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Garbage Collector by bitowl

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made by bitowl for LD 42 (COMPO)

You are a robot that has to collect garbage on the Java heap. Just roam around and throw away any objects (boxes) that are no longer referenced (have a green 0 on them).
To help you find those boxes you have a limited amount of time in the InTraciSense mode, which highlights the boxes and gives you slowmotion.

Controls

| Action | Mouse and Keyboard | Controller* | |---|---|---| | Movement | WASD | Left Stick | | Turn around | Mouse Horizontal | Right Stick Horizontal | | Control Forklift | Mouse Vertical | Right Stick Vertical | | Attract and push boxes | Left Mouse Button | A or Right Trigger | | InTraciSense Mode | Hold Right Mouse Button | Hold B or Left Trigger|

*: Bindings set up for a Xbox 360 controller using Windows. Will probably not work correct on other platforms.

Screenshots

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HTML5 (web) https://bitowl.itch.io/garbage-collector
Source code https://github.com/bitowl/ld42
Windows https://bitowl.itch.io/garbage-collector#download
macOS https://bitowl.itch.io/garbage-collector#download
Linux https://bitowl.itch.io/garbage-collector#download
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/garbage-collector-1

Ratings

Overall 472th 3.198⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Fun 589th 2.762⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 456th 3.012⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Theme 366th 3.561⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 276th 3.44⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Audio 194th 3.305⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Humor 270th 2.618⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Mood 310th 3.038⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Given 102🗳️ 6🗨️

Feedback

Ramanujo
13. Aug 2018 · 00:13 UTC
That's really well done, the music, SFX and graphics really make it. The game play got a bit boring but the mechanics were well executed.
shp
14. Aug 2018 · 20:43 UTC
The controls for the forklift were nice, game itself starts out way too slow though.
Alc0l
15. Aug 2018 · 13:32 UTC
Good entry !
Nive looking and good audtio too !
missing some features to make variations in mechanics.
Good job !
wolar
16. Aug 2018 · 20:05 UTC
Very solid compo entry. It get's boring quite fast but graphics, audio etc. are very well polished and nice looking. The only issue I had (on macOS) was that everytime I destroyed a cube it spiked into like 10fps during the fire particle effect.
illugion
16. Aug 2018 · 20:11 UTC
Nice game! I felt it was kinda hard to maneuver the forklift quickly and the camera being right behind it made it hard to see but other than that I really enjoyed it!
ZephyrExtreme
16. Aug 2018 · 20:44 UTC
Really great graphics for a compo game. Lighting could use a little work, otherwise a cool game!
antonsem
16. Aug 2018 · 21:32 UTC
Cool idea! Good graphics and nice audio. Controls can use some polishing but pretty good game otherwise.
incobalt
16. Aug 2018 · 22:59 UTC
This game looks pretty good! The sound seemed fitting as well. I found the controls to be really tough to meet the demands of the warehouse, but maybe it's just too hard to play with a touch pad. I did have a lot of trouble picking up objects though. Sometimes I had to click two or three times to get them to pick up. When I did lose (which was pretty inevitable) it seemed like there was a fade out that took like ten seconds or more. I didn't know what was going on, especially since I could still move around. You have a lot of mechanics in this, though. I'd like to see those mechanics be really useful. Nice use of diegetic UI, too!
Betamorfosis
18. Aug 2018 · 14:48 UTC
Great mood ! I loved the robot sound and the music.
naali
18. Aug 2018 · 17:02 UTC
Pro: I liked the feel of the game: futuristic kinda like a star trek holodeck.

Con: Got an error message playing the HTML version and only one box kept appearing. "An error occurred running the Unity content on this page. See your browser JavaScript console for more info. The error was:
SecurityError: The operation is insecure."
🎤 bitowl
19. Aug 2018 · 15:57 UTC
@naali Which browser were you using on which Operating System when that error occurred? I have not seen that one yet.
hollandgeng
19. Aug 2018 · 17:17 UTC
Pretty cool, i like the concept and audio. GGWP
LeviDSmith
20. Aug 2018 · 01:12 UTC
Really nice lighting effects. I like the concept of clearing out computer memory. I finished the first level pretty easily, but it seems like the boxes stacked up too rapidly on the second level. I liked how the screen grays out as you lose power.
Thought Reactor
21. Aug 2018 · 16:24 UTC
Loved the atmosphere of the levels. It was pretty challenging after the first level! Great entry!
CristiHKJ
21. Aug 2018 · 17:21 UTC
Great game! Very cool and interesting! :D
Wabble
21. Aug 2018 · 17:51 UTC
Cool game but a bit hard ^^
jordantanner
01. Sep 2018 · 08:36 UTC
Really cool game! Definitely had me rushing around like a mad man! Found a little bug (which may already be known). During the tutorial phase at the beginning, when it says "hold the button to throw further," if you don't do that, it seems to get stuck in a loop where only one box spawns, or at least at seemed like it for me. Guess I should've followed directions. :) A really nice game though, graphics were simple but cool and audio was stressful which seemed to fit. Overall, nice work!
MaximeMazet
03. Sep 2018 · 14:46 UTC
Its very cool game ;)
wisstopher
04. Sep 2018 · 11:37 UTC
Interesting concept, great work!