Galactic Data Collector by Gat

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made by Gat for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

Play as a galactic records collector! go door to door examining paperwork! Thrilling! Meet exotic looking aliens, and then look at their paperwork!

Download is the optimal way to play (or itchio browser for larger display), for some reason when exporting to html the player audio is removed.

Credits: Gat - Programming and Art (Godot, Aseprite) Van - Music and Sounds (FLStudio)

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Ratings

Overall 48th 4.13⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 48th 4.043⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 597th 2.87⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 269th 3.87⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 73th 4.435⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 54th 4.114⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 72th 3.957⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 46th 4.304⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 42🗳️ 33🗨️

Feedback

MaxineY
Oct 06th · 20:13 UTC
The game and art are very interesting, but I'm a bit confused when I find that the identity of this person is incorrect, how should I submit or point out the error? It seems that I can only exit?
Myheadmess
Oct 06th · 20:15 UTC
Very nice !
LDJam user 0
Oct 06th · 20:16 UTC
Creepy. Sometime I forgot to check room number, but it's fun anyway, creepily fun after I press exit button.
LDJam user 148539
Oct 06th · 20:26 UTC
@maxineY yeah the examine function is a little obtuse, you're supposed to select the examine tool and select the information that is incorrect and then select other information that is mismatched, (example: The form is has a past expiration date, click the examine tool, click on the expiration date, and then click on the clock with current date, this will prompt the character to question the subject about the information)
MaxineY
Oct 06th · 20:30 UTC
@gat Ahh I see! My English is not very good so maybe I missed something in the tutorials. I'll play again. Thank you for your explanation!
Ulziton
Oct 06th · 20:31 UTC
good take on theme, like this one
thingus
Oct 06th · 20:48 UTC
Spacers, please - enjoyed this. Really liked the spacy sax music in the backdrop
FURYPN
Oct 06th · 21:57 UTC
Nice Mood
GlassMoonGames
Oct 07th · 03:53 UTC
Stellar visuals and a great take on Papers Please bureaucracy-em-up play. I love it.
Ira Baciu
Oct 07th · 13:35 UTC
I like this kind of games
Aleksey Salion
Oct 07th · 13:40 UTC
Love the sounds
Yarkin
Oct 07th · 15:29 UTC
Tried 15-20 game randomly, so far this is the most fun one for me. Played like 20mins.
SolidHinken
Oct 07th · 17:51 UTC
Nice little Paper's Please inspired game! Great job!
Khamekaze
Oct 07th · 17:53 UTC
Loved every second of this, replayed it 10 times at least! By the way there is a typo on the species page (Glamflom instead of Glomflam) which made me lose a life 😅
LDJam user 148539
Oct 07th · 18:00 UTC
@khamekaze Yea I definitely should have caught that... But thanks for playing!
Nadan
Oct 07th · 18:14 UTC
So basically Papers, Please in space? :D Nice! It’s hard to rate since Papers, Please is such a classic, and this clearly draws a lot from it. But you pulled it off well, so props for that!
Wuppos
Oct 07th · 18:32 UTC
Super impressive that you made a game inspired by papers please in a weekend :O It also plays really well! At first I was a bit confused, since I did not realize that there could be multiple problems with a persons information and that you had to indicate it all. That is a very minor point though, I had a lot of fun playing. The art was also really well done. Great job! :D
Rise12600
Oct 07th · 19:18 UTC
I've played a lot of papers, please, one of the first games I got on Steam, so I did quite well on this
art is amazing, the idea is very solid, and game gameplay is fun and engaging.
The only thing is that i think the music could use a little work

overall great game lots of promise
Aviv Levy
Oct 07th · 20:53 UTC
My favorite game in the jam so far! I really enjoyed the dialogues and felt immersed through out. The difficulty was just right, and I appreciated that the game told me if I succeeded. Printing those tickets was super satisfying. The art, sound, and sci-fi dystopian alien vibes are just 👩‍🍳👌

This needs to be expanded!
Bestdtang
Oct 08th · 03:55 UTC
This game is fantastic! Discovering each alien was a real joy. Everything runs so smoothly, and the visuals are gorgeous. They really nail the game's theme.
BorealTeuthidia
Oct 08th · 04:07 UTC
This game is so well done for a 3 day game jam! I quite enjoyed the challenge of trying to check the data in a rush. Only suggestion would be to make the tutorial less wordy as I had a hard time processing the wall of text lol. Stellar gameplay, audio and art!!
Ciphereo
Oct 08th · 05:27 UTC
Art and music are very interesting! The gameplay is very creative and I really like it!
denilseven
Oct 08th · 12:19 UTC
This is so immersive!! It's really cool discovering the different alien designs. At first when I saw that their species was listed on their card I was a little bummed that you wouldn't have to recognize them based on their appearance, but then I realized that that info could be wrong too XD
Now, IDK if this is a :bug:, but sometimes they wouldn't hand me the card with name, ID and seal, and almost every time this happened there would be a discrepancy, but I'm not sure if there's a way to report this missing card (playing on the itch.io web build)
That aside, this is a really nice game with solid mechanics :) Thx for submitting!!
LDJam user 148539
Oct 08th · 22:44 UTC
@denilseven Thank you for taking the to play! When a subject doesn't present their ID card you can use the inspect tool on the rule "All tenants are required to carry an ID" in the rule book. I definitely should have taken more time in making a proper tutorial.
denilseven
Oct 09th · 12:53 UTC
Oh, ok! I'll try that @gat :D
Kapricorn Media
Oct 14th · 05:00 UTC
Ok, Papers Please is one of my fav games so this is an instant 10/10 for me. Please release this on steam because I will buy it.
Praccen
Oct 17th · 12:07 UTC
Fun! Took a while before I found all the ways things could differ, guess I should have studied the tutorial a bit closer. When their shape didn't match the species, it was a bit tough to understand If I should check the name against their "shape" species or the one on the card. Figured it out eventually! Would have liked to be able to see what mistakes I made after each round. Overall very nice work! Got 10 tickets and 5 submittals as my high score