Ludum Dare #31compo

Good Old Times

by lekochen

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.95

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.72

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.54

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.96

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.95

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.11

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.69

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.98

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★82%

This is how things worked in the old times. Have fun!

You have to turn on the sound to play the game.
This game has an ending.
Two Spoilers below, the first one is the hint, the second one is the answer.
Use www.rot13.com to decode.

* Spoilers *
1) Gnc GI va qvssrerag qverpgvbaf jbhyq trarengr qvssrerag fbhaqf. Lbh unir gb zngpu gur zrybql bs fhcre znevb oebf 1 gb jva. Vs lbh zvff gur pbzob, gur pbzob jbhyq erfrg gb mreb.
2) Gur pbzob: YG,HC,YG,EG,YG,EG,HC

Comments43

yodamaster7 Dec 2014, 17:10

Could you explain a bit more what to do here? No action does have any effect.

coquinounet7 Dec 2014, 17:25

Haha fun :p needed 2 minutes to understand

Broivula7 Dec 2014, 18:41

Well, it certainly has a game in one screen!

davesoft7 Dec 2014, 21:50

Haha, very nice

Nathion7 Dec 2014, 23:03

Rage quit! O.o

lekochenauthor8 Dec 2014, 01:32

Haha, it seems that the hint is too subtle. I have updated the description, with 2-step spoilers. Try it again!

Fanttum8 Dec 2014, 01:53

So its a puzzle game?

tppr20468 Dec 2014, 03:09

Great old times!!
I am wiping my tears!!

tonypai8 Dec 2014, 04:34

I'm stupid at music, so I peek the spoiler. lol

Eduardo8 Dec 2014, 05:40

cool, but i'm confused!

raincole8 Dec 2014, 06:00

Nice one. I don't think I can't figure it out without peeking the hint :(

CatOnMars8 Dec 2014, 06:49

LoL. This is quite humorous! The concept is nice and simple. In old days when this situation happens I always pull out the cartage and blow to it first. Maybe that simple action can be made into a game lol.

doitle8 Dec 2014, 07:25

This is really good. Such a simple concept executed very well. There's not a lot here, but what is here is tight and works well. I found this a bit more fun as I had just watched this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=insM7oUYNOE video about "percussive maintenance"

Fonserbc8 Dec 2014, 07:28

Hahaha, nice small concept. I went directly to the hint, but I should have tried the game first instead :(

Wakka8 Dec 2014, 07:30

I made it somehow :D

GhostBomb8 Dec 2014, 07:32

What a weird little game.

kirbytails78 Dec 2014, 08:14

I like how part of the puzzle is realizing that it's a puzzle. Nice little game!

justinooncx8 Dec 2014, 09:13

For a second there I thought I had to do the whole damn thing.

KK8 Dec 2014, 09:45

The first idea came into my mind is blow the game consle and card or wait, that's how I did when I was a child =p.

mrexcessive8 Dec 2014, 19:40

Hi there. Excellent toy! Very funny. Good job!

AlSweigart9 Dec 2014, 07:26

Uh...

Lissar9 Dec 2014, 07:27

Ha! This was a great use of the theme.

Cliff Lee(CK)9 Dec 2014, 08:53

Read the first hint then play through pretty quick :D

Smashing TV is old times thing indeed, so touching!
Having fun in finding mario melody!

stray9 Dec 2014, 10:01

Very good job. Nice idea. good work

wer2chosen9 Dec 2014, 10:02

I must be slow I could not get the point. It seemed like I was just slapping the TV! LOL

CoolChesire9 Dec 2014, 10:03

If you press left and then right in a certain rhythm it sounds like the running sound effect from the original Mario Bros.

CustomPhase9 Dec 2014, 11:31

Its waaay too simple and plain, but i still couldnt turn it off until i got the melody right :) I wish it had more to it, maybe more different game and more melodies.

rzuf9 Dec 2014, 13:20

I'm not sure how, but I finally got it. :D

6DownStudios9 Dec 2014, 17:13

Now this is thinking outside the box.
Confused me at first, but solving it was quite satisfying (I like sound puzzles). Very innovative interpretation of the theme, I really dig little games like this and love low-rez; constraints breed creativity!

merzlot9 Dec 2014, 18:38

Moar!

ghostinthesoft9 Dec 2014, 18:52

Funny concept

redoxkun9 Dec 2014, 19:22

Is quite dificult without the spoiler but is an interesting concept.

tcarter11 Dec 2014, 08:42

Definitely interesting, like learning a musical instrument.

blackmagic11 Dec 2014, 13:01

not an easy one this game,
the sound doesn't seems to match perfectly the original ones... But the game sure peek my interest, i've look upon the hints if i was correct.

sP0CkEr212 Dec 2014, 05:20

i got it - nice job

HappyTransportGames12 Dec 2014, 17:31

Clever idea! I loved it! I liked even more the way you decided to give your hints... :)
I feel though you should somehow "show" me the goal of the game inside the game itself. Maybe a bit more "noise" after every wrong attempt...