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AdVasion by Vija02

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made by Vija02 for LD 40 (JAM)

Experience how it feels to live without AdBlock!

About

Description

What would happen if ads became uncontrolled? If adware became everyware? In AdVasion, you've been infected with an adware that spams you popup ads and scrolling embedded ads non-stop. If you don't close the popup ads quickly, they will soon go out of control. The more you have, the faster the popup ads spawn and the embedded ads move. You can't focus solely on the popups however, as touch an embedded ad and you'll lose.

GamePlay

Controls

A/D - Left/Right
Space - Shoot the direction you are facing
Left click - Close ad/Open ad

Try to beat my personal highscore of ~1.100.000 :nerd:

Windows https://vija02.itch.io/advasion
Windows https://vija02.github.io/LD-40/AdVasion.rar
Windows https://vija02.github.io/LD-40/AdVasion.zip
HTML5 (web) https://vija02.github.io/LD-40/
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/advasion

Ratings

Overall 584th 3.441⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Fun 605th 3.279⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 220th 3.632⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Theme 31th 4.294⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 894th 2.882⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Audio 548th 2.952⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Humor 69th 4⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Mood 668th 3.161⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Given 24🗳️ 33🗨️

Feedback

Pedro Henrique Cesar
05. Dec 2017 · 11:52 UTC
Maaaaaan this game is so goood, had a blast playing it, the idea for the theme is just perfect. Good job
sovogirl
05. Dec 2017 · 13:14 UTC
So that's what its like to not use adblocker?
Nice game!
R2D48
05. Dec 2017 · 19:39 UTC
If you read this please test this game LOT OF FUN/HUMOR and useful squills for your life futur.
wdelvi
05. Dec 2017 · 20:06 UTC
hahahaha well. I have PTSD, but it really made me laugh
ahintoflime
05. Dec 2017 · 20:06 UTC
Heh, I actually had a similar idea early on but went with something else! Nice game, it got lots of chuckles from me.
Dan Colman
05. Dec 2017 · 20:07 UTC
Hilarious! Love the concept. I think its too hard right now (unless that's the point), and the embedded ad shooting mechanic is overshadowed by the click to close windows mechanic.
keckles
05. Dec 2017 · 20:09 UTC
Really well done i liked it however i may have tried to actually open the add that said "win ludumdare in one click" lol
videojames
05. Dec 2017 · 20:10 UTC
This gave me anxiety, good job :D
Sir Magic
05. Dec 2017 · 20:10 UTC
### What you did well:

I really liked the idea of moving a character whilst closing windows on a desktop. Great use of the combination of mouse and keyboard. The idea was certainly innovative and I also liked the time-saving adverts.

### To Improve:

Make it just a bit easier; I kept dying because I do not have inhuman reactions. Also, the aesthetic of the man running on the bottom of the screen did not fit the rest of the game. Perhaps you could use another window which we have to move around?

In conclusion, a very neat concept turned into a funny game.
Taldius
05. Dec 2017 · 20:11 UTC
Despite being simple, this game is quite fun. Good job!
crazyrems
05. Dec 2017 · 20:16 UTC
I really felt a bit confused with the playable character, I learned what to do with it only after a few tries.
It became quickly repetitive, and I didn't have the time to read the content of the adds, which were probably funny ;)
harusame
05. Dec 2017 · 20:16 UTC
Haha, so stressfull game, remind me some uncle's PC ! (what a nightmare).
Very fun and hilarious !


Good concept, thanks for this game ^^
🎤 Vija02
05. Dec 2017 · 20:17 UTC
@sir-magic Thanks for the feedback ^^. The game gets progressively difficult at an exponential rate, inspired by the theme. Might've grown too fast haha
Corndog
05. Dec 2017 · 20:17 UTC
Haha pretty good. If you get behind on closing popups you will never catch back up. It certainly gets worse the more you have.
BetaNab99
05. Dec 2017 · 20:23 UTC
Hahahahha it is amazing, i loved the bluescreen Game Over :joy:
GoZz
05. Dec 2017 · 21:39 UTC
Fun game, the concept is really simple but I love it, you must have had so much fun doing the ads. I love it !
Everything works, the theme, the humour with the ads text and the bluescreen. Good job guys :)
🎤 Vija02
05. Dec 2017 · 21:46 UTC
@gozz Can confirm had lots of fun making the ads xD
Nihilist
05. Dec 2017 · 22:10 UTC
@gozz Definitely, had to disable my adblock to look at some ads for inspiration :D
CSdoesCS
05. Dec 2017 · 23:31 UTC
Hey! Saw your comment on our game, very cool to see a similar idea! Our original idea was actually going to have you doing something else underneath all the ads as well, but we simply ran out of time :P

I really liked the time-slowing powerup ad, that was a super nice touch!
Carraka
09. Dec 2017 · 14:01 UTC
Good job! Once I realized that those power up ads were not a scam and some ads weren't closing because they were asking me whether I was sure I wanted to close them, the game became a little easier. The difficulty still rose very quickly, though!

I wish we had been able to shoot anywhere on the screen instead of left or right. Great humor and ending screen!
Carraka
09. Dec 2017 · 14:01 UTC
Good job! Once I realized that those power up ads were not a scam and some ads weren't closing because they were asking me whether I was sure I wanted to close them, the game became a little easier. The difficulty still rose very quickly, though!

I wish we had been able to shoot anywhere on the screen instead of left or right. Great humor and ending screen!
wrexialmt
11. Dec 2017 · 12:30 UTC
This game is comedic genius! Seriously, the player background game-play wasn't even needed, just a spam of adds with multiple close modes would've been better (ie, mouse only gameplay) but it was so well made! I got around 10k before i kept dying so im no pro xD
Flubz
13. Dec 2017 · 21:41 UTC
It's a living nightmare! :sob:

Simple concept, but I really love the theme with the ads, absolutely fantastic :joy:
Wheffle
18. Dec 2017 · 21:17 UTC
Pretty awesome idea! I think it's a little bit random that you control a dude that's running around dodging embedded ads, it could have worked just fine as a mouse point-and-click and have your computer crash when too many ads popped up, but it was fun and it also worked the way you did it. So nice job!