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Vital Signs by Houdou

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made by Houdou for Ludum Dare 46 (COMPO)

Wow, Rank 14th in theme section~ Thanks all for your support! Will see if possible to finish the forth line in the future. 感谢大家支持，居然rank还挺高的，有机会完善一下当时没时间做的第4条line

A mini multi-tasking game~

It's my first LD, it's so fun making games again.

The main objective is to survive. Game will end if:

  • Body temperature is too high / too low.

  • Too many uncollected Broken Heart

  • Too many uncollected O2 or CO2

スクリーンショット (4).png スクリーンショット (9).png スクリーンショット-(8).png

You need to have the following keys on your keyboard to play the game XD - E, R or [, ] - Space - UpArrow, DownArrow

I tried 1~2 hours to balance the gameplay and difficulty progress, but it's still not perfect. Appreciate for your understanding.

P.S. There is no happy ending yet. :( But I will add it later when I am free. Take care.

Regarding the Sound Effects, I edited from some free to use Youtube sound effects video (Yep, video...) Theoretical, I'm not made them from scratch. So I opt it out from rating. I have to say, those sfxs are so cool!

Youtube https://houdou.itch.io/vitalsigns
Youtube https://gitlab.com/Houdou/vitalsign
Youtube https://houdou.itch.io/vitalsigns
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/vital-signs

Ratings

Overall 147th 3.862⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 330th 3.534⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 114th 3.931⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Theme 14th 4.431⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 124th 4.086⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Humor 789th 2.1⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Mood 157th 3.714⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Given 43🗳️ 11🗨️

Feedback

Gallahron
19. Apr 2020 · 22:59 UTC
A really interesting little game, it took me a while to get to grips with the timing on the heartbeat but still really enjoyable.
I was surprised by how stressful it got as the game went on (but in a good way) :)
Halite
20. Apr 2020 · 01:21 UTC
The background sound effects really produces a great atmosphere for this game.

I like that the screen is tinted when one of the vital signs goes off. It's a great indicator of how I'm performing and provide instant & intuitive feedback.

Nice job!
Listonos
20. Apr 2020 · 03:12 UTC
Great take on theme, my lack of multi-tasking skills made it very hectic. Love the concept.
igizzy
20. Apr 2020 · 04:54 UTC
Wow, well done. Very fun and hard to play for sure!
Brandon JS Lea
20. Apr 2020 · 05:21 UTC
Really cool, nice atmosphere and interesting gameplay. Feels very polished. Only real major gripe is it's quite hard to figure out what I'm meant to be doing. Like, I assume I have to hit space to collect the hearts, but surely it'd make more sense to be pressing space periodically, if my heart beats that irregularly I have fundamentally failed to grasp human biology.
TheseusInABottle
20. Apr 2020 · 05:22 UTC
If this taught me anything its that I should not be a doctor. I really liked the growing difficulty of slowly adding more buttons to keep track of. As someone who is horrific at multitasking this game was really hard for me, but I did sorta find a rhythm to it. I really loved your sound effect (although the flatline at the end I personally found a little bit loud.) Congrats on coming up with such a cool way to utilize the theme.
🎤 Houdou
20. Apr 2020 · 08:05 UTC
@brandon-js-lea Thank you for the feedback~
It's true that it doesn't make sense for a normal human to heart beat like that LOL.
Will update this part if I can find a funny and challenging mechanism for periodic beat. Cuz I thought it maybe a bit boring for just asking player to hit the space periodically.
🎤 Houdou
20. Apr 2020 · 08:10 UTC
@theseusinabottle
Actually it's kinda of failure that someone can find a rhythm to beat endless game :joy:
Hope you did enjoy the game~

P.S.
Sorry for didn't add a mute button in the game.
TainaPereira
20. Apr 2020 · 10:04 UTC
Have to say it is a very very very cool game! As a man who has absolutely no multi-tasking skills, this is really challenging for me lol. Love the SFXs, definitly gave a special flavour to the game. (The heart beat sounds made me so nervous lol, like I'm going to die at any moment!) Good one bro~
David Bohan
20. Apr 2020 · 14:38 UTC
Excellent! You did great work on making the game slowly introduce new elements. The game quickly becomes a handful though and it's hard to keep up. Excellent theme adherence!
N.O. Games
20. Apr 2020 · 14:39 UTC
Really enjoyed the stress of this entry. I also think that the lack of music really helps create this atmosphere of Don't mess up Don't mess up, Great game.
MantarayTV Games
20. Apr 2020 · 14:42 UTC
Pretty hard to play, the controls feel weird to use, but the graphics are very nice to look at, the sound design is actually kinda creepy and it's deffinetley something i've never seen before. nice little game!
ABRDs
20. Apr 2020 · 14:42 UTC
I like your idea, building the intensity was nice, and i was able to quickly understand what i needed to do for each task. It became difficult to manage all of the controls, though that may have to do more with my skill than the gameplay.
bereg
20. Apr 2020 · 14:44 UTC
Interesting take on the theme. I love it, the game looks simple, yet it's hard to maintain a couple of parameters at once. Great job!
jpv
20. Apr 2020 · 15:04 UTC
I do love how it scales up over time. Man it's hard to keep everything going. The graphics and sounds are a nice touch.
sanjuro
20. Apr 2020 · 15:24 UTC
I really love the graphics, very aesthetically pleasing. I would have preferred to have some more time before dealing with the third part, to get more acquainted with the second one, but overall it's really solid. Good job!
spthiel
20. Apr 2020 · 15:42 UTC
Imo this game is way too hard :sweat_smile: But still fun! Atmosphere is also really nice
P1x3lc0w
20. Apr 2020 · 15:52 UTC
Simple, but extremely well done. aesthetically pleasing and the ambient sounds do a lot for mood. Very hard, but fun. I'd maybe slow down the difficulty increase a little, to ease players into the game a bit more.
Brandon JS Lea
20. Apr 2020 · 17:21 UTC
@houdou You might be right, but it might also be worth giving it a shot. Hitting space periodically probably is boring, but much less so when you're doing everything else as well. It stops being simple when you also have to control temperature ect, so some of the games might be better off simple.
Gonzo13
21. Apr 2020 · 14:44 UTC
interesting game, really hard to keep it all
mudlee
22. Apr 2020 · 17:00 UTC
haha, I need two more arms! Great idea and the sounds just match so perfectly. Congrats especially as it was your first one!
pomelouncia
24. Apr 2020 · 12:38 UTC
玩这游戏的时候真是需要多两只手两个脑袋（？
非常应景，也非常有趣。用极为简单的音效和画面就营造了十足的紧张感和压力。
pocarinnu
06. May 2020 · 06:57 UTC
很好玩也很耐玩！！而且很有挑战性，感觉一个大脑不是很够用orz 音效很有真实感加强了游戏本身的紧张感真的很棒！！