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Before The Bang by DGSpitzer

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made by DGSpitzer for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

PLAY OUR GAME HERE! Hope you will enjoy it!

https://helixngc7293.itch.io/before-the-bang

control_ss.png This game is designed for co-op, but feel free to play solo.

OBJECTIVE

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Before the spaceship explodes: Collect as many artifacts as you can, Repair the equipment to delay the explosion, At last, meet up at the central control room to escape.

FEATURE

  • special co-op puzzle puzzles smaller.png

  • various artifacts to collect artifacts_s.png

  • a cute sci-fi look repair_s.png

  • 3 different endings ending_ss.png

  • Random map every time

THE CONTROL

The screen is split in half, It needs both sides to cooperate.

On the left, use keyboard to control WASD: move Spacebar: Repair the equipment to delay the explosion Approach the artifact to pick it up Get ready to type

On the right, use mouse to control You need to observe the map Provide the passcode to help your teammate unlock the hatch Solve puzzles to repair the equipment

ABOUT

Part of our story is inspired by the book The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu.

The gameplay mode is inspired by our love of coop games.

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本作设计为双人游戏，但是单人也能进行哦。

游戏目标:

飞船爆炸前， 尽可能多的收集文化艺术品 ， 维修飞船设备以推后飞船自爆时间， 最终需返回中控室。

游戏操作:

游戏画面为左右分屏，需要双方配合。

屏幕左边为键盘玩家，使用键盘控制 WASD: 移动 空格键: 修理设备，以减慢飞船爆炸 走近文化艺术品即可收集物品 做好要打字的准备

屏幕右边为鼠标玩家， 使用鼠标控制 你需要观察地图 为对方提供密码解锁舱门 解谜以维修设备

关于我们的游戏灵感:

我们的一部分故事内容，灵感来自于刘慈欣的《三体》。

游戏玩法源于我们对双人游戏的热爱。

Link https://helixngc7293.itch.io/before-the-bang
Link https://helixngc7293.itch.io/before-the-bang
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/before-the-bang

Ratings

Overall 176th 3.961⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Fun 229th 3.804⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 84th 4.01⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Theme 420th 3.882⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 318th 4.106⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Audio 305th 3.735⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Humor 562th 3.133⭐ 51🧑‍⚖️
Mood 404th 3.755⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Given 92🗳️ 90🗨️

Feedback

smiley
05. Apr 2022 · 03:34 UTC
nice game idea and very polished.

It took one play trough until I actually looked what was on the right screen.
Chartle
05. Apr 2022 · 03:53 UTC
Very cool idea, I liked that you could play it solo by switching your focus between the left and the right. I think the player could maybe have walked a little faster, but overall a very solid game. The sound was a bit loud though, and the audio sliders didn't seem to do anything :x
Steve7411
05. Apr 2022 · 04:00 UTC
What a great idea for a game. I love that one of the players is first person while the explorer gets a nice 2D view of the ship.
Dagostino Audio
05. Apr 2022 · 06:12 UTC
Awesome idea to make a co op game! Love the "person in the chair" vibes ! Great work!
AndyZYZ
06. Apr 2022 · 04:29 UTC
Great 2 player gameplay design. The fact that you can coop to fix the ship reflects the theme. Also the music has a strong sci-fi mood. A greate game indeed.

牛的。双人玩法的设计很棒！修飞船也切合主题。音乐科幻风很足。
Boykala
06. Apr 2022 · 04:30 UTC
Innovative concept I do love the split screen gameplay. It would probably be really fun with 2 people. The whole experience was very polished from start to finish.
Mooptychunk
06. Apr 2022 · 05:06 UTC
Bold of you to assume I have someone to play this with. Seriously though, cool idea!
vivyhasadream
06. Apr 2022 · 17:12 UTC
@mooptychunk lol.
it's different experience playing solo or co-cp.
ideally we want to make it co-op on two computers, and you'll be able to find a match and communicate through voice chat. so both of you could focus on your own duty, and more coop will be involved.
Allax
06. Apr 2022 · 18:09 UTC
An interesting concept, but the game is pretty boring to play. It seems to me that the level should have been made smaller, shorter in time, but filled with a large number of details
kbf123
06. Apr 2022 · 19:00 UTC
Ha! Who needs friends? Took a bit, but I managed all the relics. A quick restart would be nice, but the game's pretty fun!
RoronoaCherry
06. Apr 2022 · 20:04 UTC
I played co-op and we love the idea, although we could not collect all the items, we really enjoy the game!
NotExplosive
06. Apr 2022 · 22:21 UTC
Neat game! I played it solo but it seems like it'd be fun to play with a friend.
IzhVaryag
07. Apr 2022 · 15:02 UTC
Buitiful visual style. And I liked the decision that the slot machine is also a map :thumbsup:
🎤 DGSpitzer
07. Apr 2022 · 21:31 UTC
@allax Thanks for your suggestion! I'll improve our level layout in the future~
Applestreet Games
07. Apr 2022 · 23:10 UTC
That was so fun! We played four times. Best score we got was 70.
RandyRude
08. Apr 2022 · 04:44 UTC
Hell yeah, that was cool. Visuals look awesome. The first game I've seen in the jam to have split screen. Nice job!
Joe Cowman
08. Apr 2022 · 04:52 UTC
This game is absolutely fantastic. First off, I **love** the idea of a local co-op jam game. I played solo, and that was super challenging in a very fun way. There were a couple of those "ah-ha" moments that are very rewarding in puzzle games like this when I realized where the passwords came from and how to click the buttons to delay the destruction.

