Director Morse by tompudding
In Director Morse, you will direct a fleet of (two) robots around a wintery
wonderland in order to harvest candy canes, using only the power of your morse key! MUHAHAHA
Keys:
TAB : Switch robot
Any other key : enter morse
Update: I added a POST COMPO Windows version with an easier control system. For ratings purposes please only consider the original version, but if you'd like to actually play the game, please try the POST COMPO :)
wonderland in order to harvest candy canes, using only the power of your morse key! MUHAHAHA
Keys:
TAB : Switch robot
Any other key : enter morse
Update: I added a POST COMPO Windows version with an easier control system. For ratings purposes please only consider the original version, but if you'd like to actually play the game, please try the POST COMPO :)
Ratings
| Coolness | 55% | 3 |
| Overall | 3.32 | 412 |
| Audio | 2.93 | 349 |
| Fun | 2.81 | 717 |
| Graphics | 3.00 | 526 |
| Humor | 2.80 | 283 |
| Innovation | 4.07 | 38 |
| Mood | 3.38 | 218 |
| Theme | 3.74 | 480 |
I can't find anything to chop trees down with and I don't plan on digging up every square, but man this was a cool idea - it really worked and it was really satisfying to get the robots moving around after a while of figuring out morse code. :D
However, great style, good atmosphere, and it's nice to see someone using PyGame.
The robot leaving track-marks is a subtle and appreciated detail.
I'll be sure to try the post-comp version too. Good work!
I was unable to morse properly, i was definitely keying in the correct sequences, but it still didn't let me do anything - I did accidentally send an A and make the robot turn round and scan, though.
I see you fixed these issues in the post compo version, but sadly I cannot consider that version when rating. I would like to see this game taken further.
having the second robot locked in at first was unnecessarily tedious. With the difficulty of morse, one robot that could do all the actions would have been a better choice. When you leave out the numbers (ie moving one field with just "F" and rotating 90 degrees with just "R" and "L") you can leave the normal controls, because the hardest part where multi-character commands. But then it would have been a one button game XD.
I recorded while I played and commented. It's currently uploading here: https://youtu.be/SNzeVZJza-4
It might be painful to watch...! :)
Thank you so much for the video, that was a gift I didn't expect to receive