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M0NK3_CONTROL by Adam Gallina

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made by Adam Gallina for Ludum Dare 59 (JAM)

Use your personal M0NK3 drone to explore an underground lab, trapping any specimens you find and searching for the lost research notes!

I would recommend playing on Itch.IO as it has a fullscreen button, otherwise the screen may feel incredibly cluttered

Controls and commands

  • Right click to pan camera
  • Scroll wheel to zoom
  • open [door ID] ("open d1")
  • close [door ID] ("close d1")
  • lock [door ID] ("lock d1")
  • unlock [door ID] ("unlock d1")
  • [M0NK3 ID] move [room ID] ("m1 move r2")
  • [M0NK3 ID] interface: Connect to a nearby item
  • [M0NK3 ID] download: Download a nearby log
  • [M0NK3 ID] control: Take manual control of a M0NK3
  • [M0NK3 ID] face [face ID]: Change M0NK3 face
  • radar [router ID]

Tools

  • Made in Godot 4.4
  • Sprites created in Krita
  • 3D models created in Blender

Attributions

  • Font: Share Tech Mono by Carrois Apostrophe
  • Metal texture: Metal 046 B by AmbientCG
  • Strong inspiration taken from Duskers
Github https://github.com/Adam-Gallina/ldj59
Itch.IO https://gallinagames.itch.io/m0nk3-control
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/m0nk3-control

Ratings

Overall 557th 3.391⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 719th 2.826⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 270th 3.63⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 334th 3.913⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 686th 3.065⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 362th 2.913⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 692th 3.087⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 17🗳️ 22🗨️

Feedback

Nidoprince
Apr 21st · 02:45 UTC
Got stuck when the red monkeys kept killing my guy. Enjoyable until then.
LDJam user 410492
Apr 21st · 03:30 UTC
This is awesome, love the take on signals. Would love to see more complicated scripting in a bigger version of the game!
VenomousMouse
Apr 21st · 15:47 UTC
Nice game, but a bit hard to get started.
kremlebot
Apr 21st · 19:00 UTC
I didn't understand how to play
NotALobster
Apr 22nd · 00:01 UTC
FYI I think the itch build is out of date, since there's a bunch of godot image placeholders. Either way, good job! Was pretty fun.
AJ Atkinson
Apr 22nd · 00:34 UTC
Really cool idea! I love the effect of the radar sending waves out periodically to get a reading. It was a little tough at first to figure out how to do things, but I think's it's a great execution of a interesting idea.
And definitely well suited for the theme. Kudos!
🎤 Adam Gallina
Apr 22nd · 22:30 UTC
@kremlebot The first step is to click the 'MSG' button, and then it should give you a tutorial through most of the gameplay - let me know if you want a better guide than that and I'll add some actual objectives/hints to the desciption, it sounds like you're not the only one having issues

@notalobster Thanks for the heads-up, fixing that now
nathmate
Apr 23rd · 08:36 UTC
Pretty good Duskers clone.

I found Tony Torial too chatty, with such small windows it'd often push some useful information off screen with flavour text. The dials on the radar and scanner seemed a bit buggy and didn't point where I thought they would.
LouDev
Apr 23rd · 08:39 UTC
Had a good time! Turning the dials was a little tricky for me but otherwise the controls were good. Would be cool if there was a moment you had to run from the red drones and quickly close a door behind you or something.
TopperVideoGames
Apr 23rd · 08:56 UTC
I had a funny playthrough of this game. I spent a bit too long looking for the generator since I didn't fully enter the room it was in, even with the right scan going. Understanding why those doors closed on me took a while even with the document telling me I was supposed to lock them. By sheer coincidence I believe I locked the last enemy in the room with the password, so I had to wait a while to get it to move elsewhere.

I really do like the typing interface of the game, the waiting around and time it took to figure some things out did add a bit more frustration than I thought it would. Tony also talks way too fast, it would be nice to have dialogue proceed on click instead of automatically. I do think the presentation was really well done, and I did understand the controls right away. Just knowing what the game wanted from me was bumpy. Good work!
Bobap
Apr 27th · 04:02 UTC
Love the concept. You got a lot done with this project. Not much to play through for the jam, but great bones for future development. The UI was intuitive and the ability to move and resize the panels felt great. Being able to press up/down on the arrows to quickly re-enter commands was huge. Lots of quality of life inclusions. A little curious as to why you chose a 3D environment when it feels like it was made for 2D unless it was for some feature that ended up being cut. No real critiques other than wishing there was more of it to explore.
🎤 Adam Gallina
Apr 28th · 21:51 UTC
@bobap Originally I wanted to have some alternate camera views, definitely wished I'd just gone for a simpler 2D view from the beginning lol. Glad you liked the UI, it was pretty fun to make
Cazik21
Apr 29th · 14:40 UTC
I started the game and I couldn't follow the text explaining how to play. I recommend less complexity. Great job!
GBT13
Apr 29th · 18:12 UTC
Interesting take on the theme! The tutorial text felt like it was shown a bit too slowly but didn't end up explaining enough of the game i.m.o, but maybe I just didn't follow it closely enough.

A bit more handholding for what is expected of you, or a special linear tutorial section would've made the start of the game clearer. The graphics looked very nice and the UI felt intuitive and fitting :) (Also having to type [M0NK3 ID] [action] versus [action] [object id] for the actions on objects didn´t click in my head, I kept messing up the order but that might just be me haha)
CodeChomper
May 07th · 12:33 UTC
I seem to got myself stuck right away, I click on the msg button for the tutorial but it just stays at Tony is typing.... and never says anything. I like how you make windows that are draggable and a coding terminal, like an OS to play the game. Awesome to see another Godot game, I love that engine