Fragile Arms: A Sci Fi Story by Phlip45
You are an environmentalist and can’t allow yourself to waste any part of weapons. You raid Gennerric SpaceCorp. Inc. LLC.. Motivated by the need to foil their plans (with no actual foil), you and your friends decide to infiltrate the corporation's headquarters. On the way there, you succeed in stealing some piece of technology, but all your friends were killed, because they suck. Unlike you.
You stole the Multitronic Collector-Ejector (or EmSee for short). A backpack that absorbs materials and spits out guns that don’t last very long. Looks like some fleshy monstrosity with wires and crystals sticking out of it.
It’s been a month since your friends died. During this month you learn that the EmSee will help you with your revenge. You throw any wasteful resources into it and boom, a weapon appears. This is perfect for you, because with your brittle bone disease, hitting anyone with your bare hands would destroy you. You’ve been waiting your whole life for a moment like this. You’re going back in. Alone. Who needs friends anyways. Your name? Leonardo Di Caprio Jr. IV
Gennerric SpaceCorp. Inc. LLC.: (sells btc-variant) Creates the latest in Technomagic™ Weaponry and consumer goods. Is definitely up to some shady stuff with what they are producing. No one knows how they keep having all these crazy breakthroughs when they don’t even have a huge research and development facility. Their headquarters used to be a garage.
| Thing | Picture | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| You |
| Leonard DiCaprio Jr. IV - Stole a fleshy backpack that spits out guns. Has brittle bone disease for theme reasons. Enjoys Michael Jackson's Thriller, fighting against Gennerric SpaceCorp, Inc. LLC., and long walks on the beach. |
| Businessman |
| Works for Gennerric. Is unsure what they actually do during the day for work, but walks around a lot to look busy. They enjoy pacing back and forth, getting up in your face, and grooving. |
| Shooty |
| Hired as an outside contractor after the environmentalist raid a month ago to provide extra security. Doesn't like when people compare him to a certain high pitched rodent. Enjoys shooting people, hugging corners, and blaspheming against Zeus, the god of lightning. |
| ████████ |
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Day 1 Patch Changes:
Fixed some sound bugs
Fixed music volume buttons bound to wrong variable
added recipes to inventory
added original link available below
| Web w/Day 1 Patch | https://www.phlip45.com/LD49/ |
| Github | https://github.com/jignaciodegiovanni/LD49 |
| Itch Link | https://phlip45.itch.io/fragile-arms-a-sci-fi-story |
| Original Upload | https://www.phlip45.com/LD49OG/ |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/fragile-arms-a-sci-fi-story |
Ratings
| Overall | 673th | 3.577⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 376th | 3.741⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 339th | 3.685⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 703th | 3.593⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 1133th | 3.13⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 153th | 3.962⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 68th | 4.173⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 546th | 3.593⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 37🗳️ | 30🗨️ |
Nice combination of a hack and slash with a weapon building system.
I think I would not put that "slippering" on the movement (when you stop moving, the guy walk a little bit more)
I really liked the voice-over and sfx. "Pew, pew" sound is just perfect. The gameplay itself is fun, and it feels rewarding to build end discover different kinds of guns. A minimap was also welcome and really helped in getting everything explored.
What I didn't like was the backgrounds. They are too busy in places and too dull in others ;). The only bug I noticed is that sometimes the game gets stuck on loading and stays forever in 62/71 or 55/71 loaded.
Anyway, it's a very nice jam job. Made me laugh and I enjoyed playing it.
Gameplay is great, I love the variety of weapons and the fact that you show the recipe combinations you have already used so its easy to try out different combinations/weapons
the sounds are really silly, but it fits the aesthetic and overall wackiness of your game. Well done!