Destructor 32 GMS by Erik Brunnstrom

In Destructor 32 GMS it's your responsibility to wipe out a well known terrorist organistion by bombing there hideout. Unfortunately this hidout is in somewhere in the middle of a well populated area. But sometimes sacrifices must be made to make the world a better place.
How to Play - Connect to ANY relay antenna by truning the HORIZONTAL/VERTICAL Dial until you can hear a clear signal with NO BACKGROUND NOISE and the signal indicator is full. Press the LOCK Button.
Rotate the relay antenna with HORIZONTAL dial until you your can hear the TARGET SIGNAL. This signal is on the note on the monitor. You are looking for a morse code coresponding with the code on the note. When you have found the signal press LOCK again. Sometimes to signals can overlap eachother making it hard to tell them apart. If this happends you will have to guess where the signal is.
You should now see a circle on the MAPSCREEN, your target is somewhere in the colored part of the circle. Repeat the steps above until you have a few circles overlaping each other.
To fire the missile at the taget position, flip the white switch. You should now see a circle around the crosshair. Position the crosshair on the guessed target location and set the blast raduis with the RADUIS dail. You want to keep the raduis as small as possible to avoid unnecessary casualties. Flip the ARM MISSILE switch and press FIRE to launch the missile. Good Luck
Keep in mind you are on a time limit. If the timer hits 00:00 the target will escape.
Controls: - Use scrollwheel to turn dial. - Press buttons with mouse.
| Windows | https://drive.google.com/open?id=1NQ0WjV-60hQHN2T7v3ZXGAocyt3B3GB2 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/destructor-32-gms |
Ratings
| Overall | 103th | 3.974⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 149th | 3.763⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 13th | 4.263⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 360th | 3.684⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 106th | 4.316⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 589th | 2.694⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 61th | 4.079⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 24🗳️ | 1🗨️ |
BREAKING NEWS! The terrorist has escaped.
".......I think I did it wrong."
Well, I had a super fun time nevertheless figuring out how to use this weird contraption and blasting off to failure. Good work.
Only one thing is missing from it, and it'd be a better UI (the game gets locked when you lose, so I had to close and open it again) and also some way to cancel the triangulation when I can't find the target signal at all after connecting with the relay. I end up with overlapping circles that I wish I could erase or never had plotted. :P
I still haven't suceeded in the mission, but this game sure makes me want to get it right.
I can see you put quite a bit of work in this, and it shows, because it's really well rounded, from gameplay to graphics and sound. Astounding, amazing immersion! :)
It reminded me of "Keep talking and nobody explodes". There are a few common aspects to it and you also gotta follow instructions to achieve a goal. I believe you could polish this up a bit, maybe add a couple more mechanics to it, make it co-op friendly and publish it if you wanted.
If I had to nitpick, I'd say telling signals apart is quite hard. Do you have actual experience with radio communications such as these? It was difficult for me to find the required signal during the antenna positioning phase.
Oh I ran into a bug btw. On one of my attempts I ended up launching the missile with just a couple seconds left, and this happened, I guess both outcomes overlapped. I wasn't able to click "retry" or "exit", had to kill the game and restart.

Amazing, best game I've played.