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Planet Externality by 2bam

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made by 2bam for Ludum Dare 47 (COMPO)

Theme

You’re a firefighter deployed in Planet Externality trying to extinguish wildfires made by rich people to grow soy and cattle on the scorched earth.

Try to save as many trees as you can!

Click here to play online

Notes

If you hear too much mooing, worry.

Known bug: Avoid getting suck into the southern pole movement vortex, get out pressing Alt or B.

Controls

Stick 1 move, Stick 2 aim, B

Or WASD/Arrows and Space/Alt

Or WASD/Arrows and Left/right mouse buttons (No mouse aim, sorry.)

To exit windows build, Alt+F4.

PlanetExternality_Screenshot1.png

PlanetExternality_Screenshot2.png

Youtube https://2bam.com/LudumDare/LD47/LD47_2bam_PlanetExternality_src_2020-10-04.rar
Youtube https://2bam.com/LudumDare/LD47
Youtube https://2bam.com/LudumDare/LD47/LD47_2bam_PlanetExternality_win_2020-10-04.rar
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/planet-externality

Ratings

Given 8🗳️ 5🗨️

Feedback

mutuware
05. Oct 2020 · 10:45 UTC
Delightfully mad!
I like the rewind the loop
ChickenCastle
05. Oct 2020 · 11:18 UTC
Haha this one is wacky for sure :D
The rewind mechanic on the path is pretty cool. It was especially cool to play for a while putting out the fires, and then rewind all the way back putting out more fires on your way back.
Nice work!
🎤 2bam
05. Oct 2020 · 17:46 UTC
Thank you. I didn't even think about putting fires while rewinding, nice catch!
blobo
05. Oct 2020 · 18:15 UTC
I saved 230 trees! There should also be a counter of how many trees weren't saved, because I'm not sure if that's a good or a bad score. I found the mooing rather humorous, but as you mentioned it gets to be a bit much after some time. I also liked the "Ah-haa!" sound the guy at spawn makes. Great work all around.
🎤 2bam
05. Oct 2020 · 18:31 UTC
That's true. There are exactly a thousand, but of course how you could you know that without having made it? haha.
I think I get around 700, using twin sticks controls help a lot too.

The mooing needs some spatial rolloff tweaking and management to avoid overwhelming, each cow actually moos once every 30-100 seconds, but end up being A LOT anyway!

Thanks to everyone for playing through.
madbookstudios
06. Oct 2020 · 23:26 UTC
Really nice concept - bizarre and fun art style! The hose mechanic is solid and I like the fact that you are on a globular planetoid type thing. Getting stuck in the loops of the hose is a really great take on the theme!