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STRAND·ED by S J Palmer

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made by S J Palmer for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

Ed is stranded on an alien planet with no fuel.

Luckily, there are lots of radioactive rocks around. All he needs to do is gather them up and bring them back to his spaceship...

Unluckily, you're tasked with keeping his DNA intact. Good luck!

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Credits

Thanks to every one who released free to use assets

Sounds * Music - Hero Immortal by Trevor Lentz - https://opengameart.org/content/hero-immortal * Ed hurt - https://freesound.org/people/ZeritFreeman/sounds/472308/ * Ed happy - https://freesound.org/people/Luckybastard/sounds/252046/ * Light on - https://freesound.org/people/edsward/sounds/341871/ * Light off - https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/439746/ * Healed - https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/411460/ * Whoosh - https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/60013/

Graphics * Stars - http://getwallpapers.com/wallpaper/full/5/7/b/90613.jpg * Font - https://open-foundry.com/fonts/cooperhewittheavy * Sprites - https://kenney.itch.io

Update [23 April]

I had some feedback that the game wasn't very playable for colourblind users so I have adjusted the colours and shapes slightly. There are no changes to the gameplay, and the original file is available for download as 'final.zip' at the itch.io page.

Youtube https://sjpalmer.itch.io/ludum-dare-46
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/stranded-1

Ratings

Overall 128th 4.103⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 400th 3.759⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 7th 4.552⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Theme 65th 4.328⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 681th 3.982⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1070th 2.981⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Mood 391th 3.87⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Given 6🗳️ 5🗨️

Feedback

TeamNova
21. Apr 2020 · 01:22 UTC
This game is freaking awesome, I like the arts, the sounds are goods too.
blackquiltro
21. Apr 2020 · 22:29 UTC
Great innovate gameplay, Nice art and music
Aceofsquares
22. Apr 2020 · 01:16 UTC
This game was tough. Good concept though. I can see myself playing this a lot and getting good at it.
Zennith
22. Apr 2020 · 01:18 UTC
Wow, this is such a great concept for a game! It was definitely tough for me. I think it could have been bulked up a bit more as far as the tutorial goes but overall, very nice job!
Sarok
22. Apr 2020 · 07:52 UTC
Saw your post on reddit, cool concept! The DNA animations are very smooth, gave me so much pressure trying to repair it ;)
stuckne1
22. Apr 2020 · 12:15 UTC
Saw your post on reddit as well. Really interesting idea, love it!
David Greene
22. Apr 2020 · 16:48 UTC
Wow that's hard! I'm really impressed at the unique gameplay here - You should consider polishing it up some and shipping it.
MicroChasm
22. Apr 2020 · 18:18 UTC
I like this one a lot, it may be my favorite LD46 game so far. Clean presentation, good idea, interesting mechanics. It did take me a bit to figure out, but then I didn't do the tutorial so it's more my fault. Once you see that you can fix things up in a queue it becomes less frantic, at first I was trying to figure out how to fix the DNA right at the end only.

This is what I want to see-- keyboard support. Pressing left and right and then space to flip would make the interaction much cleaner and would allow people to input commands very quickly. I could see someone getting really good with the keyboard and going through DNA like a DDR pro.
Well done!
echoesandstars
22. Apr 2020 · 18:33 UTC
I saw this game on Reddit and I loved the concept! It was a little tough, but this was definitely made up for by being such an interesting idea!
Joystikman
22. Apr 2020 · 18:43 UTC
Excellent concept !
ChewieCB
23. Apr 2020 · 13:22 UTC
Really cool concept, presented nicely as well.
Joule
23. Apr 2020 · 15:06 UTC
WOW! Very good game! This higt quality in a Jam is rare... Very innovative
Odd1In
23. Apr 2020 · 15:48 UTC
I really enjoyed playing the game.
AstroLabe
23. Apr 2020 · 19:46 UTC
Very nice game and great concept!
orlandobatista
24. Apr 2020 · 02:23 UTC
Really cool concept and well executed entry overwall. Congratz! :smile:
Emperor Eagle
24. Apr 2020 · 05:13 UTC
Really great game! I was really confused at the start as to what health DNA was meant to look like until I understood the pairing system of the top and bottom indicators. After that I had a lot of fun! The difficulty is up there but that keeps you on your toes and means you have further progress with your skill (hence more playtime). Fits the theme perfectly so a high rating for that and overall!
Dining Philosopher
24. Apr 2020 · 13:19 UTC
Nice visuals, pretty hard to keep up though! Keyboard controls would have been nice, I'm not a big fan of mouse controls for fast-paced games (although ironically our submission does exactly that...). Cool choice of music and sounds too, and nice to see you're using Godot as well.
Daepso
25. Apr 2020 · 12:04 UTC
Clean visual and cool mechanic. However I had some trouble with mouse-control to put precisely the pair. I think it is due to the fact that the screen was sliding.
amarillion
27. Apr 2020 · 06:11 UTC
I really love the visualization of DNA replication! I'm always on the look-out for science games, and this immediately drew my attention.

Neat idea, and very polished, very playable game for a game jam.

May I request a feature for a future version? keyboard controls! I think it would be possible to control the entire game by keyboard, faster than with the mouse, to get a higher high-score.
joemid
28. Apr 2020 · 20:46 UTC
Yeah, I would love keyboard controls as well! Such a gorgeous game, tho. Every element is amazing- very cool music! Super juicy as a whole and I think you knocked the death anim out of the park! Thanks for the game!

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Reef
29. Apr 2020 · 03:40 UTC
I saw your game on twitter and thought it looked like a great concept! I really struggled having enough time to react though. The entire right side of the screen is not really relevant to the action. Also, the matching pairs are tiny and difficult to discern from one another. the colors might need more contrast from one another. I think a way to gradually ramp up the speed or frequency of the base pairs would have helped me wrap my head around what was going on. Really polished presentation though, I plan on going back to it and giving it another try!
TheCrittersCove
01. May 2020 · 02:37 UTC
Interesting game mechanic idea. Visually everything looks clean and cohesive.

To me it seems the beginning is too fast. It would be nice if it started slow and ramped up in speed as it went. It also was not initially clear to me from the tutorial that the strands are being split into two and flipped. If a few seconds was given at the start so the player can catch their bearings, it would probably be self explanatory.

As others suggested, keyboard controls could work well. It was really hard to not only see, but do something with the pairs as they turned flat. Likewise, it also becomes increasing hard to see the shape's direction as they go flat.

The idea of the game is really something worth working with though. Just needs to be a bit more beginner friendly. Could be a great idea for a mobile game.