Keep IT Alive! by flynn

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made by flynn for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

Hurry! Your programmers have been attacked by a storm of bugs. Help your IT person fight off the bugs and keep your game alive!

WASD for movement control and mouse for aiming and shooting. ESC to restart.

--Credits--

Pocarinnu - Artist

Fan Ling - Programmer

Bethany Yao - Programmer

NeetJack - Sound Designer

ZhiXuan Wang - Musician

StartMenu.png PauseMenu.png Gameplay01.png Gameplay02.png Gameplay03.png

Ratings

Overall 573th 3.773⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1162th 3.348⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 752th 3.522⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 378th 4.065⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 102th 4.5⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 176th 4⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 72th 4.174⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 650th 3.696⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 49🗳️ 21🗨️

Feedback

ruddgasm
20. Apr 2020 · 22:13 UTC
Just a heads up that you forgot to link to your game on this page. The premise sounded interesting.
FranciszekNowotniak
20. Apr 2020 · 23:11 UTC
No download link :c
🎤 flynn
21. Apr 2020 · 01:00 UTC
Sorry for some reason the save page is not working properly. Here is the download link for our project for now https://troyprag816gmailcom.itch.io/ld46
sayumeki
21. Apr 2020 · 23:25 UTC
Nice work! Adorable art and the tune sets the mood well also.

I had a little trouble getting to grips with what I was doing and a lot of staff died before I knew what was going on (I like the little memorials of them also). I tried to follow the minimap to the ! mark (which is really useful btw!) but I couldn't find anything there for the longest time, so I spent too long shooting the dog being eaten by a strawberry (?) before finding the actual bugs.

I also really like the visual effect when the game starts going haywire.

I think with a little gameplay balance this could be real fun! Keep it up!
Rahcelz
22. Apr 2020 · 07:52 UTC
Cute Game! I love those characters.
Characters died too fast :(
It's a little bit hard for me to spot enemies.
Wxzuir
22. Apr 2020 · 08:39 UTC
The visual effect when the game starts going haywire is so interestring! I love it!
It takes me some time to understand how to play so maybe adding a tutorial in the game is a good idea?
Anyway, the game is great! Nice job!
pomelouncia
23. Apr 2020 · 04:29 UTC
画风清新可爱,并且存在着有趣的转阶段。主题也十分鲜明,目的明确。
只是遇到过一次卡进强力的奇怪问题。但总体上依然挺不错的!
BearDing8
04. May 2020 · 17:04 UTC
I liked the art and the sound. The game is also well implemented. Good work!
Zennith
04. May 2020 · 17:19 UTC
This game is so cool! I really like the way things change as you loose the different team members that would fill that role. Very innovative idea. It would have been nice for a small tutorial or even something in the description of the game but it's not a big deal since the game was pretty easy to pick up and just play. Very nice job!!
zoarfy
04. May 2020 · 17:24 UTC
Very cute game! I loved how the game progresses as the various team members die. When the artist died I had a total "oh Wow!" moment, seeing what you did with the art change.

Speaking of art, your artist did an absolutely brilliant job! The creatures are so cute, and there's a really smooth animation style going on. The VFX artist also did wonderfully, as I love when the chromatic abrasion effect comes on screen.

The two suggestions I have if you keep working on this game:
1) It would definitely benefit from a tutorial. It took a playthrough to really understand what was going on
2) I found this very challenging even once I figured out the controls. I felt like I was letting my whole team get murdered, lol

I really, really enjoyed this entry, I hope your team is very proud of your submission.
JDK2209
04. May 2020 · 17:24 UTC
Love the graphics and the music!! Great job!
Grigri Games
04. May 2020 · 18:54 UTC
Wooow these graphics are amazing !! overall really nice and cute game !!
Pavel Kouril
04. May 2020 · 18:57 UTC
I liked it, but the controls felt kinda cumbersome. I'd expect the shooting go in the direction of the mouse pointer tbh, which I felt was not happening.

Good idea and nice graphics though!
Evan Minto
08. May 2020 · 00:35 UTC
Holy cow, that art and music is wonderful. Super cute, lots of unique personality, great colors.

The way that the game breaks down as the characters die is incredibly clever. I was marveling at each successive failure as they died.

Unfortunately the shooting was hard to control. It felt like sometimes I'd be up against the wall and the bullets would collide with the wall because I was facing the wrong direction. Seems like my character should always be facing in the direction that I’m shooting!
CreamyBacon2
08. May 2020 · 03:21 UTC
That was a silly fun game. It did take me a moment to figure out what was happening, but one you get that out of the way the game is a funny Blast to play. Good Job.
Zitao YE
12. May 2020 · 15:55 UTC
游戏感觉五脏俱全,玩了两次大概是一个射击游戏?保护房间里的不同人不要受到虫子地侵扰。美术很有趣,但是常常有bug出现,不能成功保护的情况比较挫败,哟时候会卡在墙里,跑动的感觉也并不是很流畅,整体来说蛮可爱的,加油!