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Da Bomb! by Cal

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made by Cal for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

Your crew have boarded the ISS Last Dab. The ship has been overrun by crazed crew members, infected by a cannibalistic virus. Your mission is to gain control of the ships systems through various terminals. Use your crew's unique abilities to your advantage. However, the virus is taking hold, and only one is able to think for 10 seconds before needing rest. Good luck!

The Crew: * Sgt. Hot Pepper: Ex-Military special forces, useless at complex tasks, but packs quite a punch in a brawl. * Dave the Engineer: His quick reactions allow him to perform well under high pressure tasks, his spanner isn't too bad for hitting zombies too. * Dr Ronald Reaper: The smartest man left alive, his massive brain excels at memory tasks but he is not as young as he once was and struggles to keep up with the rest of the group. Would lose an arm wrestle to a baby. * Da Bomb: Who knows how he got into this mess but he finds himself with a bomb strapped to his chest, as a result he runs around like a headless chicken and has no focus when attempting to complete tasks. One thing for sure, don't let him die as the explosion may kill you all.

The Tasks: * Panel Passcode: Memorise then reinsert the pattern that appears on the screen to solve this task * Energy Flux: Test of your reaction time, press the button when the energy pulsar is in the green zone to complete

Remember you're never safe from the zombies, both you and your friends are most at risk when you are in the terminal.

If you win the game, please share your score in the comments!

Link https://github.com/cimacmillan/LD51
Link https://da-bomb.co.uk/
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/da-bomb

Ratings

Overall 795th 3.3⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 473th 3.5⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 668th 3.22⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Theme 560th 3.68⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 712th 3.44⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Audio 467th 3.34⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Humor 505th 2.98⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Mood 625th 3.4⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 32🗳️ 26🗨️

Feedback

Sisusakari
03. Oct 2022 · 18:55 UTC
This is a really fun game. Kind of like singleplayer among us with zombies. I like it!
StvUP
04. Oct 2022 · 04:58 UTC
Nice and simple game, I really like the theme!
moasip
04. Oct 2022 · 22:06 UTC
I love how polished the gameplay feels. The audio and graphics are also great too. Nice job.
theheheo
04. Oct 2022 · 22:09 UTC
Nice, was not all too sure what I was supposed to do at first but it was fun. Liked the pixel art and the sound effects.
Sohei
04. Oct 2022 · 22:13 UTC
I thought that doctor in your team could heal other teammates. Expected that different characters would fight differently.
The theme is interesting though.
Denzil Gomes
04. Oct 2022 · 22:14 UTC
Very nicely polished, interesting idea. I like the meat piles left over from the zombies :smile:
Wendy222
04. Oct 2022 · 22:15 UTC
I passed it! My score is 56~
thedude3600
04. Oct 2022 · 22:15 UTC
70! Cool Concept! I like the Hot Ones References! Makes me wonder if y'all work on the show ;-P but cool game! I liked how the puzzles were more difficult depending on the character you had control of. Unfortunately, All but one of them died on me, so I didnt get to see everyones. Good Job!
MerlinPerlin
04. Oct 2022 · 23:46 UTC
it would be great if the different characters would have different abilities, over all its a great game wth loveley art style :)
Savolae
06. Oct 2022 · 21:36 UTC
Finished the game, it was quite enjoyable. The tasks could have had some extra variety, but the game was still fun!
RaScartezini
06. Oct 2022 · 21:36 UTC
I see how the idea was implemented in your game, and that's neat. On the other side of things i found myself in a bug where the panel just wouldn't disapear and i was hit and got stuck in the wall never to return haha! I can see a nice potential to the game, good job!
LDJam user 302468
06. Oct 2022 · 21:47 UTC
Nice audio! Liked the concept and also the puzzles are fun. Would have been cool to see a different mini-game for each terminal. Good job :)
KatBoo
07. Oct 2022 · 10:42 UTC
Great, fun concept. Found the directional use of the mouse made it a little hard, but I am using a trackpad on a laptop. Enjoyed the little mini-games :) Amazing amount of work in such a short time!
mCayn
07. Oct 2022 · 22:34 UTC
Fun! I actually prefer minigames to be a part of the adventure like this rather than being thrown at you one after another with no context. Well done!
Joror
08. Oct 2022 · 08:41 UTC
Neat game! The chaos of switching crew was pretty fun to juggle. In the end I had one person left, and then just decided to run away from all infected, which was surprisingly effective.
amarokczukay
08. Oct 2022 · 09:54 UTC
the concept is really nice and fun. i was a bit confused at first, but it became clear very fast don't worry. i unfortunately was unable to finish the game due to my lack of skills
F1Krazy
10. Oct 2022 · 09:59 UTC
I love the idea of switching characters every 10 seconds, I'd considered something similar but decided against it. It does, however, end up being frustrating when you're trapped as one character and you need a different character to attack the zombies or complete a terminal task.

The first time I played, the engineer somehow glitched out-of-bounds and couldn't move anymore, and the second time, I was unable to pass the terminal game. I don't know whether I'm doing it wrong, but it doesn't seem to work at all - red squares flash up, you click them, and the terminal just goes "nope" and closes on you. It doesn't make sense to me. Then Da Bomb got killed by the zombies and killed everyone else as well.

I want to like this game, but it needs work.
Cedric86
12. Oct 2022 · 20:43 UTC
The switching caracters idea is very well implemented. It feels realy polished. Gameplay is solid as well. Well done. Great entry.
PoshDan
17. Oct 2022 · 03:55 UTC
Took me a moment to realise fighting the zombies was futile.
I had an easy time running through the game after that. I think i only had one type of puzzle spawn for me.
An interesting idea, though given the small scope, the 10 second switch turned out to be more of a minor inconvenience than a nuanced effect. But there's something there, it can be built upon!
kobylarz
21. Oct 2022 · 14:25 UTC
Fun game! I think the art, animations, audio, and gameplay itself were all very fun and high quality. My one downside was that the puzzle pattern had these very fast glitches where it would display a red square sometimes at random (for a very very short period of time), and I thought that this was the pattern for a few minutes so I would be wrong over and over. I think without that little glitch it would have made that puzzle a little more straightforward for me but other than that you did an amazing job!