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aRCANE by Jupitron

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made by Jupitron for LD36 (JAM)
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Checking out an ibm pc with some old stuff, found a folder called "aRCANE".

Its contents (which you can now access through html5) seem to be some sort of drone controlling software.

Ive tried to trace the signal from my computer and it goes straight to the atmosphere so it might be sending some stuff to some place.

Graphics are advanced for its time on some part of the galaxy (made with an ancient/godlike tool call Aseprite).

Sound effects are lo-fi for amazing enjoyness (generated by the ol´ Labchirp).

And that´s all I have to say about this.

***CONTROLS***

Use ARROW KEYS to move the DRONE & Z, X, C to access his functions.

M to mute the bastard (music was made with an old software called Figure for iOS).

F to Fullscreen/Full experience/Destroyer of eyes and ears.

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Notes from the engine (a really old crappy software called C2)

***Save/Load game feature didnt make, i cant tell if it works, just try it***

***aRCANE is unballanced, i just set some random values***

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Web http://www.jupitron.com.ar/arcane/
Source https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9OKjdTdExTTdzVyMHg5b0ZHMFk/view?usp=sharing
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-36/?action=preview&uid=35249

Feedback

SimonHutchinson
29. Aug 2016 · 13:30 UTC
I love the lilting aesthetic of the combined music, graphics, and gameplay.

I only had a few minutes to sit down and play, so I wasn't able to get enough materials to do anything, but I could see myself zoning out to this as a little escapist casual game.
PetterBergmar
29. Aug 2016 · 13:37 UTC
Really cool! I played for a while but struggled a bit with the controls and gave up. It was a little hard to understand excactly what to do. But I still had fun, I liked the scanner where you had to figure out what way to go!
Ido_king
29. Aug 2016 · 13:42 UTC
I jsut love the little space shooters game great game and if you had more time i am sure it can be even better
lonesurvivor
29. Aug 2016 · 14:33 UTC
Nice one! I like the art style. Moving and shooting feel nice and smooth. The sounds are nice and fitting. Good job!
jakatpemadi
29. Aug 2016 · 14:42 UTC
I like the "Upgrade" game style with space theme. After I upgrade everything I am little confused what to do. But I really enjoy the game and the art-style. Thanks. :)
SamuelSousa
29. Aug 2016 · 16:17 UTC
Good looking graphics! Good movement!
A little too much empty space...

An interesting jam entry. Good job
LindenHoltWhittaker
29. Aug 2016 · 16:34 UTC
I loved the feel of the game, but I was a bit confused as to what I was doing. You really nailed the sound and art though! Good job
SetTheBet
29. Aug 2016 · 19:45 UTC
Love it! Brought me back to some old space games on the Amiga like wingcommander (even though much simpler).
Well executed. Nice ambient music
DragonZBW (SparkLight Games)
30. Aug 2016 · 01:22 UTC
It was very satisfying to shoot the asteroids but after a while I couldn't find any. Maybe I'm just not patient enough but I enjoyed the atmosphere of it ;P
eelfroth
30. Aug 2016 · 16:34 UTC
So I maxed out my thrusters and accumulated over 200k ARCAME_GOLD. What now? ;-)

http://i.imgur.com/TbFLC7V.gif

btw. I really enjoyed the ride
jackyjjc
31. Aug 2016 · 12:17 UTC
The graphics was very retro style and I loved it! Discovered that if you stay still the rocks will come to you. At the beginning I keep moving my camera and the rock does appear if i do that. A bug? The game progress is a bit slow I need to lot of minerals to do things but they don't appear very fast. I think add a bit more challenges will make the game more interesting. However, I enjoyed playing the game as it is. Well done!