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Battery Low by Freedom Is Slavery

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made by Freedom Is Slavery for LD 39 (COMPO)

javaw<em>2017-07-31</em>00-40-34.png Ever thought keeping all your gadgets charged is too stressful? Forget it. Now, you are a professional phone charger. Go plug phones and charge them quickly. Sounds simple, right? Get ready for the rush as you try to charge the phones with their battery draining quickly.

Instructions:

Use arrow keys to navigate and ENTER for action.

There are 3 kinds of chargers, which charge 3 different kinds of phones.

  • Green lightning charger - green phone
  • Small charger (horizontal) - old keypad phone
  • Normal charger - all other phones

If a phone charges move hand towards phone and collect it. If a phone discharges, you lose a life.

Have fun playing and don't forget to post your high scores!

Gameplay video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHFlDLtkfh0

If you don't prefer itch.io , you can also play my game from https://goo.gl/w4Z8PG

PS: This was my first game jam. My best score is 81,600. Do leave a comment if you beat it :wink:

HTML5 (web) https://freedomisslavery.itch.io/battery-low
HTML5 (web) https://goo.gl/w4Z8PG
Windows https://freedomisslavery.itch.io/battery-low
macOS https://freedomisslavery.itch.io/battery-low
Linux https://freedomisslavery.itch.io/battery-low
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/battery-low

Ratings

Overall 235th 3.472⭐ 74🧑‍⚖️
Fun 142th 3.542⭐ 74🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 93th 3.708⭐ 74🧑‍⚖️
Theme 19th 4.333⭐ 74🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 399th 3.042⭐ 74🧑‍⚖️
Audio 416th 2.493⭐ 71🧑‍⚖️
Humor 214th 2.719⭐ 66🧑‍⚖️
Mood 425th 2.742⭐ 68🧑‍⚖️
Given 67🗳️ 36🗨️

Feedback

dimesto52
31. Jul 2017 · 13:37 UTC
fun but too many smartphone on the start for me
Swifttech
31. Jul 2017 · 13:48 UTC
Its fun! get easy really fast maybe when the phone was done charging it would dissapear and some other kind would appear. Also when multiple phones are done charging the audio gets really annoying
Game_Coder28
31. Jul 2017 · 13:50 UTC
very fun and innovative game. I like the art style but the audio could get quite annoying.
🎤 Freedom Is Slavery
31. Jul 2017 · 13:53 UTC
@swifttech You have to go down and tap on the charged phone to submit it and get points. Then a new phone appears at that place 4-5 seconds later. And my apologies for the audio. I hope you are doing it right and it's not some weird bug. ![javaw_2017-07-31_19-38-38.png](///raw/fb1/8/z/693a.png)
🎤 Freedom Is Slavery
31. Jul 2017 · 13:53 UTC
@swifttech You have to go down and tap on the charged phone to submit it and get points. Then a new phone appears at that place 4-5 seconds later. And my apologies for the audio. I hope you are doing it right and it's not some weird bug. Please see this: https://vgy.me/ArUpF8.gif
jbasinger
31. Jul 2017 · 13:54 UTC
Loved the concept. All my phones had ! above them but I didn't get any points? =(
Daepso
31. Jul 2017 · 13:56 UTC
Fun idea. But only the ¨green¨ phones were discharging after full charge and score seams not to works. (I play it on Linux)
Neato
31. Jul 2017 · 13:57 UTC
What an entry. I reached 53000 points.
krishnasism
31. Jul 2017 · 13:59 UTC
Really fun and interesting game. Kept me on my feet for the duration of the game!
Congratulations! :D
🎤 Freedom Is Slavery
31. Jul 2017 · 14:03 UTC
@jbasinger @daepso @swifttech and if score seems to be not updating for you:
I think I should have made some more screenshots as the game concept was not understood clearly. Everyone please refer to this: https://vgy.me/ArUpF8.gif
Aterlamia
31. Jul 2017 · 16:01 UTC
Fun little game, I did not remember which charger went to which phone but made it pretty far anyway. High pased game.
vkmicro
31. Jul 2017 · 16:26 UTC
**Overall game impression:** Definitely unique. Works well and is pretty fun to play surprisingly. Didn't expect a Phone Charging simulator to be quite as entertaining. Constantly having to keep an eye on several objects and such sure adds a very nice and interesting experience. If it was just few phones it'd have gotten boring really fast I think. Pretty fun overall, I enjoyed. Good sound effects (aside from the continues noise when phones are fully charged)

**Suggestions and comments on improvement:** Primary thing that needs to be addressed imho is the noise phones make when fully charged, instead you should've made it a beep that stops after 1 second or something. The continues noise is really annoying.

p.s. check out my game as well please.
Rushar
31. Jul 2017 · 16:31 UTC
I got a high score of 7,100 after my second try. I was proud of that score until I saw Neato's 53,000 a few comments above lol.

This is a great entry. It's fun in the way addictive phone apps are fun and it's great for the theme. The only complaint I have is that I personally would have preferred more identifiable features on phones and chargers separating them from similar-looking models.

