Offworld Slaving Company

Description

After decades of testing through experimental abduction, humans have been found as the most suitable laborers for the ever growing industrial outposts on Mars. Their capture and auctioning pays out handsomely, so you, Howard, have been sent by a slaving company to walk among their kind and abduct as many as possible without alerting their enforcers and being caught. Your salary is at stake, so get down there!

How To Play

You can fire mind control orbs with Left Click, they don't travel very far though.
Anyone hit by the orb becomes your slave.
You can only have one slave, taking control of another human releases your previous one.
Taking a slave to your ship increases you score by 1.

Being spotted while controlling a slave or releasing a slave will make you "Spotted".
While "Spotted", Police will move in on your last known position.
If seen in this mode, Police will move straight towards you.
You will become "Safe" if nobody has seen you for 10 seconds.

If spotted by Police while controlling a slave you will become "Hunted".
While "Hunted", Police will constantly move in on your position, even if you are not seen by anyone.
To become "Safe" while "Hunted" you must change disguises at your ship by pressing E.

If a Police officer touches you while "Spotted" or "Hunted", you lose -- game over!

Controls

WASD or Arrow Keys - Move

Left Click - Fire

E - Change Disguise

Background

We are family group who has participated in every Ludum Dare since Ludum Dare 38. For this entry, one of the sons' friend joined us to compose the music. We have enjoyed every entry to Ludum Dare, and each has brought its own specific challenges. This one was no different. For this one, I (the dad) was out of town for work at the beginning of the Ludum Dare and was, therefore, not able to participate in the planning stage or the beginning of development. My oldest son had to take over most of my responsibilities as the programmer, and I joined in when I got back. Most of the work on this entry was done by my sons and the friend. I only implemented a couple of of systems and did some bug fixing (and probably missed a few...) It was fun to see what they did on their own, though!

Credits

James - Coding

Anthony - Coding

Cameron - Graphics

Oliver - Music

Closing

We hope that you enjoy playing the game as much as we enjoyed making it. We do try to give feedback to every entry that leaves us feedback, regardless of whether we like it or not. We are here to learn, so please be honest!