Dolan works and lives in a space station in universe section called Node 54. It happens to be a transportation node between many worlds as it's the central point close enough to almost everything.
Dolan needs to route cargos to destination worlds. When he picks something up he feels strong urge to finish his current job until he picks another one.
He needs your help to guide him through various delegation zones.
Keys: Up, Down, Left, Right: movement Space: to pick a cargo Esc, P: pause
Unfortunately I wasn't given time to finish sound nor implement bindable keys/joystick support.
Have fun!
Edit: If you happen to have .dll issues, you are probably missing libraries required by VS 2013. I'm not sure if I can redistribute them so here's the link to download: Make sure to download x86 version even if you windows is x64!
Edit2: I've added Linux port. It differs from Windows with just one small fix - I've typed audio volume to be within 0.0 - 1.0 range instead of 0.0 - 100.0. Windows version is still without audio but I won't touch it.
Edit3: Linux version was not working because folder with libraries should be named "lib" instead of "libs". I've fixed it and replaced the link.
It took me a few minutes to figure out how to stay alive with the up and down arrows being inverted. I enjoyed the random placement of the colors of the flags and packages and getting the packages from pickup to finish.
For some reason I got used to the inverted controls faster then I expected. My only beef with the game is that the player's sprite does not face the direction it's moving towards. Good job o/
Funny and interesting game :D It's mechanic reminded me of "UGH!" from Amiga (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv1Y0QdcXxw), which was one of my favourite titles to play! Of course it's a different game, but still!
Maybe the overall physics should be tweaked a little, but nothing is really wrong with that.
LostTrainDude: Thank you! Yes indeed. I'm big fan of Ugh! myself and I wanted to create something similar. The great thing about Ludum Dare is that now that I have something playable I will continue to fix bugs, implement new features and improve overall gameplay.
For anyone having issues with missing dlls even if package from the link got installed. Make sure, that you installed 32 bit version (x86) even if your Windows is 64 bit (x64). A friend of mine resolved his issues with missing dlls this way.
I had to struggle a little with the sensitivity of the controls, but I guess that's part of the game's challenge. I like the background but somehow wish that the foreground could pop out a little more. Overall I had fun playing!
You collided with a wall/ground having too much of velocity. Unfortunatelly I haven't implemented any speed warning indicator as there were no time left. Also I forgot to add any form of tutorial.
The gameplay was actually pretty fun once I figured out what was going on. The down key giving you lift was disorienting, and it was hard to know exactly how fast was too fast. It played a bit like lunar lander, in that it was more a game of finesse than speed. The graphics were cohesive, and it was well put together, but being colorblind I had to stop after a few levels since I couldn't tell them apart.
Looking at this entry 1 year later, even I know any of you read this, I'd like to thank you all for the feedback! I learned quite a bit from your comments!
Big fan of the background tile pattern too.
Up and Down arrows seemed to be inverted for me, that might be less disorienting if the sprite rotated to face the current heading. =)