Time Ghosts by healthire

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made by healthire for Ludum Dare 47 (COMPO)

You have a limited time to collect the next part for the Machine, when 12 seconds have passed time rewinds and you have to start over. But don't worry, your past self is still around to repeat your past actions.

Made in Rust.

How to play:

Pick up the lightbulbs and bring them back to The Machine.

Controls:

WASD - move your time ghost

Space - wait in place for the rest of the duration

R - clear out existing ghosts. Does not reset The Machine.

Screenshot 2020-10-04 234449.png

Ratings

Overall 76th 3.895⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 123th 3.737⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 167th 3.632⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 96th 4.053⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 75th 4.053⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 457th 2.471⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Humor 302th 2.531⭐ 18🧑‍⚖️
Mood 366th 3.028⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 12🗳️ 9🗨️

Feedback

rex64
05. Oct 2020 · 03:43 UTC
Ghosts trying to collect vacuum tubes. It's super cute!
magnusfurcifer
05. Oct 2020 · 07:32 UTC
cool idea and game play :)
Flopo
05. Oct 2020 · 11:02 UTC
The sprites look very cool. The concept is fun, interesting and new. I really like this game!
Dominium11
05. Oct 2020 · 11:15 UTC
Beat the whole thing, had great fun during it. It sticks with the theme and is original, graphics looks nice, gameplay is rather smooth, great game!
Kazatan
05. Oct 2020 · 11:19 UTC
Very nice puzzle game. I think it gets hard pretty quick but that could be fixed in the future by splitting up the levels a bit. It's quite overwhelming to start with!

The graphics are good, the gameplay is excellent.

I get 'caught' on the edges of doors sometimes although it looks like I shouldn't. That's a very minor issue.

Loved playing the game although I didn't manage to complete it! 👍
CosmicPickle
05. Oct 2020 · 12:30 UTC
I loved it. The core mechanic is very well implemented and the puzzles are very engaging. The final two lamps were tricky to get. Also I will probably experiment later with trying to change the path of my past selves by activating teleporter pads with my present self. I thought it was so cool when I did that by acciden. Graphics were very cute. The theme was very well executed. If there was one thing I liked less was that the sounds were too loud and getting a bit annoying after a while. But I did play it for 20 minutes :D. Great game!
🎤 healthire
05. Oct 2020 · 14:34 UTC
I've lowered the sound volume in the web builds, I didn't realize it was so ear splittingly loud.
Tomssuli
06. Oct 2020 · 21:17 UTC
Wow this was fun and innovative! I liked the graphics and it was spot on the theme :slight_smile:
Couldn't stop playing until I was finished!
Derek Volker
17. Oct 2020 · 20:58 UTC
I predicted that this ghost player kind of game would be popping a lot on this jam due to the theme, but i didn't exepct an actual ghost as player! Nice mechanics and graphics. The puzzles have a clever way to work and i find it cool, even being bad at puzzle games i managed to get through. Good job!
JUSTCAMH
24. Oct 2020 · 14:35 UTC
Hey, I played your game on stream! It was a ton of fun, here's the vod if you'd like to rewatch; https://www.twitch.tv/videos/780254814

Thanks for submitting your game!
SvartTand
26. Oct 2020 · 21:20 UTC
Really cool game! quite unique mechanics so well done!
frosty
27. Oct 2020 · 07:00 UTC
A nice take on the "simultaneous ghost" mechanic, and overall polished pixel art -- I especially like the ghost sprites :) Overall great entry!
slammer
27. Oct 2020 · 09:59 UTC
Such a neat idea, I love the having to rely on past selves to help future self. Nice job!
Tygrak
27. Oct 2020 · 10:16 UTC
From the multiple games with this ghosts in a loop mechanic I played this one is my favorite. Finishing the long sixth puzzle felt really good! The graphics are really nice, it's all polished and without bugs. You've done a really good job making this :)!