Nano : The Mission by psychopsam

made by psychopsam for LD 38 (COMPO)

Up in the domain of the normal human universe, mankind has control, but zap them down to the size of microbes and they become the bottom of the food chain. In a first for DrewFX, the game will be an adaptation of the upcoming ebook Nano. This game will centre around the periless journey the young NanoTeks undertake to test the new found technology that might just save the creator's wife from an incurable cancer. You must take on this responsibility. "On the head of pin, the fight for life has only just begun".

Here's the PC version:
http://drewfx.com/ludumdare/LD38/NanoCrawlerPCRC1Final.zip

WegbGL: http://drewfx.com/ludumdare/LD38/WebGL/index.html

Mac: http://drewfx.com/ludumdare/LD38/NanoCrawlerMacLD38.zip

Linux: http://drewfx.com/ludumdare/LD38/NanoCrawlerLinuxLD38.x86.zip

Controller or keys to move. Autofires when close enough to enemy.

Jump to leap gaps.

Slow down to pick up humans - find them all to win!

Don't get squashed.

ESC if you get stuck.

Falling down a hole resets your position but keeps your human tally.

Original URL

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/nano-the-mission

Ratings

Given

3🗳️

6🗨️

Feedback

🎤 psychopsam

25. Apr 2017 · 15:09 UTC

EDIT: Minor update to release memory on explosions which caused a memory fault over time. Should fix out of memory error with WebGL build too.

🎤 psychopsam

25. Apr 2017 · 15:49 UTC

EDIT: Fixed bug where humans could be picked up at any speed. Made picture in picture map slightly smaller. Cleaned up player explosion so crawler is not rendered to look like it was completely destroyed.

Fedor

25. Apr 2017 · 15:54 UTC

Nice game !! Car is really hard to control when you drive really fast and want to turn a bit, but it makes the game more challenging. Is there any possibility to kill an enemy? Jumping over holes is the best part - I was driving and jumping over the holes trying to avoid enemies instead of pick up humans. The music is nice, it's fit perfectly.

🎤 psychopsam

25. Apr 2017 · 16:05 UTC

Yes you circle the enemy for long enough and they will die. Thanks for your comments and thanks for playing.
It should be more challenging now that the bug was fixed where you have to slow down to pick up the humans, meaning the worms will have a chance to get you :D

🎤 psychopsam

25. Apr 2017 · 16:07 UTC

Best played with a controller :D

🎤 psychopsam

25. Apr 2017 · 16:28 UTC

EDIT:Mac and Linux support added - Enjoy!

steve

01. May 2017 · 20:03 UTC

Those worms are terrifying when you see five of them coming at you from the distance! Nice work! I would have liked a stronger brake as it was hard to stop on top of a human (fortunately driving over the humans at high speed didn't kill them or I'd definitely have done worse than I did!)

shockeye

03. May 2017 · 13:07 UTC

I liked this one. The difficulty level makes it the addictive sort of thing you'd keep playing until you rescued all humans - if you didn't have a hundred other LD games to get thru before judging ends!
Cool graphics - suits the premise as a nano machine would be made of chunky molecule machines.

jishenaz

09. May 2017 · 17:33 UTC

I had a great time driving around at high speeds. I keep dying from those pesky worms, but it's fun to go near them to attack. Great voxel style art. The player's vehicle actually reminds me of a blue spaceship I build with Legos when I was a kid :) Very fun entry!

theslate

20. May 2017 · 17:59 UTC

The worms look rad. I kept spinning out though.