This is my first time doing the compo! 2 years into game dev, the contrast with my first 48h jam is pretty amusing https://acartlidge.itch.io/dudes-rock .
I had a blast making a weirdo sci fi walking simulator, throwing every trope I love at it. My big inspirations were Aniara and Event Horizon, both bangers. I also spent >50% of my time making the cool spaceship interior, no regrets.
The plumbing of the game is incredibly simple, my the end of night 1 I had the main bits I needed: A player, a door, things to pick up that unlock said door. Then it was just about building a sick spaceship and writing a story. I don't think I've done anything super clever or groundbreaking but I hope people have a fun time.
For the theme, I tried to 3x it. First I thought ancient technology was a neat angle, with a twist being that this was future old tech (the game is in the distant future, so the "old tech" is still from the near future). Then I did it in a low poly PSX style. And finally, I thought it'd be neat to force players to get a piece of paper for all the codes and stuff. Im sure most people will just jot it down in a text editor, but it was worth a shot!
Cool game! the progression felt natural and not punishing and the story is pretty good it could use some music/ambience obviously but it was fine without
Hi, i really enjoyed the game, wish it had some music and had movement sounds. The games freezes from time to time for a short period, door sound is hard on ears. Also guest room consoles are avaliable for use through walls. Hope that helps, good job!
Manually taking notes does fit the theme in a roundabout way, but I don't think a game-side log book that at least let you check old entries without going back to the computer would be amiss.
Pretty cool to this as a compo game and not jam. Nice work!
Cool graphics. I get the note-taking appeal for game designer, but like the comment above I would have really liked to get an in-game logbook of read notes.
Great atmosphere and graphics! A as others have mentioned an in-game logbook would be nice, and some more ambient SFXs would help with the feel. I did get a bit of a shock when opening the first door. (very loud). All round very nice work!
I really liked this one. I played to the end and did the right thing. I kinda want to know what happens if I don't do the right thing, but it's a bit too long for me to play through again. Liked the atmosphere, and the audio really added to that. There was some Z fighting in places, but I felt it sort of added to the retro graphics vibe. Enjoyed the story progression. That Miller was a bit of a cad. Great entry 🎱
it could use some music/ambience obviously but it was fine without