If I had to choose three words to describe this game, they'd be creative, challenging, and fun.
🎤 Freedom Is Slavery
31. Jul 2017 · 16:34 UTC
Ya the sound continuously playing bug is weird. I did not come across it while testing :slight_frown:
justinooncx
31. Jul 2017 · 16:36 UTC
A simple, yet deceptively difficult game! It took me quite some time to memorize which charger when to which phone, but even after I got it, it was difficult to juggle so many phones at once! A slower start to get players used to the mechanics would be a good idea... I can see lots of promise for adding new gameplay elements too!
PUARSLIBURF
31. Jul 2017 · 16:40 UTC
This is pretty fun. I really like the idea but it should really be made more clear how the game works with the whole submitting phones for points thing. Also the charger icons are not centered which bothers me slightly.
sgt3v
31. Jul 2017 · 22:47 UTC
Huh that was difficult at first, I was just trying whichever plug makes a connection but after a while I got used to it. It would be better with some music in the background and maybe mouse support. Good work.
Peredom
01. Aug 2017 · 00:03 UTC
I'm really amazed how addicting and fun this game can be! The difficulty is perfect.
LERPish
01. Aug 2017 · 10:24 UTC
a really interesting game it gets boring very fast but is challenging
thecrancher
01. Aug 2017 · 10:50 UTC
Hey there, I really like the idea of this game, its is very fast paced and fun, my only idea for making it better would be to have the chargers resemble the phones a little more, but besides that, this game was fun to play, and enjoyable, nice work!
Sheepolution
01. Aug 2017 · 10:59 UTC
This was a lot of fun! The only problem I have is that it's not very clear which charger can connect to which phone. But it was really challenging and I had to stay focused every second. Great game!
Noxim
01. Aug 2017 · 12:05 UTC
Really fun, I like how even though it is simple, it gets really challenging quickly. Great game! Music might need some work though.
🎤 Freedom Is Slavery
01. Aug 2017 · 14:22 UTC
Now you can play the game online: the link is added in https://freedomisslavery.itch.io/battery-low
pauljs
01. Aug 2017 · 15:36 UTC
Nice game ! Maybe a bit to hard too fast !
Jaggent-aka-shouke
01. Aug 2017 · 17:26 UTC
Real nice game. Had me smashing my arrow keys fast!
GistNoesis
01. Aug 2017 · 23:32 UTC
Reminded me of real life :) Cool game.
Valmay
02. Aug 2017 · 04:15 UTC
this was pretty fun! the graphics are nice and simplistic cool game :D
reBTF
02. Aug 2017 · 05:25 UTC
Took me a while to work out you had to go down to submit the phones for points but once I did it was quite fun. Definitely quite a challenging balancing act of recognising and matching up phone types.
Manafest
02. Aug 2017 · 10:44 UTC
A simple yet fun game, really enjoyed it. Feels quite hectic, fits the theme well too :)
Manafest
02. Aug 2017 · 10:44 UTC
A simple yet fun game, really enjoyed it. Feels quite hectic, fits the theme well too :)
Robber
02. Aug 2017 · 14:25 UTC
That was stressfull but challanging, i think i have not had this much fun charging my phone ever. Its just a small nice and compact LD game. great job keeping it compact and fun.
JoshBurleson
02. Aug 2017 · 15:19 UTC
Cool idea but just way too hard. Creative use of the theme. 5300 score.
randomphantom
02. Aug 2017 · 15:30 UTC
Very simple but addictive gameplay! Some music would make it complete.
incobalt
02. Aug 2017 · 21:22 UTC
A simple game that works well! I think I encountered a bug at some point none of the phones were powering down (even disconnected). It seemed like phones were only starting to lose power if I moved an appropriate charger. I had no idea I needed to submit phones, so I never got any points. All in all, though, the game concept was good and it was nicely executed. The look of the game was nice as well, and the sounds helped keep me informed of play, even when I was looking somewhere else.
ezaudiolabs
03. Aug 2017 · 03:44 UTC
Cool concept! If you added some mall/shopping music, it'd help a lot in the overall mood of the game! :)
Neon
03. Aug 2017 · 03:44 UTC
Pretty simple, but the game does what it sets out to do pretty well. Nice management game. Got 8000 score :grin:
elit3dgaming
03. Aug 2017 · 08:31 UTC
Very simple game yet very fun. I was terrible at it though haha
Somnium
03. Aug 2017 · 17:09 UTC
I love the concept, this is certainly a fun take on the theme!

The game becomes quite frantic! Who would have thought that the life of a professional phone charger would be that hard...

A bit of hectic music could have made the mood even better.

Nice game!

