It's under control by ludipe

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made by ludipe for LD 43 (COMPO)

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"It's under control" is a physics-based game about dealing with life (and failing)

// INFO

Decide what you want to do and place it on the bar. Careful, if you get greedy and place too much you'll end up with nothing.

You start the game with three options (eat, sleep and work) but you'll come across others later. Experimenting is part of the game.

Made for Ludum Dare 43 (Sacrifices must be made) by one person in about 24h

// SHORTCUTS

F is fullscreen, R is quickreset and M is mute.

(if you start the game and can't see any text press R or reload the game, this should be a rare issue)

// BLURB

I wanted to join this Ludum Dare but I wanted to take things easy, so I decided to something in about 24 hours. My take on the theme was how we can't just do everything in life, we must choose and sacrifice some options. I represented this struggle through a physics puzzle where you decide what you want to do.

There is no winning or losing, you can avoid ending your game by sticking to a simple life, that's your choice. Play the game, do whatever feels right and maybe think about this struggle.

Even though the concept wasn't super complex, testing ended up being way harder than I anticipated, so it's less polished than most of my games (plus I didn't have time to do some decent audio or art). Enjoy!

Ratings

Overall 87th 3.763⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 173th 3.447⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 80th 3.684⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 135th 3.816⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 251th 3.342⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 243th 3⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 113th 3.321⭐ 16🧑‍⚖️
Mood 83th 3.684⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 23🗳️ 6🗨️

Feedback

dunin
03. Dec 2018 · 11:00 UTC
Good concept. It says a lot of things, and fit very well to the theme..
Iker Díaz
04. Dec 2018 · 15:12 UTC
Awesome game! I love how it makes us rethink about our everyday life. Congrats!
Paul_P1
04. Dec 2018 · 16:20 UTC
Well done, playing set you in a weird mood really quickly, and the caring message of the game is really refreshing and important. I love it, really
tweedle
05. Dec 2018 · 06:48 UTC
ate a loooot of food in my playthrus and dealt with many issues ❌❌❌❌ good work!😃
Local Minimum
09. Dec 2018 · 09:37 UTC
nice balancing game. I think the main things I liked was the texts and that the game didn't make a big fuss about not being able to balance life.
Jupiter_Hadley
11. Dec 2018 · 18:12 UTC
Very nice idea. I included it in my compilation video series of games from the Ludum Dare, if you’d like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/3-5x0DQqrYk
Arvejeitor
12. Dec 2018 · 19:39 UTC
Very funny idea!
AMastryukov
28. Dec 2018 · 18:15 UTC
**The Good:**
Gameplay idea was neat and was surprisingly well executed. Sound effects were fitting and the simplicity and variance of the blocks was interesting considering how complex life can be.

**Needs Improvement:**
Adding a goal, challenges and achievements would make this game much more fun to play. What you've done is very good for under 24 hours, and you should definitely consider working further on it and pushing it on mobile.
Igor KinGamer
28. Dec 2018 · 19:25 UTC
![IUC-p.png](///raw/b21/z/1fd41.png) XD

Interesting, deep meaning :laughing: Nice concept of available activities varying according to what happened before.
Inkie Inc
28. Dec 2018 · 19:51 UTC
Very interesting idea as well as a really cool take on the theme. Great job!
timeshapers
30. Dec 2018 · 16:08 UTC
I loved the literal interpretation of balancing your life. I also liked that it's easiest to just eat, very real. The sound was annoying, and I didn't really feel the theme.
picapica
30. Dec 2018 · 20:50 UTC
this was cute and friendly!
one thing i would have liked is if all the options were visible so you don't have to click to get them all.
i liked the encouraging tone and that there wasn't a way to "win".