Ludum Dare #43compo

Auto-Freeze! 3000©

by yyam

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.73

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.62

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.67

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.21

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.57

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.52

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.15

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.21

> Deep inside their headquarters, GigaCorp are testing their new gadget: the Auto-Freeze 3000(c). It is very early in
production and currently freezes its operator to death. Nonetheless GigaCorp are pushing ahead with testing, much to the dismay of all their test subjects who want to escape.

> The subjects have realised that by sacrificing themselves with the Auto-Freeze, they can push the next subject closer to freedom.

Download on GameJolt (Windows & Linux)

Description

Auto-Freeze! 3000© is a puzzle platformer where you can freeze yourself in place, allowing the next subject to use your frozen body to reach new heights.

Screenshots

Comments22

DougDevs3 Dec 2018, 03:12

Your game is well done but I felt frustrated by the level design and platforming. This is a game that requires patience. Good pixel art and music, and the premise fit the theme well. You managed to fit plenty of levels into this!

folex703 Dec 2018, 18:48

please release a web ver.!

Duck_Games3 Dec 2018, 18:55

The game is good, but some levels make it needlessly hard. For example the third level took me 15 minutes because of the spikes. Mabye if there were an option were you could freeze upon death. However the music and pixel art is great.

Gaming Night3 Dec 2018, 18:57

I liked the music and the art, nice entry here :)

Simone3 Dec 2018, 18:57

Cool game :)

We both worked kind on the same interpretation of the topic! (if just I was able to do some decent pixel art...)

adventureislands3 Dec 2018, 19:04

Really solid entry! Nice graphics, good controls, well designed levels.

Fernando Tonon de Rossi3 Dec 2018, 19:08

Nice platform game!

I liked most the challenge and the idea of freezing for supporting the next one. It allows the player a kind of control of the scenario. Great idea!

I liked u used SDL for developing, I'm an SDL fan!

Maybe letting the corpses on the scene after the death would create a nicer mood :smiling_imp:

marcellus3 Dec 2018, 19:13

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I heard myself shouting "YEAHHHH" when I saw the first cannon. Very very nice game, music is fitting well and I had fun completing it. The mechanic is very well made and not too frustrating, this kind of feature would fit very well in a super metroid like or in a puzzle game like bread.

well done !

Andreadbx4 Dec 2018, 00:05

Simple and Amazing game mechanic, i liked a lot the gameplay of it, very clever and refreshing, also nice pixel art and sound for a programmer :)

thmokedfish4 Dec 2018, 14:42

Your game is great! Levels are designed really well but a bit need patience! Nice work:)

Rolly4 Dec 2018, 23:35

Great game ! Perfect difficulty level. I enjoyed the little prologue

Jupiter_Hadley5 Dec 2018, 00:42

Challenging game! I included it in my compilation video series of games from the Ludum Dare, if you’d like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/7Oqdb7VuCRQ

velvetlobster5 Dec 2018, 03:11

I saw myself coming back to the game just for the music after a while ... there was a level that was perhaps too tricky for me, with a kinda narrow corridor and spikes underneath .. perhaps adding new different ways to sacrifice yourself could make this a great puzzle platformer

martincohen5 Dec 2018, 12:12

Absolutely loving the mechanics in this one!

JulienLussiez5 Dec 2018, 20:37

I really liked the level design and the music. I finished the game and I wanted more levels.
We did a very similar game during this jam, the gameplay mechanic is the same but the mood is totally different. It's funny how many people thought about sacrificing the character during this LD.

chrismcmath5 Dec 2018, 21:56

Really nice twist on the 'recorded platformer' genre; adding the ability to die and lock yourself in a position opens a lot of possibilities which were fun to see. In general though I found the some parts of the design resulted in tedium, for instance in this level the 'safest' course of action is to traverse it a ton of times.

Simon Rahnasto6 Dec 2018, 12:03

They say most things build on the work of dead people, you took this quite literally :smile:

Nice use of the theme, graphics are solid, music is fantastic and I am just really impressed that this is a compo entry. My only suggestion would be to limit the amount of people you can sacrifice, so a level might have a 5 man crew, and you need to finish it with those. But then again it is a good practice to make LD entries easy.

Arvejeitor6 Dec 2018, 13:20

Art style is so good! congratulations!

pandan6 Dec 2018, 21:13

As some others have pointed out, you can simply take the "safe route" and build a bridge out of a bunch of people.

The levels need a golf like scoring system, where less sacrificed is better.
It got kinda tedious, the but idea and execution are solid.

Having the iceblocks locked to a grid was kinda annoying, but I understand it might have been a limitation of the engine.

Linky4396 Dec 2018, 21:54

Really nice game! The idea is fantastic, but as others pointed out, some levels are a bit too hard (that 3rd level >

folex707 Dec 2018, 13:33

Good Game! i liked and played a lot. Good music and graphics.

Nekonyo12 Dec 2018, 20:08

The levels are good worked with something more than only spikes 😀. It is a good game for a LudumDare in has a good music, a little of story and some levels to enjoy. I just thought at the end that I would know how many sacrifices I had made. Well, it is excellent

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