People/Power Released for Ludum Dare

<- Back to blog | Posted on 4 December 2018 by Adam Summerton

We have released our 20th Ludum Dare game in a row!  It's a dystopian physics game, slightly similar to 90's classic Lemmings.

The aim of the game is to direct a lot of tiny people into the mouth of a large robot, in order to generate electricity for the surviving rich people.  To do this you have to place a series of contraptions to direct the little people to the robot, things like giant fans, swinging boots and  giant boxing gloves.  The physics provides a pretty haphazard experience, and things get messy very quickly, although flinging people around can be satisfying and pretty funny at times.

During the jam I struggled a bit with this one, and I didn't like it much.  Coming back a few days later though I did change my mind, and I ended up having fun with it.  The problem we faced, as usual, was no time for proper level design.  The pieces are there for quite a fun experience, but the levels needed much more work, and the physics properties needed some tweaking to make the levels more enjoyable.

You can play the game HERE, and check out the Ludum Dare submission page HERE