V.P.N. by LDJam user 280624
Stop right there! You must play the game first

| Link | https://torte478.itch.io/vpn |
| Link | https://github.com/torte478/gameJams/tree/LD59/ldjam-59-vpn |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/v-p-n-vector-pseudopod-navigation |
Ratings
| Overall | 44th | 3.909⭐ | 90🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 39th | 3.828⭐ | 89🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 64th | 3.747⭐ | 89🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 14th | 4.431⭐ | 89🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 141th | 3.517⭐ | 89🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 28th | 4.029⭐ | 88🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 20th | 3.919⭐ | 88🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 58th | 3.833⭐ | 89🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 30🗳️ | 40🗨️ |
Fun game with great music.

The game is quite difficult, however. If you don't understand when to disable the towers at the beginning, you'll end up spawning R.K.N. minions who will be a real nuisance later. Overall, it's not very convenient to disable every active tower when they all start moving, and it gets a bit frustrating over time. However, the mechanics themselves are quite interesting. The graphs turned out to be quite good.
Like the usage of the theme, the music also was good,
at some point it was very hard to get 100points.
like that 'vibe' button :D
A couple feedback notes:
- I missed a few on-screen hints because couldn't pull my eyes away from towers. It's a bit hard to read those, I wish they popped up and stopped the time instead.
- Playing from a laptop trackpad wasn't easy – aiming and right clicking is a bit tough, almost impossible after the tower F.
- I wish lone-standing towers were highlighted better, i.e. by drawing a severed connection to other towers
My personal strategy is to try to lure all enemies to one side of the network, hoping the other side is productive enough, not sure if it's the best one.
Perfect fit for the theme and completable in a good amount of time, very good :D
I am sure there is some advanced strategy, but I managed to finish just by removing connections once Nibbler was on it, and recreating it again. Final graph looks very nice, I am sure I could calculate the most optimal connections like... 11 years ago just before the discrete math exam, and then never again.
Seems like my time is somewhere around the middle:



chef's kiss
Took me 4m.40s :)



Everything about this was lovely - the music, the art, but most importantly of all - the idea! Great work


У меня не получилось разобраться, как работает терминал при нажатии ЛКМ на башню, но игра очень порадовала
Мне понравилась деталь с щупальцами, которые забирают постепенно весь текст
