Project T.A.R.D.I.S. by Matoux42

made by Matoux42 for LD 41 (COMPO)

My game is globaly finished and playable, but I haven't enough time to make a good Shoot 'Em Up part. I hope you'll enjoy it though :)

Français, faites-moi plaisir et utilisez votre langue maternelle pour commenter ! :wink:

Instructions

Use Python3 and Pygame to work, so Linux users must install them (use your package manager for python, i. e. pacman -S python3, and pip to install pygame sudo pip install pygame).

Story

You're the team leader in the Test And Relative Driving In Simulation project, shortened in Project T.A.R.D.I.S. This project aims to make the greatest space warship in the world, but it's not easy ! You'll have to recruit scientists and make some research and tests to reach this goal. Good luck !

How to play

You'll have two parts : in the first part, you'll have to use wisely your money to manage your laboratories and upgrade your ship. In the second part, you'll have to test your ship in a simulator. Each monster killed give you money.

Controls

"Management" part

Use your cursor to interact with your environment

"Simulation" part

left/right arrows keys to move
space to shoot

FIX

Movement bugs when starting Simulation after the 1st time

Linux	https://gitlab.com/matthiasrigaud/Project-T.A.R.D.I.S.
Windows	https://matoux42.itch.io/project-tardis
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/project-t-a-r-d-i-s

Ratings

Overall	538^th	3.077⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Fun	585^th	2.75⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	488^th	3.077⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Theme	433^th	3.404⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	390^th	3.148⭐	29🧑‍⚖️
Humor	382^th	2.5⭐	26🧑‍⚖️
Mood	498^th	2.729⭐	26🧑‍⚖️
Given		31🗳️	20🗨️

Feedback

incobalt

23. Apr 2018 · 23:46 UTC

There was a problem when I went into the simulation a second time. The ship moved on its own and didn't respond to controls! This game has a clear progression, and I like that the difficulty is gated by earning money and researching enemies.

🎤 Matoux42

24. Apr 2018 · 12:00 UTC

Thanks for your feedback @incobalt !
I haven't had enough time to test the Shoot'em up part, that I finished 2 minutes before the LD end. I'll try to fix that.

Rapter

24. Apr 2018 · 21:04 UTC

Nice game and idea 5/5!!! Good Luck!

ZaneDD

24. Apr 2018 · 21:10 UTC

Love it! I also had the bug @incobalt mentioned, but other than that I really enjoyed it. Very creative. Only design criticism is that the font is a bit difficult to read.

foolmoron

24. Apr 2018 · 21:21 UTC

Same issue as incobalt! Also I wish the base speed was better, it's really tedious to start out with

🎤 Matoux42

24. Apr 2018 · 22:00 UTC

@incobalt @ZaneDD @foolmoron
Seems to be fixed !

theamazingb

25. Apr 2018 · 17:03 UTC

I still can't stop playing this game! I've always wanted to make a management shoot em up myself and to see you do it in 48 hrs is inspiring. The graphics are really well done. I wish you would have had another 24hrs to add sound. You should definitely continue to work on this. It has a lot of potential Here's our first LD entry https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/infinite-typer

wizard sino

26. Apr 2018 · 20:40 UTC

Tardis... DOCTOR WHO eh?

🎤 Matoux42

26. Apr 2018 · 20:55 UTC

![doctor.gif](///raw/bfb/6/z/14349.gif)

@wizard-sino

wizard sino

26. Apr 2018 · 21:17 UTC

I have a fez now. fezzes are cool.

Alex13

26. Apr 2018 · 21:38 UTC

Very slow simulation , and bullets stayed after few times when I played . But In general - game

Hilvon

26. Apr 2018 · 22:02 UTC

Hm... An interesting idea... Though I am not sure the "Simulation" is the right word to use. Maybe "Mission" would be better. Because retaining ship damage after "simulation" feels wierd.

Also the idea of "researching" and unlocking additional enemy types is. Fun, but it would really help if the enemies had different graphics. Just to tell which of the enemies are actually new ones.

And the gun upgrades are... well... the stock gut is pretty fittingly weaksauce. But even tier 1 gun is insanely good oneshotting omst of enemies and having a decent fire rate to deal with everyone non-convinced by one shot...

Moving to Tier 2 makes shooting even more satisfying... but Tier 3... just doesn't feel like an upgrade at this point.

