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Watchdog by mao

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made by mao for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

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Infiltrate the museum to steal the diamond! Security cameras and locked doors lie in your way, but you can disable them with a click of a button. Be careful, though - you'll have to keep the devices alive to avoid suspicion!

Controls:

  • Arrow keys / WASD - Move
  • Left click - Fire energy gun, advance dialogue
  • Right click, Q - Fire EMP

Dualshock controls:

  • Left stick - Move
  • Right stick - Aim
  • R1 - Fire energy gun, advance dialogue
  • L1 - Fire EMP

Music: Der Zirkus Brennt - Spy from the Void (licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA)

Hotfix 1.1: Fixed some elements not appearing at resolutions other than 16:9

Youtube https://woofmao.itch.io/watchdog
Youtube https://woofmao.itch.io/watchdog
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/watchdog

Ratings

Overall 478th 3.824⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Fun 474th 3.712⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 763th 3.515⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1765th 3.394⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1302th 3.574⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Humor 790th 3.219⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1222th 3.397⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Given 26🗳️ 39🗨️

Feedback

Rionisse
21. Apr 2020 · 03:17 UTC
Very nice leveldesign, game seems to be really polished and well-thought-out.
Scene transitions are so smooth. Good work!
Lateralis
21. Apr 2020 · 03:37 UTC
This is such a neat idea for the game!
Hegemege
21. Apr 2020 · 16:59 UTC
Good and clear design, and also a story in an otherwise abstract puzzle, nice! The sounds were a bit loud, but music was great and fit the concept. The transition effect between sections was cool
TheQiwiBoy
21. Apr 2020 · 17:14 UTC
This game was so cool. I really liked every aspect of the game.
Herrybiscuit
21. Apr 2020 · 23:42 UTC
Had a fun time figuring out the mechanics and really enjoyed the art, music, and level design. I loved the transitions from level to level, very interesting.
watswat5
22. Apr 2020 · 01:26 UTC
Very fun game! I don't know if this is a glitch or intentional, but one of the levels has a door control box cut off of the screen and it makes the puzzle VERY confusing. ![Untitled.png](///raw/498/d2/z/321a2.png)
🎤 mao
22. Apr 2020 · 02:46 UTC
@watswat5 That is a glitch, the camera is not sized correctly at resolutions other than 16:9. I just uploaded a fix.
mneubrand
22. Apr 2020 · 16:21 UTC
Wow. This was great. Really polished, fantastic atmosphere, challenging level design. Thoroughly enjoyed playing this. Reminds me a bit of Volume or Metal Gear Solid
kyot
23. Apr 2020 · 01:50 UTC
The art, the colors, and the mood are awesome!!
Drums
23. Apr 2020 · 02:17 UTC
Super nice idea for a puzzle. I love it! It got a bit tricky cause the timing was so close, but the balance feels good and you can tell a lot of work went into it! Thanks for making it!
Simpathey
23. Apr 2020 · 02:19 UTC
I love the music, for a spy game it is really subtle. The mechanics are really fun! I love puzzle games and this was challenging. Also the characters were witty and funny. Level design is also great.
selavy
23. Apr 2020 · 02:37 UTC
cool idea, i was worried I'd have trouble keeping the elements (different boxes, the guards) of each level straight, but it was sparse enough/clearly communicated. The sort of camera swing transition from level to level was very cool, really slick, had that heist movie vibe.
23. Apr 2020 · 03:17 UTC
You really should consider a WebGL build of your game on itch.io; I would like to play it but don't feel comfortable downloading a .exe.
🎤 mao
23. Apr 2020 · 22:38 UTC
I actually made a WebGL build, but unfortunately it runs at a nearly unplayable speed. I'm planning to make a post-jam version that fixes that, along with graphics and gameplay improvements, but it'll be a while before that's finished.
SP3sheep
24. Apr 2020 · 11:09 UTC
Very nice! I loved playing the game all the way through. The characters are well made and the gameplay is great, well done!
Cievers
24. Apr 2020 · 11:18 UTC
Simply amazing, it almost seems like one of those games that you'd later hear it started as a game jam entry!
Apple Dash
24. Apr 2020 · 11:25 UTC
It's a great well polished game with nice writing. A surprisingly quality game for LD
Minusc
24. Apr 2020 · 11:30 UTC
What a nice game ! Simple, effective, nice concepts. Really enjoyable. The kind of game I love in Ludum Dare.
n.feofentov
24. Apr 2020 · 13:46 UTC
Very good game! It's very polished and complete. I only wish tutorial was more clear. I didn't quite understand that you have to "hit" buttons to turn them on. Puzzles were well designed. Good job!
Molpe
25. Apr 2020 · 00:28 UTC
Really great game! With a story, nice graphics, fun but not easy gameplay, I liked it very much!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcgCpVIuWgs
Pandapear
25. Apr 2020 · 03:12 UTC
@molpe Aaah! That was an amazing let's play! You did such a great job piecing everything together - it was so cool to see our hard work fall into place. Thank you so much for playing our game!
Abiral
25. Apr 2020 · 13:15 UTC
This game is really cool. I liked the minimal design to it & really enjoyed playing it. Good Luck for your future projects!
guin36
26. Apr 2020 · 00:41 UTC
This game is amazing! The concept is genius and is a neat interpretation of the theme that I haven't seen yet. The puzzle mechanics were enticing and fleshed out excellently. To top that all off, the banter tutorial was cute and the circular level design was also pretty neat.

Overall, basically a perfect game holy moly well done
icch_howw
27. Apr 2020 · 20:54 UTC
Nice idea! I liked the graphics and style of the game, but the audio was really annoying imo. Other than that, great game!
Dane Tesla
29. Apr 2020 · 12:33 UTC
a cool puzzle game! reminds me of mobile game design. great level design <3 i'm not sure if the audio fits the overall vision tho but it was ok.
Jupiter_Hadley
05. May 2020 · 15:59 UTC
Very nice game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 46 compilation video series, if you want to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/7Pd4SRINH38
abhimonk
05. May 2020 · 23:55 UTC
What a wonderful puzzle game! I don't have any feedback other than this was really fun and so well designed. The mechanic of keeping the power alive using the energy gun is just perfect! The way the doors and lights interact was great, especially during the last puzzle.

Awesome job!