Manual Overload

by shawn-beck

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.04

Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.12

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.88

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.08

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.50

Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.28

Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.31

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.09

Scott's space pod is running out of power. Manual Overload is a first person button-hell game where you try to replenish your space pod's energy by following the instructions of a sexy computer voice. Can you get to the end of the game?

Controls:

Mouse : Move

Left Click : Attempt to press a button

Right Click : Attempt to press a button

W : Reach Up

S : Crouch

Tools

Unity Plus, Unity Post-Processing Stack, ColorfulFX, FMOD, Maya, Build Report, http://www.fromtexttospeech.com, Scott Thoo

Tags: #button-hell, #space

Tools: FMOD, Maya

Comments29

Duck_Games31 Jul 2017, 10:43

Amazing game! Kept you on your toes the whole time. I don't know if its generated togo on forever or if there is an ending, but I think its safe t assume no one getting the ending anytime soon! :smile:

peremily31 Jul 2017, 10:46

I'm terrible at it, but i liked it, it felt really polished. Well done!

Shawn Beckauthor31 Jul 2017, 11:46

@duck-games - It's all curated. There is an ending :)

nikrt31 Jul 2017, 12:00

The visuals and the audio are really awesome. The gameplay is fluid too.

Neato31 Jul 2017, 13:24

Hey I got there. Nice game.

Quemagalletas31 Jul 2017, 13:27

Wow mate this game looks amazing I really like the sounds, voices and effects!!

I would really like to take a look at the code :D

azsteak31 Jul 2017, 13:58

Really nice good game :D
Had a lot of fun clicking at full speed trying to survive. Very fun !

justinooncx31 Jul 2017, 15:05

Another crazy-polished game as usual! The button presses were... kinda hard to align at first, constantly unable to hit the buttons or turn the cranks or flip the switches when I'm supposed to. And then I discovered I could just.... hold down LMB and RMB and wiggle the mouse everywhere. No penalty for hitting the wrong thing, it seems! Managed to win the game that way!

LJN31 Jul 2017, 16:22

That was really funny, I liked it a lot. Slam that decombopulator!

tuism31 Jul 2017, 16:48

Beautifully presented, but not that much substance to it. It's basically solo Spaceteam :) The UI could be done better I think, having to rely on an exploit to beat the game makes it less fun. And the reaching wasn't really explained, for a piece of critical info.

Really really pretty though :)

rijnswand1 Aug 2017, 02:42

Brilliant idea!

Would be great if you could publish a linux version of it.

Shawn Beckauthor1 Aug 2017, 03:20

@rijnswand Now available for Linux :)

blksocks1 Aug 2017, 04:25

LockonS1 Aug 2017, 04:33

Interesting! It's like Space Team for lonely people. The mouse sensitivity was a bit high, but I suppose that isn't too big of a problem. I had a bit of problem trying to turn the wheel thing at first, but the game is pretty intuitive at that. I really like how elements are introduced one by one rather than all waiting for you in the beginning. Nice job, though could be slightly more related to the theme.

ghust19951 Aug 2017, 04:34

This game is super polished, I can see this working as an alternative to Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes or Spaceteam, if this was a multiplayer game. Loved it! Nice job with the visuals =)

willvasco1 Aug 2017, 04:36

Never before has suffocating in the dead of space been so fun XD

tinfoilboy1 Aug 2017, 04:47

Funny little game. I liked the pace of it, kept me on edge throughout my play time. Especially when you get down into the 10s of power and the sound starts playing. The graphics and audio were also really cool. Overall, great work!

asyzruffz1 Aug 2017, 04:55

Funny voice-over, nice graphics, and portrays the sense of urgency to finish in time.

rijnswand1 Aug 2017, 15:41

@shawn-beck Thank you for the linux build!

This is an awesome game, had a lot of fun playing it!

Some of the controls where a little hard to press, but this is a very polished and well made entry.

Sarrixx3 Aug 2017, 15:43

Hahahaha man this was so sweet. Nice job!

simonhutchinson7 Aug 2017, 20:59

Nice! I found this game through Warp Door. Very cool. I love the clear polish in both the visuals and audio. It all really comes together in a beautiful but straightforward game world.

Really great work!

Sarrixx8 Aug 2017, 20:02

I am making a bit of a let's play series for my favourite LD 39 games and Manual Overload was one of the games in my last video. Check it out if you'd like! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6VLnCENNAg&feature=youtu.be

faemir8 Aug 2017, 22:14

Bravo. Found on warpdoor, this is one of my favourite entries - I have pretty much no critique and can only express how great i think your entry is!

Shawn Beckauthor9 Aug 2017, 06:26

Heyya. Thanks for the feedback guys. And especially @sarrixx for making the video. That play-through was quite insightful. Taking notes in case I plan to expand the game :)

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feips16 Aug 2017, 20:52

This is just brilliant!

franfox17 Aug 2017, 13:38

I'm wondering why people isn't having a lot of comments and reviews. I think is on of the best games I've played this LD. Congratulations!

Jupiter_Hadley18 Aug 2017, 18:07

Really lovely, fun, game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 39 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzd4DGHkRKc

Ellian20 Aug 2017, 20:22

That was one of the dumbest (in a great way), greatest games I've reviewed for LD so far. Good graphics, good audio, but that gameplay and its humor were perfect! I'm a fan of chaotic games, and this is a really good take on that!
I can't think of anything negative to say, it's really fun to play!

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