Oh, and I got a high score of 33900

>The Curse of Cell Phones.
>Faster! We must charge them all!
>...ran out of power.
grandtheftmarmot
03. Aug 2017 · 18:41 UTC
That was super fun :)
Mike Cullingham
03. Aug 2017 · 18:56 UTC
Had a really tough time figuring out & remembering which phones matched which charges. An easier introduction to the different phones and plugs would make it even better. That said, excellent use of the theme. Nice job.
ledez
03. Aug 2017 · 21:53 UTC
Took me a little bit to understand, but its a great game and have a cool concept.
Aurel300
04. Aug 2017 · 11:38 UTC
We streamed your game with Danae plays on Twitch. :) Here's a link:

[Danae streams Ludum Dare 39: Day 1, part 1: Battery Low](https://youtu.be/4KfQtLDzK-g?t=1h12m49s)

It took me a minute to figure out the appropriate matching of phones and chargers. In particular, having two variants (black / white) of both the horizontal and the regular chargers made me think these are very different. After that initial confusion, however, this is a very fun game of multitasking and micromanagement. With a whole bunch of additional polish (music, better UI, combos?, etc) the core gameplay would shine. Good job!
ToadieTechnika
05. Aug 2017 · 12:57 UTC
That was a slice of life for everyone who has smartphones, that game could bring something new to the sports by just exerting reflexes and charge as much phones as possible. Meanwhile, it took me some time to get the mechanics, it was different from a lot of entries that I've rated which is great. The difficulty of the game is "which cellphone supports this kind of charger?", so I guessed a lot of times until a USB chord appears. Graphics are decent and the rest are intuitive.
Drums
06. Aug 2017 · 04:42 UTC
That was really neat! Nice sounds, and I had to use my brain a lot, but it was fun!!
cenullum
06. Aug 2017 · 06:39 UTC
haahha :D Your idea absolutely match with theme
Viliar
06. Aug 2017 · 11:29 UTC
Very nice concept! Very familiar and fun for everyone nowadays i guess;)
Drag0mir
06. Aug 2017 · 13:39 UTC
Good idea for mobile game. Thanks for web version
Yetman
06. Aug 2017 · 14:11 UTC
Fun Idea, I find it interesting how many jammers have thought about their smartphones bcz of the theme (even me at first although I picked something else), food for thought :D

I enjoyed the game a lot but I had to do a few retries to understand how to play. The art and sounds were generally good too.
TheFlyingKeyboard
06. Aug 2017 · 17:05 UTC
Really awesome idea, but I think that steering needs to be polished a little bit (maybe make transitions of chargers with mouse). Also I think that audio is irritating.
TolMera
06. Aug 2017 · 18:45 UTC
Hey @freedom-is-slavery - [you put your game on my list to play](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/end-of-time/whos-not-had-any-love-link-your-game-for-me-to-play), and [I streamed the play-through on Friday](https://youtu.be/-DEvWdMWCKk?t=8632), I'm not personally a fan of this kind of game, but I can see and appreciate the challenge. You had some good graphics, Same chargers but in different colours and so forth, which kinda through me for a bit, but added to the complexity and was pretty nice when I thought about it later. I couldn't see if there was a pattern to the phones coming in, or if they were just being randomly generated? If they were planned, it would have been nice to get some in-game feedback about your progress. :) but overall it was a solid game.
MarkWolf
07. Aug 2017 · 05:45 UTC
The concept is easy to catch, the game is easy to play but perhaps a mouse control would be better.
🎤 Freedom Is Slavery
07. Aug 2017 · 12:45 UTC
I have made an Android app to notify you when you get comments and ratings on your LD entry. Get it from : https://github.com/RishiRaj22/LD-Notify-App/releases
Linus
07. Aug 2017 · 16:06 UTC
Good game, with a very literal intepretation of the theme hehe. It was fun and kind of addictive also. The graphics were simple but worked well and consistent in style.

I didn't understand how to play the game at first since I kept spamming left mouse button to pickup the chargers, I really wish that instead of enter you used the left mouse button but other than that I liked the game a lot.

Having a leaderboard would certainly also make the game more addictive since you would compete trying to get top score on the leaderboard. Good job!
Eremiell
08. Aug 2017 · 14:11 UTC
Not exactly superfun, but sure, has some idea and everything. Might try again later for some higher score.
MichaelTWG
09. Aug 2017 · 17:34 UTC
That's a nice idea to have charger matching the phone ^^
t's a pity that the sounds are quite annoying.
Jupiter_Hadley
11. Aug 2017 · 11:32 UTC
Simple but really fun! I included it in my Ludum Dare 39 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIFo4JBAdvc
StaNov
12. Aug 2017 · 08:14 UTC
I would really appreciate some kind of visual pairing of the phones to the chargers, now it's hard to tell which should be connected to which.

The pacing is toooooo fast for new players! :) Maybe add some learning curve - start slow and get faster continuously.

When do I lose? After letting three phones drain out? It was not obvious from the game. But maybe it was at the description. But I'm too lazy to read the description, so I would appreciate if it was explained in the game itself :)

Thanks for making it, cheers for next time!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P4Q4Fg7HSA
Badly Drawn Rod
18. Aug 2017 · 20:07 UTC
That was astonishingly close to life in my house. All those phones, all those tablets, all those electric toothbrushes. All the game needs now is a bag of old cables, chargers and adapers that you just can't quite bear to throw away on the off chance that you might actually visit France again and need to charge your Nokia 2110.
jasperarmstrong
21. Aug 2017 · 03:11 UTC
Cool game! It got very hectic trying to manage all the phones, and I found myself wanting to get a better score every time I lost. I think maybe some sort of mouse controls would've been good for this game.