Lambda by YellowKamel

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made by YellowKamel for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

A game about going deeper and deeper into a filesystem. Explore fascinating file and shell related puzzles and impress your father figure with your h4ckz0r skills.

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:warning:There is sadly a crash error inside of the jam version. It is fixed in v1.1. In the jam version a call to the "unlock" command without any arguments will result in a game crash.:warning:

Ratings

Overall 194th 4.019⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Fun 182th 3.963⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 111th 4.074⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Theme 262th 4.111⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 697th 3.852⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Audio 972th 3.096⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Humor 316th 3.538⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Mood 475th 3.833⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 21🗨️

Feedback

Katsuhira
27. Apr 2021 · 01:01 UTC
really neat puzzle game :)
Matt Swieboda
27. Apr 2021 · 01:43 UTC
Wow, this is awesome! Nice graphics, and sounds, really looks like you're at a screen terminal with the shading and curvature.

Great work. Really cool that you basically implemented a *nix filesystem, with a few of the simple commands!
Vincent ABEL-GRIMALT
27. Apr 2021 · 01:54 UTC
Awesomes Terminal Graphics !
chesschaser
27. Apr 2021 · 09:51 UTC
Great job!
Devastus
27. Apr 2021 · 14:39 UTC
Ha, this is a nice one. Liking the *nix shell vibe, although I was way too often pressing tab hoping for autocomplete to happen :P

I think the "go back in history" button goes one further than it should when you press it after executing something, say proc for example. That's nothing major of course, all in all it's a really nice puzzle game!
🎤 YellowKamel
28. Apr 2021 · 10:15 UTC
@devastus Thank you. I think I fixed the issue now in v1.2. It will remain forever in the jam version though.
DallOner
29. Apr 2021 · 01:09 UTC
Really wonderful! I love it.
OgelGames
29. Apr 2021 · 09:18 UTC
Really cool game, managed to complete it only looking at the solutions for the ssh and cipher puzzles, and had a lot of fun!
luddegodofpain
29. Apr 2021 · 18:55 UTC
Now, im not a big fan of puzzle games

Still, this game has proper quality!
unpronounceable
29. Apr 2021 · 22:04 UTC
Nice puzzles, only one I had issues with was the SSH one. Including the volume sliders was also a nice bit of polish.
Ramble House Games
30. Apr 2021 · 07:02 UTC
Cool game. A variety of different puzzles packaged into a neat Hacker Narative. I enjoyed discovering the implied characters as I went along. It was very clear that this game is meant for people smarter than me. Unfortunately, my computer seemed to get slower and slower as I played and eventually I had to stop, but up to that point I had a great time.
Thank you for bringing this game by my stream. Here's a link to the VOD:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1003360373?t=4h24m26s
yellowsalamander
30. Apr 2021 · 08:45 UTC
In my opinion, the best game on the jam. Seriously. Great work.
randomhuman
30. Apr 2021 · 09:05 UTC
You made it look really nice for being just a terminal! Fun stuff
JoelChrono12
30. Apr 2021 · 14:06 UTC
Hey man, I saw this game and was pretty great, it seems like a great introduction to the terminal life, and I was amazed at how creative and well done it was.
The commands, straight out of a Linux machine, maybe HTOP would have made a nice addition xD. However, after I saw that there is no Linux version, I got really, really mad.
I can’t believe you did such a thing. This game went from being award winning, to nothing but a memory I no longer wish to keep. I despise it so much, my heart is broken, this could have been great but you were brainwashed by the Microsoft overlords, I hope you return to the light and make the right choice.

Jk, its awesome, make linux version pls I need it!!!!

PD Make something to get rid of old input history, maybe 500 lines or so would be enough
Mizatorian
30. Apr 2021 · 15:12 UTC
Nice fun game (for a unix nerd). For others, it might be too geeky... Loved the puzzles and the pseudo terminal you have implemented. PS: the 3D at the start eats up too much resources
JUSTCAMH
30. Apr 2021 · 17:47 UTC
Hey matey, I played your game on stream, here's the vod so that future you can see how it went. Awesome game man, this really is a great one, we sat on it for a good fifty minutes and it was very engaging!

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1006003249
tomz_best
30. Apr 2021 · 19:23 UTC
I really like your game even it was a little bit difficult for me))
Bajtix
30. Apr 2021 · 22:31 UTC
It was a hard one, yet very interesting one to play. I love puzzle games, but some of them were kinda difficult for me. I think it is also impressive how you managed to get a shell working with all the programs in such a short amount of time, so congratulations!
GaryS
01. May 2021 · 02:27 UTC
Fantastic. Just brilliant.
I wasn't sure if there were two endings? I couldn't get into the 'not' version. Either way, this was so cool. Stellar job.
Arthurds
01. May 2021 · 12:03 UTC
Still can't believe you made me have fun with a flipping linux terminal! You bastards! Thanks for submitting it! -PomoTheDog
AndideBob
03. May 2021 · 16:45 UTC
God this was good! The puzzles were really cleverly designed. This reminds me of a little game I made ages ago and never finished. But honestly what you made here was better. I would love to see more of this. I wonder how easily this could be expanded upon, weaving a cool story into it. Especially for someone who like to be thorough ;)

(help help)

Honestly this was just great across the board! For some reason I did not have sound or music though... Possibly connected to the post jam version?