Interstellar Customs Inspector by Kwrky

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made by Kwrky for LD29 (JAM)
You play as a customs agent welcoming alien visitors and returning humans to Earth! Make sure none of the people/aliens/things coming through are carrying anything illegal like weapons, drugs, or Snakepeople Porno...

Made by Kwrky, Kenji Shimojima
Music by DST http://www.nosoapradio.us
Extensive use and abuse made of Oryx 16 bit Fantasy Tile Set

HOW TO PLAY
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Overview of game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj81VzxeAoM&feature=youtu.be

Passengers present you with their luggage.
Click through and move each item to find what they are hiding.
If you are not sure if something's illegal, you can SEND it off for testing, but only one item can be sent at any one time, and it takes a while for the results to come back.
If you want to take a risk, you can TEST it yourself. The screen will shake if it's no good.
Finally, DESTROY items that are illegal. Once a passenger has no more illegal goods you can PASS them.

When the red bar gets to zero, your shift/life/tolerance for Alien narcotics is over...

Ratings

Coolness 58% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.21 368
Audio(Jam) 3.69 116
Fun(Jam) 2.97 388
Graphics(Jam) 3.33 397
Humor(Jam) 3.86 34
Innovation(Jam) 3.30 242
Mood(Jam) 2.97 427
Theme(Jam) 3.06 416

Feedback

Gaeel
28. Apr 2014 · 20:17 UTC
It really isn't clear what is illegal and what isn't.

Maybe start players out with small luggage containing only one or two things, and move onto dustbowls laters.
Druid
29. Apr 2014 · 10:59 UTC
Too easy, you need just one thing... Think like alien! :D
Simon@LD
29. Apr 2014 · 11:23 UTC
Took me a while to figure out how i should interpret the feedback when you 'send' or 'test' items, but aside from that: nice game!
mir007
29. Apr 2014 · 11:31 UTC
I think the premise is very good, but gameplay is a bit unclear. Plusses for the music!
sirdorius
29. Apr 2014 · 13:20 UTC
Hahah this is so much MIB XD
I loved the music, the humour and the idea!
Very simple yet nice, good job!
Only note, I guess you could make it more stupid-proof with more visual effects for the interaction (:
Boodog
29. Apr 2014 · 14:18 UTC
Awesome! Good work! :)
Marcus_siactro
29. Apr 2014 · 14:21 UTC
Interesting game, great work:)
Mandlebar
29. Apr 2014 · 14:22 UTC
Interesting concept, Had fun playing though was not very good at it. Was also rather funny!
🎤 Kwrky
29. Apr 2014 · 14:40 UTC
Thanks all for the comments! and also the feedback about the effects.
mrhill
29. Apr 2014 · 15:42 UTC
A little papers please. I had a good time playing this, well done!
BlazingFanfish
29. Apr 2014 · 15:55 UTC
I think the game need some definition on what's legal and what's not before starting the game. Or at least some tutorials :v
dj_pale
29. Apr 2014 · 16:26 UTC
Nice idea and music. Missing difficulty scaling, first items are quite hard. Maybe ease off the time penalties for the first x items?
MSaul
29. Apr 2014 · 16:38 UTC
Cool interpretation of under the surface. Great game and music. But yeah hard to tell what is legal or not.
Nichii
30. Apr 2014 · 15:25 UTC
This is awesome, Being a customs inspector is already a cool concept but an interstellar one was a great twist. Though finding the right items get frustrating haha XD
Jupiter_Hadley
30. Apr 2014 · 23:04 UTC
Love this use of theme. Very awesome game. I included it in part 4 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you'd like to take a look :) http://youtu.be/as-BlCZWXm0
tenpn
02. May 2014 · 21:16 UTC
Cute papers please idea, although the music, while good, is far too jolly for such a depressing job. More feedback to the user would make this game clearer. Very amusing though, good link to the theme.
hanoth
04. May 2014 · 00:55 UTC
I like the idea, but I don't quite get how you are supposed to know what's illegal.
wschorn
05. May 2014 · 12:01 UTC
wow I should never be a customs agent. empathy 10/10