Gridlock

GRIDLOCK - THE STORY
You play the part of a trainee paramedic driver on your journey to become fully qualified. To achieve this you must survive 8 full days on the job in order to reach your qualification ceremony on day 9. Each day is split up in 10 emergency calls which you must attend within a set limit. Allow that time to expire, and so will the poor patient. So, why are these calls so difficult and time consuming to attend? Well, due to the busiest week that "Killum Hall Hospital" has ever seen, cars and trucks have filled the ambulance bays making a swift exit almost impossible.

It may seem easy at first but don't be deceived, the hospital is getting busier by the day making your task even harder. All the while those emergency calls are coming in thick and fast.

ARE YOU UP TO THE JOB?

FEATURES:
The game takes the format of a sliding puzzle. The play area consisting of a top-down view of the hospital car park/parking lot, and an exit road. The object of each call is to get your ambulance to the exit road by moving all the vehicles vertically or horizontally around the play area. If you succeed within the time limit then the game will proceed on to the next call.

CREDITS:
Game design and programming: Chris Stanley
Game graphics, music jingles, sfx by Roy Widding
Game music: LukHash

The Game Soundtrack is from the LukHash album "Cyberchip" (C) LukHash 2021. If you want to support LukHash, you can buy all his albums digitally on :  https://lukhash.bandcamp.com/

Loader bitmap and box art: Pixelburner
Loading music originally composed by LukHash - Covered by Roy Widding

Petscii graphics for the digital instructions by Roy Widding
Instructions viewer made by Ruben Spaans

Special thanks to Docster for crunching assistance

Testers:
Eric Akeson, Katie Akeson, Roy Fielding, Vinny Mainolfi, Georg Rottensteiner, Geir Straume,  Docster, Monstersgoboom and Chris Ledger

(C) Megastyle and Bitmap Soft 2024

A limited physical release is available at Bitmap Soft. If it is listed as sold out, be patient and follow their homepage for a new batch.

Bitmap Soft is a joint venture of Darren Doyle and Jamie Battison