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Nuclear Family by Zigg

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made by Zigg for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

Are you a fan of resource management games? Ever wondered how it feels to raise an adorable and not at all excessively needy plutonium rod? If so, look no further, Nuclear Family is the game for you. Nuclear Family is a game created for Ludum Dare #46, to correspond with the theme of “Keep it Alive”. In this game you’ll need to keep your wits about you as you raise these adorably anthropomorphised mutagenic rods in a battle to keep them alive. Your role in a power-plant consists of three tasks: Feeding the rods, cooling the rods and, once they’ve hit maturity, allowing them to fulfil their lifelong goal of powering the nearby city.

Best of luck Operator!

Controls

A & D to move around

E to Interact

Credits

Blue Suit Operator Zigg - Design, Tech & Foley Audio

Yellow Suit Operator GamesOgre - Art, Animation, Soundtrack & Trailer

We had Blast making this hope you enjoy!

Trailer https://youtu.be/G-wjRffIEx4

Youtube https://ziggy5000.itch.io/nuclear-family
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/nuclear-family

Ratings

Overall 962th 3.595⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 716th 3.575⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1288th 3.25⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1133th 3.7⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1383th 3.5⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 761th 3.45⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 89th 4.119⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1156th 3.429⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 26🗳️ 13🗨️

Feedback

Jaxter
21. Apr 2020 · 11:40 UTC
I like your artstyle and idea. Nice game, but corntols are sometimes irresponsive
Maryush28
21. Apr 2020 · 12:24 UTC
Awesome sounds and animations XD Character rotation is also a thing. Dunno why, but after the launch of the game SteamVR is trying to get the update. Probably Unreal-ish thing.

Shame that the water in the container doesn't refill!
Philarmon
21. Apr 2020 · 19:12 UTC
Love the art and the sounds :) Good work!
Torh
22. Apr 2020 · 06:33 UTC
Hi! Nice work! I want to make a video with the best games of LDJam46. Something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOdTsWE7iIk .
Can I find your game also on indiexpo website? The channel is linked with them.
AdrianKrawczyk
22. Apr 2020 · 10:13 UTC
nice sprites!
LethalTurtle
22. Apr 2020 · 18:46 UTC
When I first downloaded the game I didn't expect much tbh, however the moment I saw the SLAP I realized that I was wrong.
really funny and fun game with some sound effects that make it even funnier.
Lenny Rudeberg
23. Apr 2020 · 17:55 UTC
Artwork is really cool and the trailer was quite funny, had trouble with the controls and trying to workout the game play
thebreakfast
24. Apr 2020 · 23:38 UTC
The art and sounds are awesome in this! Everything has a ton of character and it controls pretty great. The slapping was a cute touch, it's very satisfying. Because the specific food items appear randomly on the food machine it's a little hard to match the correct food for the fuel rods. But overall this is a really cute and well done entry.
SAVVU
25. Apr 2020 · 08:41 UTC
Really top artstyle and pixel art! The sound effects and the slap mechanics gave me a great laugh as well. Such a crazy idea for sure! Overall a great game and awesome execution. Wish you good luck and please continue working on it!
TolMera
25. Apr 2020 · 09:26 UTC
Looks really cool, doing a little youtube is really worth-while like you did.

Can you compile for Mac or HTML? If you can I'll be able to give it a try, but cant at the moment because I don't have windows :(
mirsakka
29. Apr 2020 · 17:22 UTC
Not so sure what I was doing but I loved the SLAP! Great trailer. :hand_splayed:
ErikU
12. May 2020 · 20:12 UTC
Nice sprite work. A little tough to understand what the various parts of the machine were doing. Loved the natural sound effects and slap humour though. Good job!