Updates by MarcoMing

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made by MarcoMing for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

Start with nothing...

Your CPU crashed and your game is now showing only binary code! Don't worry, you can collect updates in the game and unlock the graphics and audio. BUT be careful - if an enemy hits you, you will lose your progress and you will have to install them again!

Hints: When you hear the witch laugh, stop move! Frankenstein is surely big, will he still be big in binary form?

INSTRUCTIONS:

Please play full screen

Move with W A S D

Code by Marco Minganna - https://www.marcominganna.com

Graphics by Lucia Paganini - https://lucisaurus.com

Audio by free online resources - www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRlcYMiHtE8 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChbWFvZATFA

We hope you enjoy our game, thanks for dropping by!

Ratings

Overall 982th 2.92⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1075th 2.404⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 356th 3.462⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Theme 526th 3.346⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 741th 3.192⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Humor 578th 2.66⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Mood 905th 2.86⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 15🗳️ 8🗨️

Feedback

Tero Pulkkinen
07. Oct 2019 · 23:31 UTC
I get music playing and start label that is outside the screen, but it's impossible to click the game to start..
starvingindie
07. Oct 2019 · 23:31 UTC
Interesting concept. The graphics you unlock as you navigate the 1's and 0's is really well done.
JD Parker
07. Oct 2019 · 23:36 UTC
I had difficulty with the game but it was very interesting! Good job!
Caesura
07. Oct 2019 · 23:51 UTC
It's a neat idea. I wish I had a bigger screen size size to start with so that I'd get a chance to see the moving 1's before I ran into them.
Skyeward
08. Oct 2019 · 00:36 UTC
This is an interest beginning, and the start of a cool game where you can upgrade things further and further. You should carry on developing this!
velvetlobster
08. Oct 2019 · 07:15 UTC
music seems to be turned off by default .... although its quite nice ... yes you must use full screen as half of the screen get cut off if you dont ... at least in my case

![Screenshot Capture - 2019-10-08 - 04-14-40.png](///raw/0e4/e/z/28ad0.png)

I really dig that aesthatics btw
miu
08. Oct 2019 · 14:17 UTC
this was really interesting, the whole binary thing was quick to understand even for the enemies
TaoPhoenix
08. Oct 2019 · 16:53 UTC
The music off by default is a feature! You have to get the record player to unlock it!
I did get stuck on the second level - I'm not so good at blind mapping, and the witch was disorienting to work around.
zachabossaloler
09. Oct 2019 · 00:32 UTC
This game art was really nice, I loved playing it a really intresting concept it would be nice to see a pixelised font being used, well done!
DeadlyAlive
09. Oct 2019 · 11:12 UTC
Interesting concept!
Yomissmar
09. Oct 2019 · 18:11 UTC
Amazing concept and really interesting art styles that work together, which is not easy! I also loved the character :) Well done!
RAFFE
09. Oct 2019 · 18:41 UTC
Heyo! It was quite difficult for me to manage in this game, but I definetely enjoyed playing it. Those graphics were sweet! Kinda funny how it goes from hand-drawn 1's and 0's to those epic graphics. That was quite fitting. So good job overall! Didn't manage to get super far somewhy, I'm just probably dumb :)
Keppu
10. Oct 2019 · 07:12 UTC
Immediately after launching the game I get strong Don't Starve vibes. Main menu art is stunning, nicely done there! Music also fits the art style well and extends the Don't Starve vibes.

The art in the main menu kind of promises me more visual treat when I start the game, but the game world starts constructed with 1's and 0's, which is somewhat disappointing.

Having the number 1 as both, walls and enemies is a bit confusing to me personally. I kind of understand that the binary world consist only of these two. Maybe you could color the enemy 1's differently? Or have them as a bug in the system and be presented with some other symbol. It's your world, you can bend the rules. :wink:

I'm not totally getting how the game jumps from the binary into the visual world and what is the connection, if I don't read the game description. You could try explaining the connection inside the game more clearly, so player don't have to rely on the meta elements to figure things out.

Personally I enjoy the art style great deal. Besides Don't Starve it reminds me of the upcominghttps://twitter.com/fluckyMachine game. I think it's the strong suit and should be focused more on.

Hope this feedback helps you. :pray:
NavrcL
10. Oct 2019 · 12:33 UTC
Nice and interesting little game. Good job!
Karanveer
11. Oct 2019 · 15:40 UTC
At first i kept on clicking start with mouse then i just pressed enter. It worked. Then, remember the time when NEO had his first impressions of the MATRIX, yeah, I FELT THAT!

Then later down the road in game when the switches were being made from cartoonish world to binary aND VICE VERSA, MY MIND WAS BLOWN BY THE AMOUNT OF CREATIVITY YOU GUYS PUT INTO THEESE THINGS MAN. sO MUHC TO LEARN ! Oh, and I Loved the music. Amazing.