IRS: Infinite Record Sorter by Bogden

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made by Bogden for Ludum Dare 50 (COMPO)

[ A Message From Your Boss ]

Hey kid… welcome to your first day at the IRS.

April 16th ain't a great day for us historically speaking, but I'm sure you'll be fine.

Job's simple. Just take the forms coming off the line here and stick 'em in the right pile.

I'll come back and inspect your sorting every now and then, but don't sweat it too much. Definitely don't need all the forms sorted correctly. Let's just say... half the forms? Yeah, that's good enough for government work.

Here's your official grab-o-matic to do the job. It's top secret tech kid, so don't go blabbin' about it when you get home.

Whatever you do, just make sure you don't miss any forms before they reach the end of the conveyor.

You can be a pretty lousy sorter, but they'll pretty much fire you right on the spot for missing a few forms.

Harsh, I know. I don't make the rules kid, I just enforce 'em.

Anyway, I'll be back in a bit, good luck.

Controls

WASD / Arrows - Movement

Space - Jump

Left Click - Tether a Form

Right Click - Release Tethers

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Ratings

Overall 48th 3.984⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Fun 24th 4.129⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 23th 4.21⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Theme 95th 4.081⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 164th 3.823⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Audio 73th 3.833⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Humor 31th 4.113⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Mood 105th 3.717⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Given 30🗳️ 35🗨️

Feedback

hinesite
04. Apr 2022 · 02:46 UTC
It looks great! I really want to play it, but the moment I press any key, the character fly's off the screen.
Clicking on the forms works for a split second, but almost immediately both the character and the forms fly off the screen. I tried in chromium and firefox.
🎤 Bogden
04. Apr 2022 · 02:51 UTC
Oh no! Could you let me know what platform you're running on @hinesite?
mdnr
04. Apr 2022 · 04:03 UTC
This game is absolutely awesome! I wish filing real taxes was this fun. Remember April 18th folks!
Sam Horner
04. Apr 2022 · 07:20 UTC
Great game! Its gets really hectic by the end
khaotom
04. Apr 2022 · 07:37 UTC
This game is really fun and funny. Great use of physics. I like that I could tether the objects from anywhere and that there was no restriction on range. The music is nice too.
Draconic Rabbit
04. Apr 2022 · 07:51 UTC
Really enjoyed playing it. Physics make it really fun. Trying to throw form while jumping, then watch them bounce was a nice moment.
Would be cool, to have a first red or green form a bit earlier. But it was maybe due to randomness.
sinus
04. Apr 2022 · 08:51 UTC
Nice graphics and humor!

What does the "inspection" every 60 seconds mean? I could not figure out, if nothing happens or if i missed something.

(I did not have any of the reported problems with flying characters.)
🎤 Bogden
04. Apr 2022 · 15:50 UTC
Thanks for playing @sinus!

The inspection just checks to see if you have 50% of the forms sorted, and if you don't, you get an infraction
PinballJunior
04. Apr 2022 · 16:39 UTC
Fun physics game, gets hard quite quickly. I like the tether mechanics.
hinesite
04. Apr 2022 · 19:01 UTC
I was trying to run it on my ubuntu machine.

It is working fine in chrome on my windows 10 machine though.

It's a fun and entertaining game!

Update: I just tried again on my linux machine and it still doesn't work (strange).
LDJam user 281060
04. Apr 2022 · 19:17 UTC
Silly, frantic fun! There was definitely some skill to slinging those tax papers and we had a good time playing this!
AndideBob
05. Apr 2022 · 08:59 UTC
Such a cool little physics game! The inspection mechanic also works nicely to prevent the "I will just jam up the exit" approach. Overall really nice!
Syafire
05. Apr 2022 · 20:15 UTC
Bog,

Loved the concept for this game. The humor was 10/10 really funny and enjoyable. The mechanics were also challenging enough to make the gameplay lots of fun.

The thing I would challenge you to do is sound for more parts in the game. I know you mentioned it would be hard without making it sound spammy but maybe there is a solution somewhere in there?

Great work :D
dreamscale
05. Apr 2022 · 20:30 UTC
Fun game, great balance of being chaotic but also feeling high-skill at the same time!
ScalphaMission
05. Apr 2022 · 21:47 UTC
The physics gets hilarious quickly. Check out my full review at https://www.twitch.tv/scalphamission
Heiach
05. Apr 2022 · 23:35 UTC
Chaotic and fun!!
Gal Afik
10. Apr 2022 · 19:45 UTC
I don't have time to play every game, but I saw your game on Twitch. It's looks very polished and well done overall. The music is thematically fitting and the basic color-coordination is very engaging and intuitive. Very well done! Please consider checking out our game: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/25-vikings
LDJam user 258850
11. Apr 2022 · 04:12 UTC
Smooth mechanics used really well, easy to learn hard to master. Also really funny! An all round great submission! My terrible score.. I won't share what the room looked like :')

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ShawD
23. Nov 2022 · 04:51 UTC
Thanks for the info I will try to figure it out for more.

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