Big fan of the aesthetic here, very reminicent of that one old Windows screensaver, which I though fit the game perfectly, and I love that all the UI looks like a computer's default UI. The abilities were cool, and I liked that they were attached to your RAM, only makes me wish there was more, going all the way up to 2000, but for the time you were given, I think the three there are is perfectly fine.
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System Arch-Admin: The Last Firewall's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Concept | #34 | 3.583 | 3.583 |
| Presentation | #44 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Use of the Limitation | #44 | 3.083 | 3.083 |
| Overall | #51 | 3.229 | 3.229 |
| Enjoyment | #73 | 2.750 | 2.750 |
Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Team members
Sam (Me)
Software used
Html, CSS, JS
Use of the limitation
The player is 'Ridiculously Overpowered' because they can scale their RAM to delete enemies instantly. However, I balanced this by making the enemies equally overpowered through infinite, exponential multiplication. It’s a race to reach an unstoppable state before the system is swarmed by a tidal wave of malware.
Cookies eaten
Exactly 3 crackers. Cavities SUCK!
Comments
47 days ago(+1)
Thanks for giving it a proper look! The controls do feel a bit janky without the proper context, but I’m glad you understood the design I was aiming for. To emulate an old system feel, I intentionally capped the RAM at 2GB and I'm stoked you managed to load up to the max limit. I would have loved to include things like decoy clones, but sticking to three was the only way to keep things stable without the game breaking lol haha!
48 days ago(+1)
Thanks for checking my game out! Yes, I really outdid myself adding all those error pop-ups haha. The balance I was aiming for is that you can delete a single virus pretty quickly, but even one getting too close can become super annoying. Please do come back anytime! I know it’s not as satisfying as clicking for gold, but I think it has its own unique 'error clicker' charm.
48 days ago(+1)
Thank you so much for playing the game for 30 minutes! I know most people only stick around for a minute or two, so I really appreciate it. Well done on unlocking the mini map and grabbing that extra RAM!
The minimap view was actually the main game display early on, but it looked pretty dull. So it ended up becoming an unlockable feature, but I totally get why the top-down perspective is much easier to play.
48 days ago(+1)
Exactly, you nailed the core idea! The system is capped at just 2GB of RAM. The concept is that you are on an old, dying machine packed with malware. The odds are intentionally stacked against you, and the player simply has to do their best to manage a last stand scenario. Thanks for playing my game!
48 days ago(+1)
Thanks! I'm glad you liked the idea of using RAM as HP. It makes sense that the more memory an antivirus program has available, the more power it has to effectively handle threats. hehe!
Appreciate the feedback! You're 100% right about the readability and the pause button. After playing it a hundreds of times during development, I became ‘blind’ to it, but I can see how it’s overwhelming for a new player. Ability 1 only removes 10 errors, so it definitely gets lost once the pop-ups take over. Thanks for the notes, they'll be incredibly helpful if I push an update.
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