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Flipswitch by fusionnist

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made by fusionnist for LD 39 (JAM)

Flipswitch tells the tale of Flippy, a switch flipping robot who crosses paths with Bad Terry, a power-draining robot from the 80's. Will Flippy save the day, or will the city be drained away?

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How to play: Lure Bad Terry towards the open power sources by flipping the switches! Don't let him charge up though! His battery drains when he isn't charging! (Bad Terry has an AI from the 80's and will target the closest open power source) Jump around and avoid his stun bullets!

Controls: Arrow keys for movement+jumping, stay still in order to power jump Space to flip nearby switch P to pause Esc to ESCAPE!

Made in 72 hours by Robert Keder, Distorter and Fusionnist Made with: Graphics: Pyxel Edit, Gimp, Adobe Photoshop, Pixly Audio: FL studio, Ableton, BFXR (sound effects) Code: Visual Studio C#, Monogame Framework

Special notices: This is a monogame build but I'm not sure if it works on mac or linux as well, you can always try ;)

For those who read so far: Endless mode is a scam

Windows https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2jcBsJI3QMLRU5CYm9HZW44R0U
macOS actually I'm not sure if it works on mac
Linux same goes for linux, you can always try it out
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/flipswitch

Ratings

Overall 754th 2.818⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 661th 2.773⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 515th 2.909⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 299th 3.682⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 380th 3.636⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 205th 3.5⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 384th 2.474⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 509th 3.05⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 25🗨️

Feedback

Coauctor
02. Aug 2017 · 12:43 UTC
Like the graphics and mood! Gameplay was a bit unobvious at the start, but then I figured things out. Also, Terry is a bit tough. :)
Mathiouza
02. Aug 2017 · 12:57 UTC
Cool music but the level 1 is way too difficult compared to the two others, badteddy throw too many projectile too x). But yeah, good work dude :)
TheFlyingKeyboard
02. Aug 2017 · 12:57 UTC
Amazing graphics and sound effects, reminds me a lot of some older games. Really fun to play, but a little bit too difficult.
zulubo
02. Aug 2017 · 12:57 UTC
movement feels clunky and unintuitive, could definitely work on smoothing that out
Kinrany
02. Aug 2017 · 12:59 UTC
The font is really hard to read :(

The bubbles are really annoying, it's hard to predict their movement and the stun is frustrating.
SVR_Audio
02. Aug 2017 · 13:25 UTC
I felt like I was playing GB or GBA, very well done game, quite challenging also !
jusw85
02. Aug 2017 · 13:41 UTC
I beat the game, took awhile to figure out how to play, even after the reading the instructions, but I got it in the end. It's pretty easy once you figure out how to bounce Terry between switches. I liked the art style and music, very reminiscent of old DOS games.
PouleyKetchoupp
02. Aug 2017 · 14:13 UTC
I like the concept! Simple enough to understand and pretty hard to beat :)

Bonus points for the retro audio and visuals.
mat1er
02. Aug 2017 · 17:49 UTC
Cute, funny music, well made, globally good.
Zirrrus
04. Aug 2017 · 18:00 UTC
Cool game! The gameplay is fun, graphics and music fit together very well. But it's a little difficult right now.
omriysh
04. Aug 2017 · 18:22 UTC
Took me time to really get the game, the text is hard to read. The idea is nice, it is very simple but well executed and nicely polished.
g-o
04. Aug 2017 · 19:00 UTC
Pretty hard
Graphcis are nice though =]
mamoniem
07. Aug 2017 · 17:12 UTC
Super nice game. I loved the gameplay, art and music. All well done!

-m
randomphantom
07. Aug 2017 · 17:16 UTC
This was a bit hard to understand. So if you turn off the switches, why is the city still draining of power? Music is pretty good though and animations are really cool. Platforming controls are a bit stiff and difficult to control.
TheOneThatNeverWas
07. Aug 2017 · 17:56 UTC
Very fun game! It was a little hard at first but then I got the hang of it. The graphics and audio are really good too. Congrats!
🎤 fusionnist
07. Aug 2017 · 18:48 UTC
@randomphantom what happens is that your house powers the whole city (for plot purposes) which makes it so that the city drains if not powered ^^
I know it doesn't make sense but it seemed like a fun idea :P
ruerob-hyky
09. Aug 2017 · 20:15 UTC
Thank you for your game! But I don't understand what I should do, I tried to flip all switches to off. On the first two this worked, but after the third the battery stood stil but I lost the game..
But the music was nice! :0)
tjakka5
12. Aug 2017 · 20:33 UTC
An .exe doesn't natively work on either linux or osx.

The concept is nice, his attacks feel like complete RNG though, so he can easily screw you over and stunlock you a bit without the player getting the chance to do anything.

The bubbles are also a bit hard to avoid, but other than that the controls are nice.

The art is pretty neat, everything is wobbly haha.

The music feels a little cheap, however it blends rather well into the game.

All in all a solid entry..
oh i forgot to mention:

Everything after level 1 can glitch up, with no possible way for the creature to drain power. You can just sit there and watch..