Ludum Dare #23compo

Men not wearing hats

by nilstastic

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.35

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.32

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.43

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.18

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.52

Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.82

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.50

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.25

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★47%

INSTRUCTIONS - PLEASE PRETTY PLEASE READ! =)

Control with WASD, Fire with left mouse button.

Tip: If they catch you stealing, you loose life. Look at the resources and deposit them into their containers for a treat!

Story: On one side we have precious diamonds, on the other oil. User your mighty uzi of justice and limit the "men not wearing hats" growth! Let them never rise to the cultural and economic heights that we have! (or, not).

Tech: XNA, Lua, C# and my precious entity framework.

Comments18

Lidfrid24 Apr 2012, 10:08

A restart button would be less frustratring!
I can't finish the game.. :(

NiallM24 Apr 2012, 10:26

It took me a while to work out what I was supposed to be doing, but I like the idea. It feels like it could do with being fleshed out some more though. e.g. the uzi seems a little unnecessary when you can just stomp on the little guys' heads.

jeffz24 Apr 2012, 10:58

I like the graphics, even though there is no music they give the game a unique feel. Enjoyed stomping the little white men.

mikolalysenko24 Apr 2012, 13:36

Can't play on linux :(

nilstasticauthor24 Apr 2012, 14:00

mikolalysenko>> sorry about that. I have built some other games using mono but this one relies heavely on Lua so it's a bit more work to port. :/

Orni25 Apr 2012, 08:11

it took me some time to get the idea of the game - but even afterwards I was a bit lost

in the end I just stomped all the little guys, which was quite some fun

LFleck25 Apr 2012, 18:54

Was kind lost in this game, it got better afterwards but its hard to grasp what to do

netmute25 Apr 2012, 19:15

Can't rate because I'm using a Mac. Sorry :(

tcstyle25 Apr 2012, 19:33

It looks very good on first sight and it's a pity that the game is quite unfinished. I spot some potential.

Arkazon25 Apr 2012, 19:42

Enjoyed for a while after which I just got confused! After picking up any of the resources I was unable to fire again even after the resource had been dropped, also I wasn't sure where to take the resource so this might be the problem!

I like the "The End" sign dropping on to the level complete with collisions with the player and non-hatted men, unfortunately I had no idea why it had appeared - my character was still alive, running around stomping on little hatless people.

Why isn't the main character wearing a hat? :-)

sampyxis25 Apr 2012, 20:31

I like the idea - love collecting - cute graphics. The sound didn't work on my pc - but otherwise I liked it!

nilstasticauthor26 Apr 2012, 05:46

Arkazon>> The plan is that you collect resources, and then use them in the thing in the middle to get coins that you then use on the weapons store or in the health store. Also, you loose health when the men not waring hats take resources from you. =)

AirRider326 Apr 2012, 15:26

Nice graphics! But no Mac version...!

bitslap_26 Apr 2012, 20:35

I like the idea of collecting resources and buying ammo and health. A resource survival stomper.

seagaia27 Apr 2012, 04:14

Not sure what was happening! Liked how the gems stacked up on my hand though.

Jezzamon27 Apr 2012, 07:45

Another windows only game. :C

I have a mac, unfortunately.

HD40829 Apr 2012, 12:38

Funny name, but I didn't get a thing about the game meaning. Just a prototype.

tomhunt10 May 2012, 01:17

ok, stomping on little white guys is kinda funny. the diamonds and coins falling off the bottom of the screen confused me a little bit. i like how the ground comes up a little from the foot level to give a pseudo 3D effect.