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Building Keys by boats

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made by boats for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

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Building Keys is a city builder right on your keyboard.

Construct resource production and launch an escape ship to win.

https://youtu.be/6gBzmKQx47Y

Controls

Shift+Key - build selected building Enter - Select building Left / Right - Switch selection

Outer edge keys do not provide power to buildings.

Pressing keys will lower them, allowing the gas to seep in. When the gas touches an adjacent un-powered building, that building will become Permanently powered until destroyed.

buildingkeys1.jpg buildingkeys2.jpg buildingkeys3.jpg buildingkeys4.jpg

Credits:

https://freesound.org/people/Cell31SoundProductions/sounds/264185/ - Rocket sound

https://poly.google.com/view/8iKIYCyvh2k - Rocket ship

https://freesound.org/people/CGEffex/sounds/102583/ - building sound

Youtube https://boats.itch.io/building-keys
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/building-keys

Ratings

Overall 322th 3.667⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 263th 3.643⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 41th 4.19⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 238th 3.762⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 420th 3.738⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 544th 3.35⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 10🗳️ 15🗨️

Feedback

matharoo
08. Oct 2019 · 11:39 UTC
Really slow for me, at 1 FPS. Running 8th gen Intel HD, graphics card is gone for repairs. But a simple game like that should not be this slow. No Windows version provided either.
Webox
08. Oct 2019 · 11:40 UTC
Wow this was super original, I really liked it. It's an interesting game. Solid entry, and a great job!
theufo
08. Oct 2019 · 11:41 UTC
Well, I liked the game, but I spent about 10 minutes just to understand what to do😅 It would be great if there was a video.
Good work!)
JoeShanahan
08. Oct 2019 · 11:43 UTC
YEAHHHH! I beat it!

Took me a while to understand the mechanics. I didn't realise you had to sacrifice a building to power the other buildings, but once I understood that it made sense how to play. I like the keyboard control stuff, but it's awkward to play. This could work really well on a touchscreen, and you could have different shaped layouts that aren't tied to a keyboard. Different shapes would require different techniques for powering awkwardly located structures.

Great job!
🎤 boats
08. Oct 2019 · 11:52 UTC
@matharoo Sorry to hear. I'm not really sure why that's the case with your setup. Sorry for no windows version, I was having build issues with it (yet somehow not webgl).
slovnoslomo
08. Oct 2019 · 12:13 UTC
the concept is amazing. i really like the keyboard thing!

the only issue is it took me a while to figure out the controls and especially how to «activate» the buildings on the sides. the logic behind that wasn't obvious for me.

nice entry!
🎤 boats
08. Oct 2019 · 12:50 UTC
@slovnoslomo Yeah that's definitely where the game is lacking right now. It's kind of difficult to explain the concept without a short tutorial or something. Thank you for the feedback.
Weiiswurst
08. Oct 2019 · 12:54 UTC
Cool game!
Was hard to understand at the beginning, and also a bit slow-paced at the start, but it is fun playing it and also the graphics are great.
BlueMirror
08. Oct 2019 · 14:27 UTC
The start as mentioned above is hard. I did create a forestry and then deleted it. Then I had no ressources left and had to refresh the browser. But that did not stop me from playing! It was fun to play overall. I still dont know how you created that many buildings on that many keys though. Doesnt a building on key "X" get destroyed once I type "X"? It was really cool that I had to think about where to place buildings, what keys I dont need to type the next building that I need. Really cool mechanic made me think a lot, well done!
4quet
09. Oct 2019 · 11:15 UTC
The controls are a bit weird but the idea is really cool ! Maybe it lacks a few more sound effects too ?
The game looks good and polished, great work :)
Zhorky
09. Oct 2019 · 11:58 UTC
I had quite a hard time picking it up, but as soon as i got it i had a great time.
Aret24
09. Oct 2019 · 12:00 UTC
Idea is really cool!!! I like that your keyboard is a place , empty place where you need to feel it wisely with buildings!!! Great Work!!!
NachtWitch
09. Oct 2019 · 12:11 UTC
Wow, hope you make a full game based on this!
miu
09. Oct 2019 · 12:25 UTC
I like the tactic part where you have to be sure of the placement of your facilities
Corny
09. Oct 2019 · 12:33 UTC
That's a very out-of-the-box game! I liked the tactical aspect, as well as the eccentric controls. It was a bit confusing at the beginning, but I got the hang of it in the end. My only gripe is that he end goal takes a while to get to. Overall, I loved this one!
Mikeorma
10. Oct 2019 · 08:17 UTC
I tried for a while and I couldn't learn how to play. I guess it was my bad but I couldn't play at all.
Pio
10. Oct 2019 · 15:06 UTC
I didn't know what to do at first, but I managed to play to the end. Very interesting concept and everything worked together very well! Good graphics and audio. I could probably spend a lot of time in this type of game if there were more things to build.
FrederikH
11. Oct 2019 · 07:14 UTC
Very nice entry. A bit confusing on a different keyboard layout (the ; is on the same key as , on mine) would be great to allow for a "custom layout". Would be great if keys were still readable when blocked out :) .

Would love to play a fledged out version of this - good job!