Obeyzos by bentglasstube

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made by bentglasstube for Ludum Dare 53 (COMPO)

You are a delivery driver for NILE corporation. You are sick of the terrible working conditions. Talk to your coworkers to get organized and take back control of your lives from the evil CEO GEOFF BOZOS.

Controls are arrows/wasd for most things. You can use space to interact with things as well. The game should most explain itself as you play, but I definitely ran out of time for polishing things. I had composed one song for the game but it was very rushed and then ardour crashed when I tried to export it so I just left it out.

Thanks for checking it out.

For the second stage, you have to play back what the keypad plays (using the movement keys). I thought this would be obvious but I have had multiple people tell me they didn't know what to do.

Ratings

Overall 313th 3.125⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 315th 2.95⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 255th 3.15⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 368th 2.95⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 197th 3.575⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 270th 2.85⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 142th 3.184⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 175th 3.417⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 15🗳️ 10🗨️

Feedback

iamdavidmt
01. May 2023 · 13:36 UTC
Interesting game! Love the art, love the fog of war - the enemies built a lot of suspense, not sure what was supposed to happen at the elevator, got stuck at the sequence game. Maybe could use a tutorial - Good job!
clemall
01. May 2023 · 14:57 UTC
Interesting game with a nice touch of humor. The sound effect of the alarm was quite loud though.
Really cool game, thanks :thumbsup:
DDesignDude
03. May 2023 · 02:53 UTC
Fantastic gameplay concept and it was well executed! I only wish I could have a run button unless there already is one and I did not know how to use it. It would also help to know which workers I talked to already but I guess that's the challenge of the game is to remember which ones were talked to so you don't risk talking to them again and getting caught.

Regardless, it's a funny and challenging game and I also love the addition of propaganda posters and the door mini game.
Shane Gadsby
08. May 2023 · 01:35 UTC
Really great aesthetic, like another commenter said, the fog of war was really great, super reminiscent of old rogue-likes!
Alchemic
11. May 2023 · 07:09 UTC
The stealth gameplay was solid, but the boss fight was a bit strange. I think more interesting level design in the maze would have helped a lot, it being just a literal maze makes it feel repetitive, and there's no difficulty ramp so it's just kinda easy the whole time. I like the pixel art!
justking144
16. May 2023 · 04:19 UTC
The stealth gameplay was really cool and I loved the fog of war mechanic

The enemies were terrifying but their blaring got annoying very fast even with volume turned way down
🎤 bentglasstube
16. May 2023 · 06:04 UTC
Regarding the blaring noise when the managers see you, that's an unfortunate bug but in the spirit of the jam I decided to leave it in.
Josh Bothun
18. May 2023 · 06:05 UTC
LOL i was not expecting the bezos bullet hell surprise, that was a hilarious (and impossible) ending. Nice job
Valmontechno
18. May 2023 · 07:42 UTC
Cool game. When you go down to the bottom of the screen, the camera doesn't center and you don't see what's in front of you.
chromaticGray
18. May 2023 · 14:37 UTC
Nice graphics. Love the small size. Stealth is well made I shat my pants first time I heard the alarm. Wasn't able to finish the level. Good job!
amarokczukay
18. May 2023 · 16:33 UTC
i was a bit sleepy before playing your game. that sound effect woke me up! i like that you used a fog of war for this kind of game, it's kinda original!
cheesepencil
18. May 2023 · 17:04 UTC
i loved the art style
TheSmellofOxygen
18. May 2023 · 17:43 UTC
Wacky little game. Kept changing the script and kept things interesting. I liked the fog of war in the first section, but I think a few more reeducators might have made the challenge a little nicer there. I figured out what to do on the elevator button (just like Bop It!), but the sequence lasted a little longer than I'd have liked. The boss battle was funny, but the amount of projectiles he spits was literally impossible to dodge. I liked that the amount of workers in the union determined your HP in the battle, but even with a lot, I could not have won except that I used an exploit. There's no collision on the right side of the screen but it still seems that coin projectiles don't fly past the edge of the screen, so I would just leave the boss fight until it calmed down, slide back on screen, shoot a couple times, leave again, and repeat.

Funny, and effective mixture of game modes. Laughed at "NILE" and "Green Source" spoofs.
🎤 bentglasstube
19. May 2023 · 03:34 UTC
Thanks for the feedback everyone. I am glad that people seemed to enjoy the mix of games I crammed into this one. The first stage was supposed to be a Spyhunter type driving game where you drive the delivery truck to the warehouse but I ran out of time to add it. I know the game is kind of a mess but I am happy to hear people got some joy from it.

> There’s no collision on the right side of the screen but it still seems that coin projectiles don’t fly past the edge of the screen, so I would just leave the boss fight until it calmed down, slide back on screen, shoot a couple times, leave again, and repeat.

Ha, this is incredible. I must have made an error in keeping you on the screen for that edge.