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Synergy Shakedown by danbolt

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made by danbolt for LD34 (COMPO)
Synergy Shakedown is an arcade-style game where you are the manager of a doomed game development team. They need to ship, and they need your encouragement!

Hold the X key to move and cycle between your developers. Double tap the X key to turn around. Rapidly tap the C key to encourage a nearby developer.

This game also supports the Xbox 360 controller on modern browsers. You just need to use the A and B buttons to play. If there is any demand in the comments I'll patch the game to support Guitar Hero controllers.

Enjoy!
Web http://danbolt.github.io/ld34/
itch.io http://danbolt.itch.io/synergy-shakedown
Source https://github.com/danbolt/ld34
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=6930

Ratings

Coolness 93% 2
Overall 3.80 110
Audio 3.70 86
Fun 3.54 216
Graphics 3.81 165
Humor 4.00 17
Innovation 3.40 323
Mood 3.58 130
Theme 3.83 397

Feedback

eruiz00
13. Dec 2015 · 10:07 UTC
What a good music! should have done something like this at my work!!! good good work dude!
OfficialProjectFantasy
13. Dec 2015 · 14:40 UTC
Well made game.
Mithreindeir
14. Dec 2015 · 03:32 UTC
Pretty great!
Fanttum
14. Dec 2015 · 03:33 UTC
Cool idea but when it comes down to it is mostly just mashing a button. Would have liked some extra in there. Like a reason so turn around. Just going in a circle worked fine.
mactinite
14. Dec 2015 · 03:40 UTC
I think I broke my keyboard....

Pretty nice an simple game. Nice way to get around the two button controls with the double tap, though that did mess me up a few times.
trykondev
14. Dec 2015 · 04:25 UTC
Really fantastic audio, nice polish, I love it
tazdij
14. Dec 2015 · 04:25 UTC
very good.
ShadedVertex
14. Dec 2015 · 04:28 UTC
This game is epic! The concept is pretty awesome, and it really puts us in the shoes of video game developers. The font reminds me of the old MUDs back in the DOS days, but that's really awesome. I'm not complaining!
paraboxx
14. Dec 2015 · 05:02 UTC
Hehehe, this is exactly how it works at studios.
floppya
14. Dec 2015 · 05:08 UTC
The intro got a laugh out of me. Nice effort all around. Quality music!
TsFreddie
14. Dec 2015 · 05:33 UTC
Love the music.
MikeTsunami
14. Dec 2015 · 05:49 UTC
Nice art, funny, and unique gameplay. Well done!
trueboolean
14. Dec 2015 · 06:15 UTC
I like how the games are famicom cartridges!
John Drury
14. Dec 2015 · 08:26 UTC
Awesome game! Really enjoyed this one. Loved the idea that you play as a lead and have to motivate your team :D
rzuf
14. Dec 2015 · 08:36 UTC
Usual management method would be to fire all underperformers, but not here. Nice! All managers should be obliged to play it!
I managed to squeeze 8 games from these poor people and I write this only with my left hand as the right one is currently malfunctioning because of frantic button mashing.
Intro is super-funny :D
Jstank
14. Dec 2015 · 08:50 UTC
Its cute, but lacking in depth. I love the music and the aesthetic.
tuben999
14. Dec 2015 · 09:19 UTC
Really nice game! a little weird controls before you get the hang of it! "wow" "10/10"
mukult
14. Dec 2015 · 09:45 UTC
Wow!! Amazing game!!
Nice work !
Teren
14. Dec 2015 · 11:39 UTC
Felt just like a NES game. Sweet!
jackyjjc
14. Dec 2015 · 11:40 UTC
I think I might have broke my keyboard :p very fun game. I love the tone and graphics
rantt
14. Dec 2015 · 12:16 UTC
Really liked the art and music. Fun game, I enjoyed it. Great job :)
greenscreen
14. Dec 2015 · 13:40 UTC
Game looks great, and sound is cool, but it lacks gameplay. There's not enough variety. But the end result is pretty nice.
vegapomme27
14. Dec 2015 · 14:10 UTC
A very nice game. Art feels nostalgic.
CheesyRamen
14. Dec 2015 · 14:20 UTC
Awesome graphics & music! Also a nice interpretation of game development too :)
jamaster96
14. Dec 2015 · 15:39 UTC
so awesome
TheSteveIAm
14. Dec 2015 · 16:04 UTC
Cute little game, Good leveraging of buzzwords.
anarbitrarymustache
14. Dec 2015 · 16:16 UTC
Great audio and I liked the visuals as well. All of it was very cohesive and felt well put together.
I like all the entries that gave a single button multi-function - probably because I didn't think of it. In this case, I didn't use the change direction very often because I found it easier to just keep going in a loop, but I liked that it was there. If I had to nitpick anything, it would be the title "Synergy" as you aren't really synergizing anything.
danielsann7
14. Dec 2015 · 16:37 UTC
great music, very smart mechanics and super easy to understand also very funny, AWESOME! great job =D
Eshford
14. Dec 2015 · 16:52 UTC
SICK

