Save The Game by Rodrigo Castro
On the past, when this game was a famous minigame, it was the best. But now, it's only a old game. No more plays. No more players. The battery is bug and there is only a chance to save this game: the game safe its own battery! Can you help it? Catch energy and combat the virus. Good luck... 





| Youtube | https://funnycat.itch.io/save-the-game |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/save-the-game |
Ratings
| Overall | 2369th | 2.813⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 2388th | 2.531⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 2101th | 2.797⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1657th | 3.453⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 2048th | 2.839⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 1339th | 2.742⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 2202th | 2.667⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 32🗳️ | 41🗨️ |
1. I was confused at why it was adding the scores of previous play-thrus together as it seemed to have nothing to do with the keeping it alive.
2. I had to practically guess that I had to click the virus in order to actually fight it, as there wasn't enough of a visual indicator otherwise, so my first few plays were really cut short without that knowledge. Maybe spawning it in different locations could also give some much needed variance.
3. Also, I think I really dislike the laughing sound effect of the virus, like... I really hate the volume level on it when wearing headphones (too loud!). But it definitely gets my attention, so it accomplishes what it needed.
I do like the concept though and I think it should be added onto, to continue the whole "play the game to keep the console alive" feel of it.
As an example: it might be nice for the mini-game itself to have 'lose' states that were not related to the whole game reseting, so you'd have to keep restarting the mini-game, but it would still charge the battery, so 'winning' the game doesn't necessarily 'win' the battery.
Anyways, keep it up! It's a good concept!
@sinamon . thanks! I'd like to develop more this history. I played a lot minigames when I was younger.
@thiago-nascimento , my brother! Thanks a lot! Until next Jam. We can develop something together.
@mcjammydodger you are generous with your comment. After this jam I came back to study art. I need to improve this.
@koolruz , thanks! I'd like to put this experience on the buttons and I'm glad that you liked this. Thanks again.
@noamraz , thanks!
@loudrasiel , thanks for your comment! Until LD47!
@lepton , thanks for your feedback. I wrote here and I'll take care with the balance in next projects.
@adamv , thanks!
@duke and @davidsheadgames , thanks for your complete feedback! I'll study all lines for this comment to improve my develop. Thanks a lot.
@pandakipu , thanks for your comment!
The sounds and music work well. It might help sell the idea better if the graphics on-screen were lower resolution pixel art than the stuff outside of the screen.