Captain Nostalgia by LandoSystems

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made by LandoSystems for Ludum Dare 57 (JAM)

Captain N(ostalgia) ️

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Ever-unfolding horrors of modern life got you down? Captain Nostalgia to the rescue!

Take a trip down memory lane, when times were simpler and games were fun (albeit unforgiving).

Play as a middle-aged man who revisits the gaming adventures of his youth - but things are not always as we remember them.

Sometimes things get mixed up

Conquer your gaming heroes and take their powers as you confront the real challenge: nostalgia's gentle mourning.

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# Controls:

  • WASD or controller
  • Space to jump
  • J or left-mouse for main attack
  • K or right-mouse for super attack

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# About the Team:

LandoSystems is a group of jammers from Madison, Wisconsin that varies in size from 2 to 12 people. This is the team's 32th Ludum Dare game!! :tada:

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# Team Members:

Code: - Doug Graham dsgraham :elephant: dsgraham on mastodon - Brian Ploeckelman PalpatinesSmile :elephant: brian on mastodon - Jeffrey Hwang :elephant: jeffreyhwang on mastodon - Brian Rossman

Art: - Matt Neumann

Music and Text: - Pete V

Assorted Coolness: - Luke Bain - Clayton Mays - Melisa Erman

### Attribution:

  • Various Nintendo game publishers, care of spriters resource
  • The entire population of NES developers and the generation of gamers and asset-creators who have followed

Ratings

Overall 632th 3.275⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 267th 3.625⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 791th 2.575⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 844th 2.325⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 699th 2.975⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 297th 3.526⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 78th 3.95⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 444th 3.55⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 11🗳️ 26🗨️

Feedback

osh.studio
08. Apr 2025 · 12:28 UTC
wow guys what an amazing effort! definitely took me to the DEPTHS of my nostalgia ;) Very clear to see how much effort and work went into this, loved the mechanism to 'collect' all the characters to use. The deepfried boss music was very fun, and loved to see all the credits including emotional support at the end. Great entry! Looking forward to seeing what you make next jam :)
dstoc
08. Apr 2025 · 12:29 UTC
:mind-blown:
Brian Russell
08. Apr 2025 · 23:08 UTC
super nostalgic and the tune covers got me in the feels!
Dominic Graziano
09. Apr 2025 · 02:35 UTC
i beat it... not really on theme but i chuckled regardless
superpokeunicorn
09. Apr 2025 · 07:40 UTC
A pretty fun little romp. Enjoyed the theming in an ironic, Dorkly kinda way. I appreciate that you didn't actually die from taking damage, made it fun to just mess around and breeze through it. Fun to experiment around with the different characters, wound up getting good use out of a few of them in the final boss. Overall a good time. Nice work.
robertino
09. Apr 2025 · 08:05 UTC
Final Dragon defeated! :-)
Ryrumeli
09. Apr 2025 · 12:44 UTC
Hey guys thank you for making me feel old again! I seriously liked how you forwent punishing the gamer for getting hit and were just that much more gentle than the very games you reference. Also interesting aspect that you can complete the game with any character, even if just the main character is enough. Oh and that you used cues from the design of those games, like having more than one path for beating the stage, and how enemies and the scenario were laid out.

Oh and that easter egg with the suggestive mountain design, yeah I got it! And the song for the last battle, oh my gosh.


Funny how for an older guy he packs quite the punch. Probably it is the memories of dying in those games hundreds of times huh?
clymm
09. Apr 2025 · 22:59 UTC
Wow what a epic adventure! Love how it wasn't too punishing on the getting hit by enemies and staying alive :laughing: a ton of variety and areas topped off by a final boss! Also think it's the first game i've seen on here made with LibGDX - heck yeh! Rewarding and fun!
Egor Iv
10. Apr 2025 · 17:00 UTC
WOW ![Снимок экрана от 2025-04-10 19-57-06.png](///raw/784/3/z/6be73.png)
Jacky San
11. Apr 2025 · 18:12 UTC
Hahaha have a fun time on this :wink: congratz !
Smugsman
12. Apr 2025 · 13:28 UTC
Hillarious game, dont know if it meets the TOS but it is a great game to be playing. very fun game, very pop culture, very yummers as one would say, very spaghetti, very nostalgia. ![pouring.png](///raw/8e5/16/z/6c105.png)
LDJam user 387005
12. Apr 2025 · 14:33 UTC
The last boss fight music is amazing
island-jam-2-group-3
17. Apr 2025 · 13:01 UTC
Is not dying a bug or a feature? :-P BTW I was using mouse buttons for shooting / hitting so whenever the dialog after every boss appeared I closed it without knowing that I could change characters ^^U Cool mood on this entry!