You found an old game console and are getting ready to have a good time, but wouldn't you know it, that game console was owned by someone who has come back from the dead just to prevent you from beating their highscore. Meh. You're gonna beat their highscore whether they like it or not.

Try to beat the ghost's highscore by clicking the buttons the game console prompts you. The ghost is going to try to reach out and take the console away to prevent you from beating it, so make sure to drag it away from it's grasp and steal it back if it manages to get a hold.

Controls:

Q - Pause Menu

Left Mouse Button (Hold) - grab the game console while in GRAB mode.

Left Mouse Button (Click) - press buttons while in POINT mode.

Right Mouse Button (Click) - toggle between point and grab mode.

Tips:

When the ghost manages to grab the console, you are able to grab it and pull it out of its grasp. But likewise, it can also take it from you while you are grabbing it.

Notes from me:

It's been a few years since I last participated in Ludum Dare. Since I heard it's ending in a couple years I wanted to finally participate again, and I'm excited to be back! This time I had the goal of making something complete, with sound effects, music, etc since I've always been bad at scope. I usually don't end up having time to make or find music for my games so they end up being really quiet, so I'm glad I was able to do it here (even if the music sucks haha that's what the volume control is for). I originally wanted to make the game you play on the console something that exists, like Alien Invaders or Tetris, but I figured that would have made the game harder than it already is, so I just went with something simpler. Also had a lot of other ideas for mechanics but I was trying to minimize the scope, even then it took way longer than I expected to get done what I did haha.

Credits:

Everything was made by me except for the font, which I got from 1001Fonts. The font is called Home Video. No AI was used to make this game.