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Space Alert by NChalakov

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made by NChalakov for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

A simple 2d game!

A fire breaks out on the spaceship 'SHIP'. You are the last survivor of the crew, and you have limited time to load the escape pod with the most important resources. Launch the ship before it explodes but be careful what you choose because space is limited and time is short.

To Win you need some percentage of the max cargo capcity.(around 30 kg in the capsule zone)

Fixed Version https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HJS87THeMsRRi3faNxKe-sck5djwdnw5/view?usp=sharing
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/54/space-alert

Ratings

Overall 1085th 2.763⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 914th 2.974⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1054th 2.553⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 884th 3.132⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 959th 2.605⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 556th 2.912⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1008th 2.706⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Given 37🗳️ 9🗨️

Feedback

acousticAnalyst
02. Oct 2023 · 22:53 UTC
Short and sweet, could do with some audio, or indication as to what objects cause a win not a loss
🎤 NChalakov
02. Oct 2023 · 22:57 UTC
To Win you need some percentage of the max cargo capcity.
LazySeal
02. Oct 2023 · 23:04 UTC
That was pretty fun but I didn't get how to win С: Feels like the first part of the 60 seconds game.
Good job!
BuyMyBeard
03. Oct 2023 · 00:20 UTC
You were seved! Mission failed!
I win, but I still lose in the end lol.
I found it so hilarious that I decided to replay the game, and that's when I understood the game was broken.
The big issue with the game is that it's luck based. You win only if a bunch of heavy items spawn (fire extinguisher). If only sandwiches spawned, you are basically screwed, and no matter how well you play you still lose.

If you can take one lesson from making this game, it should be that you should be careful how you implement randomness in a game. I'd advice watching this video from GMTK.

https://youtu.be/dwI5b-wRLic?si=2IcKG1Ad0pSR-Qjl

Congrats on submitting. Hope I didn't come off too mean!
🎤 NChalakov
03. Oct 2023 · 07:39 UTC
Thank you for the feedback. I see the problem with the randomness.We did not have the time to test it enough and tweak it, but probably will provide a fixed version with this today.
🎤 NChalakov
03. Oct 2023 · 08:50 UTC
Second Version is uploaded
Utopia
05. Oct 2023 · 04:20 UTC
Okay... Curious about how to win, oh I see the reply, so it doesn't matter how many food I take LOL. Anyway, the game is simple but interesting.
🎤 NChalakov
05. Oct 2023 · 13:44 UTC
I had to take into account the amount of food in the capsule, but we didn't have time to implement the algorithm
asfdfdfd
05. Oct 2023 · 20:06 UTC
I fell it likfe "Space Eating Simulator", ha-ha. Keep going!
AdamG
07. Oct 2023 · 02:29 UTC
I liked that the camera wasn't just moving with the player 1:1 immediately, most game jam games go the lazy way there. I think it would have been nice if there was a way to know how much weight you needed to succeed though
ffffchai
09. Oct 2023 · 04:01 UTC
I've experienced it many times, and it's a simple and light game. I think it would be amusing if it was designed so that you could win no matter what but have different endings, something like "ate a lot on the journey", "built propulsion with all the fire extinguishers", "became the last gaming nerd of the human race! "...
fatEmperor
11. Oct 2023 · 13:10 UTC
Good idea. Minimalistic graphics and pleasant controls.
EgorMnc
14. Oct 2023 · 14:12 UTC
The game is interesting, it was quite nice to play it, keep working on it and everything will be cool
jandourek
18. Oct 2023 · 23:16 UTC
Very simple, but it was fun to move around (the character is very fast). There's definitely potential with this idea. I like @ffffchai's suggestion about having different endings depending on what items you took with you on the ship. I also didn't understand why there were keys for selecting items, since you couldn't use them, and there was never a situation where I had to drop a specific item to pick up a new one. Still it was pretty interesting!