Morse GRO by GAFBlizzard
WARNING, DIFFICULT TIMING GAME. Consider the post-compo version (I commented out one line) if you want to play through, but of course base your ratings on the original. I made the timing too difficult. :P
The GRO (Garden Research Overseer) initiative sounded so tempting. The pay was good, and you love gardens.
Unfortunately, they neglected to mention that you would not personally be visiting the garden.
Instead, it's off in space somewhere.
The orientation was light on details, but you did catch one thing --
the only way you can take care of the garden is by using a low-bandwidth remote link.
A very low-bandwidth link. So low that Morse code is the only option.
Before running for the door, your manager mumbled something about, "Supply space is pretty tight" and, "You may have to order more".
Your only hope is to raise all the garden plants to full growth. Only then, the contract said, can you go home.
F - Left button (or click with the mouse)
J - Right button (or click with the mouse)
The left button switches modes.
The right button enters Morse code. There is no penalty for having "dashes" that are too long.
In "Garden" mode (on the left), you can use supplies to feed plants.
Enter the matching letter to pick a supply, then enter the matching letter to pick a plant.
In "Order" mode (on the right), you can order more supplies.
Enter the matching letter combination to order supplies.
Morse code chart on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:International_Morse_Code.svg
Hold left button 5 seconds to restart in hard mode (all letters + numbers)
Hold left button 5 seconds to restart back in easy mode (A-H only).
Hold right button 5 seconds to restart in the current mode.
I ran out of time and did not put in music, sorry about that. I was able to finish most everything else though. I hope you enjoy playing it!
I had one huge lesson learned: Trying to do gapless MP3 looping is A HUGE PAIN. I probably wasted 4-5 hours on that alone. I finally had to do the most painful method, referenced here: http://blog.andre-michelle.com/2010/playback-mp3-loop-gapless/
The GRO (Garden Research Overseer) initiative sounded so tempting. The pay was good, and you love gardens.
Unfortunately, they neglected to mention that you would not personally be visiting the garden.
Instead, it's off in space somewhere.
The orientation was light on details, but you did catch one thing --
the only way you can take care of the garden is by using a low-bandwidth remote link.
A very low-bandwidth link. So low that Morse code is the only option.
Before running for the door, your manager mumbled something about, "Supply space is pretty tight" and, "You may have to order more".
Your only hope is to raise all the garden plants to full growth. Only then, the contract said, can you go home.
F - Left button (or click with the mouse)
J - Right button (or click with the mouse)
The left button switches modes.
The right button enters Morse code. There is no penalty for having "dashes" that are too long.
In "Garden" mode (on the left), you can use supplies to feed plants.
Enter the matching letter to pick a supply, then enter the matching letter to pick a plant.
In "Order" mode (on the right), you can order more supplies.
Enter the matching letter combination to order supplies.
Morse code chart on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:International_Morse_Code.svg
Hold left button 5 seconds to restart in hard mode (all letters + numbers)
Hold left button 5 seconds to restart back in easy mode (A-H only).
Hold right button 5 seconds to restart in the current mode.
I ran out of time and did not put in music, sorry about that. I was able to finish most everything else though. I hope you enjoy playing it!
I had one huge lesson learned: Trying to do gapless MP3 looping is A HUGE PAIN. I probably wasted 4-5 hours on that alone. I finally had to do the most painful method, referenced here: http://blog.andre-michelle.com/2010/playback-mp3-loop-gapless/
Ratings
| Coolness | 60% | 3 |
| Overall | 3.36 | 377 |
| Audio | 2.63 | 481 |
| Fun | 2.97 | 617 |
| Graphics | 3.33 | 357 |
| Humor | 2.96 | 220 |
| Innovation | 4.24 | 17 |
| Mood | 3.18 | 336 |
| Theme | 4.27 | 68 |
Nice story and I think this could be required fun for those learning Morse. Possible stuff for easy/(normal?/)hard differences (or options): the waiting in between letters and not changing codes for the products.
. - phone home, will never forget!
I liked the whole idea behind this, and with a little more polish I can see it being a fun little game, excellent work! :)
But this is a REALLY good concept, and it's executed really well. I would love to see a full game like this, because I feel like there's a lot of room for amazing gameplay with this concept. The important part would be to give the player breaks, so they're not rushing during the whole gameplay.
Great work!
I think my biggest problem is the rhythm and pauses--even with the post-compo version it's hard to learn that from the written codes.
Given the low-bandwidth premise and the space aesthetic, I think sending 0's and 1's using the two buttons would've worked much better than trying to work with the morse timing.