Network Intrusion by vulpineblazeyt

made by vulpineblazeyt for LD27 (JAM)

Human! We have discovered a way to Intrude upon Networks using color-matching algorithms, except we lack color vision. Please attempt to gain entry to these nodes for us, and you will be rewarded; As per your customs.
We have made the controls as simple as possible. (Extensive testing was done on a 6 year old Human) Simply click the color you wish the Home tile to be, and as more tiles are added to your blob, try and capture all Exit tiles.

WARNING: It should work on all computers other than HP Pavilions. You will need .NET Framework and Openal (Both installers included in the .zip) If it still doesn't work for you, let me know and I can try to fix it. Thank You for voting!!

Windows	http://friday13games.com/play.php?game=699
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=27775

Ratings

Coolness	32%	1563
Overall(Jam)	2.19	595

Fun(Jam)	2.30	517
Graphics(Jam)	2.00	577
Innovation(Jam)	2.05	582
Mood(Jam)	1.60	550
Theme(Jam)	1.24	607

Feedback

tylerb1

27. Aug 2013 · 03:50 UTC

There's not much I can say about this. I don't see how it fits the theme, for one. Second, you didn't explain how to play very well. And third, if I just randomly click, I win every time. Very simplistic graphics, lack of audio. A lot more time probably could have gotten put into this. If you do keep working on it, since it is an interesting concept, you could definitely have a really nice game going. You definitely need to do a lot of work though.

Erhune

27. Aug 2013 · 03:58 UTC

I admit I didn't really "get" the goal of the game (with the theme, I'd imagine I would have to complete the level in a limited time, but it does not seem to be the case).

Also, I don't have sound even though I installed OpenAL as per the instructions.

The game might just be unfinished, or I'm missing something due to the lack of sound?

I think there could be something interesting to do with this game mechanics, for example having to capture some exit points WITHOUT capturing bombs or some negative tile.

Sinuath

27. Aug 2013 · 04:07 UTC

I enjoyed it, The mechanic was really cool!

🎤 vulpineblazeyt

27. Aug 2013 · 04:08 UTC

I couldn't get sound to work quickly so I scrapped it, and I wanted to give it a timer/moves limit (like every 10 seconds you lost a move) but I just ran out of time... I do intend on improving it outside of LD here:

https://sites.google.com/site/sacrificespacegame/

jprogman

27. Aug 2013 · 05:06 UTC

I can't see how this fits the theme of 10 seconds. Is there a time limit for how quick I need to win? I like the concept of painting different colors to capture different areas of the screen. BUT, the game is much too easy to win as I could just click a path to the targets.

djbriandamage

27. Aug 2013 · 20:57 UTC

First of all, you're awesome for including installers for the dependencies. Thank you!!

The mechanic shows real promise. I guess all that's missing is a limitation to keep you from winning every time. If you incorporated the 10 second theme I missed it - that would be a perfect way to add some tension. You could also restrict it to a certain number of moves.

In the end I honestly did like your game but I have to dock marks because I don't know how it fits the LD27 theme.

Jupiter_Hadley

29. Aug 2013 · 03:34 UTC

Didnt relate to the theme, but I liked the game. Very colorful and addicting. I featured this game in my compilation video of Ludum Dare 27 games, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/okyxuWBF5Yw

brobutter

30. Aug 2013 · 01:21 UTC

i didn't click on the game because i don't trust the website it's hosted on

🎤 vulpineblazeyt

30. Aug 2013 · 20:14 UTC

I'm still working on Network Intrusion, and I threw together a googlesite for it here:

https://sites.google.com/site/anondeasoftwaredesign/networkintrusion

I'm not using that shady site to host anymore either...

X-0r

05. Sep 2013 · 15:51 UTC

I agree to most of the above comments... There's nothing refering to 10 seconds at all, unless there was some clever out-of-the-box connection which I didn't get.
Beating the game is too easy, imo, just click the adjacent pixels again and again until you win. I believe that the other "bases" might have been supposed to take over terrain aswell, but I don't see anything on the screen doing anything :P Also, please try not to force an installer, if possible =/