Ludum Dare #59compo

Ignorance is profitable

by zirrrus

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.13

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.97

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.29

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.18

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.63

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.05

Protect the status quo from meddling aliens by blocking their messages using satellites.

Play (Web, Linux, Windows) on itch.io

Controls

Mouse only. Click and drag on satellites to move them.

About the game

Try to survive for as many waves as possible.
Forget about balancing. It's not great.
You might notice that beams sometimes get bigger (wider). They are supposed to interfere with each other... it sort of works, sometimes.

About development

Spent the first day developing a completely different game, and it was going horribly. I just couldn't do anything. I felt entirely betrayed by my brain.
So I scrapped that project and started a new game on the second day. This one.

Tags: #ludum-dare-59, #no ai

Tools: Godot

Comments12

paracorn20 Apr 2026, 08:54

Great game. I love this idea

hotaloca20 Apr 2026, 09:03

Well, a great game for a one day jam!!! I like the idea of capturing waves, the satellites felt too slow but I guess that's the point of the game :) It was interesting duality that the waves also can feed your research - so serves both as attack and benefit. Anyway, nice entry!

graebor22 Apr 2026, 01:53

Cute art style! I like the wonky shapes, and it was fun to drag stuff around and make a mess while trying to progress. Nice job putting this together in only one day :open_mouth:

NE-Aquilon22 Apr 2026, 22:13

Game froze after this screen. Otherwise pretty fun little game.

LDJam user 40770323 Apr 2026, 23:38

Really cool idea and great controls, it feels very smooth to play.

For my taste, the progression moves a bit too quickly. I think it would be even more engaging if upgrades required catching signals for a bit longer, so you can sink more into the loop.

But overall, I really enjoyed it!

kanity24 Apr 2026, 13:34

Morally speaking, this is the game you want to lose; that's what I thought after seeing the "losing the game" message; it didn't show which wave I died on, and I guess I didn't pay enough attention to the number to remember myself. It got challenging relatively quickly, but the upgrades were coming in often, and they were lovely (especially the speed, since satellites move pretty slow). That was certainly an interesting experience! Also, I love the pretty night sky and how you drew the planet ^^

LDJam user 40968224 Apr 2026, 19:06

An interesting idea. It’s quite difficult though, or maybe I just didn’t fully get it. Could use some sound effects too!

Longfall26 Apr 2026, 12:26

great game, especially given the time left you had to develop it !

ruruie28 Apr 2026, 19:13

This is great given the circumstances! I did run into a bug where when the research menu popped up while moused down, my cursor continued dragging a satellite around after coming out of menu.

Shame about the post-scarcity utopia!

kr4ft3r29 Apr 2026, 18:46

My experience was I got spammed by upgrades every 3-6 seconds, not sure if that was bug or intended but I managed to roleplay that this is due to may unfair favors from the government. The story / premise is very good, the gameplay idea is fine and I could feel getting a bit hooked into the idea of blocking signals, but lack of time available to put into the final game idea is evident. Considering you had only around one day the result is damn impressive.