Module Overload by YurisCat

made by YurisCat for Ludum Dare 59 (JAM)

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https://yuriscat.itch.io/module-overload

Module Overload

Made for Ludum Dare 59.

About

Module Overload is a fast-paced real-time strategy and reaction game about managing unstable systems under pressure. Keep multiple modules from spiraling out of control, survive wave after wave, and expand your layout with new modules and affixes. The current build features 9 module minigames and 15 affixes, letting each run evolve into a different high-pressure setup.

Core Hook

Juggle multiple module-based minigames at the same time.
Trigger Signal Overload to speed everything up when you need a burst of momentum.
Survive as long as possible while building a more chaotic and more powerful dashboard.

Controls
Mouse: interact with modules and UI
Space: signal overload
Esc: pause
R: restart
M: mute
How to Play

Download the build, unzip it, and run the executable.

介绍.png This is my first time handling the code for a game. Thanks to Spiral for the amazing audio and for keeping me company throughout. It was an unforgettable adventure.

google drive	https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cc1SVVTbFyBHLcmjF7U6B3mKZVVyTMu9?usp=drive_link
Itch.io	https://yuriscat.itch.io/module-overload
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/module-overload

Ratings

Overall	66^th	4.12⭐	48🧑‍⚖️
Fun	28^th	4.178⭐	47🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	101^th	3.935⭐	48🧑‍⚖️
Theme	561^th	3.446⭐	48🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	123^th	4.359⭐	48🧑‍⚖️
Audio	101^th	4.054⭐	48🧑‍⚖️
Humor	67^th	4.023⭐	46🧑‍⚖️
Mood	240^th	3.946⭐	48🧑‍⚖️
Given		35🗳️	74🗨️

Feedback

Apr 21st · 05:27 UTC

Very juicy visuals! And, overall, very engaging!

Apr 21st · 05:41 UTC

AAAAAAAH NOO MY SHEEEEP![Screenshot 2026-04-20 at 10.40.09 PM.png](///raw/65d/36/z/71d0c.png)

Apr 22nd · 07:30 UTC

The interactions on these little widgets are so clever! Plus, the art style is super adorable. Great job!

Apr 22nd · 07:56 UTC

Cool manager game! I like it!

Apr 22nd · 12:05 UTC

@peppersalt07 Oh no, it probably can't come back Q.Q

Apr 22nd · 12:06 UTC

@ii-p Thanks for playing and for the kind words, I'm so happy! Your work is really engaging too!

Apr 22nd · 21:03 UTC

Really good art and juicy effects! But really challenging since I'm no good at multi-tasking.

It might just be my personal flavor, but I find very few motivation to keep playing the game. The goal is to survive. But the "upgrades" I choose only makes it harder to survive. TBH, the moment I found out my effort is only for making my life harder I wanted to skip the upgrade, and I wanted to stop playing when I realized that I couldn't skip it QAQ. I think the game could benefit from adding some real positive feedbacks (in terms of gameplay mechanic).

Apr 23rd · 05:55 UTC

@shanyu-jin Thanks for the kind words! I did spend quite a bit of time on the widgets and interaction feedback~

Apr 23rd · 05:55 UTC

@venomousmouse Thanks for the love <3

Apr 23rd · 05:57 UTC

@brucezoom Yes yes you're so right!!! Everything just makes the game harder, you're absolutely spot on. I should add something so that upgrades aren't purely negative. Unfortunately I ran out of time for this jam, but if I decide to keep working on this game in the future, I'll definitely take that into consideration. I'll also keep this in mind for the next jam. BTW I played your game haha, I really liked how the upgrades work on your end hh

Apr 23rd · 05:58 UTC

@brucezoom Oh I just remembered, that's actually why I introduced the "enchantment" system. But then I ended up designing enchantments with both positive AND negative effects, and I overcomplicated the whole thing. I think if I had another chance, I'd make enchantments purely positive. That would fix it!

Apr 23rd · 06:17 UTC

披萨塔老鼠好可爱啊啊啊啊啊I really love your art style; the overall UI layout and color palette look so clean and cohesive. I especially wanted to say that the "Pizza Tower" style rat is incredibly cute and derpy 10/10！！！

Apr 23rd · 07:07 UTC

@accelerate0814 哈哈我也很喜欢那个老鼠，我的朋友收集了很多它的表情包！你们的游戏有这么多配音，沉浸感超强！！
Haha I love that rat too, my friend has collected a ton of memes/stickers of it lol
Your game is super immersive with all that voice acting!!

