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Space Engine Janitor by kschmidt

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made by kschmidt for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

Space travel is dangerous enough, but these pesky Kyrus Mites keep getting into the engines and stealing energy from our cores! Clear them out to keep our ship engines alive!

A game inspired by the 1996 Windows game "Rats"

SpaceEngineJanitorInstructions.png

Extra instructions: * Press ESC (escape) to get back to the main menu * You can scroll around the map by click and dragging with the right mouse button, or swipe around your touchpad if you have one

Known bugs: * Sometimes the Mites will escape the ship. You won't be able to finish the level when this happens - press ESC (escape) to get back to the main menu * "New Game" and "Continue" are confusing. "Continue" will start off with the level # you have selected "New Game" will always start Level 1. * The blockers are hard to see against the starry background. Oops!

I ran out of time to write leaderboard support, and add SFX and music. And a bunch of the art. Add effects for the energy drainers.

I used Godot 3.2.

More platforms coming soon!

Changelog: * 2020/02/21: Added an outline for the "blockers" so you can see them in the UI easier * 2020/02/22: Update mites navigation code so they shouldn't escape the ship anymore :)

Youtube https://ld46.karlschmidt.net/html5
Youtube https://ld46.karlschmidt.net/SpaceEngineJanitor.zip
Youtube https://ld46.karlschmidt.net/SpaceEngineJanitor_Windows.zip
Youtube https://ld46.karlschmidt.net/SpaceEngineJanitor_Linux.zip
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/space-engine-janitor

Ratings

Overall 2326th 2.864⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 2073th 2.864⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1966th 2.886⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 2137th 3.091⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 2239th 2.432⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1872th 2.167⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 2320th 2.35⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 15🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

Gelgavish
21. Apr 2020 · 13:07 UTC
Hi, it's a really nice game! I like the theme in that game :) There are two major things I think you should improve in your game:

- Make icons for the traps, it took me a couple of minutes to realize that these are the traps in the corner.

- Make the tutorial more intuitive, maybe create a tutorial level?

Overall, it's a good game :)
23. Apr 2020 · 16:15 UTC
The mechanics are very good, but the graphics are generic and could not represent something, they make them look like a sample game. Also it's somewhat hard to figure out what to do, the tutorial is not very clear and the traps are hard to see, they are dark and the background too.

Anyway i have a good fun playing it.


GODOT is an incredible engine, more people usint is is great
Terrykk
23. Apr 2020 · 16:20 UTC
Nice game! Sad you ran out of time and game has no sound, it would change much.
Yolziii
24. Apr 2020 · 06:22 UTC
Pretty nice prototype! With a strong level design, it may become a good game ) Good job!
Aj Jones
26. Apr 2020 · 00:19 UTC
Great work on this entry!
One small note, the text is extremely hard to read on the mixed background like that, adding an outline would probably help a lot.
AdonisDevs
26. Apr 2020 · 05:12 UTC
This is pretty cool! It definitely needs better graphics and maybe a tutorial level would work better instead of a block of text. Nonetheless, this is awesome :D
Eli Delventhal
26. Apr 2020 · 05:32 UTC
Good job making something complete with a start and end, multiple levels, and multiple mechanics. I had issues with the text and game area being extremely tiny (on a Macbook retina display) but it was still doable. I think the accomplishment here, either way, is pretty good.

The gameplay itself I found pretty frustrating and not super fun - it was hard to predict exactly where the surges would go in order to time my dropping of the traps. So I didn't feel like I could really plan, instead I was just clicking everywhere hoping they'd walk into it.
SlimBun
27. Apr 2020 · 08:25 UTC
Very cool game. Very nice and neat art style. I didn't get how to place the traps, but it looks like if I would I would had a lot of fun playing this game.
xart2012
27. Apr 2020 · 08:50 UTC
hard to catch virus by trap - too big timeout to bang
🎤 kschmidt
30. Apr 2020 · 06:05 UTC
@slimbun The traps are in the upper right, if you click on them your cursor will change, and then you can click in the level to place them. I hope you get a chance to play the game and to catch some Mites :)
🎤 kschmidt
30. Apr 2020 · 06:06 UTC
@xart2012 that is part of the challenge of the game - in the later levels there are other types of traps and objects. I definitely agree it's too hard for a first level!
🎤 kschmidt
30. Apr 2020 · 06:06 UTC
Thanks everyone for playing and for the feedback, I really appreciate it!
Emperor Eagle
05. May 2020 · 05:59 UTC
Cool game! It was depth with the various defences and levels, and the gameplay is relatively fun. The defences are well chosen and since they're so unique in their effect (not just damage, but slowing enemies down, taking back what they stole was great), it made the game fun and strategic. The instructions UI went off a bit on the web version but it was still easy to follow. I was mesmerised by the pixel star wallpaper. It looked amazing and made it feel like my screen was 4K or something! Some audio would be nice, and some more game feel with animated enemies or screenshake (just some ideas). Overall, nice game and good job!
Flying Dog Fish
05. May 2020 · 16:34 UTC
Nice concept. The gray traps require some rather good timing and/or luck. Once you get the white traps the game gets too easy.
croze
09. May 2020 · 19:34 UTC
Cool game! Agree with others that a dynamic tutorial would serve well here.
yy404
10. May 2020 · 14:25 UTC
Nice one! I'd like to learn from your "traps" to improve my game.