The forgotten mission

by stoffe
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.83
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.63
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.31
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.30
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.70
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.70
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.68
![LDJAM Cover Image.png](https://itch.io/embed-upload/556561?color=333333)

This is an exploration game where you must help the little robot to complete his mission.
The only problem is that it doesn't know what its mission is any longer...

Tips
* Game is best enjoyed in fullscreen, else the narrator blocks the view.
* Don't stand to close to walls/doors when you place things on the ground, else you can get stuck. :pensive:
* Don't rush, take your time to read the narrator text, it adds meaning to the game.
* You lose very little power when standing still, you only lose a lot of energy when you move or shoot.
* Game has no audio (we ran out of time to create any) so put on your best song in your own playlist.

Controlls
* Movement - W, A, S, D
* Shooting - Arrowkeys
* Pickup items - Spacebar
* Interact with items - E
* Special interaction with terminal - Y, N
* Quit/Exit fullscreen - Escape

Bug Fixes 2017-08-03
* Increased the bomb explosion radius to prevent the player from getting stuck in walls/doors when placing bombs (it's now 2.5 times bigger)
* Clarified if the little robot ran out of life or power at game over screen

screenshot

Comments18

Wekaj
Wekaj1 Aug 2017, 06:47
Interesting game, the dialogue was a cool touch! (though the robot is pretty oblivious :P) It would be helpful if there was more visual or audio feedback for when you take damage.
ledez
ledez1 Aug 2017, 06:48
Nice game! First I thought that the kid was going to help me somehow. Until he died!
sketchycode1 Aug 2017, 06:48
Fun, thought the pirates were a little annoying to get past. No sound killed the immersion a bit. Nice entry!
baconsenpaii
baconsenpaii1 Aug 2017, 06:51
It was a really fun game, and I liked the extra dialogue that the robot said. However, the only problem I had was that you had to play in fullscreen, otherwise you couldn't see the actual play area due to the box being in the way. On the other hand, it feels really fun to murder Aryan space pirates.
MichaelGrand
MichaelGrand1 Aug 2017, 06:53
I really enjoyed the story aspect of this game. The console window on the right sometimes got in the way of seeing where I was going though. Playing the game in fullscreen helps this a bit.
Goloso Games
Goloso Games1 Aug 2017, 08:14
Fun little game, dialogues were great. I didn't understand there were pirates, they look too kind :)
CaptainDreamcast
CaptainDreamcast1 Aug 2017, 09:53
I loved how immersed the player with the little texts. Also really funny! Cool entry!
stoffe
stoffeauthor1 Aug 2017, 14:58
Thanks to you all for your kind comments.

We ran out of time, if we had had more time then we would have added audio effects. You guys will have to envision the audio in your minds ;-)

In our next ludum dare we will try to add audio. :-)
MichaelTWG
MichaelTWG2 Aug 2017, 16:38
Dialogues are a nice addition but with pace of the game it's difficult to read them while progressing.
ToonTeamJ2 Aug 2017, 19:43
It was nice, although it was kind of hard to see the pirates until they were in your face.
Jesper Fyhr Knudsen3 Aug 2017, 08:44
@michaeltwg Yes i agree, I think if I had to do it again, I'd slow down the game a bit, and add a notification sound when something new pops up, or even better have an audio narration too. Thanks for playing and commenting.
Sprouts
Sprouts3 Aug 2017, 10:35
Fun game. I though i was meant to interact with the human... But he just wanted to interact with a bullet.
LERPish
LERPish3 Aug 2017, 11:18
Had some bugs but overall really good game
stoffe
stoffeauthor3 Aug 2017, 12:17
@lerpish thank you for playing our game and showing me two bugs during your live stream.
mrerdalural
mrerdalural4 Aug 2017, 09:26
This game needs sounds badly. I liked it a lot though. The narrator is a really nice touch and it helped me understand the game much faster. Thank you for making this game! Good job!
TheFlyingKeyboard
TheFlyingKeyboard4 Aug 2017, 09:31
Really fun game to play, idea is simple and fun, but needs more polishing, there vere some small bugs, but not making this game less fun. Good Job!
pklaschka4 Aug 2017, 21:31
A great game, although, as others have already mentioned, it would be great if there was sound.

The concept is one of the key strengths of the game – I really like what you did out of the theme.

Also, I liked the dialog system very much.

So, all in all:

It's a great game :thumbsup: – it needs a bit of polishing here and there (especially audio and visual feedback), but I know it's hard to do those things in such a short amount of time, so: Well done!

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