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Smelly Corp. by Klerembot

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made by Klerembot for LD 42 (JAM)

Welcome to Smelly Corp.!

You are sent to a facility that has a slight problem: there is no system for removing toxic waste. Your job is simple: don't let the Toxic Waste Tank completely fill up. You will start by manually moving the waste to an occasional truck, and end up building an infrastructure that will do most of work for you.

There are 9 types of buildings, each one being unique and helpful in it's own way. Not only you will build pipes to move the toxic waste around, but also some buildings require electricity, so you will need to build a power grid as well.

I recommend visiting the ingame Help. It looks complicated, but it's not that bad, I promise.

Controls: WASD: movement MouseWheel/numbers: selecting a building Left Click: take/give toxic waste or build a selected building

The theme is present in two ways: you don't want the Toxic Waste Tank to run out of space, and all the buildings are blocking your way, limiting your movement options the longer the game goes.

Personal Note: I should look into them "Unities" next time. Making a game in pure JavaScript is a pain in the butt.

Source code https://github.com/CholewaDavid/LudumDare42
HTML5 (web) http://cholewa.cz/apps/SmellyCorp/SmellyCorp.html
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/smelly-corp

Ratings

Overall 1229th 2.575⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1156th 2.55⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 767th 3⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 897th 3.1⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1145th 2.275⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 31🗳️ 3🗨️

Feedback

cenullum
14. Aug 2018 · 09:32 UTC
it took 10 minutes to figure out the controls. you should make a little tutorial. but cool game
Zlabya
14. Aug 2018 · 09:40 UTC
seems like hard to control the character for me, it goes down and can't move up.
nidup
14. Aug 2018 · 09:56 UTC
Good concept! It took me few minutes to understand how to play, a first in game tutorial could help. I also would have preferred control everything with only keyboard or only mouse. Music is a bit repetitive, accelerating the music rhythm when the tank is more fulfilled could help to make the game more stressful (also adding screen shake or blink for instance to reinforce it).Cool entry, congratz! :rocket:
whoisninja
14. Aug 2018 · 10:04 UTC
Instructions are too vague in my opinion. Sounds is awesome and graphics is 5/7. pretty nice!
Scott Purcival
14. Aug 2018 · 10:13 UTC
i almost gave up until i figured out it was a keyboard game (couldnt get past the menu) respect for making a native HTML5 game. great concept - like a simcity for waste. great complexity. i imagine with more time you could have really polished this. Nice effort :)
FlashViper
14. Aug 2018 · 16:22 UTC
I don't really understand the game mechanics, so a tutorial would be nice.
Donitz
14. Aug 2018 · 18:10 UTC
Nice concept. The one thing this game really needed was tile highlighting under the mouse cursor to indicate actions. It was a bit hard to know whether you were going to build something or pick up toxic waste.
GhostGoatsGames
15. Aug 2018 · 02:34 UTC
This is so close to being awesome. Once I figured out the concept, I wanted to play it a lot and like it. But there are a few bugs that kept me from being able to. There were many times when I tried to put the waste in the trucks and it just wouldnt. Also, the music sounds dope, but it comes and goes a lot. Reading the help section was very useful, but i know not everyone does that :(
KnithGuris
15. Aug 2018 · 06:36 UTC
Nice game mechanism. It would be nicer if the pipe was not an obstacle. I took me several times to refresh and go to the help screen to figure out how to play. I enjoyed the game though :smiley:
Ozerion2103
15. Aug 2018 · 15:18 UTC
It was a bit hard to understand how to play but it obvious that ther is a lot of work in this game. GG
TheWustache
24. Aug 2018 · 21:00 UTC
Interesting concept and a unique take on the theme! It's like pipe dream and a tycoon sim mashed together.