Little Man Computer by anaglyphcoding

made by anaglyphcoding for LD 42 (COMPO)

It's the data centre management game no one asked for!

Take control of a data centre that supports an upcoming social media website. As the user count grows, so does the storage used - and therefore so does your need to maintain the storage!

Run around the server room, replace failed drives, install new ones, and keep the site afloat!

Instructions inside.

DISCLAIMER: I ran out of time sort of so this game isn't the most interesting, and to make up for this i added unnecessary explosions! :D

Source Code	http://www.mediafire.com/file/95g295whiyt6wn1/LD42_SOURCE.zip/file
Windows	http://www.mediafire.com/file/5ts8utwvst5y2g2/LD42.jar/file
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/little-man-computer

Ratings

Overall	400^th	3.3⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Fun	455^th	3.075⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	436^th	3.05⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Theme	488^th	3.25⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Humor	97^th	3.325⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Mood	397^th	2.868⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Given		23🗳️	10🗨️

Feedback

🎤 anaglyphcoding

12. Aug 2018 · 22:20 UTC

For some reason the source code download link isn't showing up on my end, so here it is incase you wanted it:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/95g295whiyt6wn1/LD42+SOURCE.zip

Jole

13. Aug 2018 · 11:42 UTC

Nice game. Its pretty challenging i must say!

J0ye

13. Aug 2018 · 11:53 UTC

1. Play hard
2. Making a bloodbath by throwing a broken hard drive at a co-worker.
3. Get a hand cramp from playing
4. ???
5. Profit

Whismirk

13. Aug 2018 · 12:22 UTC

I love the idea ! It's pretty fun and challenging. (and throwing drives at these annoying co-workers is really satisfaying !)

alexkarate

13. Aug 2018 · 12:55 UTC

I really enjoyed this game for an hour. Then I found out how hard it is to lose and what is the optimal way to play, and I enjoyed this less. But still it's a very good game!

Hinkarn

14. Aug 2018 · 11:45 UTC

The controls are a bit awkward, as you can only move in one direction. Collision detection is also a bit wonky, I got stuck on workers and drives and all kinds of things.
Other than that, fun concept! Brutally murdering coworkers with faulty drives is always fun.

kr4ft3r

14. Aug 2018 · 20:05 UTC

This simple game manages to keep a man busy for a while. But I know more work was put into it than it seems at first. Very nice for compo entry. And the story rings like it has truth to it, I imagine server rooms to be filled with a hard drive to the head candidates.

Vlassis

17. Aug 2018 · 12:32 UTC

Nice idea, audio and gfx! I didnt like the fact that you cannot press 2 controls at once.

jka

17. Aug 2018 · 13:41 UTC

Nice take on the theme. The audio is really good! The gameplay works well, although the rough collision detection can make it a bit frustrating at times.

BTW, there's not such thing as unnecessary explosions. So plus points for those! :grin:

Rahim_Pxr

27. Aug 2018 · 22:23 UTC

Nice game, Love how everything is balanced!
Good luck, Don't forget to take a look at ours if you don't mind and see what it's like when we just focused on graphics in this game jam!
Game Link: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/spacelab-42a