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UPDEX by wheelsx

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made by wheelsx for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

Where we're going there are no roads… Or cars… or jobs.

AI has replaced all employment, and people survive on theft and scrap.

But you, little delivery drone… you have work to do.

Survive long enough to make the deliveries. Protect your cargo. Earn money for upgrades.

Rule the world!!!

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INSTRUCTIONS

Pick up colored blocks from the like colored factories (Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Purple) Hint: You can pick up more than one at a time.

Take them to places requesting them in the world. Hint: Requests show up as colored circles on the map.

Completely fill the request to earn money. Hint: You can fill the request with multiple trips. Hint: If you fill the request fast enough you will earn extra money.

When you take damage from enemy fire, you will lose inventory slots and any blocks they held. Hint: You cannot pick up dropped blocks. You have to go back to the factory to get more. Hint: You do not take damage from running into buildings.

Go to a Mechanic shop to repair your inventory slots (for free) or buy upgrades!

If you lose all your inventory slots, its GAME OVER!

Keyboard Move: WASD Fire: Left Click Pick up: Right Click (must be at factory) Shop Menu: Right Click (must be at shop)

Controller Move: Left Stick or D pad Fire: South Button Pick up: West Button (must be at factory Shop Menu: West Button (must be at shop)

Map Legend Diamond = You Factory = Color Square Requests = Color Circle

itch.io https://wheelsx.itch.io/updex
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/updex

Ratings

Overall 1072th 3.018⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1086th 2.75⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1047th 2.768⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Theme 956th 3.446⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 851th 3.232⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Humor 749th 2.815⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1020th 2.926⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Given 63🗳️ 46🗨️

Feedback

BottledWehr
02. May 2023 · 01:34 UTC
I feel the controls are a bit janky, the camera kinda hits the edges of the screen if you go too far. I'm also a little confused as to what I'm doing while in the game, although the instructions (which I only found were there on the second playthrough) explained it well enough.
Commendable effort!
ZMiner
02. May 2023 · 02:49 UTC
The signage on the house is a good design to find the target location faster. Battle and delivery, fun gameplay!
Boboch D Brew
02. May 2023 · 02:52 UTC
It's hard to control and would also need a bit more feedback when shooting but nice game ! well done !
Quinnster
02. May 2023 · 02:53 UTC
Interesting concept! The camera and controls feel pretty strange and I didn't really understand what to do (the wall of text scared me away from the instructions menu). Great job!
Red_dino
02. May 2023 · 02:55 UTC
Agreed on the controls being a bit tough. I found that I kept rotating too quickly, so I was constantly missing targets and there was also some clipping. Maybe I'll have to try again with a controller. :) Otherwise, the graphical effects are cool and I think the music matches the mood of the game really well!
TheGameOverGuy
02. May 2023 · 16:29 UTC
I think the controls are like an old school tank game. I didn't mind them too much! Maybe you can modify it so you turn with the arrow keys and press another button to accelerate. That would possibly fix a few issues with controls (in my opinion). But regardless, I liked it and loved the artwork :) Keep it up!!!
Embedder72
02. May 2023 · 16:30 UTC
I like the concept but alas the controls were pretty tough to master. I loved the concepts. Blocks falling off the cart, the cart disintegrating into a bunch of parts, and the final block text was great.
big-cow
02. May 2023 · 16:33 UTC
I had a much better time playing on gamepad than with mouse and keyboard. I love the 'lore' of this one, it's hilarious that the humans who have been put out of work are trying to destroy me and I'm just merrily shooting them as I go and deliver packages!
Fravinci
02. May 2023 · 16:47 UTC
Musik is fire, like the blocky art style, reminds of my childhood.
Sass
02. May 2023 · 17:02 UTC
Ahhhh why are people firing at me?? :((( Controls are a bit janky and I like the concept but felt a bit chaotic with the 3D movement. Seemed to run quite slowly in my browser so when it finally sped up it was a bit of a shock and I didn't manage to complete any deliveries. The wall of text instructions were a bit of an eyesore so I didn't read all the way through.
mrs.wheelsx
03. May 2023 · 10:50 UTC
Sorry about the "wall of text" instructions. We simply ran out of time to add a tutorial and wanted to make sure that answers to any how to play questions were available. Thanks for all the feedback!
agushmar
03. May 2023 · 14:48 UTC
Loved both music, sfx and art of the game, enjoyed a lot of the gameplay. Camera can be hard to control to some extent
lgg
03. May 2023 · 15:30 UTC
I can see a lot of effort put into visuals, nice animations, camera sometimes feels out of controls, not bad!
🎤 wheelsx
03. May 2023 · 16:30 UTC
@thegameoverguy You pretty much hit the nail on the head with what I was going for on controls. I was going for Mario 64 controls, but I think Tiny Tank had basically the same control scheme. I actually forgot Tiny Tank existed until you said old school tank game.
Chuckiee
03. May 2023 · 17:24 UTC
I actually got scared the first time I shot a woman and she screamed :smile: + skipped instructions but still easy to pick up and enjoy! I felt like I killed a little bit too much people for too little purpose but it was fun! GJ!
asfdfdfd
03. May 2023 · 19:56 UTC
I WANT TO SMASH THEM WITH MY TITANIUM TORSO
alisher_fazilov
04. May 2023 · 05:49 UTC
Interesting idea, but the build is better ZIP than web. The player's camera is very uncomfortable when it goes down to the ground and hides somewhere behind the house from the player
sidlovatt
04. May 2023 · 22:38 UTC
hard to play but great concept
Martin183
09. May 2023 · 21:26 UTC
Smooth control although a bit glitchy sometimes. I liked the music and the simple but effectful graphics!
David Mason
13. May 2023 · 20:49 UTC
nice little game. Not a huge fan of the camera controls, seems to get stuck when going from like -180 to 180 degrees so have to turn around the other way.