Under Maintenance

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.05
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.80
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.98
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.80
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.76
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.30
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.54
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.66
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★71%
You are given the job of an underground maintenance engineer, your task is to keep the streets walkable and the rail tunnel visible by fixing the catwalk barriers and the fusebox.

Instructions provided on title screen.

EDIT: Fixed the scoring issues as well as reduced the number of rats and people based on feedback. The Windows build is now the submission version and the Web versions are post-jam versions.

Made for Ludum Dare 29.

Theme: Beneath the Surface

Entry: Jam

Team: Solo

Time Spent:

Saturday: 4.5 Hours

Sunday: 13.5 Hours

Monday: 6.5 Hours

Tools:

HaxeFlixel (Framework)

FlashDevelop (Code)

Paint.NET (Graphics)

PhotoShop CS4 (Title Logo)

Windows Phone with Voice Recorder (Audio)

Genres: platformer

Comments20

Cosine28 Apr 2014, 23:02
Really well put together game.
Ariake8128 Apr 2014, 23:37
great game, love it when the train goes by, gets really frantic quickly!
torcado194
torcado19428 Apr 2014, 23:39
pretty neat concept! i definitely had an idea very similar to this for my game, but i went a different route. Nice job! keep following your dreams :D
illugion
illugion29 Apr 2014, 00:32
Nice game! I got a score of 190, and some rat infestation complaints but no street complaints, aw yeah ! I thought people would fall there so i was more worried about fixing those parts haha
Jellycakes29 Apr 2014, 00:54
Nice game, like the stress of being a high speed metro maintenance main. Rats got out of control quick though and I'm sure a couple of people tripped over the open grates. Fun game though nice job!
trvr29 Apr 2014, 03:56
Overall, a fun game. Starts off slow, but becomes really hectic very quickly. Nice Job!
tripleVisionGames29 Apr 2014, 16:20
A good concept, cool screenshake when the subway train goes by :D Would have been cool if was like an extreme maintenance man with a jet propelled screwdriver launcher...
MrShoestore29 Apr 2014, 17:27
Ahh… a facsimile of today's skilled workforce shortage crisis. :)

very neat. nice bit of extra affect with the train
mimic29 Apr 2014, 18:26
THOSE STUPID CIVILIANS MESSING UP MY SIDEWALK. ARGHHHHHH. Hahah. Nice game!
GamerTaters
GamerTaters30 Apr 2014, 02:28
Cool game. I enjoyed it. Good work.
Vytheros
Vytheros30 Apr 2014, 15:28
A really fun concept and I like the micro-management but holy mother of god it is hard. I got like 14 street complaints and 22 rat complaints on my first go. I really like it and out of the game's I've played so far in Ludum Dare 29 it is one of the best
01010111
0101011130 Apr 2014, 21:53
Oh the plight of the city worker! Really interesting idea, I liked how the mechanics of the top and bottom layers had just a tiny bit of a difference but it changed the gameplay a lot.
NoorStudios30 Apr 2014, 23:45
Man that guy has a busy day! Really cool and different game. I like it =)
EpiphanyG1 May 2014, 05:56
Very cute game although it gets very hectic. I liked it though I wasn't sure if my score of 111 is good or not.
dector
dector3 May 2014, 14:52
Good idea. But as already said, it's stressful. Too much rats.
stvr
stvr3 May 2014, 20:08
Fun-fun
Balloonsfor600
Balloonsfor6003 May 2014, 21:05
The train going by is really cool. The game is stressful in a good way. Well done!
Tweak
Tweak3 May 2014, 23:03
The game is really fun. The civilians tho - they kept messing meh' up.
gre
gre16 May 2014, 20:37
Very cool game mecanism and perfect take on the theme.

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