mindgrid by robochase6000

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made by robochase6000 for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

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an inception-like game where you can enter the minds of enemies and deal with different scales of time

I ran out of time on this one, i got the basic concept finished, but ran out of time to turn it into a game. maybe next time!!

check it out if you're bored :)

Ratings

Overall 1910th 2.262⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1873th 2.25⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 928th 3.196⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1581th 3⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1735th 2.386⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 1272th 1.833⭐ 17🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1373th 1.971⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1776th 2.306⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 19🗳️ 14🗨️

Feedback

Kiwi1281
27. Apr 2021 · 17:44 UTC
It seems like a neat concept but its missing quite a lot and it's a bit confusing how everything works.
LePoulet
27. Apr 2021 · 17:46 UTC
The idea sounds great and you implement a lot of thing in your game. Too bad you cant finish it in time. I hope next time will be the good one.
chimp
27. Apr 2021 · 18:15 UTC
It is unfortunate that you ran out of time, the concept of jumping between enemies sounded really interesting. It would've been nice if other parts of the game had been finished, such as taking damage from the robots, so that there's a bit more to the game to play.

Good effort
🎤 robochase6000
27. Apr 2021 · 18:21 UTC
yeah for sure! thanks for checking it out :)
cninja_
27. Apr 2021 · 18:41 UTC
I was a bit confused at the beginning but whole concept sounds really interesting. I would really like to check this project while it's done, are you planning to continue working on it?

PS: I think that's one of the coolest use of theme so far!
🎤 robochase6000
27. Apr 2021 · 18:55 UTC
thanks @cninja I'd like to keep working on it I think.

the plan with this is to add a Safe in each level that you can plant an idea into (like inception). this would basically just change the robot's behavior to like ignore you, guard you, enrage, etc. it's a really strange idea and tbh Idk if it would actually 'come together' very well lol, but It's worth a shot I think. I'm just happy I got to work on some new stuff/mechanics :)
cninja_
27. Apr 2021 · 19:14 UTC
@robochase6000 just remember to update your itch.io site, I'll probably check in a while if you did any progress because I got actually interested in your idea. Well, good luck!
Beardmage
27. Apr 2021 · 20:06 UTC
Hi there, the game just crashed every time I hit an enemy for some reason. Concept looked nice though, hope you can finish it someday !
🎤 robochase6000
27. Apr 2021 · 20:29 UTC
huh interesting @beardmage ...thanks for checking it out at least. what kind of computer do you have if you don't mind me asking? there's a few cameras, and some threading involved, but nothing super crazy
Beardmage
27. Apr 2021 · 21:06 UTC
@robochase6000 The weirdest part is that I have a very good rig (3070 / 5800x, 32Gb ram), so that should not be an issue in any way..
xxAtrain223
28. Apr 2021 · 00:52 UTC
Interesting concept, i'd be interested in playing it when there's more to play.
🎤 robochase6000
28. Apr 2021 · 01:57 UTC
@beardmage i uploaded a new build to itch.io that adjusts the pathfinding threading, if you want to try it again to see if it makes a difference. thanks either way!
Beardmage
28. Apr 2021 · 07:44 UTC
Sadly it is the same for me. As soon as the second window appears, the game fully freezes.. :<
🎤 robochase6000
28. Apr 2021 · 13:36 UTC
darn. thanks for checking!
cvetk0
28. Apr 2021 · 17:57 UTC
I didn't really grasp the idea behind entering minds at first, but was able to figure that you can switch between different states of game time. It would be interesting to see this developed further, it is an interesting concept! Good luck with your game dev journey, keep it up :slight_smile:
Alchemic
28. Apr 2021 · 18:31 UTC
Interesting idea, it's too bad you ran out of time.
Amar Ravi
28. Apr 2021 · 18:44 UTC
This looks really interesting! But I can't quite figure out how the different timelines interact with each other? Do my actions in one after the other?

And to the folks above who experienced crashes, did you press Enter after the second window appears? It appears like the game has frozen but its actually waiting for you to pick a timeline to enter.
🎤 robochase6000
28. Apr 2021 · 19:37 UTC
@amar-ravi there isn't any interaction between the timelines right now. it will probably be something like 'if you die in one timeline, you die in all of them', and probably also a shared inventory

thanks for the tip about pressing enter btw - I forgot that it's paused by default when you switch. maybe that's what you're stuck on @beardmage ... I meant to add some UI here, but hadn't gotten to it yet
cjgammon
30. Apr 2021 · 00:40 UTC
yeah i was stuck on the pause on enter a new mind. hitting enter works. would be neat if you could go back between them and things changed somehow. clever idea!
JormaRysky
02. May 2021 · 16:39 UTC
I give you rating for innovation and graphics, cant really much else because it crashes
Ryan Dotsikas
05. May 2021 · 23:31 UTC
Wow very clever idea! Unfortunate that you werent able to finish it up but I really like the application of the inception-style gameplay. Definitely very different. Keep working on it, I think this could be super cool if pulled off correctly!
VixenMink
08. May 2021 · 00:26 UTC
Definitely cool idea. Maybe try to still complete it how you want it