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Pickup all the power! by acoto87

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made by acoto87 for LD 39 (COMPO)

You are running out of power/energy and you need all of it for your super secret project. You can use Bob to pick the power/energy in the world. He can follow instructions like nobody else, but doesn't do anything else.

Press left click to place a turn (click again to rotate it). Press right click to remove a turn. Press R to rewind to previous steps. Press Space to indicate Bob he need to run. Press P to get an overview of the world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdfEh8J08Ow

** Best played in 800x600 or 1024x768 windowed mode.

** The art is a variation of Sokoban package from Kenney (www.kenney.nl)

ChangeLog

2017-08-02 * Added WebGL build.

2017-08-01 * Fix of the zoom bug that make the power coins disappear. * Added line of text to the instructions. * Sprites to nearest-neighbor scaling.

2017-07-30 * Initial release

PD: It has super crappy programmer art, sound and music, so don't be to harsh on it. :grin:

Source code https://github.com/acoto87/LD39-PickupAllThePower/
Windows https://github.com/acoto87/LD39-PickupAllThePower/releases/download/LD39-1.1/PickupAllThePower.-.Windows.zip
Linux https://github.com/acoto87/LD39-PickupAllThePower/releases/download/LD39-1.1/PickupAllThePower.-.Linux.zip
macOS https://github.com/acoto87/LD39-PickupAllThePower/releases/download/LD39-1.1/PickupAllThePower.-.Mac.zip
HTML5 (web) http://macknostudio.com/ld39/index.html
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/pickup-all-the-power

Ratings

Overall 206th 3.522⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Fun 117th 3.63⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 340th 3.065⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Theme 656th 1.783⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 466th 2.848⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Audio 261th 3.022⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Humor 336th 2.256⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Mood 417th 2.762⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Given 58🗳️ 46🗨️

Feedback

claudiviri
31. Jul 2017 · 03:55 UTC
looks like fun!
Darian
31. Jul 2017 · 06:47 UTC
Great game! It keep me awake playing
LittleLegend
31. Jul 2017 · 09:15 UTC
I really like the mechanics! Its a cool puzzler, but I dont really see the Theme sorry :O
cowa
31. Jul 2017 · 10:38 UTC
Nice little puzzle game :)

Don't see the theme too though
egordorichev
31. Jul 2017 · 10:46 UTC
Nice puzzles :D
🎤 acoto87
31. Jul 2017 · 20:23 UTC
@littlelegend @cowa
Yeah, I agreed the theme is almost not there, sorry for that, maybe next time.
Thanks for the comments anyway. ;)
minibobbo
01. Aug 2017 · 03:54 UTC
This was a fun little puzzle game! At first it was easy, but when you get to the large central area with the connecting rooms it got difficult! Relaxing music and the sound effects fit the whole vibe.

Suggestions:
Change the sprite scaling to nearest neighbor (or whatever the Unity equivalent is) so the sprites keep a crisp look close up. Bob looks a little blurry :smile:

I think it might be even more challenging if you were to allow Bob to walk over arrows that weren't facing him and put some obstacles in the rooms.

Bugs:
I was through about 5 or 6 rooms in the large area. I hit P to zoom out and plan my route, and instead of zooming it made all the energy in the level disappear and wouldn't let Bob walk anymore. I lost all my progress. :grimacing:
🎤 acoto87
01. Aug 2017 · 04:53 UTC
@minibobbo Thanks for the feedback! I'll check out the sprite scaling as you suggest, it maybe improve the graphics on Bob. Also will hunt the bug to keep it bug-free :slight_smile:

