We Come In Pieces by NotALobster
Overview
There have been flashing lights in the sky, and strange signals getting picked up on your radio. You're certain the cause is aliens, and the world needs to know. Upgrade your antenna using pieces of junk to unravel the mystery behind these alien signals and get the message out to the world.
Instructions
Your objective is to find all 12 alien messages. To get a new message, you need to get the correct combination of stats (Range, Quality, and Stability) on your antenna, which you can get by adding junk to your antenna to change its stats. In short: Earn money, buy junk, add junk to your antenna, and intercept alien messages.
Earning Money
There are two main ways to earn money. 1. Publishing new Alien Messages - When you receive a new alien message, you will also receive an amount of cash for publishing it. You'll receive more money for more interesting messages. 2. UFO Sightings - You can click on a UFO to take a blurry photo of it. Pictures of UFO sightings sell to the press for $20 each.
Buying Junk
From the Junkyard tab, you can click on a piece of junk purchase it. The piece of junk will appear on your desk, where you can click and drag to reposition it. If you ever find you have too much junk, you can drag additional junk to the trash can.
Adding Junk to your Antenna
From the Antenna tab, you're able to add or remove pieces of junk from your antenna. If a piece of junk is on your desk, you can click and drag it onto the antenna. To remove a piece of junk that's on the antenna, click the piece of junk and it will move back to your desk.
Finding Messages
Your radio will tell you what your antenna's current range, quality, and stability stats are. Additionally, it will tell you if your stats are okay, too high or too low to receive the next signal. When all 3 stats become okay, you will receive an alien message.
You may need to add or remove items from your antenna to get the correct stats. If you ever need more space on your antenna, you can purchase an upgrade in the shop.
Good luck, alien researcher!!
| Link | https://github.com/NotALobster/signal |
| Link | https://liz-h.itch.io/we-come-in-pieces |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/we-come-in-pieces |
Ratings
| Overall | 736th | 3.026⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 805th | 2.474⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 573th | 3.132⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 216th | 4.079⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 289th | 4⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 239th | 3.324⭐ | 19🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 722th | 3⭐ | 17🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 22🗳️ | 8🗨️ |
The hitbox of some of the junk seems a bit weird, like the one for mailbox, where the box is not registered at all. Would be nice if the hitboxes adhere to the sprites better.
Unfortunately, when I had 9 signals published, there is a bug where some items on the antenna just could not be removed, and I could not continue from there.