Apr 23rd · 08:13 UTC

Mascot is very cute! And the idea of parallel warioware is pretty neat!

Apr 23rd · 08:21 UTC

If there were more minigames and affixes, I feel like I could play this for hours.

Apr 23rd · 13:40 UTC

the game is very addictive, especially I like this minimalistic graphics that you have in your game. I think it's great.
This is probably the best thing I've seen in this jam.

Apr 23rd · 13:50 UTC

Very cool and fastpaced gameplay, for zoomers would be great) And game have nice visual also great work on sound and music![Screenshot_20260423_164845.png](///raw/25b/76/z/7274f.png)

Apr 23rd · 13:51 UTC

Rat, don't sleep! I really liked it.

Apr 23rd · 20:50 UTC

Looks like upgraded version of the game Multitask. I have a problem to understand what i need to do with mouse, but all other minigames are nice. Gud job!![sadq3rtw4g3.png](///raw/0f9/06/z/7282d.png)

Apr 23rd · 23:33 UTC

@yodak Haha thanks for the compliment! I noticed your game also has a mouse (or some kind of high-tech mouse!) in it — we must be kindred spirits lol

Apr 23rd · 23:50 UTC

@orangeoceans Haha if I keep working on it I'll definitely add more minigames! I think it's a solid framework! Thanks for playing! I'm really glad my game kept you entertained for that long

Apr 23rd · 23:52 UTC

I wanted to post my score but looking above I can see there's nothing to be proud of with my ~50 signal in total. The game is awesome. Some minigames felt harder than the others, but given there's a way to reroll, that's probably a design choice. The audio and gfx were great, and the gameplay is extremely stressful, but I guess that's the idea. :sweat_smile:

Great entry, congrats!

Apr 23rd · 23:57 UTC

@jqnof Thank you for the kind words! I'm honored that my game could give you such a great experience!! I played your game too and it's really nice! I don't have the courage to make a 3D game in LD yet — I feel like it would take so much time, but you pulled it off!

Apr 24th · 00:13 UTC

@irkar Thanks for playing! You said the same thing as one of my friends haha, he also thinks the game is more suited for younger players (I can't last very long myself either unless I rely on enchantment strategies to make up for it). As for the music, I'm glad to have a professional composer Spiral on board for this jam! Thanks for your feedback!!

Apr 24th · 00:21 UTC

@anatei ![34ded289-6542-45cc-9fc2-0a97fd522d4a.png](///raw/574/82/z/72871.png)

Thank you! Your game is really brain-teasing, tests my reflexes, and super relaxing all at the same time!

Apr 24th · 00:31 UTC

@oeuegha What an amazing score! I went and tried Multitask, and honestly it really impressed me. I didn't expect that all the controls could be handled at once using multiple key bindings. If I keep updating the game in the future, I'll definitely put more thought into keyboard controls! Thanks for playing!

Apr 24th · 00:41 UTC

@marudziik Any score is worth posting! I really appreciate you playing my game! Yeah it's designed to get progressively harder, but other players have also suggested adding some positive upgrades to make it more fun, and I'll definitely take that into consideration in the future. I checked out your profile and wow, you've participated in so many LDs! That's really impressive! (And you're in the compo category! Must be a lot to handle in such a short time!) I love your entry this time — the retro vibe with matching audio is great. Hope to see more of you around here!

Apr 24th · 02:49 UTC

I enjoyed this. It's very Wario Ware/Space Team like to me. The controls were tight, punishing me for shaking the hamster out of the box. All in all, I give it a 107 Signal. I may come back to see if I can beat @oeuegha's score. ![Screenshot 2026-04-23 224526.png](///raw/8ea/16/z/7288d.png)

Apr 24th · 08:16 UTC

Great job! It's easy to understand how to play but it quickly gets very challenging. I survived for around 3 minutes and I especially liked the Don't Doze Off module!

One suggestion would be to include hints on how to use new modules that you just bought on the modules themselves instead of in a text box on the left. You have to play very quickly and there is no time to read the text.

