A Few Bits Left by pushxtonotdie

made by pushxtonotdie for LD 42 (JAM)

Play it here:

https://pushxtonotdie.itch.io/a-few-bits-left

Once Upon A Time....

Two adventurers seek out the RAM stolen from their robot comrade. Wandering outside a temple is the Memory Hog, an evil robot hoarding memory from its brethren. Seek out the Hog, and get back your robot's memory before it runs out of space!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jryIzGTofFo

Created by nookington twitter , intagram and pushxtonotdie website.

Instructions

You control 3 adventurers. You can click on an adventurer to select it. Click anywhere to move it. With an adventerer selected, you can click on a monster to fight it. Your adventurers will automatically fight baddies nearby. Defeat the big boss to win!

Stats

Each adventurer and monster has stats such as intelligence, spirit, and power. These stats make them tough against certain opponents and weak against others. Find out which units work best in the current situation!

Special Moves

Each adventurer has a special move. You can drag from the Special Move area into the playfield to do the move. Special moves have a cooldown, and can only be executed once in a while.

Play it here: https://pushxtonotdie.itch.io/a-few-bits-left

Source Code	https://github.com/robotron2084/ld42
HTML5 (web)	https://pushxtonotdie.itch.io/a-few-bits-left
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/a-few-bits-left

Ratings

Overall	386^th	3.575⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Fun	356^th	3.475⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	331^th	3.45⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Theme	1220^th	2.325⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	384^th	3.738⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Mood	501^th	3.225⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Given		10🗳️	4🗨️

Feedback

Marble

14. Aug 2018 · 01:19 UTC

There's a fun paradox in this one: it plays almost like turn-based time management, where the strategy involves thinking about what sequences of actions you should perform in order to solve each combat encounter you can clearly see laying ahead of you. This is so you don't have to think about them in the heat of the moment! Only being able to control one unit at a time using the mouse gives the game a "conservation of energy" requirement, where, when fighting, you need to minimize the amount of time spent selecting your units, mousing across the screen to give them a destination, dragging out special abilities, and especially decision making. That's why this is a planning game at its core. Neat combination in a complete package - fun pixel art, works well, cool music.

YoukaiDrawing

14. Aug 2018 · 08:19 UTC

I like game concept, but a little off theme. Good job, dude!

Hare Software

14. Aug 2018 · 08:20 UTC

The game felt really balanced to me and the controls were easy to use. Very well executed, hope you expand on this idea!

jtrink

14. Aug 2018 · 09:09 UTC

Pretty awesome game if you ask me! Works well in the scope of the jam and is really promising if development is continued afterwards. Would be really cool to see some more involved RPG elements if the game is fleshed out.

Controls could do with tightening up a bit, I had some issues with giving an adventurer a move command instead of selecting the guy I was trying to select.

belser

14. Aug 2018 · 16:13 UTC

Looks good, plays good, and it seems like a pretty much complete vertical slice - nicely done!

erebus

15. Aug 2018 · 06:44 UTC

Cool concept! Thanks for bringing it by the stream!

ursagames

16. Aug 2018 · 01:41 UTC

This has a lot of good mechanics that felt rather polished! With a bit more content I wouldn't even have guessed that it was a game jam project! Had a blast playing this on stream, thanks for sharing it! Hope you keep working on it in the future

Historymaker118

16. Aug 2018 · 19:41 UTC

Nice little game, cool concept, though I did have the game crash on me several times and had to keep starting over. The graphics and sound are decent, and the game is responsive to play. There's a good game in this somewhere, just a shame I couldn't properly experience it because of the bugs.

gentoogames

16. Aug 2018 · 23:55 UTC

I love the pixel art, but a lot of what the other people said, some bugs are still super prevalent

dk5000p

17. Aug 2018 · 04:46 UTC

I killed the bats and am unable to move anywhere. Maybe the game doesn't work well in Chrome. I liked the idea but as people said it is only loosely based on the theme. The Jump Attack also seemed really powerful. I bet if I could have played the whole game I would have liked it more.

Vekstr

17. Aug 2018 · 09:52 UTC

I like the artstyle, and overall it is a quite nice game. But it's not really challenging; I could clear the game using only the special powers, always waiting for the cooldown befor moving forward since the enemies weren't that aggressive.

Oh and you might want to know that the game crashes if the player click on an enemy that's already being attacked.

🎤 pushxtonotdie

17. Aug 2018 · 14:54 UTC

Hey all! Thanks for the comments and critiques! I've uploaded a new build of the game that should hopefully fix the crash issues people were seeing.

saoi-games

18. Aug 2018 · 08:00 UTC

Thank you for sharing your game with me. I played it on my stream tonight at https://www.twitch.tv/saoigames

I have rated your game, but all of my feedback was captured in the stream.

You can hear my comments in the archive at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/298728142

eptwalabha

18. Aug 2018 · 10:31 UTC

Hey, too bad there is only one level, your game is great!
I would suggest you to nerf the Jump attack as it is a bit overpowered.
Great game nonetheless.

Matank

19. Aug 2018 · 08:10 UTC

Really nice pixel art, and game is pretty fun! I kind of cheated my way through the final boss - I let the boss chase one of the characters around while the other characters hit him. Seems like a bug in the boss behavior - should probably at some point start fighting with one of the other characters.

In any case, the one level was really nice, would have kept playing if there was more content :)