The Button

by mjomble
Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.22
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.78
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.04
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.96
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.00
Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.00
Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.32
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.83
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★49%
Press buttons to keep yourself from dying.

Build machines that press the buttons for you to keep yourself from dying faster.

The tutorial was not finished, it ends after you've automated your first button press.

There is also no in-game option for changing between Tutorial and Survival mode, you'll need to close (Alt-F4 for example) and restart the game.

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An extended version of this game is in development, called Optimatica!

More info here: http://optimatica.eu

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Made at the APT Game Generator local LD37 competition in Tartu, Estonia.

Graphics: Jaanus Jaggo

Code: Joosep Jääger, Andres Kalle, Imre Raudsepp

Sound: Frederic Meensalu

Comments16

thedashdude
thedashdude18 Dec 2016, 23:06
I really enjoyed this game. The time pressure, the fear in waiting as the counter neared 100% and I had to wait for a piston. The tutorial was funny, but either you didn't have time to finish it or I broke it because it stopped after I automated one button and it wouldn't let me leave. I couldn't tell what the dumbbell shaped things did either. Still a fun game.
pmarincak
pmarincak18 Dec 2016, 23:39
Great job! The tutorial made me laugh, but it's a shame that it didn't have a clear indication for when it was done. I was standing around waiting for something else to happen for a long time.

Otherwise it was pretty challenging :D
Dynamic Panic Studios19 Dec 2016, 00:40
Awesome game! I really enjoyed it! The tutorial was amazing and the game itself felt very well balanced. I found myself thinking of ways to purposefully postpone the particle pipe performance profile through precision placement of the particle physics piston using a particular pedigree of peculiar pipe pieces. Perfect!
fivecyclops
fivecyclops19 Dec 2016, 14:36
Great. Excellent game. Puzzle & time management works pretty good. You need more reviews.

It's one of best game of the jam!
Almax2719 Dec 2016, 17:06
Thoroughly enjoyed this! Great humour and intuitive mechanics. Having a tutorial was a great idea and helped to give context to the puzzles.
DOXM
DOXM19 Dec 2016, 18:11
One of my favorite ludum dare games, until now!
Mango Malarkey19 Dec 2016, 18:23
Great game! I am not sure if the timer was the best match for this game, maybe levels with increasingly more difficult puzzles would have been more enjoyable. It was fun nevertheless, and the graphics, audio and tutorial were really well done!
Linear23 Dec 2016, 02:06
I gave you almost perfect scores. This is pretty much the best Ludum Dare game I've played, across six different Ludum Dare competitions. Very polished, bug-free. The artist knew what they were doing, very consistent art style with a lot of attention to detail.

My only lament is that there isn't a fancier "you lose" cutscene... maybe an explosion or something other than text.

Took off one star for audio, because it would have been better with some sort of background music, especially the further you progressed in survival mode. Other than that, absolutely perfect!
Brian Mayberry23 Dec 2016, 02:18
This game has kept me playing longer than any other so-far. Challenging, but the mechanics are simple and familiar, and that tutorial, lol! Wonderful entry, congratulations!
nlbi21
nlbi2123 Dec 2016, 06:12
Really enjoy the game, very good job guys congratulations.
strong99
strong9923 Dec 2016, 08:26
An awesome strategy game in the making! Instand follow.
pixel_maniacs
pixel_maniacs23 Dec 2016, 14:17
I really love the voiceover in the tutorial! Good job on that entry!
Louspirit
Louspirit23 Dec 2016, 21:13
Amazing, it is a complete game, and one of the best of this year I think. I appreciated the mood, graphics, humour and gameplay. It was original and I really enjoyed to design my room to make the job. The little bad point is that I would have liked to know how long did I hold, and it was very much!
musthabe26 Dec 2016, 17:45
The tutorial was great and had really nice humor. But I think it either bugged out or there was no ending to the tutorial so I had to ALT+F4 to try the main mode.

The main mode felt empty and there seemed to be no goal, I could go forever by juggling between 3 buttons. When I died there was no way to restart again and you could hear the game still go on in the background, so the ending screen was just fake, had to ALT+F4 again.

From a perfect standalone game, just missed a few polishing things like moving between gamemodes, ending the gamemodes properly, also no music. Otherwise, a really great entry and astonishing that this was done in such a short time.
Shide
Shide30 Dec 2016, 14:20
Wow! Great game! Looks very polished. The gameplay was a bit too complicated for me, but I still love it. Graphics and music are also nice. One of my favourite 3D entries :)

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