HTTP: The Game by SaFrMo

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made by SaFrMo for LD 40 (COMPO)

Welcome to life, little HTTP server! Take on the role of one of the integral players in the Internet and field requests from (fake) users around the (fake) world. Learn a little more about the way the Internet itself runs - but handle your requests carefully, as you're dealing with very sensitive data...

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Ratings

Overall 42th 4.014⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Fun 227th 3.514⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 6th 4.375⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Theme 50th 4.181⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 149th 3.819⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Humor 156th 3.309⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Mood 175th 3.412⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Given 35🗳️ 39🗨️

Feedback

fiaKaiera
04. Dec 2017 · 02:59 UTC
Well, this is certainly a very cool concept! Never I have give that a thought. For me, this is really enjoyable and of course, does become stressful overtime.

For some reason, it reminds me of Papers, Please! Where the requests start to get complex overtime. If you have the initiative to continue, you can actually do go in that direction. Like, one more rule is added each time.

The only thing this needs to be really good for me is sound, and probably hotkeys to manage a lot more tasks if you do continue this.

Adding sounds to this is really great if you're listening to the requests coming in by a ton and gives you more stress. As I can't look if the request is good or not since I have to keep processing requests or not.

A very good entry! I recommend others try it out, too.
Faloon
04. Dec 2017 · 10:01 UTC
Great idea
Are Sundnes
04. Dec 2017 · 14:56 UTC
Haha what a great idea! And boy I'm glad I'm not a http server. Or that someone needs to browse through me. Really cool and polished game!
JackIsaacs
04. Dec 2017 · 14:57 UTC
Very cool concept, also very informative about how HTTP works! Love it.
Billeclipse
04. Dec 2017 · 15:34 UTC
Great idea and great game. Hope you continue developing it and release it as a full game someday :D
meatpudding
04. Dec 2017 · 15:35 UTC
Guys, sorry if the Internet has been slow all day. I'm working as fast as i can...
Nage
04. Dec 2017 · 15:36 UTC
Concept and game are awesome, really like it
wRadion
04. Dec 2017 · 15:42 UTC
Nice one! Very original concept for a game and right in the theme :)
Papiertig0r
04. Dec 2017 · 15:45 UTC
Man, this gets hard very fast xD
Eraleis
04. Dec 2017 · 15:47 UTC
The concept is awesome !
There is a little bit too much click for me though, i would love it with drag and drop for the requests !
Goloso Games
04. Dec 2017 · 15:53 UTC
First time I have fun with a HTTP server :) Great use of the theme, tutorial is very well done (and funny sometimes). Thhe whole game is actually great, I guess you were inspired by Papers, please. I really like the atmosphere. It proves you don't need AAA graphics to make a great game :)
oliverlevay
04. Dec 2017 · 16:15 UTC
I really like this game! It was a cool concept and very educational. Don't really understand how it fits the theme but it's a cool game non the less. Great job!
Game_Coder28
04. Dec 2017 · 16:41 UTC
Love the game and the concept, Amazing
Ashtrail
04. Dec 2017 · 17:16 UTC
Very nicely done ! The UI/Graphics, the tutorial and the concept are flawlessly implemented. It's also nice to be able to learn things when playing a game.

However I still have a few remarks : firstly for a game like this an ambience music would be really nice, SFX for feedbacl too (like a validation -tut- and a failure -bip-). Secondly, and this one is quite personal, although there is a challenge the game gets pretty dull after a point, especially since I usually don't like "micro-management" in games and this one is all about it ^^. I guess that's intentional though, which is bound to divide the audience, some people like it, some people won't.

To sum up it's really well made, but not really to my taste and that's fine :).
Mathiouza
04. Dec 2017 · 18:36 UTC
Cool game ! Really nice idea, well executed and user-friendly ! There are some tricky points nontheless : no sounds (I do not speak about musics, but sounds could be cool), you could make the link with the theme clearer, but that's okay :)

So, in conclusion, cool game ! Keep coding ;)
Piootrek
04. Dec 2017 · 20:44 UTC
That's awesome! For me only the tutorial is a little bit too long :)
Activdesign
04. Dec 2017 · 21:18 UTC
nice concept and nice graphics. i'm not sure that enought to understand http server but with more time, maybe :) Love this kind of game, congratulation for this great idea.
BinarySpark
04. Dec 2017 · 21:34 UTC
I absolutely love this game! UI flows very smoothly, and it really reminds me of Papers, Please. Cool concept, very well executed.
LeReveur
05. Dec 2017 · 06:39 UTC
HTML servers are heroes too! Thank you to remain us that fact. :D
It was surprisingly fun, and as hard as I guessed when I read the concept. I made some mistakes, I'm affraid I would be a very bad HTML server, but well done, good idea and good game. :)
tvance
05. Dec 2017 · 15:19 UTC
As others have mentioned, this was surprisingly fun. You took a very dry concept and made a playable game. Good execution.
UnlikelyNomad
06. Dec 2017 · 00:52 UTC
It's like Papers, Please but as a soul-less hunk of silicon! Dig the concepts and the mechanics
Laylow
06. Dec 2017 · 03:45 UTC
Sweet game! I'd love to play as other protocols though. Also, maybe as a sort of detective role where you act as the FBI making connections and such.
The_BM
06. Dec 2017 · 10:50 UTC
HTTP-Server-Simulator-2017.

Awsome concept, the ui is perfect, some background music and it's perfect :smile:
xoidberg
06. Dec 2017 · 12:59 UTC
Love the idea! You really need to read the requests carefully :D Some sound effects and music would be nice, but I understand that this is difficult for this kind of game.
Number6406
06. Dec 2017 · 21:46 UTC
Impressive game. Interface is clean and very attractive ! I think it's a very good way to teach people how servers work :)
Cubeeo
08. Dec 2017 · 00:38 UTC
This was different, so thanks for that. I lost very quickly once the tutorial was over. I guess I accidentally gave out the death star plans, but they seemed to have an old password, but it checks out.

Would you like to see how I fared? :P

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Badly Drawn Rod
09. Dec 2017 · 12:13 UTC
Very original idea. There are people in the web industry who could learn from this. My wife suggested having background modem noises.
SecretPocketCat
12. Dec 2017 · 21:30 UTC
I really appreciate the humor and as others have mentioned, it reminds of Papers, Please.

The Vue debugger icon in my browser has lit up, so I assume it's built on that? I've played with it for a bit and it's so good.
🎤 SaFrMo
13. Dec 2017 · 22:33 UTC
@SecretPocketCat Yep, built with Vue! You can take a look at the source code [here](https://github.com/SaFrMo/ludum-dare-40). Thanks for playing! :)
meanmon13
15. Dec 2017 · 16:04 UTC
Very novel idea :-) I liked it! A lot to keep track of!
Pavel Smejkal
16. Dec 2017 · 08:59 UTC
What a great idea! I can see it as an awesome teaching tool for kids for example. Really nice :)