Task Manager by ThePockle
A game about completing tasks on an ever draining battery life, complete tasks, get charge!
| Link | https://thepockle.itch.io/task-manager |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/task-manager |
Ratings
| Overall | 1400th | 2.263⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1407th | 1.842⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 963th | 3⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 750th | 3.605⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 951th | 3.316⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 1026th | 2.316⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 1316th | 2.474⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 9🗳️ | 9🗨️ |
I took my a while to understand how to play, I thought the list might have been the game and I had to click on it, then I thought it was just always on top of the screen and I had to play the game behind it, and then I actually read the description on the itch page and understood to press tab.
The art here is really cool though, I think with an iteration or two this could be an interesting piece! Just need to work on getting people to understand the game without telling them directly, something I'm not good at either tbh. Hopefully this description of how I understood it helps!
The timer runs too fast for comfort. I managed to get the first task done but no more. The timer does make the game adhere to the theme, but IMHO it also makes it less fun to play, especially at this speed. This could be a nice relaxing game of discovery.
I couldn't get more than one task done before getting a "dead battery" notice even though my battery still showed a full charge. Not sure if these are bugs or are part of the design.
Overall, the graphics are charming and the basic gameplay (what I could get to play) was neat.