Power Tripping: Keeping It Cool by Sarah

made by Sarah for LD 39 (COMPO)

Power Tripping
Help a poor fridge manage its cooling powers and keep food from spoiling!

Edits:
https://twitter.com/sacredseedstdio - follow me :)

Now that I've had some actual sleep, I can see all the things I forgot to mention last night!

Fill your bonus bar by clicking on the featured foods [on the right], match the item and colour for the bonus. That's the only way to successfully power trip!

Batteries help fill your power bar back up! They can also be saved between rounds [definitely a feature...]

There can be up to * 10 spoiled foods* before the humans replace the fridge.
DON'T LET THEM TAKE HIM AWAY!

Mysterious Disappearance
When food is cooled down there was supposed to be a check! It didn't seem to make it into the final build, but when I play today it works, <3 Unity.

Story
I need your help... Humans store food inside me... They're picky about what food should be cooled first to avoid spoiling. If too much food spoils the humans will find a better fridge!

Click on food to cool it down. Click on the thermometer to cool the environment.
But watch out, both use power!

Insta-Cool food when you're POWER TRIPPING!
Good luck!
Don't let me run out of power...

This is my 6th Ludum Dare and my very first Compo! I'm certainly not an artist or a musician, but I tried! :)

HTML5 (web)	https://www.sacredseedstudio.com/LudumDare39/
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/power-tripping-keeping-it-cool

Ratings

Overall	304^th	3.365⭐	54🧑‍⚖️
Fun	348^th	3.135⭐	54🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	134^th	3.577⭐	54🧑‍⚖️
Theme	124^th	3.865⭐	54🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	205^th	3.577⭐	54🧑‍⚖️
Audio	137^th	3.423⭐	54🧑‍⚖️
Humor	129^th	3.137⭐	53🧑‍⚖️
Mood	302^th	3⭐	53🧑‍⚖️
Given		57🗳️	52🗨️

Feedback

TheSand

31. Jul 2017 · 12:55 UTC

Interesting idea ^^ Took a little bit of time to figure out the gameplay but when I started to got a hang of it, I felt like I started to think like the fridge/ be one with the fridge. Well done, for being your first compo!

p.s
For anybody giving this game a try, you can cool down multiple foods at the same time if they are close enough to each other :P

Remco

31. Jul 2017 · 13:28 UTC

I like the clean, stylized look.

I couldn't get a better rank than 'D Fridge' tough after 4 tries (maybe because I'm still tired?), so I didn't get to see what 'Power Tripping' is :smile:

madalaski

31. Jul 2017 · 15:24 UTC

Man I was not expecting it to be so difficult! What a neat way of applying the theme. I especially loved the art style and the little audio effects. As an improvement I would suggest having the game react someway when you click on a part of the fridge, perhaps a sound or a particle effect.

Sprouts

31. Jul 2017 · 16:15 UTC

I really got into this. Never thought that fridges had it so hard.

zedutchgandalf

31. Jul 2017 · 16:35 UTC

Omg, I love this! :D
Who would've thought the life of a fridge could be this hard!
Very nicely done :smiley:

pitpony

31. Jul 2017 · 17:58 UTC

Nice idea, very unique. I love the little touches like the Remaining Power text being used as an indicator and the funny comments when you lose.

Great job.

M-1

31. Jul 2017 · 20:56 UTC

> Oh no, I spoiled too much food! At least I was cool for 6 hours and 42 minutes! A+ REFRIGERATING LIKE A BOSS! :sunglasses:

Nice one, probably the most humorous LD39 game I played so far!

Kelly

31. Jul 2017 · 21:23 UTC

Fridge simulator 2017

SeanW

31. Jul 2017 · 22:29 UTC

I like it! I did find it a little tough but it was fun!

acoto87

02. Aug 2017 · 03:33 UTC

Hard at first to find the proper way to play, but fun after you figure it out. Good job!

Schuster

02. Aug 2017 · 15:36 UTC

Good fridge simulator, i didn't realize you had to click on the food at first.

PixelFormedStudios

02. Aug 2017 · 16:59 UTC

A very fun game to play! Really good concept and the power-up was a great addition to the gameplay!

Daepso

02. Aug 2017 · 17:29 UTC

Well done! Very funny game! You music is pretty catchy. I really like the rush when you have a power trip and start clicking every where :grin:

junjunlowpoly

03. Aug 2017 · 05:01 UTC

I got rank amazing!
I think the game can be hard even if you don't have the power limitation - it's just so hard to click that fast.
Nice and clean graphics and pleasant music. Good job!

MichaelTWG

03. Aug 2017 · 05:32 UTC

It's very hard to be fridge in fact ^^ the bonus system works well :thumbsup:

SamHunny

03. Aug 2017 · 05:32 UTC

I feel like food rots too quickly. Some of them start with near nothing and they fall before I even notice them.

