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Project L.O.O.P by PeteH

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made by PeteH for Ludum Dare 47 (COMPO)

A GAME MADE FOR THE LUDUM DARE 47 COMPO

Project-L.O.O.P is a game of strategy, skill, and practice. You were on the new L.O.O.P crew, a crew that would man the first time-travelling spaceship. Except - it went wrong.

You wake up on the ship. The rest of the crew dead, and the Time Warp Drive damaged. The Time Warp Drive will try and take you back in time every 60 seconds, unless you manually reset it. You have to repair the ship (by completing objectives), whilst making sure you never let the Time Warp Drive reach 0.

THERE IS A VIDEO TRAILER ON https://petehsoteira.itch.io/project-loop You can also find it here https://youtu.be/_US6IRv9ylg

Screenshot 2020-10-04 at 22.20.51.png

Screenshot 2020-10-04 at 22.19.54.pngLd47LOOP_map.png

On the web version, I couldn't get the custom cursor to work, but there is a special reticle on the windows download. Also, I couldn't supply a MacOS build, so I have provided windows and web

TOOLS

ENGINE Unity

CODE Visual Studio

MUSIC GarageBand + Yamaha Keyboard connected via Usb

SOUND EFFECTS sfxr and just recording stuff

MUSIC EFFECTS twistedwave

ARTWORK Pencil2d

HOSTING BINARIES Itch

HOSTING SOURCE CODE Github

Youtube https://github.com/117Coder/Project-L.O.O.P-LudumDare47
Youtube https://petehsoteira.itch.io/project-loop
Youtube https://petehsoteira.itch.io/project-loop
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/project-l-o-o-p

Ratings

Overall 257th 3.5⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Fun 383th 3.115⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 418th 3.058⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Theme 363th 3.462⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 493th 2.885⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Audio 354th 2.923⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Humor 256th 2.696⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 61th 3.833⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Given 16🗳️ 17🗨️

Feedback

Henrik Ganard
05. Oct 2020 · 06:04 UTC
Fun idea that you have to reset the timer or accept the spinning out. I got a bit stuck after a while with what needed to be done, but I had a good time playing your game. I liked the idea that you got physical passwords and the mechanic that you could only carry one thing with you.
Nick Barrash
05. Oct 2020 · 06:26 UTC
Among us vibes with the station. Nice job.
05. Oct 2020 · 06:32 UTC
Really awesome world building, and really great autmosphere.
Tho i got stuck pretty early on, it feels like a really fleshed out game.

It think my only issue was with how slow the text moved and the sound effects were very detering- the walking in particular was a bit too much. Was also hard to read the UI...
Seskon
05. Oct 2020 · 06:48 UTC
very nice idea, enjoyed the game, especially the effect when the loop ends

-GUI was sadly not scaling so i had a hard tim reading the stuff

-walking sounds irregular, sometimes stopping for a sec

-when walking back to a previous objective you will ovveride your current objective

-you can get "infinite" time when you just complete the same objective for several times

(played html version)
Deedz
05. Oct 2020 · 07:44 UTC
FUN GAME! TOOK ME A COUPLE TRIES TO GET the ship sealed up. L.O.O.P.S V("?","?")
🎤 PeteH
05. Oct 2020 · 17:58 UTC
Hi @deedz, sorry to bother you, but what do you mean with "L.O.O.P.S V(“?”,”?”)"
Sorry if i am just being a little unaware xD

;)
🎤 PeteH
05. Oct 2020 · 17:59 UTC
@henrik-ganard @seskon @nick-barrash

Thanks for your feedback! I don't have time to do any bug fixes now, because of school, but I may try over the weekend.

Thanks for playing!!
Deedz
05. Oct 2020 · 20:21 UTC
Just wondering if there will be a future update to the project L.O.O.P.S OS.. v2.0
Dakke
05. Oct 2020 · 20:23 UTC
Alright, played through phase one now. Cool game and idea! It made me want to keep going and finish my tasks.

I noticed that, and don't know if it's a bug or intended - but when i were in admin i could just interact with the console and gain time. So i spammed the consoles abit just to make sure i had time and didn't need to rush :P
Felt like play Among us but.. alone :P
Nice with some story elements in the beginning to set the mood. Would like the text to come quicker though.

Nice work overall!
🎤 PeteH
05. Oct 2020 · 20:27 UTC
@deedz Ah, yes, maybe in the future, although i can't see it happening anytime _very_ soon, because I have school. I will post an update to the Itch page though when I do.

@dakke Thanks for playing and for the feedback!Haha i felt the Among Us vibe as well xD.
Lady Stardust
06. Oct 2020 · 07:34 UTC
I had a great time playing your game, the music and sounds are fun, I enjoyed the loop it really made my head twist haha. Great job!!
spacecadet
06. Oct 2020 · 16:12 UTC
Your game has a great atmosphere and sounds. I liked the level layout also. However it was a bit unintuitive to know where to go next. Great entry tho :)
ryzy27
06. Oct 2020 · 16:17 UTC
Cool game. And with a map too!