Apr 24th · 08:45 UTC

@tsaot Thanks for playing and enjoying my game! Speaking of which, I don't actually remember playing Wario Ware (maybe I forgot lol), but I have played Mario Party. Maybe I can draw some inspiration from those in the future — like I remember there's a minigame where you have to shake candy out. And yes I love shaking the hamster, our other teammates love that little guy too!!

Apr 24th · 08:51 UTC

@woona Thank you for the kind words and for playing! Everyone loves shaking it haha. You're right, the info panel on the left does pull the player's attention away to the side. Maybe it would be better to put the hints directly below, above, or even on the modules themselves. I'll keep that in mind if I update it in the future!

Apr 24th · 09:35 UTC

给我玩哭笑不得233
这个类型我略有耳闻，实际玩起来真手忙脚乱。任务块达到6个的时候几乎不可能维持任务完成。
最开始数值比较复杂，不过玩着玩着还是搞懂了每块的作用——说明表现做到位了。
后期也许有正确的坚持下去的玩法？反正我不知道怎么做233
很完善优秀的作品！

Apr 24th · 09:59 UTC

对的就是会手忙脚乱！所以我加了附魔的机制，这样可以用策略来换生存空间，不过3天里面要做那么多有点来不及了，导致附魔最后也没做的很适配Q.Q，我希望我有您的肝度！

Apr 24th · 12:01 UTC

I'm not sure I understood what I was doing, but the game seemed fun. Thanks for the good optimization!

Apr 24th · 12:19 UTC

Very cute and shaking game!!! I love shaking the hamster ))))
I really love your art style and game mood.

Thx for fun! Great job!

Apr 24th · 13:18 UTC

This game fried my mind... It was really strugling but fun x)

Apr 24th · 15:19 UTC

so much unusual mechanics, very good job!

Apr 24th · 15:20 UTC

Sorry for glazing, but everything is perfect for me. Will be rooting for this game to win in overall category

Apr 25th · 06:13 UTC

@yuriscat 对了我想到，如果你的小游戏块里面有一些部分可以通过键盘快速完成，一部分用方向键，一部分用字母键，再来一些可以用手柄操作，那我其实有可能一次完成多个小游戏了。同时把一部分体验复杂度转移成为“现实中手忙脚乱切换设备”上面。毕竟，只有一个鼠标输入，限制还是太大了。而且鼠标挺笨拙的。（个人一点想法~也许不如成熟的这类游戏的其他调控难度的方案好）

Apr 25th · 10:46 UTC

@sagamore Thanks for playing my game! You basically just need to follow the instructions to complete the mini-games! Maybe I should add a tutorial — if time allows in the future!

Apr 25th · 10:50 UTC

@faust-mi So many people love the hamster (it's actually a mouse haha)! It's cute, isn't it? I played your game too, and your characters are drawn so adorably. Oh I just wanna squish them!

Apr 25th · 11:02 UTC

@railnof Eat some bugs to fix the bug radar in your head! I played your game! The frog drawings are so fun, and the puzzle levels are really well designed with great depth! Thank you for playing my game!

Apr 25th · 11:12 UTC

@tedrey Thanks for playing and for the kind words! I was about to say we really had something in common this time since we both made mini-games — what a coincidence! Until — I reached the ending of your game ;)

Apr 25th · 11:15 UTC

@flemming1k Oh my gosh, thank you so much for the kind words! If this game actually places, I'll put everything else on hold and keep polishing it further.

If anyone sees this, go check out their game [Tooth Fairy](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/tooth-fairy)! The ending will totally catch you off guard! I just replayed it from the beginning!

Apr 25th · 11:17 UTC

@jerrywest 您说的很对！我其实一早是做过“鼠标在在框里的时候，焦点会自动锁定框，然后映射WASD或者123456”的，但是后面不知道怎么给改没了，而且那个时候描边功能还没做好，后面稀里糊涂的这个功能就没继续开发了，后续如果我做的话我肯定得加个这个！谢谢您的建议！

Apr 25th · 14:02 UTC

I really like the game. Multi tasking is so interesting when you trying to do a lot of tasks! But i don't like stratagems that i need to click by mouse. But sheep's, hamster and clock timer is very funny. Great game brother-comrades

Apr 25th · 23:20 UTC

Dang, I thought I did pretty well with 80... I liked the variety! I've seen similar concepts, of course, where you're playing multiple games at the same time, but the configurable grid with the modifiers was a nice, chunky addition.

