The Factory by Jam373
Disclaimer: I wasn't free on the weekend of ludum dare, so instead I made this the day after.
Power the furnace.
Use arrow keys to move and space to interact.
For intended viewing, press Alt-Enter for fullscreen.
Please tell me what you thought <3
| Youtube | https://jam373.itch.io/the-factory |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/the-factory |
Ratings
| Overall | 447th | 3.559⭐ | 61🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 834th | 2.942⭐ | 62🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 772th | 2.908⭐ | 62🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 907th | 2.797⭐ | 61🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 429th | 3.73⭐ | 63🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 688th | 2.435⭐ | 56🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 39th | 4.225⭐ | 62🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 60🗳️ | 85🗨️ |
I hope you'll eventually publish whatever you came up with even if you didn't make it.
Your entry in the last jam was one of my absolute favourites!
Hope you like it.
Great job! really liked.
Hope next game jam you'll have more time to make another one!!!
The spinning cogs of the factory reminded me of the one featured in your previous game. Also felt bad for the poor guy in the furnace.
It seems your stories tend to feature misfortunate characters who are victimized by others. It was an interesting reversal to play as the bad guy this time around.
I look forward to exploring more of the worlds you create!
@dis0rder really glad you liked it. Honestly, I was so rushed I didn't really have time to actually consciously think about what I was making, so that's the first time I've considered you play as the bad guy. In retrospect I think the furnace man actually is the furnace, considering the bars across his mouth, but your guess is as good as mine ;)
One of the most unique entries I saw so far !
Congratulations.
@goupixm You're too kind <3 :)
@fax It's not for everyone, but I'm very grateful you gave it a try anyway.
@shelvid I appreciate the feedback. I quite like the concept for the player, but in execution I definitely didn't do a great job. The ladder animation stands out as being particularly silly. The meaning is totally open to interpretation!
@danilo-freire unfortunately I only have the windows module of gamemaker :(
@maaya Thank you, really means a lot coming from such a talented artist <3
@boxedmeatrevolution No you didn't miss anything, the game is unfortunately very short. I had some puzzles originally planned, as well as an expanded ending, but just didn't have enough time. Thanks for the feedback!
@mrstari thank you so much!
@cafelovai Yep, my last game had very minimal sound and suffered for it, so I made sure I put more effort this time around. Thanks!
Nice job!
(just a note: I did wonder whether using purple was necessary, and thought maybe keeping that part greyscale too could have worked better)
@savvy-community That's a movie I've been needing to watch for a while now! I loved Merhige's "Shadow of a Vampire". Would be weird if I accidentally copied its style. Thanks!
@samh Thank you, I see the limbo comparison but actually in this case I was far more inspired by Eraserhead, visually. Maybe you're right about the purple, but the reason I included it was to juxtapose the rest of the game, as I see that visual as being set in a parallel world.