, I really like the concept of it!
wilpel1234
07. Dec 2014 · 19:41 UTC
Really liked this game! Felt like a hacker!
AlSweigart
07. Dec 2014 · 19:50 UTC
Ha! I play the speedtest typing program with the "unix commands" word set. This game felt exactly like that. It would be nice to be able hold down the arrow keys to move instead of pressing them a bunch. But I had fun playing it.
BtheDestroyer
07. Dec 2014 · 20:28 UTC
Neat. It's an interesting idea although being able to use the arrow keys to go back and fix things rather than deleting everything first would be nice. :)
Wezley
07. Dec 2014 · 21:31 UTC
Very nice game! Great job! :)
MMOOxy
07. Dec 2014 · 22:32 UTC
Hard game, even harder without an english keyboard layout.
laxeot
07. Dec 2014 · 23:04 UTC
This is rad! Would anybody be willing to check my game out?
http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=45502
wandersenus
07. Dec 2014 · 23:06 UTC
interesting. i like it
Nice oldscool graphics
xaedes
07. Dec 2014 · 23:16 UTC
I like the graphics and game concept very much!

But please let this game be playable with other keyboard layouts than english. I had to end because of this.
pjimmy
07. Dec 2014 · 23:31 UTC
Nice, it's funny, but very challenging.
rabbit
08. Dec 2014 · 05:02 UTC
its actually impossible. problems "recharge" too quickly.
Snuux
08. Dec 2014 · 08:09 UTC
Interesting idea. And cool gameplay. I like it!
revolter
08. Dec 2014 · 08:12 UTC
It gives me an error:

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /pub/ld31/ on this server.
SeriousDeath
08. Dec 2014 · 08:47 UTC
i own3d \o/ Very fun game and cool concept, even though it brought back horrible IT admin memories :P
yongcamu
08. Dec 2014 · 12:44 UTC
Damn, love everything about it. Really nice! Going all nerdy over the strings the player needs to type. :D Big fan of them!
Shampop
08. Dec 2014 · 13:55 UTC
Idea is cool but i can't really play, my keyboard is an european AZERTY, the letters are OK, but when i want to use other signs (like "&" or ";"), they aren't in the good place in my keyboard. So it's pretty hard...
Figglewatts
08. Dec 2014 · 16:40 UTC
Simple and fun. Nice work!
yongcamu
08. Dec 2014 · 23:09 UTC
Came back to say, I can't stop playing this. :D Makes all the nerd cells in me tingle.
gltovar
08. Dec 2014 · 23:31 UTC
I really like the concept, enjoyed playing it =]
Lokiman
10. Dec 2014 · 04:53 UTC
At first I sucked but then I own3d ... and then I sucked again until I found out about the servers! :D

Good job on the game guys, I really had fun helping those BFUs! :)
Shimone
10. Dec 2014 · 20:37 UTC
I like this kind of games but I couldn't play it as I wanted because when I "&", it actually writes "^" (maybe that's because I have a japanese keyboard). Nice idea by the way!
hexagore
10. Dec 2014 · 20:43 UTC
yay typing game! Fun. And those commands looked very realistic... I don't know enough linux to know if they're all actually real, wouldn't surprise me though :)
Raptor85
13. Dec 2014 · 06:19 UTC
managed to win, it's impossible to save too many though, they decay far too fast. decently fun typing game though, could have used a bit more funny commands.
Wiering
15. Dec 2014 · 03:29 UTC
For the theme, wouldn't it be better if Frankie could do everything remotely from is one screen?
Bloxri
15. Dec 2014 · 05:31 UTC
Very challenging, even after a minute or two. Very very good submission though. Good job on the sounds, graphics and the overall game. Great job, seriously. One of the better games I played so far!