Grand Theft Battery by hnzlmnn

made by hnzlmnn for LD 39 (JAM)

Imagine this: You are in the middle of playing a great game on your laptop - when suddenly the blinking red battery warning light catches your attention and reminds you of the cruel world outside your computing device. But fear not: There is still hope to regain the power you're craving for...

Instructions:

Walk: Arrow Keys
Sprint: Shift
Action: Spacebar

Tips:

Make sure to keep an eye on your battery level
Get some icecream
Use Chrome as Firefox tends to slow down when moving

Starring:

Phaser as the Game Engine
Tiled as the Map Editor
Audacity as the Sound Board
TypeScript for Sanity
Caffeine (lots of it)
https://kenney.nl/ for the Graphics

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HTML5 (web)	http://caffeineaddicted.de/ld/ld39/
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/grand-theft-battery

Ratings

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Ramkey

02. Aug 2017 · 11:33 UTC

I like how its all in your laptop!

Neon

03. Aug 2017 · 01:06 UTC

I like the aesthetic with the laptop, sounds and battery management. Didn't really get what I was supposed to do in the game though. One amusing thing I noticed was that the browser console was *very* actively logging stuff, which would probably make an actual laptop whine quite a bit. Pretty meta.

larzan

03. Aug 2017 · 16:36 UTC

I like the meta idea, 5 stars on the theme. The game worked well, the mood was great, with the slow laptop starting up and all, but i was missing some goal, i couldn't figure out what to do besides getting power for the battery, it feels like there should be something there that makes you feel that you advance in the game, like this you are just surviving, not advancing.
Good job though :)

GistNoesis

03. Aug 2017 · 16:45 UTC

Nice pixel art. Movement is too slow (I used Firefox). I stole a few batteries and got into a fight. Reminds me of old game-boy games.

Jupiter_Hadley

12. Sep 2017 · 13:22 UTC

Interesting game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 39 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk2ETXlss4Q