Ludum Dare #48compo

Pirifurm DCleaner

by emeraldboy44

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.21

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.06

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.94

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.98

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.77

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.13

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.53

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.00

Welcome to Pirifurm DCleaner!

The year is 2016. The Pirifurm company is super successful because of their Mocrosoft Vindows cleaning utility "CCleaner+"! They decided to create a sequel to CCleaner+ named "DCleaner", The "D" because it does deep cleaning.

You are the deep cleaner! Delete all the cache files and let the normal user files stay. During your scan, you will encounter viruses on Little Billy's PC. Do not touch them or you will lose a hitpoint. New files are constantly being created so don't let the storage become full.

About

This game was created in just 48 hours for Ludum Dare 48! The theme of the jam was "Deeper and Deeper". My interpretation of the theme was deep cleaning. But deep cleaning a house seemed too boring. So I decided to make a game about deep cleaning files on a computer. The tools I used were -

1. Phaser 3 [Framework]
2. Absolutely no engine at all!
3. Piskel [Application for drawing pixel art]
4. Krita [Application for manipulating images]
5. BeepBox [Application for making music]
6. SFXR [Application for making sound]
7. Brave [Web browser]
8. Python Simple HTTP Server [Local Hosting Module]
9. Atom [Text editor]
10. Git/GitHub [Version control]

Controls

You can play the game with WASD/Arrow keys. Menus can be navigated with WASD/Arrow keys and enter key or the mouse.

How to play

Delete all the cache files.

Do not delete the normal user files. (You can to clear up some storage space but you will lose 5 HP)

Do not touch viruses. (You can bounce viruses to reposition files)

Collect health packs to heal.

Game Modes

Classic Mode - 10 HP, health packs spawn.
Hardcore Mode - 1 HP only, health packs do not spawn and you cannot recover HP by deleting cache files

Source Code

Click Here!

The source code is licensed under the GNU GPL v3.0 license.

Tools: BeepBox, Krita, Phaser, Piskel, sfxr

Comments39

otresnjak26 Apr 2021, 06:14

Really fun interpretation of the theme. I kind of want a virus mode version where you delete the good files instead of the useless ones. (I love the filenames btw!) :D

PixelPortalz26 Apr 2021, 06:15

Congrats! I like the interpretation of the theme, unexpected and fun. I think there is some overlapping in some UI elements in the Web version, but nothing that gets in the way of the gameplay.

The fact that you did this without an engine blows my mind!!!

Jibberwocky26 Apr 2021, 06:47

So impressed all of this was done without an engine!
I did find the viruses surprisingly helpful at "organizing" the user files into neat little piles in the bottom and top left of the level.

emeraldboy44author26 Apr 2021, 11:36

Thank you for playing my game! The itch.io version has lots of glitches for some reason, the game works perfectly on my local server without overlapping, arrow keys not working and splash screen breaking. I really don't know why this is happening. When I press Ctrl+Shift+I it tells me 404 error so it's probably some problem on itch.io server side.

@otresnjak Thank you so much. Glad you liked the filenames! ^-^

@pixelportalz Yeah it seems there is some issue on itch.io server-side. Thanks for playing!

@jibberwocky I tried to make everything collide with everything and made the physics complex. It glitches sometimes but it makes the game a lot more fun. Thank you so much for playing.

timon26 Apr 2021, 16:20

I accidentally deleted minecraft.exe so I have no choice but to keep playing this :D Fun take on the theme and the main character is adorable!!

emeraldboy44author26 Apr 2021, 16:35

@timon Thanks for playing! :)

rhewid26 Apr 2021, 20:05

I like the gameplay loop. Loved to play some similar games back in the early app games 2010ish era. Cool juicy effects. Really nice menu and lots of selection for difficulty levels. Good and fund game overall

WongKongPhooey26 Apr 2021, 20:27

A nice, creative use of the theme. A simple platformer with a fresh interpretation! Well done, I really enjoyed playing it.

yulotomorrow26 Apr 2021, 22:18

Interesting theme choice! The highlight of the game might be the files can be collided and moved by the virus blocks. Control feels a little bit unusual but not bad. Overall simple but interesting!

emeraldboy44author27 Apr 2021, 08:54

Thank you so much everyone for playing my game.

