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thanks, I hate it! by thristhart

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made by thristhart for LD 40 (JAM)

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fair warning

this game reacts somewhat aggressively to the act of playing it. if you're sensitive to flashing lights, chaotic sounds or the feeling that life has no purpose, it might be safer to stay away

browser support

this should work on chrome and firefox, probably works on safari, definitely doesn't work on IE (it's making heavy use of HTML imports w/ a polyfill). audio is sort of broken on mobile

credits

background images are courtesy of the very neat https://unsplash.com, otherwise all assets/design by @thristhart

sound design by @bryGPO, design and implementation by @thristhart and @zyrconium

HTML5 (web) https://tom.shea.at/ld40/
Github https://github.com/CorvusClub/ld40
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/thanks-i-hate-it

Ratings

Overall 317th 3.694⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 362th 3.528⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 155th 3.722⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 41th 4.25⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 602th 3.444⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Audio 433th 3.222⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 142th 3.778⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 490th 3.389⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 15🗨️

Feedback

🎤 thristhart
28. Nov 2017 · 04:35 UTC
for the record, my best score is 430
6smith
05. Dec 2017 · 04:37 UTC
really fun! started to lag out around 250, tho
Thy Duck
05. Dec 2017 · 04:49 UTC
Pretty fun! It's strikingly similar to Space Team.
helciarius
05. Dec 2017 · 04:49 UTC
That could definitely get addictive, I definitely need to be more awake for this one.

Not sure if it was something to do with my setup or the game but I couldn't turn the crank handles at first when they spawned in.
LeReveur
05. Dec 2017 · 05:21 UTC
I started this rate session with that game. I'm not sure I will sleep tonight, but I managed (hardly) to get 263 (or was it 267? yet forget), and I doubt I will retry it - I need to stay a little mind safe. :P Well in the theme, and well done.
RainbowJam
05. Dec 2017 · 06:22 UTC
Just broke 400 before giving up
Tough game, very true to the theme, I like it :smile:
ahintoflime
05. Dec 2017 · 18:47 UTC
I love it. Weird games about infuriating interfaces are the best.
narve
10. Dec 2017 · 02:05 UTC
Well, this got stressful fast. Kind of reminds me of "Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes".
Nerketur
10. Dec 2017 · 02:17 UTC
I liked the game. Very true to the theme, started to lag a bit once i broke 200 with all the things to do. I really liked how it forces you to multitask, and multitask well. You soon learn to listen for simon, click buttons only when flashing, and zero in on answers only in trivia. I don't understand the pictures one, and didn't get farther than that.

All that said, only improvements I can think of other than fix lag are add some sort of very minor story, and to maybe have some powerups to freeze panels in higher levels. (if you want to keep with the theme, maybe frozen panels then go double the speed to catch up)

But even if you don't add those, its a good game as is. :)
bigbazwa
10. Dec 2017 · 04:11 UTC
Wasn't sure what I was doing or why, but I kept doing it!
Thrillho
11. Dec 2017 · 04:34 UTC
Great game! I hate it!
jk5000
11. Dec 2017 · 19:22 UTC
Interesting and super chaotic.
niterich
13. Dec 2017 · 18:31 UTC
Nice take on the theme! It's like a one-person Space Team! Never figured out what the cranks were for, and since it's kind of hard to turn them, I just gave up on them. Turns out they don't drop to zero?
Jupiter_Hadley
09. Jan 2018 · 17:49 UTC
Interesting game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 40 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BQct2dB93U