Apr 26th · 07:12 UTC

@vydra Thank you for your kind words, comrade! In the future, we will add WASD and 123456 keyboard controls for some modules! We're so glad our game brings you joy! Love from your fellow comrade ❤️

Спасибо за добрые слова, товарищ! В будущем мы добавим управление клавишами WASD и 123456 для некоторых модулей! Мы очень рады, что наша игра приносит тебе радость! С любовью от твоего товарища ❤️

Apr 26th · 07:18 UTC

@caeonosphere 80 is indeed a solid score! Thanks for the kind words. You might be thinking of Multitask — I actually hadn't played it before, but after people mentioned it I gave it a try and got some new inspiration. (That game uses arrow keys and WASD to control multiple tasks simultaneously.) Using arrow keys and WASD definitely makes things more manageable. If I keep updating, I'll try to add even more variety to the game! Thanks again for playing and for the feedback!

Apr 26th · 08:26 UTC

Enjoyable, easy to recommend.

Apr 26th · 08:45 UTC

Such a cute little mouse! I like this art and story. How did you know that I like to use this mouse's expression? And the game instructions are very detailed. There are many details in the picture, and you can feel that the teachers are very dedicated and are looking forward to the following works!

Apr 26th · 09:14 UTC

Coll entry, and gets difficult fast

LDJam user 371996

Apr 27th · 03:42 UTC

玩起来真的好忙哦（）喜欢小老鼠，画面整体都很舒服，喜欢

这种每个模块都是一个小游戏的“组合游戏”做起来能理解实在很花时间，辛苦啦

Apr 27th · 04:55 UTC

喜爱这个游戏！要是还能加上键盘控制让我又手忙脚乱又堪堪能控制住一切就好啦！

Apr 27th · 15:05 UTC

@apt-prose7 Thanks for playing and for the review! I checked out your game too, and being able to create such a visually polished, tense, and immersive experience in such a short time is seriously impressive — you all did an amazing job!

Apr 27th · 15:08 UTC

@zhangzhimu 谢谢！我也很喜欢你们团队的游戏！至于可爱的小老鼠，我有很多它的表情哈哈我的一位程序员朋友喜欢它所以我就到处收集哈哈！再次感谢您的游玩和评价！

![C651E2FE7E67A9286C4766DDF075A9D7.gif](///raw/574/82/z/72ce5.gif)

Thanks! I really liked your team's game too! As for the cute little mouse, I’ve got a ton of its emotes haha. One of my programmer friends is really into it, so I’ve been collecting them everywhere haha! Thanks again for playing and for the review!

Apr 27th · 15:09 UTC

@weglove Thanks for the review! It is indeed a fast-paced and pretty challenging game :3

Apr 27th · 15:12 UTC

@rubatotree 是雾鸣k老师！感谢您的喜欢呀！！以后向您多多学习编曲和图形学还有UI——好多要学的东西！哈哈是的小游戏做起来也挺麻烦的，我做小游戏也是做的手忙脚乱（（

Apr 27th · 15:27 UTC

@bigfatgua 没问题！之后如果继续开发的话会做键盘适配！谢谢您的建议！！我也玩了您的游戏！好烧脑！（或者说是我太笨了！Q.Q）

LDJam user 277851

May 03rd · 21:29 UTC

![6.png](///raw/b5d/34/z/730fd.png)

random doodle

May 06th · 20:06 UTC

@thyoi
啊啊啊太可爱了QwQ谢谢老师，画的好可爱！而且看上去怪涩的（
我的第一个游戏粉丝图！！好开心！！

May 07th · 10:50 UTC

umm what a banger it was a 10/10 innovation, hilarious and fun

May 07th · 15:27 UTC

Love this game! Super fun and stress inducing (in a good way). I hate that balloon module with a PASSION

May 08th · 20:25 UTC

I have concluded that I indeed cannot take over the world with my brain waves. Very fun game! I got wrecked!

May 08th · 20:43 UTC

Cutesy-build-your-own-anxiety-machine was something that I didn't know I wanted! Lovely game, one of the most interesting in this jam.

LDJam user 424953

May 08th · 20:47 UTC

WOW. This is probably one of the best games I found! I enjoyed it a lot.