TransmissionForce by Binary Gambit

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made by Binary Gambit for LD30 (JAM)
My original idea was to create a hybrid rhythm/sorting minigame for Android devices. The theme connection would be that you are routing inter-dimensional commuters on their way home from work.

Everything went smoothly, but due to having to work on the last day I couldn't spend any time making it LOOK like you were routing inter-dimensional commuters.

After cleaning up the initial mess of game play it turned out to be something like Guitar Hero. Its much better to play on a tablet than on a desktop PC.

It was finished before the Compo deadline, but seeing as I used nosoapradio.us for the music, some libs I created for the 7day rogue-like challenge AND my girlfriend helped with the German translation, it wouldn't be fair to call it a compo entry.

Overall, twas great fun. I hope you enjoy playing it as much!

Love2d 0.9.x is required for Linux and Mac.

Let me know what your high score was. I toned down the difficulty ALOT in the final version.

Ratings

Coolness 41% 1542
Overall(Jam) 3.72 95
Audio(Jam) 3.73 100
Fun(Jam) 3.72 62
Graphics(Jam) 3.24 441
Humor(Jam) 3.00 171
Innovation(Jam) 3.56 127
Mood(Jam) 3.09 382
Theme(Jam) 2.76 544

Feedback

ZoneOne2
25. Aug 2014 · 04:04 UTC
Tried it on my Android. Pretty fun. It got surprisingly difficult. (I came across your entry because we choose similar names for our games.)
TeamQuadratic
25. Aug 2014 · 22:17 UTC
Fun game that quickly got difficult.
caranha
27. Aug 2014 · 10:13 UTC
Fun, and quite polished :) Liked it a lot! The text font is tiny in my phone, though.
Snicklodocus
28. Aug 2014 · 21:04 UTC
Fun game! I did not understand what to do at first, but the controls are really nicely done once you get the hang of it. Good difficulty. I enjoyed it!
Sanguine
28. Aug 2014 · 21:21 UTC
Hard to play on a desktop pc like you said, probably more do-able on a touch screen device. The simple graphics work well though.
lytedev
28. Aug 2014 · 21:30 UTC
Really fun game! I thoroughly enjoyed it! For a primary screenshot, though, definitely put a screenshot of mid-gameplay. I was expecting something entirely different. Also took me a while to figure out exactly how to "lock in" a color on a side.
NiceAlexanderAS
28. Aug 2014 · 22:43 UTC
Wow! Mate, that was fun! i loved the story of the game xD its is kind of hard for me (windows) but it is so fun! i also like the music! great work!
43iscoding
28. Aug 2014 · 22:46 UTC
Great game! The artwork is simple, but extremely nice!
teamawesome
28. Aug 2014 · 22:49 UTC
Loved the music; and the gameplay is really neat. The kind of thing I could get addicted to :)
dancingmad
01. Sep 2014 · 10:51 UTC
Interesting game but note easy.

Great job :)
okmmjyygv
01. Sep 2014 · 11:16 UTC
fun game and difficult. really liked this game.
Lvyn
01. Sep 2014 · 18:41 UTC
That's great and difficult ! I like it a lot ! Well done !
gladers
01. Sep 2014 · 19:42 UTC
I enjoyed playing this at the Frankfurt indy meet up, great game :)
invader
02. Sep 2014 · 19:54 UTC
Fun and addictive game! Really challenging - keeps you in the zone :)
I LOVE minimalistic graphics and great music, that sets the mood. The game probably plays better on touchpads than desktops.

BTW, was really surprised to see it written with LOVE - I happend to have it installed on my linux box and played with it a little bit. Great framework!
Aglavra
02. Sep 2014 · 20:02 UTC
I accidentaly resized window with the game, and all falling cubes turned into small squares. Don't know, was it a bug, or was this intented. Otherwise, nice time-killer game :)
🎤 Binary Gambit
03. Sep 2014 · 16:13 UTC
Thanks for all the comments. I would definitely avoid re-sizing the window as it breaks everything completely. I would have disabled that feature but then it doesn't work at all on Android.

Music is from nosoapradio.us. I recommend checking it out. I have no musical skill whatsoever (except with selecting it)
donfabio
08. Sep 2014 · 19:00 UTC
Fun game. Also had a chance to play it at the Frankfurt Indie meet up. :) Now tried it at home on a laptop trackpad it's kinda hectic... So it's actually meant to be played on a multitouch device. Any plans on releasing it on the Play/App store?

>>> "Everything went smoothly, but due to having to work on the last day I couldn't spend any time making it LOOK like you were routing inter-dimensional commuters."
Since you already had sprites of space people for the intro why didn't you simply replace the blocks with those sprites? :P
apiotrw
13. Sep 2014 · 14:44 UTC
Fun to play :)