Stay Afloat

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.44

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.28

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.04

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.56

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.56

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.25

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.24

My Jam entry (first real game jam ever!) is called Stay Afloat*

You are a robot of last years model. Your manufacturer wants to sell new robots, so they send out updates that drain your battery. Your only chance is to get to the last point on Earth with no Internet connection - the tropical island of Nowifi. Unfortunately your plane crashed just before getting there. Jump between floating (but sinking) debris, and manage your power usage so you don't run out of battery.

The game can be played on Unity Play: https://play.unity.com/mg/other/stayaloatfinal

It's a steaming pile of dung. But it's MY steaming pile of dung.

* Well, actually the title was supposed to be named Planned Obsolescence ("a business strategy in which the obsolescence (the process of becoming obsolete, that is, unfashionable or no longer usable) of a product is planned and built into it from its conception, by the manufacturer) but I couldn't get that to look nice on the Title screen...

Comments7

LDJam user 2761215 Apr 2022, 20:30

Aha, I also had "Planned Obsolesence" on our ideas list but we didn't end up going with it as much for our little robot. Good work!

LDJam user 05 Apr 2022, 20:44

Seems like a buggy mess, there might have been some feature planned with what the cubes should do? Otherwise the concept was confusing and generally really boring with a distinct lag of colors story element and sounds.

LDJam user 2625255 Apr 2022, 21:57

I had a decent time. The difficulty was reasonable for a game jam game. I liked the twist at the end. It would have been more interesting if the power output mechanic was used for something. Also the fact that you changed the name because it didn't look nice on a title screen is very relatable :)

LDJam user 2401686 Apr 2022, 08:46

Unfortunately, I couldn't play the game: loading stops at 90% and doesn't progress any further.

LDJam user 2401686 Apr 2022, 10:22

@fredrik-rosell I've tried restarting the browser (chrome), tried opening an incognito window, and even tried a different browser (firefox), but it keeps staying at 90% :(

LDJam user 2401686 Apr 2022, 10:54

@fredrik-rosell I finally figured it out, I had VPN turned on, and without it the game loaded fine! Loved the character, very nice model and animations. The controls feel nice as well, although a jumping and walking sound could improve the feel. Nice idea with underwater platforms, but trying to spot them through water isn't that fun (and definitely a nightmare for color blind people!), maybe there should be some other way to indicate their position? I didn't really see the point of controlling energy distribution, managed to finish the game without using it at all. Nice water rendering, although there were a few glitches here: some looked like overlapping water polygons, some looked like improper normal texture boundaries (as if it's sampling mode wasn't set to REPEAT or smth like that).

Anyways, lovely jam entry, great job!

LDJam user 26376320 Apr 2022, 11:39

Nice game! the character is funny, nice use of the theme, maybe need a jump sound effect, can't last to much but enjoy it, well done bro!