Control by RandomM00

made by RandomM00 for LD19 (COMPO)

A game about a megalomaniac machine, a spaceship and lots of buttons! Everyone loves pushing buttons and seeing what happens, no?
I used Haxe, SWFMIll, the GIMP, SFXR and Yoshimi (synth). The machine was running Ubuntu 10.10 and fonts came from Dafont.com.
I used some of the utilities that I announced previously.
I should be able to upload a timelapse soon.

Windows	http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16895250/build.swf
OS/X	http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16895250/build.swf
Linux	http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16895250/build.swf
Web	http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16895250/build.swf
Source	http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16895250/LD19.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-19/?action=preview&uid=3221

Ratings

Coolness	17%	31
Overall	2.80	124

Audio	2.67	86
Community	2.83	112
Fun	2.48	158
Graphics	2.76	127
Humor	2.94	46
Innovation	3.68	31
Theme	3.20	96

Feedback

FireSlash

20. Dec 2010 · 03:27 UTC

This game needs instructions of some kind. it's very difficult to figure out exactly whats going on, or even what the goal is.

VDOgamez

20. Dec 2010 · 03:48 UTC

I wasn't quite sure what I was doing. I started pressing buttons, and then I blew up. I don't think I discovered much. You're supposed to blow up, right?

Moops

20. Dec 2010 · 14:50 UTC

Hahaha I think maybe the commenters are missing the point? Its like being hurled into the future on a starship and you see all these buttons flashing WARNING and you have no idea what to do oh god!! Fun game.

stevejohnson

20. Dec 2010 · 17:48 UTC

This is the most confusing thing I have seen in a while. I guess that's the point, and it works! But I still died.

increpare

20. Dec 2010 · 21:43 UTC

Pushing buttons is indeed fun. I think I blew up. It was fun. I haven't had anyone push those buttons in a while.

ranklar

21. Dec 2010 · 01:53 UTC

Decent concept, and the functionality was decent (I think?) if everything was indeed working, which I can't be sure of as the "game" is completely wonky. Fun? Not for me, but it was a nice idea. I like your use of audio! The polish and audio alone kicked my game's butt.

Endurion

21. Dec 2010 · 10:39 UTC

Good idea making discovery of what the buttons do the game ;)
Still quite confusing, but here it's quite good. I'm not sure what happens when you "win". It seems for me when the image on the bottom right shows a blown circuit.

devinmoore

22. Dec 2010 · 16:05 UTC

This reminds me of the Apollo VGC(sp)... very cool. Only thing is... Now I want a window to see space! Other than that, a really cool idea and well-executed for what it's supposed to be.

tonic

23. Dec 2010 · 20:32 UTC

This is weird, couldn't figure out the game. I just randomly smashed the buttons. Is the game somehow generated to be different each time?

hdon

01. Jan 2011 · 00:45 UTC

I discovered that if you lower your shields before the "incoming" thing arrives, you will die! But then nothing else ever comes :(

I think the reason people are having negative reactions is because of the psychological impact of being virtually killed several times.

bernardfrancois

09. Jan 2011 · 21:57 UTC

@hdon: I thought the goal of the game was to destroy the device...

I played it once and succeeded in doing this by doing random stuff.