Meltdown by DesertMaw
Disaster alarm has been declared! There was an accident in the nuclear power plant and the critical phase of the meltdown has begun. There is no way to stop it, but you can try to delay it so that as many people as possible can be brought to safety. Try to extinguish fires, drive the vermin away from the electrical system and more. But hurry! The more you can do, the more people you can save...

Check it out at our website: https://desertmaw.de/ld-50-delay-the-inevitable/
Highscore-List:
SavedPeople LD-Playername
1. 397956 @momo-hunter
2. 221226 @zimennik
3. 148404 @DesertMawTobi
4. 75430 @zsharpfire
5. 72000 @matlab
6. 69570 @3lstmsinatrenchcoat
| Link | https://desertmaw.de/ld-50-delay-the-inevitable-play/ |
| Link | https://desertmaw.de/unity/meltdown-windows/meltdown-win.zip |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/meltdown |
Ratings
| Overall | 603th | 3.583⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 883th | 3.208⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 944th | 3.042⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 205th | 4.083⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 386th | 4.02⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 381th | 3.625⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 884th | 2.609⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 714th | 3.458⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 35🗳️ | 29🗨️ |

Also, I think I played a couple games with the exact same premise for LD49 (theme was "unstable"). But that's fine; I like seeing the huge variety in terms of how people implement the same basic idea.
My high score was 69570.
I was also a little surprised when I saw a big cockroach =)
Overall, a pretty good game!
Nice game and nice graphics and was a big hassle when suddenly everything was catching fire
I played it for a while but couldn't really get past 75430 citizens
I didn't understand how to do more. I can solve all the problems with the speed of a Quake 3 player xD, but I don't understand how other players can do more than 72000! :O I have tried several times, nothing helps. :sob:
Maybe I missed something? However, I manage to turn off all the red lights... Except the one next to the central bath... You have to press the button to make it go down to 0 but you can't turn off this red light, can you?
Anyway, well done for this game that I find well done on all points: graphics, music, gameplay, diversity, setting, progression. Only small negative point (I think I'm not the only one), I had trouble understanding each action the first time, understanding that there was product for the cockroaches, understanding that there was a gun, etc. A little more signage on each action (animated hologram?) would be great.
For a jam this is really impressive! :scream:
Thanks for the fun! :grin:
You're right with the red light next to the central bath. You can not turn it off, but turn it down to 0.
A little hint for you to get above 72000: you need to shower off the radiation :)