Ludum Dare #40compo

The Weissman Challenge

by caramelcode

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.38

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.46

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.35

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.44

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.46

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.15

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.73

My take on the theme is based on uncompressed data over the wire. The more you have of that the worse your transfer rate is going to be. So I made a typing game where you are a compression algorithm, and it is a homage to the HBO show Silicon Valley.

Remember, the more uncompressed and lost characters you have the worse your Weissman score will be. Can you get a perfect score on the last level? Let me know in the comments!

If you've watched the show you'll get the references. If you haven't watched the show, you should, it's brilliant, but the game should be fun anyway.

I usually work as a team with @mwcz, but this is my first time doing the Compo.

Our other Ludum Dare entries: Scrpta.co

Twitter: @caramelcode

100% Open Source Tools Used

- Phaser.js
- Gimp
- Audacity
- BeepBox.co
- Fedora Linux
- piskelapp.com

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Silicon Valley

If you haven't seen the show and are wondering about the inspiration here is the trailer

48 hour Time-lapse of development

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Tags: #typing

Genres: puzzle

Tools: Audacity, BeepBox, GIMP

Comments18

krasse4 Dec 2017, 20:56

That was pretty intense :). I have always enjoyed typing games, but this was more fun than most I've played. I liked the music as well, reminded me of Earthbound

Compufreak4 Dec 2017, 21:25

Haha I love the audio and humor of your game, and typing games are great :) That last file destroyed me on this laptop keyboard, will definitely try again when I'm on my real keyboard xD

Schu4 Dec 2017, 21:38

I really liked the style of this game! I wish the sentences were randomly generated for more replay ability tho.

TheMadPangolin5 Dec 2017, 19:51

Typing games are quite rare, but can really fun and hectic if done well. This is a great example! With more time and polish this could be a really great game! Probably the most fun LD40 game I've played so far. The humour and technical context really helped this game out too! Great job!

Brian Wurster6 Dec 2017, 02:16

Great references, we sat and giggled as I fumbled around trying to compress the 3d file. Small, but delightful

Jimbly6 Dec 2017, 04:38

Final score: 2.83 (missed one?). This was fun, and challenging because I'm so used to typing whole words ^_^. Nice, simple, and well executed.

edmond006 Dec 2017, 14:52

The gameplay is challenging and fun to play even if as said before, that would have been great to have randomly generated sentence. Very good idea to use data compression as theme for your game !

Jupiter_Hadley6 Dec 2017, 16:17

Very nice game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 40 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlEs2Zt4em8

hypp6 Dec 2017, 18:45

Nice take on the theme, and surprisingly fun. Well done!

lekiy6 Dec 2017, 19:58

Had difficulty with this one, because it would remove letters from the middle while I was focusing on the left. I did think it was thematically funny overall.

Matthew Foley6 Dec 2017, 20:03

I loved the silicon valley references. Wasnt sure how it worked with the theme till level 3 then it all fell into place :)

candlesan6 Dec 2017, 20:34

That was cool. Nice take on the theme. I am really surprised how hard it is to avoid typing the words that are clearly in red but I know I'm not supposed to type simply because my brain can't help but read the text as words. It reminds me of things like the implicit associate test where some layer of our brain automatically processes information and we have immediate reactions before we can conscientiously think about it.

botreats7 Dec 2017, 02:32

It was interesting to play a typing game where you had to be selective about what you typed, instead of just trying to bang off the words quickly. Nice work.

SerpentWorks Games7 Dec 2017, 02:32

A typing game! You don't see these too often anymore. It was super interesting to play, though I expected it to work more like a typing test (where you have to type the characters in a sequence).

Great submission!

Charlez2457 Dec 2017, 02:38

Managed a 90% compressed 10% loss on the last one. Really cool how there are some character that reduce points and how you can type in any combination. Nice work!

danman1137 Dec 2017, 03:24

A really simple game well executed. Not super engrossing but I enjoyed the little details and animations you added in.

PeachTreeOath8 Dec 2017, 05:24

At first I thought it'd be too straightforward because of the slow speed, but all my typing muscle memory came into play and betrayed me for a while. Got a hang of it by the third but it was a really good twist to standard typing games.

Bocodillo16 Dec 2017, 23:49

A really good take on typing games, surprised I haven't seen it before! Loved the SV theme link and the music was cool. Being able to type out of order was cool too. Would love to see more of this under an original setting.

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