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> punch -s by Demy

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made by Demy for LD32 (JAM)
This is the story about one unfortunate (or may be not) human and one brave cleaning robot. They're connected together by the console input string and will fight to protect our world from a D0CT0R R0B0T, an ultimate janitor villain.

Commands:
- PUNCH [-S] [-F] [-H]
- BLOCK
- DODGE
- W (without Enter) - active pause

Some extra hints: if you'll type first character(s) from the command and then press [Tab] the command will be autocompleted.
You can use arrows [up] and [down] to navigate between previous commands.

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Code: Demy (Elena Gavrilova)
Graphics: Doragon (Natalia Logunova)
Game design: Dmitry Shytov
Special thanks to:
Felipe Wang for editing of English texts and
Thatiany Miranda for awesome space image
wolf4life.bandcamp.com for cool background music.
Web http://andminigames.ru/stuff/cleanemup/
Web (with sounds, post-jam) http://andminigames.ru/stuff/final/
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=44801

Ratings

Coolness 93% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.46 308
Fun(Jam) 2.76 718
Graphics(Jam) 4.38 64
Humor(Jam) 3.41 243
Innovation(Jam) 3.90 72
Mood(Jam) 3.25 382
Theme(Jam) 3.48 421

Feedback

theStartlestare
21. Apr 2015 路 08:52 UTC
Nice concept with the console. But typos lead to death maybe some sort of autocorrect could make it more accesable.
馃帳 Demy
21. Apr 2015 路 09:07 UTC
theStartlestare, you can press Tab to autocorrect command, like in a real console
Druid
21. Apr 2015 路 10:43 UTC
Cool idea, but not for slow typers like me :D
The Capitalist Crayfish
21. Apr 2015 路 10:48 UTC
Loved the story and the graphics, looks really crisp. -Weloxux
TeamCalcium
21. Apr 2015 路 10:49 UTC
Nice Game! For me it feels a little to fast-paced regarding the controls by typing, and then again a little too easy if figured out that you can copy and paste the commands. (I was mashing ctrl+v and enter constantly) Still very appealing Graphics and nice Humor.
Mouch
21. Apr 2015 路 10:56 UTC
I love the graphics, especially the intro. I like the console idea too, but i think gameplay can be improved, but absolutely acceptable for LD.

SPAMMING "punch -s" ftw !!!
jk5000
21. Apr 2015 路 11:37 UTC
Too difficult for me. But it looks amazing.
samwest
21. Apr 2015 路 14:32 UTC
Cool Idea! Too bad I'm to slow to type in English
Mathieu Muller
21. Apr 2015 路 16:16 UTC
Like other said, nice concept. However, the whole console input is a bit harsh. You should introduce pauses after the robot finish it's move, so it's a bit more tactical.

I could defeat almost all robots by simply inputting a command, then arrow up and spamming the command.
Evergreen Games
21. Apr 2015 路 21:09 UTC
cool fighter game! the graphics are amazing and the gameplay is solid too. i like the fact that you can stop time, theres a lot of strategy
SpringCabal
22. Apr 2015 路 13:45 UTC
Great ideas here, and this game is certainly innovative, but it's also not fun; Copy+enter on "PUNCH -S" is enough to defeat the first three robots, which is when I stopped as it got boring. The story's great, and art's not bad, but I wish it had music as well.
rectangular Tim
22. Apr 2015 路 13:48 UTC
Well this was frustrating. I liked the story and the graphics though.
Ludonaut
22. Apr 2015 路 17:40 UTC
Cool concept. I love the comics, well done.
mike1101
23. Apr 2015 路 09:46 UTC
Great story. Very cool comic book. Wished I could have kept reading. But when I got to the console ... Nothing worked. I see instructions and a text box but nothing I do when I type in ... does anything ?
ermrk
23. Apr 2015 路 09:50 UTC
Great comics! Game was too fast without pause and too slow with it. I would appreciate some queue for commands. However I like programming feature, it is good.
馃帳 Demy
23. Apr 2015 路 09:55 UTC
mike1101, the last instruction in first help was to type "start" into console input below to start the game.
Horsed
23. Apr 2015 路 10:00 UTC
I liked the comics. The console mechanic didn't grab me. With just repeating "punch -s" I managed to kill all robots, which made the game too easy.
frnknstn
24. Apr 2015 路 11:43 UTC
Great idea, great presentation
OrangeSpikyGames
26. Apr 2015 路 06:00 UTC
Fun to play, but it was very difficult at first.
Boberro
26. Apr 2015 路 10:11 UTC
And to think you still had time to make an intro comic...
SimianLogic
27. Apr 2015 路 20:34 UTC
All the art is super cute. I'm a pretty fast typer, but I wasn't able to keep up with even the first robot (even with pausing). Maybe I just suck at fighting games? Maybe if you had command history so you could press up and repeat jabs?
Stechas
02. May 2015 路 14:38 UTC
I was only punching hard, works for every opponent. It could be more difficult... but regarding story and beautiful graphics it's really hard to say something else than good job guys!
Zener
02. May 2015 路 18:01 UTC
Great idea, makes me remember MUD games. Graphics and intro are awesome!
TeamFlare
03. May 2015 路 12:16 UTC
I love the controlls - seriously! this has great potential.
I'm not familliar which how to use a console , but the typing in itself is challenging and fun.It's just a little tough though.. I'd have loved to type stuff like kick, punch, jump.. short stuff..
Great gfx as well :)
Saker Games
04. May 2015 路 13:16 UTC
Cool concept with the console :D
Very interesting game and good looking graphics. Well done!
freaknarf
06. May 2015 路 09:22 UTC
Great work on comics and visuals ! That was a weird gameplay, like if a mad coder wanted to share his pain :]

Maybe i found a bug : I felt like i was in control of the garbage collector with the console once, while Janitor just took the hits...
Shit i want to beat him :)
Nice !
KaiseanGames
08. May 2015 路 06:17 UTC
Well done! Very nice execution.
Smirnov48
10. May 2015 路 07:54 UTC
Interesting concept. Good realisation. Good job!
Photon
11. May 2015 路 01:07 UTC
Really interesting idea, but I couldn't even get past the first robot. I feel like the programming aspect doesn't work very well in real time (Pause feels kind of like a band-aid fix.) Tis' a shame since the graphics and narrative are rather interesting.
Yoon
11. May 2015 路 10:52 UTC
The graphics are a blast. Loved the idea, the robots' design and the little comic to introduce the story.

The gameplay is unexpectedly hard to handle, even with autocompletion by pressing TAB.
Also I noticed that once a "punch -H" connects, you can just keep spamming it because the opponent hasn't the time to recover. TBH I won all the fights this way.

One suggestion : You should allow a "punch" command without arguments, because reaching the '-' and one of the letters on the keyboard is very time-consuming, combat-wise.

I played the post-jam one, and I can't get over the robot's cuteness.