I'm Not A Robot by Turkey

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made by Turkey for Ludum Dare 50 (COMPO)

logo.png Welcome to I'm Not a Robot! A Web based game with the goal to solve as many Captchas as you can! This game was written using Typescript & React. You can read more on why I used React down below.

Intro

We've all been there and we all know the pain when we see a dreaded Captcha pop up on our screen. Yet another check to make sure we aren't a bot. Alas, Captchas seem to be here to stay and new versions seem to pop up all the time, but what if we could make completing Captchas fun? Well that's probably not possible, but I have attempted to do that nonetheless! In this game your whole objective is to correctly answer and complete as many captcha and verification challenge questions as you can. Only stipulation is that you have 30 seconds to do it. Well maybe not quite 30 seconds as every time you answer one right you will have time added to the timer. Get one wrong however and you will have time deducted from the timer! When the timer reaches 0, the page will refresh and you'll start right back here! So how many can you complete?

Why React?

A While back I started remaking games using unconventional game engines. I've made Snake and 2048 inside of Discord, Tetris using Minecraft, A game using only HTLM & CSS, and many others! Bottom line is I enjoy this challenge and always look for new weird ways to make games without Unity, Unreal, Godot, or other conventional game making strategies. For this game, React just fit the bill of how I wanted to build it! Check out my YouTube to see how I've made some of these games!

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Ratings

Overall 108th 3.8⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Fun 94th 3.817⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 9th 4.387⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Theme 399th 3.435⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 281th 3.5⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Humor 48th 3.933⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Given 15🗳️ 31🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 278918
04. Apr 2022 · 01:51 UTC
I hate captchas but this game was great! I couldn't figure out what a traffic light was, though... :cry:
🎤 Turkey
04. Apr 2022 · 03:33 UTC
@iguanana Glad you found it fun at least!
Aarimous
04. Apr 2022 · 03:49 UTC
I can't believe you made all these yourself in one weekend. It's like a bunch of mini games that all trigger me for some reason ;) hehe I might make failure feel more aggressive somehow. But other than that nice work.
🎤 Turkey
04. Apr 2022 · 03:53 UTC
@aarimous Thanks for playing! Hopefully all the failure didn't make you feel too bad :)
aligator
04. Apr 2022 · 10:50 UTC
I like your game! Its a very funny idea!
🎤 Turkey
04. Apr 2022 · 12:54 UTC
@aligator Glad you liked it!
PashaLoban
04. Apr 2022 · 13:23 UTC
I'm robot
LDJam user 258516
04. Apr 2022 · 13:24 UTC
I am totally not a robot!

Great idea to use the captchas system! There comes a time when it becomes impossible to continue, but I think that supports the theme.

Congratulations!
lantto
04. Apr 2022 · 13:24 UTC
Way more fun than expected. :)
Papaya
04. Apr 2022 · 13:29 UTC
Funny game! I like the variety of the puzzles and the game's pacing overall. One feedback I have is that deducting from the timer feels too punishing and games ended too abruptly when that happens. Also, I can't get the traffic sign one for some reason lol, I lost to that one 4 times. Other than that, well done!
Yamzho
04. Apr 2022 · 13:29 UTC
I am not a robot. Until now ! Well done on the game (well, mini-games...) !
Tellyhead
04. Apr 2022 · 13:30 UTC
Great idea to make a warioware style game from robot captchas, I love how the "Play" button is also a captcha great small detail
🎤 Turkey
04. Apr 2022 · 13:45 UTC
@pashaloban @very-bad-bunny-studio @lantto @papaya @yamzho @tellyhead Thank you all for playing it and for your feed back! Glad you all enjoyed it!

