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Catching the Signal by MeeRebane

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made by MeeRebane for Ludum Dare 59 (JAM)

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If you want to play in full screen, you can go to the itch.io page.

There is a new boy on the block (invasive species) called signal crayfish. Can you catch all the signals and not crash into the ground?

Controls:

A and D, Left and Right Arrow - Rotate your drone in the air

W, Up Arrow - Boost drone towards wherever it is facing

R - Restart level

Backspace - Back to main Menu

Some extra info on how to play: Hard mode - When not playing on hard mode, your drone stops turning when you let go of A or D. Hard mode disables that convenience, so you have to manually keep yourself from spinning out of control by applying force in the opposite direction

If your start by pressing start game there will also be a timer and restart counter so you can attempt to speedrun the game. To anyone who wants to beat us, our current best time is 1 death and 55 seconds from start to finish!

Ps. Please be gentle with controls and indeed you cannot boost when you don't have signal. If you happen to notice performance drops after playing for a while, reloading the page seems to fix them.

itch.io https://laurlehepuu.itch.io/catching-the-signal
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/catching-the-signal

Ratings

Overall 302th 3.75⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 23th 4.2⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 98th 3.938⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 97th 4.292⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 606th 3.313⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Humor 120th 3.795⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 555th 3.413⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 21🗳️ 27🗨️

Feedback

zakchaos
Apr 20th · 05:33 UTC
I was having a blast crashing repeatedly and exploding with first 10 seconds,
very cool concept, and very tricky controls, I think could be some more gentle challenges between first and second level, but I think you have a really great concept, awesome lobster art!
fullmetal_automaton
Apr 20th · 06:11 UTC
Feels a bit like an old flash game. Pretty fun immediately, but it feels like it does ramp up in difficulty quite fast.
Ron88
Apr 20th · 08:03 UTC
The idea is innovative. Story is fun, art is cute. You did great :)
042a
Apr 20th · 20:29 UTC
Damn, now I need to repair my FPV drones... I think you nailed the control/physics here of flying w/o gyro. Adrenaline!
Whiteowl4399
Apr 21st · 00:46 UTC
Lobster reminds me of the pasta I ate last night:) Very challenging, even on non-hard mode it made me crash many times.
LaurLehepuu
Apr 21st · 00:49 UTC
@whiteowl4399 Absolutely peak feedback about the lobster. Gave me a good chuckle :)
LLlarsO
Apr 21st · 07:32 UTC
Great game mechanics!

The controls feel good and I like that you explode when you are too fast. I was motivated to complete the game, but I also have to say, that the difficulty is too hard early on, which will exclude some players. Having some more simple levels, where you can get used to the controls would be good.

The sliding system is a lot of fun!
I also like the sound of the drone.
The artstyle is fitting and I really like the lobster design. :)
Great work and nice implementation of the theme!

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nyxkn
Apr 21st · 10:00 UTC
Wow such a fun game!! I love how unhinged this all was :rofl: Finished in 4min something. Controls felt great, and was challenging but not TOO frustrating, within the spirit of wacky physics games. But mainly it was just very fun! I had a smile the whole time. Great experience, thanks!
Teaminister
Apr 21st · 11:51 UTC
It was a lot of fun. Finished in 5 minutes :v:
Art was cool, gameplay - entertaining. Somethings physics of our drone is, well, out there, hahah, but i understand it is intetional.
A very cool game, may be frustraiting, but for me - not at all.

You did a great job!
a333
Apr 21st · 13:42 UTC
That was fun. Controls are surprisingly tight and satisfying! And many thanks for the quick restart key!
Nice art too!
franklyn01
Apr 21st · 16:12 UTC
Super satisfying controls and nice way of incorporating the theme! Overall a very fun experience.
Dywanix
Apr 21st · 17:58 UTC
I really like vibe of this game and artstyle
Honor_Takayama
Apr 21st · 22:09 UTC
A really cool, concise game. Great job!
sodaman
Apr 21st · 22:12 UTC
great! i loved discovering the environment by crashing into stuff to be able to finish the levels
ZedGame
Apr 21st · 22:15 UTC
Restarts: 50, Time: 5:16:39

I really enjoyed the unique mechanic! Though I found the difficulty curve a little steep..

The game overall is really good, satisfying sound design as well!
PokeyDem
Apr 21st · 22:15 UTC
Interesting idea! Really enjoyed playing. Also, I think it would be cool to add a sensitivity setting so each player can adjust how fast the drone rotates. But overall, great work!
kanhao
Apr 21st · 22:28 UTC
The control scheme is quite interesting, and the interpretation of the theme is also very creative.
oxnh
Apr 22nd · 01:47 UTC
This feels quite good to control, I haven't rated many games but I think this is the most fun game I've played. When I played the first level I couldn't help but laugh when I crashed my drone into the ground at a trillion km/h. I like the pixel art too, but the font looks like it isn't using nearest scaling. Yeah the font doesn't look great.
LaurLehepuu
Apr 22nd · 09:55 UTC
@oxnh Hey, programmer here. Yeah you are so right on the font, it is mad blurry and bothers me to high hell. Not even nearest scaling seemed to fix it :). I gave it a good hour and a half just trying to find ways to not make it blurry but absolutely nothing seemed to work. I'll figure it out for the next jam i promise hahahah :)
LDJam user 423872
Apr 22nd · 17:00 UTC
It's a fun game, but it drives me crazy 🤪
krawa
Apr 23rd · 20:26 UTC
Super fun and chaotic, crashing nonstop but enjoying it
Controls feel great, awesome concept and lobster art
Difficulty ramps up a bit fast early on, but overall great experience 👍