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BLIZZARD by Neon Kuroasa

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made by Neon Kuroasa for Ludum Dare 59 (COMPO)

Blizzard

!! USE THE WINDOWS BUILD IF YOU CAN THE WEB BUILD IS BORKED !!

You're lost in antarctica. Radio towers are broken. Red ore compells you. No signal means no help. Something may be lurking out there...

Warning

LOUD VOLUME WARNING. PLEASE BE READY TO ADJUST YOUR SOUND LEVELS. IT DOES NOT CARE. IT DOESN'T UNDERSTAND. IT'LL BE AS IT ALWAYS WAS

Good afternoon, [--missing data--]

We would like to congratulate you as you take on this brand new opportunity in your career.

Your work as [--missing data--] has been duly recognized and it is well past time we, Korpocorp inc., saw to the advancement of your career

As a part of our company's move from the artificial intelligence buisness to the brand new, oh-so-exciting world of esoteric ore extraction, we are glad to offer you a promotion as "Lead Antarctic expedition Senior leader"

Failure to present yourself in time for promotion ceremonies would impact your monthly pay, as well as your [--NO data--] and your [--NO data--] insurance privileges.

The company believes in you

We believe in you

You are definitely the person for the job, [--Missing data--] !

-John Johnson Korpocorp CEO

Controls

WASD - Direction SPACE - Interact MOUSE - Clicks

Disclaimer

This is my first ever Compo attempt, and BOY did i overcomplicate things. This game is nowhere near a finished state. Progression between base entries is not saved, so you should reactivate your towers after each time you exit the base.

If you're wondering what you should do to see all this has to offer, here are some pointers : - Just go, there's some stuff to see out there. !> - Wait 20 seconds with no network signal, then come back to base !> - Use the jammer when IT follows you !> - Buy the megacluster radar, and follow it to the end

Link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MSnV33oh4XmcOFdYDLuDi1b09s8JISNY/view?usp=sharing
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/blizzard

Ratings

Overall 108th 3.6⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 207th 3.075⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 236th 2.925⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 129th 3.8⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 42th 4.1⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 17th 4.1⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 162th 2.289⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 16th 4.175⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 12🗳️ 10🗨️

Feedback

TermiGht
Apr 20th · 15:22 UTC
This is a nice game! I am amazed by the art and effects. The UI looks nice but sadly it is too small on my display so i could not see my toolbar normally. A fullscreen mode would be nice.
LDJam user 234567
Apr 20th · 19:12 UTC
The soundscape is incredible. Congratulations :thumbsup:

The atmosphere is calm but heavy
khaotom
Apr 20th · 19:16 UTC
cool environment to explore. i didn't engage with the buying and crafting part but i did find a tasty looking red mound which ended up being my demise i think. nice!
thelasttankmage
Apr 23rd · 21:24 UTC
Awesome vibe and atmosphere. Love the sound design and graphics. Very cool!
SMOLBIGBY
Apr 23rd · 21:31 UTC
I really liked the atmosphere and lore of the game, but for some reason, crafting just didn’t work. The UI also looks fantastic.
frozenfire92
Apr 23rd · 21:42 UTC
Wow the atmosphere in this game is spot on. I really like the graphics and the mood. It's a bit slow (but so is going through snow :joy:) that the pesky blizzard got me haha. Keep on making games
FlameSeer
Apr 24th · 00:35 UTC
This is really cool, aesthetics, vibes, everything are on point and I'd probably have played it for a long time except I can't get the crafting to work so don't feel like I can make much progress :'(
zhangzhimu
May 06th · 10:39 UTC
No signal means no rescue. This setting is very interesting! Linking the signals to survival, there are also many interactive elements in the game, and it is considered highly playable.
kayrum
May 06th · 20:01 UTC
Really immersive atmosphere, amazingly elaborate for a comp game. some collectables have black lines on the top of their sprite turn on mirrored looping to avoid. If you want to see my [live reaction](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2765670934?t=01h44m25s).
Coda Highland
May 07th · 21:14 UTC
Solid game! The sound design is excellent, some of the best I've seen in a jam game. (There's a bug where the wind sound cuts out abruptly instead of looping or fading but it's not a big deal.) And the graphics are pretty good.

It is BRUTALLY difficult. This isn't a bad thing -- it's okay for games to be hard -- but it's true.

The slow walking pace is good for setting the mood but it makes the game as a whole feel kind of tedious. Maybe if you come back to this afterward you could tune the pacing a little more, speed up both the player and the blizzard to keep the difficulty consistent but make walking from place to place feel a little more engaging.

I'm not sure the ending works (unless that's what you meant was broken in the web build?) -- I got to the giant pile of neonite that the megacluster radar pointed me to but I couldn't interact with it no matter what I tried and then the blizzard got me.

I was never able to get the 20 seconds and return thing successfully, either -- it was just too hard. Maybe I'll try again later.
Coda Highland
May 07th · 23:47 UTC
> I was never able to get the 20 seconds and return thing successfully, either – it was just too hard. Maybe I’ll try again later.

Huh. I did it, but nothing special happened.