Sun Station by RARoadkill

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made by RARoadkill for LD34 (JAM)
Want to save the world? If not that, then want to save your own skin?! Then join the Sun Growth Prevention Initiative and keep the sun from consuming the whole galaxy!

In Sun Station, you play as a worker robot, tasked with running the station that keeps the sun cool. However, due to government cutbacks, you only have two buttons to use on the station's control panels. Good luck!

This is an entry for both themes Two Button Controls and Growing.

Pick and drop buttons with the Right Mouse button.
Activate buttons with the left mouse button.
The on station diagram will tell you what patterns to hit.

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 3.27 565
Audio(Jam) 3.61 182
Fun(Jam) 2.92 701
Graphics(Jam) 3.45 520
Humor(Jam) 3.39 180
Innovation(Jam) 3.47 271
Mood(Jam) 3.23 496
Theme(Jam) 3.88 325

Feedback

djfariel
15. Dec 2015 路 01:13 UTC
I wanted to let you know that the DL location is not in a public folder so I couldn't play.
馃帳 RARoadkill
15. Dec 2015 路 01:15 UTC
Thanks for letting me know. Moved it to a public folder
TheBreakfast
15. Dec 2015 路 01:21 UTC
Very good production value. The audio in the training video is great. Very funny. The graphics are impressive!

I think it would help if the instructions were a bit more obvious. Running to the panel and remembering the instructions takes quite a lot of time, necessitating multiple sessions. If there were a few icons on a HUD that showed the click order, that might be a bit more helpful.

It's somewhat poetic that there's a feature that requires 3 buttons, but since the theme was "2 button controls" you're sort of stuck! Good use of the theme!
CristianBatista
15. Dec 2015 路 01:27 UTC
That 2 buttons are nice haha!
Good job man!
QuestionableQuality
15. Dec 2015 路 01:46 UTC
Really inventive use of the theme, great job.
kostak
15. Dec 2015 路 01:48 UTC
Unity. Of course not start. Excuse me.
seurimas
15. Dec 2015 路 02:05 UTC
Fun use of the theme. I like the challenge.
Indie L
15. Dec 2015 路 03:13 UTC
Your game is fantastic RAR,I liked a lot!
Fanatrick
15. Dec 2015 路 04:26 UTC
Unique
tweedle
16. Dec 2015 路 01:21 UTC
The giant approaching sun is terrifying! Really sets the mood for the game.

Voice acting is great as well! Really enjoy the old-timey radio sound and the transatlantic accent!
MrAmlice
16. Dec 2015 路 01:24 UTC
Definitely got a strong sense of helplessness in this one early on. Really enjoyed your take on the growing theme... I sure hope our sun stays cool... or warm...
fistmaker
16. Dec 2015 路 01:52 UTC
Great job on the intro video! You really stuck to the two button theme in a way that I didn't expect! Good job!
RevelBase
16. Dec 2015 路 01:57 UTC
I failed in saving earth but I had a lot of fun. The voice over was just awesome.
Galan
16. Dec 2015 路 01:57 UTC
That intro was really great; The best I've seen for Ludum Dare. It's a pity the gameplay is so frustrating, though. I couldn't figure out what to do in the short time before everyone dies. I will admit it gives the game a real sense of hopelessness.
_benhumphries
16. Dec 2015 路 02:01 UTC
I liked your interpretation of the two-button theme. It was hard to remember how to do everything at some points (which is definitely unique for a two button game!) Good job! The graphics looked great!

Although, I did notice shadows on the sun, which, frankly, shouldn't happen. I'm pretty sure there is a way that you can disable shadows for one object in Unity. Sorry. I'm a nitpicker ;)

Good job!
2pae
16. Dec 2015 路 02:03 UTC
the audio effect are great and graphics. i love your game
Archonthewizard
16. Dec 2015 路 02:07 UTC
That intro was awesome! The game looked and felt great! Unfortunately, the instructions were not enough to teach me how to play your game =/
MintArcade
16. Dec 2015 路 11:41 UTC
Awesome game. Nice mix of the themes!
DrFallos
17. Dec 2015 路 13:01 UTC
I just realized that i killed everyone:( Maybe i should play in nighttime when sun doesn't shining xD
ImYellowFish
18. Dec 2015 路 17:01 UTC
That training video is awesome!! also reminds me of the style that Fallout uses. I have to die several times to get to know all the patterns of 5 stations. maybe a few minutes for first-time players is desirable.
dweebster
18. Dec 2015 路 22:50 UTC
Nice game with good graphics. Took a while to figure out what to do but it has a nice feel to it.

Maybe you should have instructions as a tutorial or something?
Yvanor
01. Jan 2016 路 20:06 UTC
This game is so stupid :')

Very fun and clever, well done !
kardfogu
04. Jan 2016 路 16:37 UTC
Well, interesting. The problem comes at the point that we have no visual indicators about what does what or anything.

When I saw that we have a fully voiced intro I was sure that we get a proper tutorial. That wasn't the case.

We got indicators that something is bad, bring buttons there, smash them and nothing happens. Rinse and repeat the game over, over and over and over. That is to say, the game is confusingly buggy, at first I thought I'm doing it right.

Other than that, the visuals are impressive, the sounds are good, the voiced intro is clearly awesome and it had some of the Fallout feeling in it. The implementation of both themes is just perfect. Definitely a solid entry.

Keep up the good work!

- Kardfog煤
klianc09
04. Jan 2016 路 20:08 UTC
Really fun game, and that introduction video was amazing. I just never was able to successfully use the 5th station...