Piggybacker by Rinevard

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made by Rinevard for Ludum Dare 59 (COMPO)

GTA X is out now! But your signal is terrible, and the most annoying part is your friend Alex is already playing it... What do you do?

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All feedback is welcome! I tried to make a humorous/meme game, but I'm not sure whether the pacing is good enough. Suggestions on how to improve the game design would be really appreciated!

I know you might not want to be mean, but I really want to know what you liked and disliked about this game. If you think it's boring, it is totally fine to comment your honest thoughts. I'll learn from my mistakes ;)

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Ratings

Overall 31th 4⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 18th 4.075⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 18th 4.053⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 47th 4.2⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 135th 3.553⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 186th 3⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 10th 4.342⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 71th 3.789⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 32🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

mdotedot
Apr 20th · 05:02 UTC
As an ethical hacker I approve this! :D Nice WIFI - hacking; good job
Yueyao Wang
Apr 20th · 05:29 UTC
I love this!!! Amazing work!!
LDJam user 428646
Apr 20th · 06:19 UTC
Gotta give this five stars just for the spinning dog. Each upgrade felt like such a massive jump which was pure dopamine straight to the cranium. I wasn't even paying attention to the actual numbers, but the constant changes in gameplay made the progression feel so much more tangible than in most incrementals. I don't really have any negative feedback. Great work!
jk5000
Apr 20th · 07:18 UTC
This is a interesting and fun little game. I didn't understand everything in the game, but I did understand enough to have fun with the game, and I did get downloaded GTA. Overall a really good jam game. Well done.
cagibi
Apr 20th · 17:22 UTC
Cool idea! I wonder if it's possible to sanely complete the game on the lowest signal? :D
pres2300
Apr 20th · 20:49 UTC
Nice interpretation of the theme! I really liked the progression of the game as you unlock new tools and faster speeds. Nice work!

![Screenshot from 2026-04-20 13-49-15.png](///raw/3bc/4/z/70f3d.png)
mc shopot
Apr 21st · 08:10 UTC
Nice game! You couldn't just invent this as a game idea — you have to live through it xD Funny humor
TermiGht
Apr 21st · 09:02 UTC
This was so much fun. I loved the terminal.
MossGames
Apr 21st · 11:43 UTC
Very cool concept, it has a solid progression and a very intuitive gameplay. It feels like a mobile version of Uplink!
Rinnnzy
Apr 21st · 15:11 UTC
This game is truly cooooool.When I’m downloading huge games on Steam, I wanna hog every single WiFi within range—and I pray nobody else uses the internet so the WiFi’s ALL MINE!
LDJam user 371996
Apr 21st · 16:11 UTC
Love the absurd feeling wwwww it really like the experience when I try to download the newest games. And the graphics are very well! Good game~
snk
Apr 22nd · 16:32 UTC
Was the dog meant to be a real robo dog stealing parts of files? Very funny, well done :D
wo_ri_gou_le
Apr 24th · 06:22 UTC
This is funny asf bruh :laughing: Once I get the idea I knew this is one of the kind, really brilliant use case of that game genre( how do you call this type of games, where numbers need to grow magnitude higher and higher?)

Quickly got the GTAX app, thought it is just a fun and nice entry, then realized it was just the downloader, really kicked my ass I laughed so hard, Alex was funny too, and there's a dog ascii and all that hacker shit, I had a lot of fun, thanks!

(卧槽才发现哥们你是那个之前做那个啥的那个,进步真快啊,厉害的
🎤 Rinevard
Apr 24th · 08:09 UTC
@wo-ri-gou-le 感谢游玩喵!这种应该叫增量游戏。做这个的初衷是想做点带剧情的东西,想学一学danman9914和lectvs的那种超展开的风格。感觉其实学得不怎么好()不过还是感谢游玩喵!
wo_ri_gou_le
Apr 24th · 09:05 UTC
@rinevard 喵。。。喵吗。。(我知道这叫增量游戏但是以为你是外国人想问下英语叫什么 :nerd: 搜了下好像就叫 增量 游戏Incremental game
zakchaos
Apr 24th · 22:33 UTC
i thought was really cool how it posed a question to the user, and made them have ethical choices, very interesting! really beautifully designed and aesthetic was very consistent, and cohesive. Great job!
vidarn
Apr 25th · 10:37 UTC
This was great! Such a fun experience. The pacing was perfect and the game kept entertaining and surprising me. Really enjoyed it!

...And to address your remark in the description, I'm not trying to "be nice" ;) You did a great job with this one!

I guess if I'm really trying to think of something, the only space for improvement I can come up with would be to make the background music a bit more varied. It sounds good but it feels like it should build up a bit more, with some more elements coming in after a while perhaps? That's nitpicking though, and only because you explicitly asked for feedback.

Loved the game and I'm looking forward to your future entries.
🎤 Rinevard
Apr 25th · 13:52 UTC
@vidarn Thanks for playing! I'm still a beginner at making music, but I'll definitely learn it when I have more time =)

Wow I just realized I've played your game! I really enjoy it!
Coro_yy
Apr 26th · 17:30 UTC
That was fun! Fits the theme. If I had to complain about something it would be, that the music was super loud and that it wasn't really clear that I had to scroll down in the menu bar on the left to find the newly unlocked tools.
LDJam user 424632
Apr 26th · 19:50 UTC
A cool, entertaining game! excellent entry into the given topic, well done! ![Screenshot 2026-04-26 224639.png](///raw/8ba/76/z/72c60.png)
Bobap
Apr 26th · 21:48 UTC
Great use of the theme. The popup notifications were great to mark milestones. Love that it had a definitive ending. Felt like an incremental game on fast forward. Could have maybe stretched it a bit with a few upgrade steps. It felt a little jarring suddenly going from 1 wifi to being able to use ALL of them at once. Overall, very well done.
LDJam user 303624
Apr 27th · 19:30 UTC
I love it, nothing negative to say at all. Had me chuckling the whole way through! Great entry:)