Garbage Collector

by bitowl
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.20
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.76
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.01
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.56
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.44
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.31
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.62
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.04
You are a robot that has to collect garbage on the Java heap.
Just roam around and throw away any objects (boxes) that are no longer referenced (have a green 0 on them).
To help you find those boxes you have a limited amount of time in the InTraciSense mode, which highlights the boxes and gives you slowmotion.

Controls

ActionMouse and KeyboardController*
MovementWASDLeft Stick
Turn aroundMouse HorizontalRight Stick Horizontal
Control ForkliftMouse VerticalRight Stick Vertical
Attract and push boxesLeft Mouse ButtonA or Right Trigger
InTraciSense ModeHold Right Mouse ButtonHold B or Left Trigger

*: Bindings set up for a Xbox 360 controller using Windows. Will probably not work correct on other platforms.

Screenshots

Tools: Unity

Comments19

Ramanujo
Ramanujo13 Aug 2018, 00:13
That's really well done, the music, SFX and graphics really make it. The game play got a bit boring but the mechanics were well executed.
shp
shp14 Aug 2018, 20:43
The controls for the forklift were nice, game itself starts out way too slow though.
Alc0l15 Aug 2018, 13:32
Good entry !
Nive looking and good audtio too !
missing some features to make variations in mechanics.
Good job !
wolar16 Aug 2018, 20:05
Very solid compo entry. It get's boring quite fast but graphics, audio etc. are very well polished and nice looking. The only issue I had (on macOS) was that everytime I destroyed a cube it spiked into like 10fps during the fire particle effect.
illugion
illugion16 Aug 2018, 20:11
Nice game! I felt it was kinda hard to maneuver the forklift quickly and the camera being right behind it made it hard to see but other than that I really enjoyed it!
ZephyrExtreme16 Aug 2018, 20:44
Really great graphics for a compo game. Lighting could use a little work, otherwise a cool game!
antonsem
antonsem16 Aug 2018, 21:32
Cool idea! Good graphics and nice audio. Controls can use some polishing but pretty good game otherwise.
incobalt
incobalt16 Aug 2018, 22:59
This game looks pretty good! The sound seemed fitting as well. I found the controls to be really tough to meet the demands of the warehouse, but maybe it's just too hard to play with a touch pad. I did have a lot of trouble picking up objects though. Sometimes I had to click two or three times to get them to pick up. When I did lose (which was pretty inevitable) it seemed like there was a fade out that took like ten seconds or more. I didn't know what was going on, especially since I could still move around. You have a lot of mechanics in this, though. I'd like to see those mechanics be really useful. Nice use of diegetic UI, too!
Betamorfosis
Betamorfosis18 Aug 2018, 14:48
Great mood ! I loved the robot sound and the music.
naali
naali18 Aug 2018, 17:02
Pro: I liked the feel of the game: futuristic kinda like a star trek holodeck.

Con: Got an error message playing the HTML version and only one box kept appearing. "An error occurred running the Unity content on this page. See your browser JavaScript console for more info. The error was:
SecurityError: The operation is insecure."
bitowl
bitowlauthor19 Aug 2018, 15:57
@naali Which browser were you using on which Operating System when that error occurred? I have not seen that one yet.
hollandgeng19 Aug 2018, 17:17
Pretty cool, i like the concept and audio. GGWP
LeviDSmith
LeviDSmith20 Aug 2018, 01:12
Really nice lighting effects. I like the concept of clearing out computer memory. I finished the first level pretty easily, but it seems like the boxes stacked up too rapidly on the second level. I liked how the screen grays out as you lose power.
Thought Reactor
Thought Reactor21 Aug 2018, 16:24
Loved the atmosphere of the levels. It was pretty challenging after the first level! Great entry!
CristiHKJ
CristiHKJ21 Aug 2018, 17:21
Great game! Very cool and interesting! :D
Wabble21 Aug 2018, 17:51
Cool game but a bit hard ^^
jordantanner
jordantanner1 Sep 2018, 08:36
Really cool game! Definitely had me rushing around like a mad man! Found a little bug (which may already be known). During the tutorial phase at the beginning, when it says "hold the button to throw further," if you don't do that, it seems to get stuck in a loop where only one box spawns, or at least at seemed like it for me. Guess I should've followed directions. :) A really nice game though, graphics were simple but cool and audio was stressful which seemed to fit. Overall, nice work!
wisstopher
wisstopher4 Sep 2018, 11:37
Interesting concept, great work!

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