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A jam submission

It Goes BoomView game page

Keep the nuclear power plant from exploding
Submitted by spacesquiid — 1 day, 35 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#2613.6193.619
Visuals#3873.7623.762
Innovation#4443.3333.333
Overall#7263.1113.111
Gameplay#8102.9052.905
Enjoyment#10142.8102.810
Audio#12832.2382.238

Ranked from 21 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does the game fit the theme?
The game is about a person who got accepted to the nuclear power plant because they lied on the CV. The motivation for the lie - nothing can go wrong.

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
There is an outline shader used on arrows and logo which was created previously.

How many people worked on the game?
2

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Comments

Submitted

Very cool idea, I agree with others though that things should go wrong faster and simultaneously correct inputs should have a bigger impact. Great job!

Submitted(+1)

I liked the idea and also had fun but I wanted it to go haywire faster since I got bored after 3 minutes. But I like the way you have implemented it as if you are entering cheat codes since you are clueless of how to handle a power plant, and I literally felt like that guy

Please play and rate my game as well, thanks!

Submitted(+2)

It felt like an odd crossover of Helldivers and Homer Simpson....

Fun concept, although the gameloop gets a bit repetitive. I reckon it would benefit from the different meters having different minigames involved in keeping them in the safe range to add a bit of variety.

Submitted

Pretty fun, I wish that the pacing was a little faster, like if you restored all of an area when you do the code, but everything depletes much faster.

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

It's a good game. I like the visuals and the game mechanics. It wold be nice to know what you did wrong when you explode 👍

Submitted(+1)

I thought I was doing a good job. Then I blew up, noticing that there were 5 rather than 3 systems to keep track of. I would suggest some way to reinforce where all the systems are before or right at the start(Maybe I just didn't pay enough attention, but I did not notice the bottom 2 systems). Especially since you have to start working to not blow up right away.

It was fun to try and balance each system! 

Submitted(+1)

I loved the premise of this lol--what a fun concept and game--like Dance Dance Revolution for my hands :P! The graphics and SFX were great, too!

Submitted(+1)

it's looking good, but the sequences are too long :( (or i am too dumb for this) 

i found it hard to tell weather i was doing ok or not until last minute. bars/meters are blueish and make it seem like a positive feedback, but in reality you are doing bad

the animation and graphics are great!

Developer

thank you for the feedback! I agree that the visual response in the game is not the best :D

Submitted(+1)

Ok so I understood what I needed to do, but the effects and management was hella confusing. I mean, fitting to "I lied on the resume and I am pressing some buttons hoping for the best". I would have loved some information input and not just color changes, for more information on what is about to happen. So it get's clearer the more risk there is. Otherwise, I really really enjoyed the artstyle, very unique and fitting!

Developer

Thank you for the feedback!

Submitted(+1)

I was employed for exactly 145 seconds. The impressive thing about this game is how it is immediately self-evident what needs doing. Very cool.

Submitted(+1)

Nice idea. It's really cool how fast I understood what to do. Well in a way I guess haha.

Was pretty fun to try to prevent a total meltdown. Very nice Ending Animation!

Would be Homer Simpson Again/10

Submitted(+1)

The game looks great and is very simple, which makes it attractive. Very good concept, I like it.

Submitted(+1)

"not like you could do that on the real power plant" KILLED ME AHAHAH

Submitted(+1)

the idea is so great! It firs perfectly to the theme, the gameplay is a bit repetetive, but the interface of the nuclear power plant looks amazing, very beautiful artwork and fitting color scheme! :D