One of the fav on this LD!
BuffaloPhil
14. Dec 2015 · 16:53 UTC
Very cool!!!
Thembi
14. Dec 2015 · 17:08 UTC
This one put a smile on my face.
okusho
14. Dec 2015 · 17:36 UTC
So cute and interesting!! I can't stop playing it!! :)
Remicy
14. Dec 2015 · 17:50 UTC
Great idea, nice art! I enjoy very much! Love this game!
Thought Reactor
14. Dec 2015 · 18:03 UTC
Good job. Really addicting mechanic!
gkxd
14. Dec 2015 · 20:15 UTC
This is a really fun game with good music.

I love the idea of "encouraging" your developers to create a game; it adds a lot of humor. (If only making games worked like that in the real world.)
nunesbarbosa
14. Dec 2015 · 23:37 UTC
Nice game! A bit repetitive though.
Great idea, very innovative
Yamzho
15. Dec 2015 · 15:54 UTC
Very nice entry !
ajopart
15. Dec 2015 · 16:04 UTC
Great art, humor and sound. Rapidly repetitive gameplay.
cudabear
15. Dec 2015 · 16:25 UTC
This game is awesome in almost every way, but unfortunately not very fun. I can't determine any strategy for it, other than going in a circle and button mashing. Yet, it's a very impressive game, it oozes polish, Well done!
local306
15. Dec 2015 · 17:59 UTC
Tricky to get used to the controls somewhat, but after a while I got the hang of being able to turn around and maximize my employees performance
Zeezgames
15. Dec 2015 · 21:53 UTC
Really nice game here :) loved the music and i was getting really into it tapping away

Well Done!!
LukeZaz
16. Dec 2015 · 04:39 UTC
Good little game! Mashing buttons eventually grew tiring, but I enjoyed the start, and the intro was well-made. Didn't end up switching directions too much though - only ended up doing so accidentally, making it a bit confusing if I tried to start moving soon after I'd stopped.
BeardyBard
16. Dec 2015 · 17:05 UTC
Your game describes our team during LD jam pretty accurate, haha.
I wish we've had this kind of manager, tho.
Hegemege
19. Dec 2015 · 12:20 UTC
Great, now my hand hurts from the mashing

Awesome intro! Cheering music! Freaky-colored retro graphics! Hooray for Phaser!
wilbefast
19. Dec 2015 · 13:44 UTC
Nice one ^^" very funny and slightly painful how true it rings. The tapping to change direction was a bit confusing, I tended to just always go the same direction where possible. Still with two buttons there's only so much you can do (yeah, good use of theme too).

Well done :)
Yword
20. Dec 2015 · 05:40 UTC
Very interesting and fun! Well done!
StaNov
22. Dec 2015 · 20:08 UTC
The graphics are great - flashing and captions :) I've shipped 9 products and then my carpal tunnel went off :) Great fun for few minutes :)
scorched
28. Dec 2015 · 16:59 UTC
That was funny!
Jupiter_Hadley
28. Dec 2015 · 18:38 UTC
Funny concept, neat game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/iU4q-3Z4nkI
Madball
02. Jan 2016 · 18:16 UTC
At first I had 6 workers and it was stressful. Then I fired 4 and it became relaxing. The productivity didn't go down.

So, I liked graphics and sounds a lot, they fit each other well. I liked that I could see my games as they are being developed. But I didn't really like the gameplay. The two-button theme just adds more stress, not fun. And the difficulty doesn't seem to increase a lot.
ChuiGum
04. Jan 2016 · 22:57 UTC
Haha funny concept but I like it! Awesome music and cool sound. Very retro-y. Great game! c: