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While a good platformer is always fun, I was worried that it would never get any more difficult, just take longer.\n\nAnd of course Zuckerberg is part of the conspiracy!","format":"md","likes":4,"spam":"N"},{"id":638449,"author_name":"HangerGames","author_uid":"hangergames","epoch":1619503416,"text":"The Audio is GREAT! There is a lot of content as a jam game. I can see different abilities when possess enemies. It would be even better if there were more variety in in bullets. Great work overall!","format":"md","likes":6,"spam":"N"},{"id":653628,"author_name":"brossman","author_uid":"brossman","epoch":1619559846,"text":"we forgot to update the bullet images.. they are spinning cats.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":654692,"author_name":"MEGA Marlon","author_uid":"mega-marlon","epoch":1619564648,"text":"I had fun playing the game. as @paulhocker said, it was a bit too easy as you can never really die. And sometimes the background and foreground blended in. Other than that, the graphic were great! Blasting a giant mecha Zuckerberg was fun!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":655542,"author_name":"Alex the Bear","author_uid":"alex-the-bear","epoch":1619569199,"text":"The funny dog face coins made me laugh :smile: ","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":656013,"author_name":"Brigadeirim","author_uid":"brigadeirim","epoch":1619572004,"text":"Funny and great game! ","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":660026,"author_name":"SirSpite","author_uid":"sirspite","epoch":1619601814,"text":"Lot of fun","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":664432,"author_name":"StrangerYann","author_uid":"strangeryann","epoch":1619630111,"text":"Very cool!\nThe end came too soon - but still very impressive for a game jam game\nIt's very permissive and forgiving - great for a game jam game\nthen again making it more punishing could have helped make it feel longer - more trial and error\nAnyhow, great game, loved it - GG :-D\n\nSo I really like your game and I'm streaming Ludum Dare 48 games on saturday with my friend Teauorent on his Twitch channel - https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/teauorent - Saturday May 1st 4PM CET\nFirst of all - that cool with you? This may redirect some traffic to your page for more people to try your LD48 game :smile:\nIf you'd like, please e-mails us anecdotes and sneak peeks of your creative process (photos, screenshots, beta\/WIP asset renders, mood boards, concept Art, etc.) so we can present them alongside and illustrate your LD48 adventure to our audience :slight_smile:\nHere's our e-mail to send all that good stuff to --> TeamChooChoo.GameJams@gmail.com [we will confirm receiving your e-mail(s) upon reception]\nThe show will be in french but I'm bilingual so you can totally submit in english, we'll take care of the rest :slight_smile:\n\nHave a great day, I hope to hear from you soon - thanks for that great moment I spent testing your little nugget of a game, and see you in the chat on saturday I hope :heart: :smile:","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":666275,"author_name":"LandoSystems","author_uid":"landosystems","epoch":1619639391,"text":"@strangeryann thanks for the kind words! Happy to have you stream it this weekend and I'll aim to send you an email in the next day or two. Looking forward to catching the stream, even though none of the folks on the team speak french :) Thanks again!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":669820,"author_name":"michaelyount","author_uid":"michaelyount","epoch":1619667673,"text":"Hey , I love the feel of this game, Metrovania meets Ninja Gaiden meets Metal Gear. Nice mechanic with the ghost moving into the bodies. Thank you.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":669902,"author_name":"Michael Peoples","author_uid":"michael-peoples","epoch":1619668573,"text":"This was amazing! The unique interpretation of the theme made for a really fun adventure! :)","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":678188,"author_name":".fpeg","author_uid":"fpeg","epoch":1619771559,"text":"For having three artists you sure used a lot of material from other games, of course I understands that is sort of the point, but still. Anyway, it was fun following you down the rabbit hole of the Deeper State! Thanks for making it ^^","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":678423,"author_name":"miej","author_uid":"miej","epoch":1619775898,"text":"congrats on the impressive submission!  much meme","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":681803,"author_name":"DWink","author_uid":"dwink","epoch":1619830812,"text":"What a satisfying conclusion! That was great, I loved that I didn't really die, because I was bad at the game. Great humor, amazing art, and incredible that you had a whole team going at it!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":691942,"author_name":"Theodore","author_uid":"theodore","epoch":1620119150,"text":"That was really fun! Very nice art and audio.