The Little USB That Could by Nescre
Download the "TheLittleUSBThatCould.zip" file to play!
The Little USB That Could is an exploration-heavy rage arcade game.
https://youtu.be/He8MAE1VNlo
You control a sentient USB stick with the unique ability to fly. After being cast away into your owner's concerningly deep basement for fear of your contents, you must use your unique ability to fly to your freedom and exact your revenge - by plugging yourself into your owner's PC!
Be careful, however; the way out of the basement is full of narrow passages and sharp, spiky turns! Not only must you avoid bumping into obstacles to prevent dying, you must also keep an eye out on your fuel gauge; lose all your fuel, and it's game over!
Luckily, there's several recharging pods (which recharge your fuel completely) and batteries (which give you extra HP) scattered all about the basement! Make sure to use them to your advantage in order to keep yourself fit and flying!
Will you be able to fly your way to freedom? Or will you remain trapped in the depths of the computer scrapheap forevermore? Play and find out!
Controls: A/Left Arrow: Turn left D/Right Arrow: Turn right Space/W/Up: Fly!
| Game + Project ZIP | https://nescre.itch.io/the-little-usb-that-could |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/57/the-little-usb-that-could |
Ratings
| Overall | 443th | 3.55⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 265th | 3.629⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 587th | 3.033⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 823th | 2.517⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 154th | 4.233⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 357th | 3.397⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 238th | 3.333⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 528th | 3.433⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 37🗳️ | 35🗨️ |
I couldnt get past the first stage, controls are super hard. Make it a bit easier, I would love to play it more!
Hehe, but yeah we made it hard, but once you get used to it the first level is pretty quick to power through. So need to get the key to open the passage. And as soon as you enter the next layer you're respawning there.
Appreciate the feedback!
* You now have a 60% higher starting fuel
* You are now knocked back less when hitting walls (I meant to do this before publishing but forgot)
* Certain health pickups give more now
* Checkpoints are now labelled with text
Tried adding a web build for ease of access, but the web build breaks lighting sadly, so hopefully the video playthrough will be a better impression preview of what the game is.
- Removed the light under the first key so its not mistaken as a checkpoint
I get a "file not found" error when I click either of the download links
Weird issue, but I have too noticed the download not working on other projects too, so can be a temporary issue with the site.
I think I found a bug while using the spacebar, where a direction I was pressing would get "stuck" and I would start spinning that direction. Switched to using "up" instead and it was much easier!
Admittedly, as devs, I think it's easy for us to put blinders on and forget the advantage that knowing everything's layout gives you. Were we to take this further, we'd definitely be more careful of that.
Thank you so much for the feedback!
The sensibility make it very hard and when you touch a wall is really hard to be okay again;