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Under Pressure by Teanan

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made by Teanan for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

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You've been assigned the respectuous job of... maintaining a boiler.

Keep the boiler warm by giving it coal, fixing problems as they go and don't forget about answering the phone!

How to play :video_game:

  1. Give coal to the boiler to start; :fire:
  2. Maintain the temperature and pressure at acceptable levels; :level_slider:
  3. Fix the occasionnal inconvenience that can happen; :wrench:
  4. Respond to the phone to keep contact of the demand; :telephone:
  5. Follow all those points to not get fired and keep your job! :v:

Controls :keyboard:

You only need your mouse to play :mousethreebutton:

  • Left click : To select a tool, take some coal or fix a disturbance while having the right tool in hand.
  • Right click : To let go of a tool or hang up the phone.

Screenshots :camera:

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Link https://teanan.itch.io/under-pressure
Link https://teanan.itch.io/under-pressure
Link https://github.com/Teanan/ludumdare51
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/under-pressure

Ratings

Overall 273th 3.825⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 357th 3.625⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 511th 3.4⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1034th 3.05⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 348th 3.95⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 225th 3.75⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 317th 3.35⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 168th 3.95⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 28🗳️ 3🗨️

Feedback

A.D.Chaos
05. Oct 2022 · 09:33 UTC
Its a good looking simulation of a maintanance job. The work is hard and not rewarding. In fact there are so many things to do, that it is easy to lose control over the things to do. It was also hard to understand how to repair things first because of the pressure (I didn't hold left click). And the phone was a bit annoying. Don't know how many times my insurance called me. In the end it was just clicking through text bubbles without reading and I was still not able to solve all the issues on my list and got fired :(
stmatn
07. Oct 2022 · 20:38 UTC
Interesting concept. The graphics look really nice. I like the aesthetic :) Unfortunately I did not make if very far into the game. I think it yould be nice to make the regular conditions a bit more clear. I was not sure when to add coal, because the lowest level was indicated as green, but no temperature does not seem to be right. All in all nice entry :)

Btw.: The game crashed when I right-clicked while mopping up the water.
Salier
07. Oct 2022 · 21:47 UTC
Ah indeed @stmatn, That's an error on us. Because of the yellow ambiant light the lowest part of the of the temperature gauge seems green instead of blue (for cold).
Spike Studio
07. Oct 2022 · 21:48 UTC
Pretty cool game! The graphics fit together very nice. I really liked how each tool had multiple uses (such as the tape being for both the pipes and wires), and the little tooltip bubbles that appeared when you moused over a hazard was extremely helpful. Nice job!
Retrisma
07. Oct 2022 · 23:40 UTC
I liked how it looks, and I've always been a fan of this style of game. One critique I have is it was I was never sure when to put coal into the furnace. I liked that there were several inconveniences that could happen as the game went on though.
stmatn
08. Oct 2022 · 08:41 UTC
@salier, oh, I see! If the gauge is actually blue-green-red, it's clear what you have to do :)
Georgy16
16. Oct 2022 · 11:53 UTC
Cool and interesting game!
Rewzu
16. Oct 2022 · 11:59 UTC
I really like the graphics and audio. Although the game is simple you can feel a bit overwhelmed, but it is not a bad thing. Overall nice and polished game! Good job! :D
Steve7411
17. Oct 2022 · 02:32 UTC
I really love this experience, and the artwork is lovely. I thought the fire extinguisher didn't work at first, because it doesn't actually aim at where you're trying to put out flames, but once I figured that out, I was able to make it for quite a while. I only finally lost on my final attempt because the game froze on me :(
Robin49
20. Oct 2022 · 21:38 UTC
Wow, the game is very cool, it is very hard but the graphism and the mood are awsome !
Cole and Jordan Studios
20. Oct 2022 · 22:34 UTC
It took a couple attempts to get the hang of it but I had a lot of fun trying to keep everything under control! I also like the voxel art :)
Doot
21. Oct 2022 · 13:59 UTC
Nice game!

My first attempt was a mess haha, but the second one went way better. The number of things that can happen is great, the controls are not really intuitive but almost. The graphics look really good (even if it often froze on the HTML version).

I really like the idea of phone calls, it would have been really great if there was some sort of progressing story.

Great job on this!
LDJam user 299852
21. Oct 2022 · 14:09 UTC
Wow this game feels so polished, I love the art! It was a bit stressful to maintain everything but I suppose that's the point haha, definitely a strong entry. I thought the audio worked really well too. Nice work!