Starting credits set the mood nicely. Sounds are very nice.

Thanks!
D-Lord
06. Oct 2020 · 17:21 UTC
Well done. Nice atmosphere in that game. Certainly some vibes from some game we might know. :P
Nice work. :thumbsup:
EnzoUP
06. Oct 2020 · 17:25 UTC
Great entry! I really liked the atmosphere of the game and the sounds too, but it would be one of my favorites of the jam if you polished it a bit more, the animations sometimes glitch (not a thing that destroyed my experience) but I got confused sometimes of what I had to do, but really nice entry, I enjoyed it a lot! great job.
🎤 PeteH
06. Oct 2020 · 19:07 UTC
@lady-stardust Thank you!



@spacecadet I understand what you mean about knowing where to go next, my bad lol. Thanks for playing!



@ryzy27 Thank you for playing and rating!



@d-lord Much appreciated!



@enzoup Wow thanks so much! I understand what you mean about polishing, I had intended to do some, but I was literally right up against the wire and didn't have time. Glad you enjoyed it though! Thanks for playing!
Aaron Smith
06. Oct 2020 · 19:22 UTC
I loved the core concept here, and feel like it could be iterated on many times. This is a really sound idea with a great execution. Also, amazing mood for something so simple. Well done!
🎤 PeteH
06. Oct 2020 · 20:09 UTC
@aaron-smith Thank you!
Isac
06. Oct 2020 · 22:33 UTC
Awesome game I really wanna play more of it! A little confusing at times but rewarding when I finally found out what I had to did. There seems to be like you could go far with this game!
🎤 PeteH
07. Oct 2020 · 06:20 UTC
@isac Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for playing!
Sharks
07. Oct 2020 · 16:44 UTC
I did enjoy the game the art was pretty good although it was a little confusing but that's probably just me being stupid. The music was good but the walk sound was repetitive and loud and got *very* annoying *very* fast. Overall great first entry!
Andy593
07. Oct 2020 · 16:55 UTC
Cool idea, a little confusing though. Great job, though!
Laurari
08. Oct 2020 · 15:51 UTC
Good job! I think it looks awesome! As a future step you could add some great puzzles among the ones you already had. Also the time added between steps is a little too much, it could be less to generate more tension. Well done :smile:
🎤 PeteH
09. Oct 2020 · 06:56 UTC
@sharks thank you! I can understand it being a bit confusing, and I do notice the walk sound issue now - thanks for the feedback!


@andy593 Thank you!


@laurari Thanks! I agree with you that more puzzles would be great, i just ran out of time for the compo ;) Also, the tension idea is great - wish I had thought of it during the compo! Thank you!


xD
dxk2294
09. Oct 2020 · 07:21 UTC
That was great! I think the footsteps were a bit much, I think they could have been slowed down and made quieter. The effect when you lose actually startled me, but it was really neat! I love how much content there was, and how each room really felt unique. The map helped a ton. Great job!
Tom_A
09. Oct 2020 · 10:35 UTC
This is a brilliant idea and the atmosphere and lighting are fab.

Very ambitious for the time frame and great to see you got it done.

I'd make the doors a bit less sticky and pull them all the way out, so the character glides through easier, but just something small.

All the best and keep up the good work.
🎤 PeteH
09. Oct 2020 · 15:25 UTC
@dxk2294 Thank you! The feedback is much appreciated!

@tom-a I can see what you mean about the doors. Thank you for playing and thanks for the feedback!
Tomate_Salat
09. Oct 2020 · 17:08 UTC
I see you put really a lot of effort in this game and achieved a lot within that short amount of time. Of course that creates more mechanics people can complain about :-P. So here is my list:

- When you skip the intro you still here typing-sounds
- It would be cool if you could have the option to display the text instant. I'd the choise to wait or to skip. So to my shame I haven't read the story :-(.
- Having sound controls for the settings
- May update the walking-animation (or not - it somehow looks funny ^^).
- Randomize the passwords (I think they're hardcoded at the moment)

I'm totally aware of that you've created a complex game within a short amount of time. So of course compromises had to be done and I've respected that in my rating. You have a really good base. Just keep on working :-)

I really want to point out that I'm impressed by the complexity! Really good job!
Games_by_Tom
09. Oct 2020 · 19:04 UTC
The story is really well though out and elaborate. The music sets the mood very nicely and the graphics are fun.

What bothered me was the relatively extremely loud walking sounds, so I eventually had to turn down the audio almost to zero.

Reading through the text could maybe streamlined a bit by having the remaining text appear instantly when a button/mousebutton is pressed.

To summarize: I liked it very much and am very proud of myself ;) :
![project loop.PNG](///raw/f67/63/z/39d69.png)