Low Battery by Battle Buddy

"We went on vacation for a few weeks. Now, we may be here forever. At first it was an epidemic. Now, it's a new world. Although I survived, my life did not. My daughter is barely alive. The power generator has nearly run out. I must find an answer. I must save us."
Low Battery is a 2D puzzle game where you are tasked with finding a replacement battery for an emergency generator. You have limited time though: the zombie invasion approaches when night falls.
Controls: Movement: Arrow keys Interact: Enter or A button Exit Game: Escape
This is the first game that anyone on our team has made, and it taught us a lot! We made it from scratch using Java, Slick2D, Tiled, and a whole bunch of effort.
Credits:
Programming:
Jake Turner
Jacob Odden @oddenodin
Music:
Troy Grant @theexecutive
| Windows | https://battle-buddy.itch.io/low-battery |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/low-battery |
Ratings
| Overall | 274th | 3.583⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 492th | 3.043⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 654th | 2.652⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 156th | 3.917⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 86th | 3.87⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 127th | 3.833⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 25🗳️ | 27🗨️ |
The music was awesome and really set the tone.
I have some nit-picky critiques, but overall I love the game. The bright red and pink of the characters looked to bright compared to the rest of the game, maybe make the color slightly more muted to fit the feel. Once the dialog went outside the text box. It was also possible to trap the zombie/monsters behind the table and just have a staring contest. I was also able to rest even though I had the battery in my inventory. Having the dialog say something like "this is no time to rest, I must get the battery installed." (Unless for a post jam version it is beneficial to ONLY change batteries as they are just about to run out)
** Sound **: Those were really good/fitting for the kind of game you guys made great job :)
** Graphics **: I really like the artstyle, everything fit well together :)
** Gameplay **: At first i thought this will just be an story driven puzzle game, but suddendly monsters were there and i had to run, the music really played a big part into this, great experience :) One thing that was a bit weird tho was that the guy with the key suddendly vanished, i didn't really understand why? also it is possible to trap the monsters in corners^^ (i guess time rand out for path finding^^)
** Overall **: This is a really good entry, all parts play well together, hats off to you guys you managed to create something quite interesting in such an short timeframe :)
The only problem I had was that I missed the word "frozen" on the janitors keys. If you have the frozen keys and check the toolbox, it still just says "I can't open it, I need another key". I died on my first playthrough because I spent too much time backtracking trying to find another set of keys.
Unfortunately, even after getting the libraries on the path, it crashes on launch complaining it can't find a method in the OpenAL library.. something to do with "getintegerv".. So I still can't play it. :(
The Sound and The Graphics, Retro type which was awesome, Overall loved the game, I think you should take this game one step foward
I was going to comment on the graphics, but then realized you opted-out on those and read that you used pre-existing tilesheets. One gripe I had with them was the scaling of character sprites compared to the environments. That's a personal pet peeve of mine. I would've liked for the outdoors exits to the next street to not be the same doors you use to enter houses.
The puzzles were basic *get A to access B* tasks, but with enough story to them to not feel plain and too few of them to bother me. I finished the game on my second try.
The graphics look great, and the audio is insanely good. The music combines so well with the atmosphere!
Overall, a nice little game that deserves the high score I gave it. Out of the games I’ve played so far this one is my favorite! Seriously, great job!!
Also, I was happy to give you your 20th rating :)
Check out the soundtrack here! https://soundcloud.com/troy-grant/sets/low-battery
Great entry guys!