All in all, I really admire the innovation on multiple fronts here. The music and art gave were nice complements as well to a very polished game. Awesome job!
Tsugumi
08. Apr 2022 · 05:09 UTC
Very solid game! I managed to play through it myself. But actually you cannot delay The Bang right? So the player delay the extinction of human race..... which is inevitable?
vivyhasadream
08. Apr 2022 · 14:24 UTC
@tsugumi Fixing the equipment will give you a little extra time, but it can't stop the explosion of the spaceship is inevitable, which means you will never be able to save the whole human race.
But you have the chance to at least save some human civilization symbols (the paintings, sculptures...). the symbols stands for human's existence.
Kintama45
09. Apr 2022 · 11:06 UTC
The graphics are really nice, and the gameplay is really fun
很好玩的游戏！
Kylazaur
09. Apr 2022 · 11:07 UTC
Fun little game you've got here, had a really great time with it :D
UnitedFailures
10. Apr 2022 · 05:35 UTC
Cool and unique concept!
Sarah
10. Apr 2022 · 06:03 UTC
I appreciate the click controls during the text opening! I like that clicking makes all the text fully appear without skipping and it looks super polished! The little loading bar was also really cute. This game is super polished and I love the idea of the two views side by side.

I love the idea that two people can play the game asymetrically! It's 3am so I don't have anyone to play with me atm but It's still fun to play both sides :3 I love typing the password in, its a super cute idea overall!

I think this would be pretty fun with a friend and working together to escape :3

Overall, really well done, a great polished experience!!
Slecornu
10. Apr 2022 · 17:30 UTC
A great idea and aesthetically pleasing. Good job!
JOZGames
10. Apr 2022 · 19:22 UTC
WOW! The quality of this game is really amazing! The theme and essence are unique, I've never seen a game with this kind of gameplay before. The game is extremely polished from start to finish and proves to be 10/10 in every artistic aspect.
EasyLuckyGem
12. Apr 2022 · 14:59 UTC
Looks very good. Unique concept, great art design and intresting challenge in game. Nice Work!
kuggenhoffen
12. Apr 2022 · 18:36 UTC
The splitscreen mechanic works nicely and the experience was overall fun and very polished. Good job.
AXLplosion
13. Apr 2022 · 10:49 UTC
It was a slight challenge playing solo, but I managed to collect all 10 relics and escape on my third attempt. Really fun though, I can definitely see it working really well in co-op too. Bonus points from me for including a skip button in the intro to make replaying it faster! Also, the main menu song was really nice, and I also liked the introduction cutscene, it made a simple game feel a lot more meaningful which is always awesome to see.

Great work!
Tomssuli
13. Apr 2022 · 17:12 UTC
Nice game, we played it with my wife and had some fun trying a bunch of runs. We only managed to save 50% of the relics at best.

We liked the musics and the cartoonish intro was nice. Random level generation had it's difficulties and sometimes we struggled to find the repairable stuff, but afterwards I noticed that she could have looked at the map for me.

Overall a nice and polished game! :slight_smile:
joe40001
20. Apr 2022 · 00:00 UTC
Dang I was really hoping for a special ending for getting 100%. It's a sign of a good game that I kept playing until I got 100%. Which was pretty hard for me because I'm playing alone (and on a trackpad, lol).

Still good game feel, great difficulty curve.
JOZGames
21. Apr 2022 · 00:00 UTC
bem bonitinho. achei legal a ideia, mas achei acho que daria para melhorar design, me parece que meio que ficou muito do mesmo, sabe?
LukasDonkers
21. Apr 2022 · 02:39 UTC
This was very fun! Impressive that it's randomly generated, and I loved the password doors
TOminerTV
21. Apr 2022 · 19:11 UTC
Great idear. Great story, great graphics :thumbsup: