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How does the game fit the theme?
You cant trust anyone.. not even rocks! The gems you pick up cannot be trusted to not contain an alien lifeform
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
Font for logos
How many people worked on the game?4
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I enjoyed this a lot! At first I was a bit sceptical about only interacting with a terminal, but it ended up being really fun.
Not gonna lie, I stayed longer just because of the keyboard sound xD
Thank you! Our sound designer did an amazing job so I am glad that comes through!
Man I need to geek this game out! I love using text based terminals and this one took the satisfaction to another level. Just got a pen and paper ready on my desk writing down coordinates haha. Great game! Also please add a downloadable version.
Thank you! I think our sound designer knocked it out of the park.
I liked the idea of controlling it with text commands. It would be cool if you could go back to the previous command by pressing the up arrow. Good job.
Thank you! We definitely wanted to add it but ran out of time. Thanks for playing!
It was really creative! The sound design and atmosphere were really interesting.
Ty so much!! Glad you enjoyed it :D
Thanks for playing!
Inredible game, love the iron lung inspiration, although definitely much chiller to play this. Felt very statisfying to type commands (great sfx) and pick up minerals. One of the best if not the best game I've played so far this jam.
Very high praise, thank you so much! I agree our sound designer did a fantastic job.
I really enjoyed your game! reminded me of the DOS era, and I loved the terminal prompt. Like the old command games. Great job thank you for posting your game!
Thank you! We were definitely aiming for that retro feel so I am glad that came through.
nice aesthetic , cozy and fun thanks
Thank you! I am surprised how many people find it cozy but I can definitely see it. I think the audio helps with that haha. And our artist did a great job with the visual stylings to match the gameplay. Thanks for playing!
it gave me a similar feeling to Lethal Company.. Iron lung i like the concept and the atmosphere is done really well
nice polished game
can u pls rate/play my game too
Thanks for playing, I am glad you liked it!
Fantastic concept really. I see the Iron lung inspiration there. Is there a way to check the current quota? I might have missed it if there is
Thanks for playing! You can see the current quota via the inventory command.
Ooooh I see. I'll give it another go now that I know that.
It’s a cool game; the atmosphere is reminiscent of Lethal Company.
Thanks for checking it out!
Very creative idea! Being able to go back to previous commands by pressing the up arrow or using the Tab key for autocomplete would add even more charm to the game, just like in a real terminal. I really liked the game!
Thank you! Yea I wanted to add finishing touches like that but we ran out of time. Thanks for playing!
I felt at home having to play it on the terminal! Lol Very interesting concept, and the diegetic UI is very immersive too!
Good job guys
Thank you! A lot of the UI etc kinda fell into place that way so I am glad it came out well haha. Thanks for playing.
Nice, it remind me of Iron Lung, being limited in seeing the world around you.
It would be cool if you had at least a GPS or something like that, maybe only revealing tiles you have only explored before, but just as an orientation tool, not actually showing what is on those tiles.
But maybe it's part of the charm of the game to map everything inside your own mind!
I definitely wanted to implement a map in the manual which shows your position and nothing else just so you can get your bearings a little better. But you also make a good point that its something the player needs to manage which becomes a skill test when the infection starts going up. Something I would have wanted to test but oh well haha. Thanks for your thoughts and thanks for playing!
cool game
Thanks for checking it out!
The idea is pretty nice and to always activate the camera gives it a bit of uncanny feeling.
I think there could be more clues where the minerals are. Moving around aimless to maybe be lucky to find one was not fun after a while. Maybe the detect command could point you in a more specific direction.
Well done!
I think there would be more to do for that in a larger project yea. At some point you have to hand yourself over to the rng of "did I move to a space with good stuff". Still though, giving the player too much information about where the good minerals are would remove the risk/reward decision "Do I move to another location and detect to find more and better rocks and risk the infection meter going up?". Which is why we did not include something like that. But good thoughts, thanks for playing!
Love terminal and command and I always click arrow up ( to repeat command like in real terminal) I couldnt find any minerals - very nice graphics and running Camera is so cool
Yea we wanted to implement a repeat and a scroll but ran out of time. Maybe if you move around you will find some! Thanks for playing!
Very cool game! Working in the terminal system had my brain mapping out my position in my own brain. Thanks for showing it to me on the stream. :)
Hey, glad you like the game! That said I don't know who showed it to you on stream, wasn't me or my team haha. But thanks nonetheless!
Oh it was Sam! Blame Sam. But glad they shared it with us.
Oh excellent! Glad he showed it to you guys then haha.
Just checked out the VOD. Really cool to see someone play it haha. Glad you liked it!
really fun game :DD the sound design was really nice and the gameplay was easy to pickup and enjoyable to keep playing. i agree with some of the others about the tutorial feeling a little long, but once i realised i could just kinda hop in and play and navigate back to check specifics, i didnt sweat about it too much :] really nice lil experience <33
Glad you enjoyed it! Our sound designer did an absolutely killer job. To a person, the team was quite strong. And yea the tutorial is a good lesson for next time haha. Thanks for playing!
Really nice project, I'm a huge sucker for anything with a terminal in it. Loved the iron lung influence.
Even though the game doesn't have any bigger threat, the limited view really helps to fill the gap. I think you have a great opportunity to mess with the player in playful ways, great base idea.
The initial is explanation may be a bit excessive considering how simple the game ends up being. I think you could cut that in half and let the player figures most things out with a simple command list.
Agreed the tutorial is too long. I wanted to take another pass on it but we ran out of time. Yea it is very iron lung isn't it haha. We didnt really have that in mind due to how it evolved from our initial idea but it definitely has a similar vibe. We did think about adding stationary threats but didnt pursue it to keep the idea more focused and elegant. Not a bad idea though. Thanks for playing and for the kind words!
Nice game - I enjoyed playing. Had fun managing the health with the infection damage, trying to be as greedy as possible haha
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!