Windows Explorer 2 by torcado

This window uncovers the secrets of your desktop.
Try to collect everything!
Press Escape to open the menu
| Link | https://torcado.itch.io/windows-explorer-2 |
| Link | https://www.mediafire.com/file/v2p9c9w67kk945z/ld58.zip/file |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/windows-explorer-2 |
Ratings
| Overall | 39th | 3.827⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 95th | 3.393⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 3th | 4.518⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 20th | 4.179⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 51th | 3.946⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 95th | 3.269⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 69th | 3.24⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 87th | 3.442⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 18🗳️ | 25🗨️ |
But there's no challenge? I kept moving the window about, collected 25 icons but nothing ever changed but new random icons.
What are the other 55 MB of the exe file used for? :P
@ellaris you should look around more :)
Lovely :) WinAmp gave me bees!
* What does upgrading a window do? I think it increases the frequency and rarity of icons, but I don't really know for sure.
* What does a Fabricator do? I've bought so many and have no idea what they do.
* Could there be some way to unlock knowledge like whether I've already discovered all the different types of window environments? I would love to know I don't have to open any more random programs in my computer. I still haven't collected two icons, but it's frustrating to not know whether I should be trying to find them by opening more programs or by trying to upgrade random windows and just luck into the solution.
This was a lovely game to leave on in the background, and opening another program to find a new type of window was a rush of joy. I also found the godot icon when I opened godot. I have no idea whether this was intentional, but it was pretty cool.
Also I'm so thankful that when I accidentally closed the game and reopened it, all my progress was still there.
I would have loved some description for the upgrades you can buy. It's not really evident what they should do.
Great work as usual
With all that said, I think this is a really cool game. The interaction with the windows I have open is not something I have seen before and if it had been overlaying properly with my environment I can see how awesome it would be to have a window that opens another world for my programs. A little more polish and explanation and I could see this being a fin game to have in the background for a lot of time.
Great job overall!
This might be one of those rare entries that I keep coming back to even after the jam itself has ended. Well done!