@rhewid @wongkongphooey Glad you both liked playing it!

@yulotomorrow Yes, the physics of the game is the most interesting part :sweat_smile: Maybe the jumping was a little too floaty with no way to duck quickly to the ground. If I make a platformer next time, I will take care of that. Thank you for playing!

mudlee27 Apr 2021, 11:48

Uqniue idea! A big plus for not using an engine ;) I'm not really sure why should I avoid viruses if I'm a cleaner, but hey, it works :)

LDJam user 510929 Apr 2021, 01:43

This was super cute =). I liked the take that you went with! Harkens back to a time of Kazaa and hoping what you just downloaded wasn't going to destroy everything. Lol well done! =D

emeraldboy44author29 Apr 2021, 06:08

Thank you for playing! @jokerbomb

emeraldboy44author29 Apr 2021, 06:09

@mudlee Glad you liked the idea! I don't know, maybe the viruses corrupt your code or something. I didn't get time to write proper lore.

Plazyqwerty30 Apr 2021, 13:36

Innovative and unique idea! It was one of the most fun games I've played! :)

emeraldboy44author30 Apr 2021, 13:37

@plazyqwerty Glad you liked the idea and had fun playing the game!

Slowfrog Again30 Apr 2021, 14:58

The physics/dynamics of jumps is surprising and doesn't seem totally predictable (some jumps go higher than others).

But I never thought it would be that fun to erase cache files.

emeraldboy44author1 May 2021, 13:54

@slowfrog-again Hmm.. that's weird. I played the game, stood in one place and jumped but all jumps were of the same height. I'll look into this problem a little more.

Glad you had fun playing my game! :smile:

SleepyStudios2 May 2021, 16:49

Really good take on the theme. The mechanics were really easy to pick up and the game didn't feel unfairly difficult. The music was actually pretty good too, nice work.

emeraldboy44author2 May 2021, 16:56

@sleepystudios Thank you for playing. Glad you liked the difficulty curve and the mechanics!

GaryS3 May 2021, 13:31

Very cool! I loved the music. The physics were a bit crazy, but that made it kinda fun trying to get around. Sometimes the files would knock into each other setting the velocity of the other off and making it slide across the screen.
The only thing I'd have liked to see is some logic to stop cache files getting sandwiched between or underneath normal files, meaning that I couldn't get to them without taking damage.
Still, fun entry and very impressive for 48 hours. Well done!

emeraldboy44author3 May 2021, 13:34

@garys Thank you for playing! The physics are a little on the crazy side but that's what makes the game unique. Yeah, I should have added some logic to prevent the cache files from getting sandwhich between normal files. I'm glad you had fun playing it! :smile:

koalatte3 May 2021, 14:42

i like how this is a parody of actual software :rofl: the physics actually makes sense, though multiple collisions with a single trigger-happy virus is pretty brutal :sweat_smile: overall had a good laugh and managed to clear a few gigabytes :laughing: (thanks for also sharing the tools you used :smiley: )

emeraldboy44author3 May 2021, 14:44

@koalatte Thank you so much for playing my game! Glad to know you found it funny. :laughing:

Heremeus3 May 2021, 14:45

Great and fun entry, especially for a compo game! Interesting take on the theme with nice physic interactions. Got to 17k in easy mode before a virus glitched and oneshot me even though I had full health (guess it got stuck in me and collided rapidly?). Got to 9k in hard before cache files got buried below real files and I couldn't get them anymore :)

emeraldboy44author3 May 2021, 14:55

@heremeus Yeah, I think the collision with the viruses messes up sometimes and the HP starts going down rapidly. :sweat_smile: Sorry about that, Glad to know you found the game fun and liked my interpretation of the theme. Thank you again! :)

asdehielo3 May 2021, 15:41

Fun game, creative interpretation of the theme. The graphics are simple but very crisp and nice to look at, the sounds and music are okay.