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":695045,"author_name":"Prof.Suarez","author_uid":"prof-suarez","epoch":1620271419,"text":"Best part, we took all of Elon Musk Bitcoin.  Everything was great.  Cool Ghost possession mechanic.  Made it more fun and extended play.  Wasn't sure when I was hitting the bosses until they were dead.  Keep up the great work! 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You died! It probably hurt...\n\nThe circumstances of your death are scarce, but one thing is clear: this was no accident. \n\nIt's up to you to infiltrate the Deep(er) state and figure out who's to blame for this unfortunate challenge to your continued existence.\n\nUse your ghostly powers to possess bodies (human and otherwise...) and traverse levels as you dive deeper and deeper into the mystery surrounding untimely demise.\n\n![ld48-screen-exposition.png](\/\/\/raw\/103\/z\/40f44.png)\n\n\n# Notes:\n---\n\nOur reach exceeded our grasp a bit for this one, so it's a little slapdash towards the end, but it should be completable in 5-10 minutes. Hope folks enjoy it!\n\n![ld48-screen-mil1.png](\/\/\/raw\/103\/z\/40f46.png)\n\n# About the Team:\n---\n\n[LandoSystems](https:\/\/lando.systems) is a group of jammers from Madison, Wisconsin that varies in size from 2 to 12 people. This is the team's 23th Ludum Dare game!! :grinning:\n\n![ld48-screen-zuck.png](\/\/\/raw\/103\/z\/40f47.png)\n\n\n# Team Members:\n---\n\nCode:\n- Brian Ploeckelman [PalpatinesSmile](https:\/\/twitter.com\/PalpatinesSmile)\n- Jeffrey Hwang\n- Brian Rossman\n- Zander Rossman\n\nAdditional Code:\n- Doug Graham [dsgraham](https:\/\/twitter.com\/dsgraham)\n\nArt:\n- Matt Neumann\n- Luke Bain\n- Troy Sullivan\n\nAudio:\n- Pete Valeo\n\nSupport Shiba:\n- Asuka!\n\nSupport Kitty:\n- Cherry!\n\n![ld48-screen-muskrang.png](\/\/\/raw\/103\/z\/40f4a.png)\n\nWe hope you enjoy playing the game as much as we did making it! :fingers_crossed:","comments":19,"comments-timestamp":"2021-05-16T11:44:50Z","created":"2021-04-19T18:33:08Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"grade":{"grade-01":28,"grade-02":28,"grade-03":28,"grade-04":28,"grade-05":28,"grade-06":27,"grade-07":28,"grade-08":28},"id":239942,"love":0,"magic":{"cool":94.253492933857,"feedback":35,"given":23.875,"grade":27.875,"grade-01-average":3.788,"grade-01-result":477,"grade-02-average":3.635,"grade-02-result":491,"grade-03-average":3.308,"grade-03-result":800,"grade-04-average":3.731,"grade-04-result":797,"grade-05-average":3.654,"grade-05-result":946,"grade-06-average":3.74,"grade-06-result":388,"grade-07-average":4.135,"grade-07-result":74,"grade-08-average":3.673,"grade-08-result":667,"smart":3.4388151390292},"meta":{"allow-anonymous-comments":"1","author":[769,773,54320,30596,154572,24540,215745,59490,244946],"cover":"\/\/\/content\/103\/z\/3fe63.png","link-01":"https:\/\/github.com\/bploeckelman\/LudumDare48","link-01-tag":[50],"link-02":"https:\/\/lando.systems\/games\/ld48-deeperstate\/","link-02-tag":[42336],"link-03":"https:\/\/lando.systems\/games\/ld48-deeperstate\/ld48-deeperstate.jar","link-03-name":"Desktop (jar)","link-03-tag":[42337]},"meta-timestamp":"2026-05-09T21:48:04Z","modified":"2026-05-09T21:48:04Z","name":"Deeper State: Elon Flux","node-timestamp":"2021-04-27T21:34:46Z","parent":233335,"parents":[1,5,9,233335],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/deeper-state-elon-flux","published":"2021-04-27T01:59:41Z","scope":"public","slug":"deeper-state-elon-flux","subsubtype":"jam","subtype":"game","type":"item","version":777543},"text":"# Links\n---\n\n- ** [HTML5\/WebGL](https:\/\/lando.systems\/games\/ld48-deeperstate\/) **\n- ** [Desktop\/Java](https:\/\/lando.systems\/games\/ld48-deeperstate\/ld48-deeperstate.jar) **\n- ** [Source](https:\/\/github.com\/bploeckelman\/LudumDare48) **\n\n\n# Controls:\n---\n- ** Left\/right arrow** or ** A\/D ** to move \n- ** Left click ** or ** F ** to shoot (when possessed)\n- ** Down arrow ** or ** S ** to possess and release an enemy\n- ** Space ** to jump\n\n\n![ld48-deeperstate.gif](\/\/\/raw\/103\/z\/3ff48.gif)\n\n\n# Game:\n---\n\nYou are dead! You died! It probably hurt...\n\nThe circumstances of your death are scarce, but one thing is clear: this was no accident. \n\nIt's up to you to infiltrate the Deep(er) state and figure out who's to blame for this unfortunate challenge to your continued existence.\n\nUse your ghostly powers to possess bodies (human and otherwise...) and traverse levels as you dive deeper and deeper into the mystery surrounding untimely demise.\n\n![ld48-screen-exposition.png](\/\/\/raw\/103\/z\/40f44.png)\n\n\n# Notes:\n---\n\nOur reach exceeded our grasp a bit for this one, so it's a little slapdash towards the end, but it should be completable in 5-10 minutes. Hope folks enjoy it!\n\n![ld48-screen-mil1.png](\/\/\/raw\/103\/z\/40f46.png)\n\n# About the Team:\n---\n\n[LandoSystems](https:\/\/lando.systems) is a group of jammers from Madison, Wisconsin that varies in size from 2 to 12 people. 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