Or|Bit by blurryroots
Little hacking game in space.
Left click a planet to select it.
Once selected you can hack it via right click.
Right click a previously hacked planet to 'fortify' it.
Nodes provide information about how long they take to be hacked (bottom rigth) and how much time bonus (bottom left) they give you when being traced (countdown).
The symbols found on planets or moons, describe the type of the respective node. Here is a list of all possible types.
Home : Starting Point
Antenna: Normal Node
Cog : Utility Node
Storage : Reduces all difficulties globally
Target : Wins the level if hacked
Firewall : Wins the level if hacked
If you encounter any problems running the game, try to install Love2D on your system. For further information see the instructions found under https://www.love2d.org/wiki/Getting_Started#Running_Games
To win a level, either hack all 'target' nodes or infiltrate the 'firewall'.
There should be 4 playable levels.
Edit 3:
The bug preventing you from progressing to level 3 seems to be fixed, enjoy level 3 and 4!
Edit 2:
There is a bug in the win/fail state, which apperantly probits you from progressing further then level 2. We will look into this.
Edit 1:
I repackaged the windows releases. It should now run natively with either 32/64 bit, if you download the appropriate zip file.
Left click a planet to select it.
Once selected you can hack it via right click.
Right click a previously hacked planet to 'fortify' it.
Nodes provide information about how long they take to be hacked (bottom rigth) and how much time bonus (bottom left) they give you when being traced (countdown).
The symbols found on planets or moons, describe the type of the respective node. Here is a list of all possible types.
Home : Starting Point
Antenna: Normal Node
Cog : Utility Node
Storage : Reduces all difficulties globally
Target : Wins the level if hacked
Firewall : Wins the level if hacked
If you encounter any problems running the game, try to install Love2D on your system. For further information see the instructions found under https://www.love2d.org/wiki/Getting_Started#Running_Games
To win a level, either hack all 'target' nodes or infiltrate the 'firewall'.
There should be 4 playable levels.
Edit 3:
The bug preventing you from progressing to level 3 seems to be fixed, enjoy level 3 and 4!
Edit 2:
There is a bug in the win/fail state, which apperantly probits you from progressing further then level 2. We will look into this.
Edit 1:
I repackaged the windows releases. It should now run natively with either 32/64 bit, if you download the appropriate zip file.
Ratings
| Coolness | 81% | 2 |
| Overall(Jam) | 2.93 | 576 |
| Audio(Jam) | 2.89 | 443 |
| Fun(Jam) | 2.58 | 622 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 3.21 | 450 |
| Humor(Jam) | 2.13 | 487 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 2.74 | 549 |
| Mood(Jam) | 2.75 | 566 |
| Theme(Jam) | 3.38 | 284 |
Numbers by the planets had no meaning (that I could tell) hacked a few planets, figured out the red shield was probably the firewall, would get the win screen immediately followed by the fail screen almost every time. Finally got to level 2 and tried nearly everything but always got win screen + fail screen immediately afterwards.
@lytedev Thank you for your detailed comment. We might get the fail state fixed soon.
Nitpicks:
- This could use some music.
- I need a restart button. Sucks to have to reload the game and lose my progress.
- It's hard to see when a hack will be detected, and it seems completely deterministic. i.e., there's only one way to win a level. This really needs some variability.
I did sudo apt-get install love to run it. anything else I need to do?
Overall, I had fun. Great job!
I'm not sure about the difficulty, I found level 3 extremely hard, while level 4 was really easy. But maybe I just played it wrong.
I would be great if the network of planets/moons/satellites were more extensive and maze-like. Like that the player would really have to think through which planets he would need to hack.
Would love to give it another go if it was a bit clearer how to play it correctly :)