Don't Panic by csLupius

made by csLupius for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

Inside the core room of a nuclear power plant, Things start to go wrong. You have to complete various tasks to stabilise the nuclear core as fast as you can before the bars reach the top of the room and prevent a nuclear disaster.

Can you act under pressure and keep the core from exploding? Whatever you do, DON'T PANIC!

Controls;

WASD - to Move Around

Shift - to run

E - to interact

Mouse - to hold and other various actions

Thank you for playing! Please give us a feedback all is welcomed :D

Change Log

06.10.2021

Updated Wave Match Minigame to be easier
Fixed wall clipping error in Labyrinth Minigame's 2nd and 3rd phase
Lowered 'success' volume

Link	https://omer1615.itch.io/dont-panic
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/dont-panic

Ratings

Overall	324^th	3.833⭐	32🧑‍⚖️
Fun	523^th	3.617⭐	32🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	600^th	3.45⭐	32🧑‍⚖️
Theme	248^th	4.067⭐	32🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	393^th	3.983⭐	32🧑‍⚖️
Audio	442^th	3.567⭐	32🧑‍⚖️
Humor	959^th	2.593⭐	29🧑‍⚖️
Mood	344^th	3.786⭐	30🧑‍⚖️
Given		57🗳️	38🗨️

Feedback

Whysguy52

05. Oct 2021 · 08:15 UTC

link is 404

zakaria

05. Oct 2021 · 08:21 UTC

I love the atrwork and the vibe that the game gives off, good work dude !

Ibrahim Oezhan

05. Oct 2021 · 08:33 UTC

i died at the polonium thing . There isnt really an explanation . but i like the other tasks

VarunDevs

05. Oct 2021 · 13:12 UTC

GG!!

mandy858

05. Oct 2021 · 13:15 UTC

Loveeeeed so much. The mood is kind of creepy, but the graphics are awesome and the theme is really respected. Can you finish the game? Polygram puzzle a little bit too hard for me, but love the others ones. Great job.

Prostone

05. Oct 2021 · 13:19 UTC

"3,6 roentgen? Not great, not terrible..."

I like the minigames approach as they are still true to the unstable theme, with the overarching unstable reactor at the core (heh).

Was holding for a long time (in my eyes), but then sinus waves got me.

Just some small notes - menu for retry is not properly scaled in window mode and minigame with elements is not properly scaled on fullscreen - at least in my browser.

Great submission!

Flaterectomy

05. Oct 2021 · 13:23 UTC

Doing some focused tasks while the world around you gets more frantic is a solid concept. It never got fully frantic though, there were alarms sounding out but they were pretty calm when the place exploded on me.

I was certain I got the sine wave correct - same height, same width - but it simply didn't overlap with the example and time ran out. Boom!

A nice effort, a good selection of individual tasks, but I feel you could've made things a lot more panicked.

tetrapteryx

05. Oct 2021 · 14:11 UTC

A tutorial would be helpful, some of the tasks needed a bit more explanation at first. I think the UI could have been more prominent, too. I loved the variety of tasks though, and it's a really good looking game! The environment and lighting set the mood well, and that bloom effect is lovely.

🎤 csLupius

05. Oct 2021 · 14:14 UTC

@whysguy52 Thank you for the warning we fixed it just after you commented

Wang TianLiang

05. Oct 2021 · 17:11 UTC

good game

Whysguy52

05. Oct 2021 · 18:00 UTC

This was really well done. I died at the wave length module on round 2 because I couldn't get the waves to match. I'm pretty sure I got the frequency right but the phase was shifted just barely so it wouldn't match up with the other wave so it wouldn't accept it. I went real slow to make sure i got it just right and sometimes it would jump a lot. I loved this game but for that station, add a slider for the phase instead of amplitude or use a button to change the frequency since the slider is a bit sensitive/hard to be precise with.

🎤 csLupius

06. Oct 2021 · 08:39 UTC

@flaterectomy @prostone @mandy858 Just sent an update I hope you guys find time to try again :)

MaximBegunov

06. Oct 2021 · 11:35 UTC

Oh, a fellow nuclear reactor game. I very much enjoyed your atmosphere. The tasks were clear and difficulty was just right to make everything in time and not get stuck anywhere. Still I had 1 panic moment. Well done game.

voodinator

06. Oct 2021 · 12:24 UTC

I really enjoyed your game. All the graphics (2d & 3d) are great and i loved the atmosphere. The mini games are fun and all different, kinda reminds me of among us. Maybe its a bit too easy but better too easy than too hard :) well done guys

David Mason

06. Oct 2021 · 21:29 UTC

Nice

Alex Chertilin

08. Oct 2021 · 11:21 UTC

I didn't panic but exploded.. Sometimes I had laggys, But I like everything in the complex

Ausstein

08. Oct 2021 · 12:00 UTC

Quite cool game, I liked it :)

I would have loved a sensitivity slider for the mouse, I don't really like the high sensitivities.

Also on the morse code one you could just hold down the button.

I managed to save the reactor :)

Xeke-Death

08. Oct 2021 · 12:24 UTC

Very good work with the graphics. The room looked great, the effects were good and not overdone.
The minigames were fun and very suited to the environment. I liked the ramp up in difficulty, and that the reactor was happy as sunrise, because things were getting very unstable at the end there.

Hydezeke

08. Oct 2021 · 14:02 UTC

![stabilized.png](///raw/661/f1/z/47d31.png)

Can't believe I did it. The wire loop game was so difficult on my trackpad but I did eventually succeed.

Very cool game. I LOVE the ambient music track in the background after the tutorial section. I really didn't like the O2/CO2 level game at first but it ended up being my favorite as I got better at it. I love all the FX in the game- the microscope laser, the hologram bar graphs on the middle table. Really cool space.

EvokeSoul

09. Oct 2021 · 10:08 UTC

Well done this is a really good game the sound effects are amazing and the mini games are really easy to understand

D3kryption

10. Oct 2021 · 15:23 UTC

I really like the graphics. They are really nice so great work!
The sound effects are so goood! I really had fun playing this one :D

huntthewumpus

10. Oct 2021 · 15:23 UTC

Ahhh the follow-the-path game killed me, but I had fun doing all of the other minigames. Reminded me of the best parts of among us: the minigames :D
Also the music becoming so creepy was a nice touch.

0x89A

10. Oct 2021 · 15:27 UTC

Really liked this one, some really cool ideas for the minigames/tasks.

elysiagriffin

11. Oct 2021 · 15:19 UTC

Hi there! Thanks for submitting your game for me to play live during my Twitch stream!

If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1172268556?t=1h17m48s

Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady

https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin

Sanemsky

12. Oct 2021 · 08:36 UTC

@elysiagriffin thank you for playing!! you have given great feedback. Have a good streaming :D

CinderBlock

13. Oct 2021 · 00:23 UTC

I really loved the presentation of everything I saw. The overarching idea for the game was very well thought out and executed, and I liked every minigame, and how they were all themed around this nuclear power plant.

I find the doomsday music at the end to contrast the very "cartoonish" and playful feel of the rest of the game, but otherwise the sound design and choice was very good.

I think this has the potential to be a very solid party game that people might play together as either a co-op or vs mode.

v0idpointer

14. Oct 2021 · 21:17 UTC

This is probably one of the best LD entries I played! I really liked it alot. Great job!!

Adam Martin

19. Oct 2021 · 01:40 UTC

The pressure near the end with the "moaning" was great and I loved all the minigames except the operation game because that is very hard given the width of the hallways.