Dioinecail

03. Aug 2017 · 05:43 UTC

"A life of a fridge" :) I would suggest that cooling would be done by holding the mouse button and not the clicking, it would feel nicer to me.

I've pretty much killed 10-20 fridges before i got into it :D

balthatrix

03. Aug 2017 · 05:50 UTC

Was pretty fun. I tried like 5-6 times before I gave up. It just wasn't clear exactly why I was dying?

Pixel Game Wizard

03. Aug 2017 · 05:54 UTC

This game is different and neat.

Graphics and audio are charming. They give the game a fun personality, that's for sure. XD

I was having a hard time enjoying the gameplay itself at first but... it kind of grows on you if you give it a chance.

If you are planning to develop this further, I wonder if having some kind of tutorial, or level progression might help?

Good job on making this unique compo game! Thank you for sharing it!

MikomiKisomi

03. Aug 2017 · 05:56 UTC

Interesting concept, surprisingly hard game! After a few retries I couldn't get any result other than D Refrigerator and Melted, but I still really liked it.

🎤 Sarah

03. Aug 2017 · 06:17 UTC

Thanks for playing everyone!
Who knew fridges had it so rough eh?

The ranks go as high as A+ :) but there are a lot of equivalent ranks to A+ [Chill Fridge, Fridgidair, Great Chiller, Max Chill, Epic Chill Master, Chill Blaster] for those interested :P

@madalaski - I definitely had that on my list, and I did have a check mark [somehow disappeared] but I had to scratch it in the final hours to make music instead! So cooled and spoiled effects just didn't make it :(

@dioinecail - I tried different methods of cooling actually. I tried swiping and clicking/holding but neither just seemed to give that urgency that I was looking for haha!

@samhunny - the food starting temperature and spoilage rate are all generated randomly :)

@balthatrix - You lose when you either run out of power, or spoil 10 foods.

@pixel-game-wizard - A tutorial was another thing I wanted to make but ran out of time for, and it's really not easy to explain the entire game in a few written lines haha. In the last few hours I had to stop myself because I knew I was out of time haha :P

All things considered, I ran out of time to get more in depth with the cooling mechanics and the power tripping, but I might[probably will] get bored and want to work on it again :)

Joskineide

03. Aug 2017 · 17:34 UTC

Took me a litle while to figure out about the bateries (who puts them on the fridge anyways? LOL), anyways, creative game that is quite fun to min max everything making sure that the cooling is right, while the food doesn't spoil while having to reserve some energy, gj man.

Matt Fabius

04. Aug 2017 · 03:25 UTC

Interesting concept. Really liked the sound design and art. While the gameplay caught my interest right away, it unfortunately didn't keep it for terribly long. I think you'd have a really good game on your hands if the difficulty ramping was a little slower. Overall, it's a good game and a fun idea. Good work!

Kashif

04. Aug 2017 · 03:37 UTC

Loved the humor.

Steve Johnson

04. Aug 2017 · 05:21 UTC

The music and general mood was excellent. I never quite got the hang of the gameplay mechanics; more visual feedback would help a LOT. But great job on this game! You win!

Aterlamia

04. Aug 2017 · 16:46 UTC

Fun to play, the music was tad bit loud so i had to lower my sound but that is an easy fix. So much things to look after.

TheFlyingKeyboard

04. Aug 2017 · 20:48 UTC

Really fun idea of gameplay, but needs some polishing.

PigPower

05. Aug 2017 · 19:55 UTC

This is a very fun game, but sometimes the pictures of products overlap and it's hard to see.

Badly Drawn Rod

05. Aug 2017 · 20:45 UTC

That's "an ice" game. It took a little while to figure out what to do, but it has a good mechanic. My wife also liked it. Very original.

xMiwah

05. Aug 2017 · 21:00 UTC

It was okay. At the first it was very confusing how to manage the stuff in the game.

wrexialmt

05. Aug 2017 · 22:07 UTC

Very "cool" game! :D Very challenging which is a great positive, especially love the ending quotes so humorous!

Jimbly

09. Aug 2017 · 02:03 UTC

Took me a while to realize what the batteries were, and then I managed to get rank Frigidair! I'll assume that's awesome. Definitely frenetic, leaving me no time to chill. I like the style and puns =).

mhaton

12. Aug 2017 · 15:58 UTC

Thank you for helping me to realise my life-long dream of being a fridge.

Mathiouza

15. Aug 2017 · 13:15 UTC

A+ , is that cool ? (Without any joke x) ) Nice game, cool concept, but I confess that I did not understand all the game first times I played x) But anyway, you made a good music, the art is not too bad, and I enjoyed playing it. Congrats :)