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Let's Not Make This Weird by mjomble

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made by mjomble for LD 41 (JAM)

Hacking meets crafting meets procedural generation meets deck building (a deck of floppy disks, that is).

And for your ears, cyperpunk meets reggae.

As software developers, we are sick and tired of movies and games that depict hacking using meaningless technobabble.

So we decided to make a game with 100% realistic hacking. And floppies!

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Made by:

  • Jürmo Mehine - design, code, writing
  • Andres Kalle - design, code, writing
  • Allan Kasuk - sound

at a local LD event hosted by APT GameGenerator in Tartu, Estonia

PS. If you just want to read mission descriptions without playing the game you can do that at https://jargon.netlify.com/

HTML5 (web) https://lets-not-make-this-weird.netlify.com/
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/lets-not-make-this-weird

Ratings

Overall 151th 3.929⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 272th 3.65⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 191th 3.8⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 760th 3.35⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 588th 3.475⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 102th 3.921⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 13th 4.375⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 261th 3.675⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 30🗳️ 8🗨️

Feedback

Magnega
24. Apr 2018 · 09:19 UTC
Wow, I sure know a lot more about hacking than I did 10 minutes ago.
siimer
25. Apr 2018 · 12:20 UTC
The game was really fun to play and the story, audio and graphics were well done. My only problems with the gameplay were that it took too many side missions to get items for the main mission(sometimes I did 5+ missions without getting any required parts) and that you could spam the floppies mindlessly(the other parts were useless).
agrdev
27. Apr 2018 · 21:58 UTC
Very well done! So realistic hacking :)
Love the audio and graphics. Narrative is really good.
Balance686
27. Apr 2018 · 22:10 UTC
Fun game with an interesting premise. The text based dialogue was humorous, the graphic style was simple and consistent, and the audio was dope! I agree with what @siimer said about taking a lot of side missions to get items for the main mission but there isn't much time for balancing during the jam so that's something that could be worked on if you guys pursue the game further. I enjoyed it - good job guys!
CiaranW
27. Apr 2018 · 22:23 UTC
Haha, I like the idea, and the instructions were funny (and accurate to what actually happens in films :P) I liked the shape-puzzle that underalyed the game, but I did think it could get a bit grindey when you were trying to get the tiles you needed. Promising prototype though, good entry!
dib
28. Apr 2018 · 23:05 UTC
Great job on the humor and audio, I loved playing this. It got a bit annoying after a while though, as I was always lead onto the path of not having enough parts. The game really punishes you for misclicks. Oh, and there was a missing word in a message I believe. It should have said 'database', but didn't, and I had to look at the color of the chips.
lcossette
29. Apr 2018 · 19:05 UTC
Wow, this is my favorite game so far. Well done.
Odd1In
29. Apr 2018 · 19:53 UTC
I really liked it but I think the audio didn't really suit the style of the game.
ultrarat
30. Apr 2018 · 04:33 UTC
Fun with references, I'm glad we're all watching the same youtube compilations of the worst computer related dialogue.
Darkwing00Duck
01. May 2018 · 21:10 UTC
Wow, guys. Wonderful game. Immersion to the world of hacking of the 80th years has taken place successfully. Both music and grafics perform well. Very atmospheric and addictive.
Jyrms
04. May 2018 · 19:04 UTC
Just for kicks I uploaded our mission display system to https://jargon.netlify.com/ Now you can get your dose of hackity sounding words without having to actually play the game