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Five Below Zero by Daniel Williams

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made by Daniel Williams for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

Trapped survivors on a research mission in the Antarctic have discovered a terrifying monster deep in the snow. Conserving power, maintaining communication, and defending their base is essential if they hope to ever be rescued. Can you help them stay alive?

We had quite an ambitious idea for this and we ended up falling short of a lot of the polish/features we wanted. We were a little disappointed at where we had to leave it but we tried our best and this is what we ended up with in the time we had. All feedback is welcome!

Basic Controls:

  • Left click on a character to select them, right click to interact
  • WASD to pan camera
  • Mouse Wheel to zoom

To Be Implemented: - Rescue - Random character appearance - Enhanced environment details - Camera snap to selected character - Visual bullets

Known Bugs: - 'Head' Camera tracking on Security differs from others

Youtube https://sharp-loris.itch.io/five-below-zero
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/five-below-zero

Ratings

Overall 2478th 2.591⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 2516th 2.114⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 2174th 2.738⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1701th 3.432⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1541th 3.386⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 1459th 2.632⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 2017th 1.579⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1938th 2.929⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 3🗳️ 1🗨️

Feedback

helenejeanbon
21. Apr 2020 · 12:16 UTC
I moved two characters and it frized :/ (multiple time) i don't know if it's a bug or my computer,
the art and sound art cool and I hope you'll can fix some stuffs post-jam, great job anyway!
🎤 Daniel Williams
21. Apr 2020 · 21:11 UTC
@helenejeanbon Thanks! Yeah, there are definitely a few major issues that cropped up in the mad dash for the finish line, hoping to sort a few of them.
VernalBehemoth
22. Apr 2020 · 19:03 UTC
Enjoyed the idea, loved selecting my team and I assume they have individual things to do but didn't manage to figure out exactly what I should do once in the game. Great effort though!
SophieMae0
22. Apr 2020 · 19:04 UTC
The concept seems cool and the art style is compelling but I am having some trouble figuring out the controls
Prackli
22. Apr 2020 · 19:26 UTC
Sometimes when I try to move a character it freezes for a moment and the screen completely zooms out
Brachistosauro
22. Apr 2020 · 19:40 UTC
I like the atmosphere of the game, it really feels like a bunch of people in the middle of nowhere trying to survive. I played it for a while, didn't really know what I was supposed to do except farming, repairing robots and blackouts. I think it could turn out great with a bit more polishing!
CrashApe
22. Apr 2020 · 19:42 UTC
At day 4 it just ended with saying no one survived, eventhough i had food, power and everyone was healthy. I don't know why/what to do.

Also i had some game freezes (2-3 seconds) and sometimes it just zoomed out completly.

Overall it a funny game with nice graphics and a cool idea.
Weine
22. Apr 2020 · 19:43 UTC
Cool idea, although it found it hard to figure out what to do and what could be interacted with. A little more explanation would have helped. I'm also getting intermittent freezes. But I think the concept has a lot of potential, and you are not very far from a finished game! I hope you will make a full-featured and bugfixed post-jam version.
heyycap
22. Apr 2020 · 19:44 UTC
This game is tough! The ICKs move so fast it was pointless for me to try to defend against them. Blackouts happen really often. Good concept though. Could use balancing.