The mechanics that not allow Bob go over arrows that aren't facing him are on purpose and I design the puzzles with that in mind, but now with more time I'll test your idea.
Vija02
01. Aug 2017 · 05:10 UTC
Turns out to be a surprisingly fun game! I would love to have this on my phone
Isaac Plunkett
01. Aug 2017 · 05:12 UTC
A fun game. I liked the challenge of the connecting rooms. As mentioned by other people, the zoom feature caused the coins to disappear.
PixelSplash
01. Aug 2017 · 05:15 UTC
it is the first game that kept my attention for a long time, thanks for that game, very nice puzzles, I struggle making them myself
Surovyi
01. Aug 2017 · 05:19 UTC
It's a good one puzzle game!
Marc Grabow
01. Aug 2017 · 05:23 UTC
Nice puzzle game, I like how I had to pre-think the route he will take before executing it. Unfortunatly ran into a bug half-way through the big area when I pressed P to zoom out, all coins disappeared and I couldnt continue. With a bit of polish this could be a really nice puzzle game, well done!
🎤 acoto87
01. Aug 2017 · 15:41 UTC
@isaac-plunkett @marc-grabow The game now shouldn't have the bug that caused the power coins to disappear when zoomed. Thanks for the feedback! ;)
Wizard.Exe
02. Aug 2017 · 03:12 UTC
Enjoyable, basic puzzle game idea. Easy to control, graphics worked well. Not really related to the theme, and needs a bit more innovation as it is similar to quite a number of puzzle games that work like this.
jahndis
02. Aug 2017 · 04:35 UTC
Man some of those puzzles got tricky! Nice littler puzzler. As mentioned the tie to the theme is a little weak but meh it's a game jam. The audio sounds like it was made with one of those grid song generators haha. Pretty smart for something like ludum dare if that's what was used.
Steve Johnson
02. Aug 2017 · 05:10 UTC
Nice work on a compelling puzzle game in 48 hours. Thanks for adding some sound effects and music!
Phlip45
02. Aug 2017 · 05:28 UTC
Great little puzzle game. Reminds me of the board game Ricochet Robots a bit. Music was atmospheric and sound effects did their job. Didn't finish the game cause I got stuck (I'm bad at puzzle games) but that is a good thing. If puzzle games aren't challenging they can get quite boring. I like that there are actually two puzzle games in this. The micro puzzle of each 'level' and the macro puzzle game of the world. Seems like choosing which way to go in the grid can be very important.
zedutchgandalf
02. Aug 2017 · 08:55 UTC
This is a nice little puzzle game :)
It reminds me a bit of Spacechem in fact. Great job!
PietPtr
02. Aug 2017 · 10:45 UTC
Very much reminded me of Pokemons ice sliding puzzles, well done!
Sarah
02. Aug 2017 · 15:21 UTC
I like placing the path for him to follow, really cut puzzle game :) Good job!
neowhoru
02. Aug 2017 · 17:13 UTC
Wow this was very impressive. I played it some levels through and i must really think.
Great work and good puzzle game.
dacap
02. Aug 2017 · 19:38 UTC
Good puzzles and level designs. The theme wasn't fully used, but I like this game in general. Great work!
player2point0
02. Aug 2017 · 22:48 UTC
A great and well designed game. The levels and puzzles are well designed and challenging.
Rombus
02. Aug 2017 · 23:47 UTC
Nice fun puzzle game, congrats on the entry!
EShudra
03. Aug 2017 · 00:05 UTC
Really interesting and clever puzzle! I like it. I think theme is lost...
Vivoubos
03. Aug 2017 · 19:48 UTC
A puzzle game! Yeah!!! I love puzzle :D

Really nice! You did it well! But the theme :p

Audio is cool, and the difficulty increase.

Good job!
balthatrix
04. Aug 2017 · 05:51 UTC
Great music, great puzzle feel. Reminded me of the old school pipedream game on dos.

Once I got to the level that pans out and has all sorts of chambers, I was seemingly unable to do anything though! I was so disappointed as I wanted to beat that level.

Great work though, still.
CMLSC
04. Aug 2017 · 06:13 UTC
The game itself felt great! Although just because you tell people to not be harsh on your programmer art, doesn't mean people should rate it higher. Art is almost as important of a part of a game jam as the programming. It's something you get good at with time and practice though, so keep working at it. For some reason the game crashed while I was doing the large room. I refreshed the page and it crashed again. ;-;

One suggestion I do have for your art is to take off the blurred edges on the character. It looks really weird when you're zoomed in so far.

Anyway, nice work for 48 hours! :smile:
drtizzle
04. Aug 2017 · 09:53 UTC
Wow this is cool! Nice build up, and then when I saw the big level I was like WTF!?! But once I started it seemed doable though. Cool game mechanics and fun puzzles. Not too easy but because of the small segments it was comprehensible you know it is possible. Love the music and the SFX!

Well done!
🎤 acoto87
04. Aug 2017 · 16:20 UTC
@cmisc Yeah, I'm working on it, not easy though. :smile: Thanks for the review.
Flipsy
05. Aug 2017 · 02:33 UTC
Very nice puzzles with solid game play. Basic but functional sound and graphics. The instructions hovering in the top right were a bit annoying. Good concept, Nice work.
TwoWolfGames
05. Aug 2017 · 08:48 UTC
Solid game, well done. good puzzles. reminds me of a dos game with better graphics. was fun, and my 5 year old ran over and started playing it too. like your style, keep it up.
Badly Drawn Rod
05. Aug 2017 · 13:33 UTC
A well-executed, well-planned puzzler. The introductory level, spelling out how to play, was a good idea. I thought it was also clever how each individual room contributed towards a larger level. Nicely done.
Jaculabilis
05. Aug 2017 · 22:06 UTC
Not terribly original, but it's good at what it does.
Drag0mir
06. Aug 2017 · 15:56 UTC
Did not notice how it flew 30 minutes. Good game!
Hadik
07. Aug 2017 · 17:09 UTC
I play it for 20 minutes maybe more, I like this "draw path" logic games :)

- \+ Very fun idea
- \+ Old-school soundtrack
- \+ On screen controlls/tutorial


- \- Nothink :) Maybe graphics part of game could be better
Belga54
12. Aug 2017 · 18:12 UTC
This game is a nice puzzle game ! I have an ***advice*** for you if you are planning to make a new update(I'm a fellow Unity user) : for all your sprites and animations go and switch "bilinear" to "Point no filter". Your art is so beautiful, but this is why it seems a bit weird !
🎤 acoto87
12. Aug 2017 · 23:41 UTC
@belga54 Thanks for the review. I'll check on your advice.
TheFlyingKeyboard
13. Aug 2017 · 20:49 UTC
Really fun game to play, with original concept of gameplay. Good Job!
deathray
17. Aug 2017 · 01:23 UTC
Very well designed and implemented! This really feels like a complete game, and I enjoyed the simple-yet-deep mechanics.