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That's weird, is the game able to save at all ?

I think to pass to the next day, you need to go back to your shelter to sleep (like one of the first map of the game)

Normally you need to talk to him on the next day (he is in his shop in the Megabuilding normally)

Thanks for the kind words ! For the game to continue, I think you need to pass to the next day, don't remember how though...

First of all, thanks for that huge useful topic !

That game is a pretty old game I made like 2 years ago, so I may not remember everything I have done on it, sorry.

I agree that the game feels unfinished, it may be like that because I worked on it like 2 months non-stop before having a bit of a burn-out, so the end of the game was a bit rushed up. That may be the reasons why some crashes occurs sometimes.

I started a while ago to make a V2 of this game, but getting back in it's complex codebase (it's a game made from scratch without any game engine, it uses a framework) needs a lot of motivation and all.

For your improvement idea about the CTRL key to skip dialogues, I'm noting that for the potential v2 of the game, if I have motivation and time to finish it, but thanks for the idea !

After the bomb dropped, the goal is to explore to find resources and food, and to go further into the story. The RFID item is just an utility item used to open some locked doors and it's not useful elsewhere. And no, you can't ration out the rations, as I know 😂.

For the crash, I investigated in the game's code, and it seems to be a problem with the way the engine handles items modifications (from microcontroller => programmed microcontroller) after loading from save. I will try to release a fixed version soon (maybe the v2 too ?). The fact that you use wine to run the game (glad it works on Linux with wine btw !) should not cause problems.

For the ground plates (they are used to increase the shelter protection level, that's useful for the end of the game (no spoiling !)), you should be able to equip and place them on ground in the shelter. You can't stack them on the same tile though.

For the save data, on Windows, they are in %appdata%/Shelter. "settings.sav" contains your settings (fullscreen, music/sfx volumes, etc.) and your main save file is "saves/0.sav". For good measure, copy the entire Shelter directory to the target PC at the same location. As you are apparently using Wine, the %appdata% location on Linux seems to be at: "~/.wine/drive_c/users/<your-username>/Application Data/" so the Shelter directory must be at: "~/.wine/drive_c/users/<your-username>/Application Data/Shelter".

Thanks again for taking your time to write this topic and review ! And sorry for the delay, we may have different timezones (I am French).

PS: The Outlands is the next area unlocked after you made the Peg microcontroller event thing.

PS2 (no, not the console): If I could create a save point at any point in life, it would be right before doing a life-changing choice (I don't know what choice but yes), in case it goes wrong, so I can rollback ! And with my own file format, so I can edit my life afterwards hehe.

Wow I'm not a fan of platformers normally and this game is the only one I liked that much ! The little gun becoming a big one is amazing ! 5/5 for me and easily my favorite game of the jam ! Congrats !

I love the unique concept and the feeling of the game ! That's a 5/5 for me ! Congrats !

Very cool game with cute graphics ! Congrats !

That's the most funny game I've seen in the jam yet ! The dudes are looking like a big snake when stacked up and that's really funny ! But sometimes the player seems to be hard to control, especially when the dudes are turned on the ground. But congrats for your awesome game !

This was a cool unique game ! The mechanic of resizing the window is amazing ! Congrats !

That game was hilarious ! I love the concept and the popup ideas ! Even if in the end it was pretty hard to try closing windows (but realistic 😂). Congrats !

That's a great game, congrats ! Love the retro style and musics !

After 4 month of development, I am happy to release the first public beta of Midnight Railway.

Midnight Railway is a horror game about you, an employee of Le 112, the most popular railway company of your country. Your goal is simple : you are the inspector of your train, and you need to maintain it, free of fraudsters and disrespectful people, and also free of monsters. 

Inspect the tickets of the passengers, give fines to fraudsters, and hide when monsters arise.

This game is in beta and early in its developement, so expect bugs and issues. Also expect changes to the gameplay in future updates.

Go get the game here : https://cacahuete-dev.itch.io/midnight-railway

Update: it was not taken down

Thanks for taking the time to play my game ! In the future updates I will try to make the goal of the game more clear to avoid being too lost like with a tutorial or something. :)

thanks for the review, these ideas are great and I may add these in the next update !

Thanks !

Here is my game (it is really close to 20 ratings) : https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-8/rate/1680289

I'll surely do your game !

Thanks a lot !

Play my game if you want (almost 20 ratings) : https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-8/rate/1680289

I'll really appreciate if you play it !

Thanks !

Great game ! I love that neon bloomy style, and the music is neat ! Great job !

Pretty good game ! Maybe a bit too much of chromatic aberation that makes the levels hard to see. Overall, great job !

Thanks !

Thanks ! I agree with you, we need more than the levers in the game, and I think that mechanic is very basic too. That's why there is more level planned, as I wanted to expand the game further. And yes, the enemies aren't as aggressive as I planned, even if this game is the only one that I made where the pathfinding works correctly xD. This game certainly needs more work. I already thought of the "hide" mechanic, but I ran out of time very fast in this game jam (especially for personal reasons). I have planned an update at the end of the jam who fixes bugs and adds what I wanted to add in the first place. Thanks for your useful comment anyway !

The spookiest, really ? Thanks a lot !

I had someone having a similar problem too, that's weird... Thanks anyway for taking the time to try playing it !

Thanks !

Thanks !

I just rated your game !

Check (and don't forget to rate) mine : The Running Fan

The game is good but the controls seems very hard to get too, and I think the texture are a little bit too stretched in the UI. Overall, great game !

Good game ! I love the player's face !

Ur game is very cool : good music and good graphics ! Great job !

Beautiful game with a good music ! Maybe it is a little slow sometimes, but overall, great job !

Check out my game if you want : The Running Fan

I'll obviously check yours !

Great game but I think it needs to be more obvious when we run out of light and restart thats it's because of the light. Anyway, good game !

Great and unique game !

Very cool and relaxing game !

Very cool and original game ! Loved the music too