johto by LDJam user 249050

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made by LDJam user 249050 for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

You are responsible for a patch of airspace. You are the Air Traffic Controller.

Download the executable for your platform if you can (the web export is a worse version).

The title from the end part of my native language's word for ATC ("lennonjohto").

Music and sound effects created by my friend (no ldjammer profile).

Ratings

Overall 508th 3.632⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 426th 3.605⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 235th 3.778⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 265th 4.083⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 633th 3.5⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 237th 3.737⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 595th 2.824⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Mood 727th 3.342⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 30🗳️ 28🗨️

Feedback

Unbugged
03. Oct 2023 · 15:44 UTC
Simple gameplay and a nice approach to the subject. Works quite nicely. Thanks for the entry. Loistavaa työtä! :smiley:
egawag
19. Oct 2023 · 20:22 UTC
I really loved that! Simple gameplay with really good scaling difficulty. Great work!!!
Rezistor
19. Oct 2023 · 20:28 UTC
This is a solid game! I think it supposed to be stressful, but I was super relaxed while playing. Great work!
Killnaprimer
19. Oct 2023 · 20:29 UTC
Hey! Cool idea, controls are simple and its pretty meditative, tho i wish difficulty would ramp up a bit faster
sinus
19. Oct 2023 · 21:51 UTC
Nice game! I played the web version without any problems. I really like the beep-sound and warning icon when a near plane enters the air space. This and the dashed flight path makes the game very intuitive.

It was difficult for me to grasp what distances are considered a near miss or a warning. Maybe you could visualize those somehow?

The difficulty didn't really increased a long time and then suddenly there where planes everywhere ^^
EgorMnc
19. Oct 2023 · 22:07 UTC
I liked the game interesting gameplay
Dan Str
19. Oct 2023 · 22:11 UTC
Despite the tight deadline, you made a great game! Keep up the good work
Flying Dog Fish
19. Oct 2023 · 22:37 UTC
Simple and fun game. It starts really easy (don't have to actually do anything for a while) and then it slowly get more and more chaotic. I managed to get 430. Planes look like planes, the warning sounds are fun and the music is soothing. The changing flightlines are very clearly displayed.
LDJam user 301711
19. Oct 2023 · 23:01 UTC
Really cool idea, I like how hectic it gets with all the noises too. Well done.
LDJam user 206001
19. Oct 2023 · 23:32 UTC
Pretty cool idea, but planes are always usually without risk of collision, only if I change the route wrongly. There was no real challenge, just watching the planes flying
sinclairstrange
19. Oct 2023 · 23:41 UTC
Very peaceful game weirdly which isn't a bad thing, lovely thing to relax too from coming back from work! A found it a little too easy and had some morbid curiosity to see what would happen if I made the planes collide! Overall really nice little time waster, great stuff!
🎤 LDJam user 249050
20. Oct 2023 · 06:50 UTC
@sinus The web version is missing particle effects I spent *tens* of minutes tweaking! Warnings start from a much longer distance and are just an "aid" to the player. The amount of planes goes up all the time, but indeed it doesn't feel difficult until it's close to the peak value.

@killnaprimer @flying-dog-fish @lincolnsalles Yeah, I already felt the nonoptimal difficulty curve when playtesting, I was planning on adding more mechanics to fill the gaps but in the end decided to ship a small thing that mostly works.
BlueDandelion
20. Oct 2023 · 09:50 UTC
Very cool game. I am quite fond of planes so I enjoyed this one. Well done!
LDJam user 307016
20. Oct 2023 · 10:47 UTC
👍👍
knightoftheday
20. Oct 2023 · 11:38 UTC
Good game! Great gameplay and difficulty curve.
Teto
20. Oct 2023 · 16:10 UTC
Great little entry, simple idea but engaging and looks really cute! I like the warning lines and sound effects which give a nice sense of chaos when they all start coming in! The only thing I would say (similar to previous comments) is that it would be nice for the difficulty to scale a little quicker to start with then maybe slow it down as it felt like it was very easy until it was really quite hard!