Lyrcaxis

26. Apr 2018 · 22:27 UTC

Quite fun! Tho with the difficulty being non-existant this felt more like a shoot-em-up incremental.

had a bug-free playthrough btw!

silkworm_sweatshop

26. Apr 2018 · 22:56 UTC

You have a nice base concept for something but as a game it's not super engaging. After the first two upgrades or so nothing really feels like it's changing except numbers are bigger. Also, I see so many submissions totally neglecting sound. Just a few blips and bloops can add a lot. I recommend trying some sound effect generators like BFXR to quickly get some sound into your games even if you're hard pressed on time :).

jshaffer94247

27. Apr 2018 · 04:43 UTC

I agree that it's more like "mission" than simulation. I don't know what those scientists I hired actually did. Maybe I didn't play long enough. I fixed my ship twice and shot things twice. And hired scientists. I need something to pull me back to play longer and motivate me to understand.

🎤 Matoux42

27. Apr 2018 · 05:44 UTC

@Hilvon @Lyrcaxis @silkworm_sweatshop @jshaffer94247

Year, I understand what you think. At the beggining, I wanted to make true upgrades (with fixed names, stats and skins), but I haven't had enough time this week-end to make all, and to make a playable think I had to create self-generated upgrades (with multiplicators).

ElGregos

27. Apr 2018 · 13:05 UTC

Played it for a straight 10 minutes until a "Failed to execute Tardis" error crashed the game (Windows 7 64 bits). But that was fun to play. Mixing shoot'em up and ressource management is a neat idea. Adding new buildings, each with their own kind of research, also reminded me Mega Lo Mania, an old Amiga game, and that's a good thing! My only complain is the lack of sound but hey, it's a jam game, we all had to sacrify something! Anyway, the best game I played this far, mechanics are good, well done!

johnnysix

27. Apr 2018 · 23:06 UTC

Unfortunately can't rate as I'm missing Python.dll and another runtime.

n00b

28. Apr 2018 · 02:57 UTC

I like the graphics and the concept but I felt that the shooting part of the game was too slow and the game wasn't really clear on what the scientist actually did.

🎤 Matoux42

28. Apr 2018 · 06:50 UTC

@johnnysix

That's weird. Are you on a 32bit ? What is your windows version ?

That's the first time it happen !

Jupiter_Hadley

01. May 2018 · 20:23 UTC

Neat idea! I included it in my Ludum Dare 41 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCS-SbQWjlE

🎤 Matoux42

01. May 2018 · 21:09 UTC

That's cool @jupiter-hadley, thanks :ok_hand:. What a pity you don't play more !

lautregars

01. May 2018 · 21:14 UTC

Le concept est bien bien sympa ! Au début j'y suis allé à l'instinct, j'ai direct claqué mon pognon pour me recruter une armée de professeurs Chen et aller me friter dans l'espace. Bon. sans amélioration d'armes aucune, c'était pas bien foufou, et j'ai trouvé un peu le temps long. Par contre, avoir de smonstres plus méchant en payant des crédits, c'est pas mal !

Pour le coup le theme, l'innovation sont là, ce qui manque c'est comme tu le dis dans ta description d'équilibrage, et de feedbacks. je pense que si la partie gestion elle même était chronométrée, et la partie shoot'em'up plus rapide, et plus difficile dès le départ, ça aurait déjà donné plus de tension et de fun au gameplay.

Mais en vrai comme moi t'as fait la Compo et c'est chaud d'avoir unt ruc bien et jouable, et en l'état actuel ton jeu tourne. du coup gg ;)

🎤 Matoux42

01. May 2018 · 21:24 UTC

@lautregars

ça fait plaisir de voir un commentaire en français lol

Y a plein d'améliorations que j'aurais aimé faire (à commencer par un meilleur sh'm'em up, un feedback visuel pour les améliorations, etc), mais il m'a manqué du temps, et j'ai commencé mon sh'm'em up 1h avant le rendu donc c'était vraiment short.

Merci pour le feedback

(c'est drôle, t'es le premier à remarquer le visage du prof chen :smirk:)

cristiano.m.garcia

07. May 2018 · 00:30 UTC

Good job! Cool game!

I left my rating of your game, if you can leave your feedback in our game, Witch's Escape.

I hope you continue with the project.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/witchs-escape

fashionbatman

07. May 2018 · 16:52 UTC

I had a lot of fun playing this! Like most games it could use some balancing, especially the upgrades. But is a solid game overall. Great job!