@papaya Yeah, I kinda wish I had gone to 5 seconds instead of 10 seconds for the deduction. The whole difficulty curve was a long process to get right and I think I almost had it. Also I'll have to check the traffic sign bit. A few people have said they have had issues with that, so I'll poke around see if maybe there's a bug there
LDJam user 202408
04. Apr 2022 · 19:32 UTC
I love how this game takes a really boring everyday thing and makes it fun and challenging in a good way. also love how it's completely a web page instead of the usual game format. beautiful work!
Swen
04. Apr 2022 · 19:58 UTC
Reject humanity, return to robot. Creative entry!
Great job!
LDJam user 257946
05. Apr 2022 · 00:18 UTC
I have encountered these before, but never have they been so much fun! Great Entry!
🎤 Turkey
05. Apr 2022 · 00:57 UTC
@0x-void-x0 @swen @ideaspersecond Thanks for playing! I appreciate all the positive feedback!
MorganMoon
05. Apr 2022 · 01:34 UTC
I like the take on the theme! I must be a robot, but I couldn't pass any of the puzzle piece sliding captchas
🎤 Turkey
05. Apr 2022 · 01:37 UTC
@morganmoon Oh no! Sorry if I foiled your diabolical plans 🤖
Paroxysmal
05. Apr 2022 · 02:27 UTC
If Nintendo made Mario Captcha Party
🎤 Turkey
05. Apr 2022 · 02:39 UTC
@paroxysmal Imagine xD That'd be amazing
Simpathey
05. Apr 2022 · 03:15 UTC
I think my favorite part of this game is the threat of messing up Capchica without it actually being capchica. This was great, but I still dont know what street signs are lol.
🎤 Turkey
05. Apr 2022 · 03:15 UTC
@simpathey Thanks for playing!
lectvs
05. Apr 2022 · 03:58 UTC
Neat, simple game with impressively constructed captcha puzzles!
🎤 Turkey
05. Apr 2022 · 04:02 UTC
@lectvs I appreciate the kind words!
johjoh
05. Apr 2022 · 04:06 UTC
Really fun and interesting idea!
Did you use an existing captcha or just make it look like one? Impressive either way.
LDJam user 2331
05. Apr 2022 · 04:10 UTC
Managed to get 34 :D Was definitely way more addicting than I expected and even ended up longing for more (e.g., more pictures, other captcha types, etc.). Had a minor issue where I had to zoom out to see one of the captchas, but it didn't detract from it as I just played zoomed out from then on- solid compo game! :)
🎤 Turkey
05. Apr 2022 · 04:11 UTC
@johjoh Nope, recreated them all myself! Images were taken by me as well!
🎤 Turkey
05. Apr 2022 · 04:12 UTC
@meep Nice score! Probably beats my high score! I also wish I had time to go out and take more pictures to use. Sadly one of the things I can't really generate in code. As for the off screen issue, I know. Sadly it's hard to get the CSS well enough so that that doesn't happen. Glad you enjoyed the game overall!
s1lv3r Dr4g0n Games
05. Apr 2022 · 04:21 UTC
Captcha warioware. Love it. Also it's always fun seeing funky creation methods.

Also I believe I'm your 20th, congratulations!
🎤 Turkey
05. Apr 2022 · 13:08 UTC
@s1lv3r-dr4g0n-games I appreciate you! I've gotta look into warioware now xD
ChewieCB
05. Apr 2022 · 13:54 UTC
Really interesting take on the jam, mad how adding time pressure made captchas so addictive haha. Minor note but I wish the text boxes were focused and ready for input as they appear so I can just rapid-type. Great job!
🎤 Turkey
05. Apr 2022 · 14:06 UTC
@chewiecb Thanks for playing! The auto focus was also suggested before, but I felt like it defeated the purpose of them moving about the screen. Given more a time a setting option would have been nice to add
Gabriel Dias Oliveira de Almeida
05. Apr 2022 · 16:50 UTC
The fact that you didn't use any game engines to make this is amazing!
Congrats :D
🎤 Turkey
05. Apr 2022 · 16:51 UTC
@gabriel-dias-oliveira-de-almeida I enjoyed watching you play!
Doot
05. Apr 2022 · 19:19 UTC
Great job! The game is definitely original and fun! The captcha are really well implemented, and the difficulty curve is pleasant.

Made it to 19!
🎤 Turkey
05. Apr 2022 · 19:41 UTC
@doot Glad you enjoyed the difficulty curve! Definitely something I wanted to do well with. It's not perfect, but I'm happy with how it is in the 48 hour version
settings
06. Apr 2022 · 17:28 UTC
Haha I had fun! I never thought captchas could be such an intense experience. I have a single suggestion: I would have liked it if the text box was selected automatically between challenges, as opposed to physically having to click the text box.
malero
06. Apr 2022 · 17:29 UTC
Ahhhhhh. I'm a robot! Noooooooo!
🎤 Turkey
06. Apr 2022 · 17:32 UTC
@settings Thanks for playing! I mentioned it before, but the auto focus was also suggested before, but I felt like it defeated the purpose of them moving about the screen. I'm definitely torn as both ways seem valid to me. Given more a time a setting option would have been nice to add
🎤 Turkey
06. Apr 2022 · 17:32 UTC
@malero Oh No!!!! 🤖
Cover Club Media
08. Apr 2022 · 22:29 UTC
This is insane! How did you come up with this idea hahaha it's brilliant!
🎤 Turkey
08. Apr 2022 · 22:48 UTC
@cover-club-media It definitely was just a random off idea! Glad you enjoyed the game!
elysiagriffin
09. Apr 2022 · 10:48 UTC
Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my stream!

If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1450162412?t=10h02m46s

Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady

https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin
🎤 Turkey
09. Apr 2022 · 21:54 UTC
@elysiagriffin Thanks for playing! I enjoyed watching the stream and seeing what you ahve to say!
epeachyband
11. Apr 2022 · 04:32 UTC
Unique idea! Nicely done, thank you for publishing - it is fun
🎤 Turkey
11. Apr 2022 · 15:29 UTC
@epeachyband Thanks for playing! I appreciate it!