I think it could improve by making the player a bit faster (move speed and gravity).

Enjoyable entry, good job!

emeraldboy44author3 May 2021, 16:05

@asdehielo Thank you for playing! :smile:

RubixNoob133 May 2021, 16:13

I managed to keep minecraft.exe and bandicam.exe, but I deleted dad's resume and some school assignments. Oops! Guess I'll just have to start a Minecraft Let's Play channel to support the family now! :laughing:

Great entry and I had a lot of fun playing this one!

2rek3 May 2021, 17:10

I like this game. Theme is funny and the idea of good guys (meaning the files) being actually bad because they rise memory usage fits this game perfectly. Thank you for making it :)

filgru3 May 2021, 17:18

Hi! Very funny and simple idea for the game! I played the expert mode every time and I had a lot of fun! I really like the music too. Great work!!

filgru3 May 2021, 17:27

Btw. I think I found a bug! When I'm on the highest platform on the right and I jump on the far right, (right next to the edge of the screen) you can jump up on something behind the screen and die or just stuck:) Hopefully it's clear enough :)

LDJam user 2379453 May 2021, 17:42

Cool game - can see some similarities with mine, as far as fighting "computer stuff" and avoiding errors.

Mololo3 May 2021, 18:30

Interesting take on the theme, the game is fun and good-looking, a bit hard for me, but I enjoyed and the file names were funny.

Good game, good job.

Maniulo3 May 2021, 19:33

Such a great concept! So many ideas on how to expand on it immediately come to mind: what if files size actually their size on screen (so that you had to be really careful not to delete that 10GB Minecraft folder)? Or if cache files had actual names and you had to double-check whether you're deleting homework.docs or ~homework.docx?

Anyway, it was fun as is, even though the movement was a bit too floaty for my taste. Also, nice music!

fueelin4 May 2021, 06:02

Nice game! A few physics bugs and things that led to some cheap-feeling deaths, but I really liked it overall! Got up to 15,000 high score after a few attempts!

emeraldboy44author4 May 2021, 08:04

Oh my god I just returned from school and I have 9 new reviews! :smile:

@rubixnoob13 LOL, glad you found the game fun and the filenames funny!

@2rek No, thank YOU for playing the game. Glad you liked it! :smiley:

@filgru Oops, I tested it and I got stuck outside the level when I jumped from the top-right platform. :sweat_smile: This is the second bug after the virus collision bug. I hope to fix these in a post-jam version later. Glad you had fun playing it and good job on being able to play in expert mode!

@madr Thanks for playing! I will play your game when I get time.

@mololo Thank you so much for playing! Next time I will make some more difficulty settings if I plan on making an arcade-styled game.

@maniulo Oh my god, that sounds awesome. I will add those features and fix some bugs in a post-jam version. I will give your credit for this idea. Thanks for playing the game! Sorry the movement was a bit too floaty..

@fueelin That's a really good score! Thanks for playing, I think you are referring to the rapid collision virus bug. I will fix that in a post-jam version and add some more things as @maniulo suggested! :)

JacobKing2 Dec 2021, 12:08

Can I recover photos and videos from a formatted hard drive on my mac? Accidentally deleted all data! Maybe you know some good recovery tool that actually works!

AnthonyBurke2 Dec 2021, 23:15

All the best. I recently found an article https://onmac.net/best-data-recovery-software-for-mac/, which talked about a program that has the ability to preview files and pause the scanning process, providing users with convenience and control over what what they want to restore and when it is most convenient. Features like Recovery Vault can provide an extra layer of protection for your files to prevent future data loss.