Billy the Nerd in: Computer Trouble by O8PC

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made by O8PC for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

You wake up and notice that your Arch Linux (You use Arch btw) computer has been infected with a virus! You must go into your computer (you're a nerd, you made a tool to do that of course) to stop the infection. Contains: 10 Levels of Virus Investigating A game changing final boss! A timer looming over your head oh god what happens when it hits 0 Screenshot 2021-10-03 223323.png Screenshot 2021-10-03 223410.png Screenshot 2021-10-03 223632.png

Ratings

Overall 441th 3.738⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 293th 3.825⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1024th 3.05⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1197th 3⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 630th 3.737⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 356th 3.575⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 497th 3.632⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 14🗳️ 17🗨️

Feedback

poisondart00
04. Oct 2021 · 03:53 UTC
Your link is broken for your game.
guine
04. Oct 2021 · 04:01 UTC
I will play!
🎤 O8PC
04. Oct 2021 · 04:04 UTC
Sorry about that y'all, forgot to publish the game. I fixed the link now
🎤 O8PC
04. Oct 2021 · 04:05 UTC
@poisondart00 Sorry about that, fixed up the link for you!
Game_Coder28
04. Oct 2021 · 04:34 UTC
Hi, cool game! The graphics are amazing and the concept of it is also well thought out. The slow acceleration made it quite difficult at times to get over obstacles, but overall amazing game.
LDJam user 268194
04. Oct 2021 · 18:19 UTC
Fun little game. Great job!
Elektroney
04. Oct 2021 · 18:43 UTC
Fun little game. Great job!
mrjoshuamclean
04. Oct 2021 · 20:29 UTC
Good: Love the visual style. Reminds me of old-school indie computer games. Jump feels great. Solid level progression and tutorializing. Love the level transition.

Less good: Would be nice to see the controls in a single page, not sure why they show up one at a time. Same deal with the credits. Dust and explosions are neat, but take forever to animate and disappear. Are they not time-bound? Jump and shoot sounds a bit too loud, especially with multiple shots.

Not sure: Forward speed increases while jumping. Is this intentional for bunny hop speedrunning?

Overall a neat little platforming experience with a fun computer style. Good work!
Fiote
04. Oct 2021 · 20:59 UTC
Nice little game. Really good level transition. The "shield" enemy sometimes simply stopped attacking. Not sure it was intended. The "kill" animation was so funny lol, tumbling away. That boss battle as EPIC ;)
🎤 O8PC
04. Oct 2021 · 22:28 UTC
@mrjoshuamclean I made it like that exactly for speedrunning, thought It'd be a neat little thing to add and i wanna see how fast people can play this
Zachary Shah
04. Oct 2021 · 22:38 UTC
Got a chance to play your game! The polish is beautiful, real nice work on the pixel art and animations. I heavily question your control scheme choice. I use a 60% keyboard so holding the function key, using WASD, and pressing z to jump felt like playing twister. Really the only feedback I can give is to speed up the level transition; when you have levels where pressing restart is essential, it gets annoying to wait 4-5 seconds every time. As well, something like coyote time on the jumps would make the game far more forgiving. If the game is ever expanded on I would hope to see more use of the fast forward/slow motion. I only got each once and neither really had an effect on my gameplay. Overall, super impressive polish and very solid gameplay.
Myles Doupe
05. Oct 2021 · 00:01 UTC
This is a fantastic jam game. It is easy to pick up, it adds several new mechanics as you progress through the game, it looks great, it sounds great, it has some extra polish to it, and it has an epic final boss. Very well executed. Look forward to seeing what you do next!
LDJam user 142503
06. Oct 2021 · 16:29 UTC
Nice game~It looks like a well done game more than a jam game~
The slippy foot,the translate animation,Cool~
Followed you and waiting for your new games~
Matthewsworld
06. Oct 2021 · 18:20 UTC
Great little game! What it lacks in length it makes up for in how polished it is! After beating it for the first time, I immediately went back and beat it again. A super super specific thing I liked was the puff of smoke that appears when landing, idk but it stood out to me lol
Yngvarr
08. Oct 2021 · 16:07 UTC
My wife said Billy looks pretty much like me. I use Arch too, btw. :D
This is a decent platformer which is tricky to master. I loved the transition effect and an overall aesthetics.

Here's a playthrough:
https://youtu.be/lgZccXSMTgg
goldey2
10. Oct 2021 · 05:29 UTC
Wow! This is a great platformer! I loved the little touches, like the controls in the main menu, the transition, the particles, the danger timer, and especially the final boss! This is really well put together and a very impressive entry!
neverwinsthegame
12. Oct 2021 · 23:22 UTC
This was a pretty funny game, I enjoyed the computer humor quite a bit. The jumping was just difficult enough to make it a challenge which was fun. Good music and all over the theme of the game.
LDJam user 261242
21. Oct 2021 · 05:35 UTC
Nice work! I really like the effect of lock vanishing.
Felicita
13. Mar 2022 · 09:29 UTC
Looks like the game that I will really like to play, thx for sharing! But if I were Billy I just asked the help of a specialist or downloaded the anti-virus to fix this problem. That is not the best decision to go to your computer by yourself, as I think. You can read [more](https://howly.com/) about the computer help service that I prefer to work with on the following link.