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Cable Connector LLC by Jezzamon

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made by Jezzamon for Ludum Dare 59 (COMPO)

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I had hoped to be retired by now, not connecting up cables in a crazy data center...

Click here to play! (HTML5)

Controls:

  • Arrow keys: move
  • Space: Jump
  • Left shift: Shoot

Also

  • M: Toggle between muting all sounds, muting just music, or playing sound normally
  • Pressing space will skip through cutscenes but don't please :)
  • R can restart if you somehow get stuck?

* Disclaimer: This game features 1 piece of AI generated 'art', for comedic effect. It will be obvious. *

Can't beat the boss, but want to see the ending?

If you find the boss hard, I created Quick Boss Fight Mode, a version that jumps straight to the boss fight, with half the health, so that you can see the game ending!

Post compo version

If you enjoyed the game, I uploaded a post compo version, with some minor tweaks:

  • Added subtitles
  • Made the boss a little easier
Link https://jezzamon.itch.io/cable-connectors-llc-ld
Post Compo https://jezzamon.itch.io/cable-connectors-llc
Source code https://github.com/Jezzamonn/cable-connector-llc
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/cable-connector-llc

Ratings

Overall 80th 3.727⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 57th 3.727⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 246th 2.864⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 202th 3.3⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 185th 3.3⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 34th 3.925⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 6th 4.4⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 104th 3.625⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 14🗳️ 14🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 428140
Apr 20th · 05:54 UTC
I love the voice acting. The gameplay is fun, especially the final boss fight!
OadT
Apr 20th · 10:58 UTC
Fun voice acting and story! Maybe the boss fight could be a bit shorter (or maybe a health bar could also help) but overall the game was pretty fun!
darkshadow
Apr 20th · 18:30 UTC
Very funny (but I can't rate the humor!) the voice give the game charm. Boss fight is fun but hard, keep dying no idea how close I am to beating gab-be-edi

![Screenshot from 2026-04-20 19-27-55.png](///raw/bd8/a3/z/70ca7.png)
🎤 Jezzamon
Apr 20th · 19:43 UTC
@jpat @oadt @darkshadow Oh! looks like I accidentally opted out of... ALL the categories. That's a mistake. Feel free to rate in those categories too (each category you leave a rating in boosts your game more).

AND @darkshadow, looks like you were close! The boss changes expression when it has half health
TasakaSama
Apr 20th · 20:41 UTC
Good humor, and the boss fight is so long ^^ but it's a beautiful piece of work
Pimeko
Apr 20th · 22:23 UTC
Haha that was really nice! Loved the unexpected extra zoom-ins and the final picture, great humor
Zyertdox
Apr 20th · 22:44 UTC
A very fun game - an old man simulator! I made it to the boss and even managed to change his mood, but I still couldn’t beat him.
graebor
Apr 21st · 01:26 UTC
Voice acted cutscenes?? Wild! I enjoyed all the different enemies/characters, especially the sideways wavy flying one :sweat_smile: and the boss fight was cool, well done!
🎤 Jezzamon
Apr 21st · 05:30 UTC
@darkshadow @zyertdox Hey, if you want to see the ending, I just uploaded a version to my website that skips straight to the boss fight, but lowers the boss's health, so you should be able to beat it! https://jezzamon.com/cable-connector-boss/
darkshadow
Apr 21st · 21:30 UTC
@jezzamon brilliant thanks!
rosypenguin
Apr 22nd · 02:40 UTC
10/10 humor, loved it! I just wish there was a bit more feedback such as hit effects, HP bars, etc. Subtitles could also be helpful as I have no clue what our protagonist says in the beginning haha. I love that you basically got a whole metroidvania open world and boss fight in for a Compo. Nice work!
Aannnnman
Apr 22nd · 08:00 UTC
Cool game! Especially the women floating in the air are funny.
🎤 Jezzamon
Apr 22nd · 15:29 UTC
@rosypenguin Thanks for playing it! Yeah you're right, visual feedback on hits and subtitles would definitely be good to have. I'll add it to the post-compo build for sure!
quietchili
Apr 22nd · 18:42 UTC
A lot of fun! I like the boss fight!
benskca
Apr 22nd · 19:10 UTC
This was awesome, the voice acting is great and I really like how you did the cutscenes. The camera cuts with the voice over make them feel kinda like old machinima or newground animations. The platforming also felt really responsive, the mechanics felt a lot like metroid in a good way. The boss fight was very fun! If I could add one thing it would be more visuals in the levels to sell the environment a bit more.
LeReveur
Apr 22nd · 23:37 UTC
I tried but finally gave up with the boss fight, I managed several times to get to the "half life" skin, but having to jump /then/ fire-up because of the keys don't work more than two at the same time, it was way too hard for me…
Good entry anyways, the hard boss fight didn't prevent me to give five stars, as it was really fun to play and I wouldn't have tried so hard if the game was bad :D
torcado
Apr 23rd · 01:21 UTC
haha this was great, i love the quips. The ending made me laugh a lot. simple gameplay but neat sections and boss fight. nice work!
Local Minimum
Apr 23rd · 08:45 UTC
Unfortunately I didn't manage to get past that final boss even with a couple of tries. I'm gonna blame the input keys not being very optimal for my keyboard layout (number keys are spread out over the two halves of the keyboard). Absolutely not a skill issue :laughing: Would have been nice to have alternative (WASD) keybinding included too, maybe controller as well.

Over all very well made game, the platforming controller felt good. I really liked the story and voice acting. From accessibility standpoint subtitles would have been great.

Play-through:
https://youtu.be/hd8GzxXDNAk
🎤 Jezzamon
Apr 24th · 15:33 UTC
@lereveur Oh! I never ran into the problem of multiple keys not working at the same time. Maybe that's related to your keyboard? That would definitely make things harder -- I just hold up most of the time during the boss fight.

And @lereveur / @local-minimum thanks both for playing! If you want to see the ending, I did add a link to a version that jumps you straight to an easier boss fight!
🎤 Jezzamon
Apr 24th · 15:46 UTC
@local-minimum Oh and I appreciate your video! I 100% agree with all your feedback - definitely would've added more things like health bars, subtitles and alternative controls, if I had a little more time :')
LeReveur
Apr 24th · 15:49 UTC
I doubt it's coming from my old Logitech K740 keyboard, as it don't have special format nor configuration nor feature (except it's illuminated, but I don't see it making trouble). I tried the game from my work computer (shhh! don't tell my boss) and its working well, and the keyboard is an old model from Logitech too (K280e). As I use Chrome/Win10Pro for work and Firefox/Win11Pro at home, I suspect this behavior is link either to Firefox, Win11Pro, or both combined…
Wouter52
Apr 24th · 18:54 UTC
I had a blast playing this game yesterday! (oops forgot to rate&comment)
Love the dry humor of this one :smile:

The boss lacked a bit of feedback when it was actually hit or not. Maybe some basic white flashing would have worked here. That said, this is a solid entry :v:
blinry
Apr 26th · 18:59 UTC
We were super impressed by the fully voiced cutscenes! Great camera work, too! The boss fight *was* hard, but we got it after three attempts. More feedback for hits on the enemies would have been helpful.

Connecting the cables didn't feel that meaningful gameplay-wise. But we think the general level of polish made up for that!
LoHii
Apr 27th · 14:55 UTC
A nice platformer, the voice acting was definitely the highlight. The music was very catchy, especially considering how short of a loop it is in the end.

The only thing I felt was actively detracting from the experience was that it was hard to tell if the shots were landing or merely disappearing right before the target. Better feedback there would have gone a long way.
🎤 Jezzamon
Apr 29th · 05:22 UTC
@wouter52 @lohii Totally agree on the bullet feedback, my post-compo build has visual feedback for when the shots hit and it helps a lot. Hopefully next time I can carve out a bit more time for polish at the end!
🎤 Jezzamon
Apr 29th · 05:24 UTC
@blinry Thanks for playing! As always, there was my idea for the game and then what I actually implemented... I had a few more ideas for the cables & different signal types, but not enough time in a compo game :P
Mikan
Apr 30th · 10:48 UTC
A short platform game. The connection mechanic seems not prominent enough. Besides, it wasn't until the boss fight that I realized I could shoot upwards.

My playthrough: https://youtu.be/65fo2KrZBp4
CataclysmicKnight
Apr 30th · 20:47 UTC
This was glorious lol, I revel in the anti-AI/anti-data-center sentiments here. The voices were fantastic, and I absolutely loved the use of the singular AI image. I thought it was an incredible ending, tbh. And I was shocked to actually beat the game since I'm usually pretty terrible at using the keyboard in precise-ish games 🏆
auxiliarymoose
May 03rd · 01:21 UTC
OMG this is phenomenal. Story. Voice acting. Action. Good funnies and also some social commentary. Wow. Really good stuff. Absolutely loved it. Only things I might add to would be expanding the graphics a bit and more feedback on hitpoints/health remaining (for you and the boss), but really this was perfect. Thank you so much for making and sharing such a wonderful piece of art.
LDJam user 424632
May 03rd · 10:14 UTC
Fun game! The voice acting is a real charm. I beat the boss fight on my second try and figured out how to shoot properly, but the crawling enemies also stopped appearing and I wasn't distracted by them. Maybe it's a bug or a feature, I don't know :)
rhewid
May 03rd · 16:58 UTC
![2222.png](///raw/0b3/21/z/730d5.png)

Ive done it. I beat it! Cool voice acting, nice short platformer. The boss could have like half its hp. Overall very cool entry!
pkenney
May 09th · 00:08 UTC
Loved it! Perfect length.

The boss's extra superpower threw me a little though:
![sticky-power.png](///raw/81b/z/73377.png)

breaking that fourth wall to shift input focus out of the app felt a bit unfair at first, until I figured out the counter-strategy of choosing "Yes! I do want sticky keys!" and then never stopping shooting. Once I flipped that script on him I did much better.

Very cool with great voice acting, a hilarious boss intro I didn't see coming, and some tight action with smooth controls. Really nice all around entry.
🎤 Jezzamon
May 09th · 00:24 UTC
@pkenney hahaha classic