Dr. Vile, the most despised mad scientist in the world, has one mission in life: become #1. He'll do whatever it takes to win the respect and adoration of every person on Earth - even if he has to KILL EVERY PERSON ON EARTH.
Take Dr. Vile and his AI companion, Lexe, on a quest to build the most powerful Death Ray mankind has ever seen. Will Dr. Vile use it for good or will the villain always be the villain?
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Use the arrow keys to move Dr. Vile. - Press X to swing your bat (perfect weapon for an evil genius, eh?). Your bat can bash objects - such as trees, cars, TVs, and more - that will break into the parts you need to complete the Death Ray. Use your bat to break the skulls of any pesky townspeople, too! - Press C to use your Stun Gun. This will temporarily stun townspeople (probably why it's called a Stun Gun). It does have a cooldown period, though! - Press SPACE BAR to open/close the Inventory menu and see what parts you need to complete the Death Ray. This also pauses the game. - Try not to die or you'll have to start over! Collect Apples and Leftover Steak to regain health.
"Dr. Vile in The Greater Good" is Green Pixel's first Ludum Dare submission! We're used to creating months-long projects so we're amazed at what can be done in 72 hours! We hope you enjoy playing our game as much as we enjoyed making it! :D
Congratulations to everyone who participated! Whether you completed what you wanted to complete or not, you have much more now than what you had 72 hours ago!
We may continue working on adding features to "Dr. Vile in the Greater Good" so please send us your feedback and follow us on Twitter (@GreenPixelDev) to stay updated!
Happy gaming! :D
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buspickle18 Dec 2012, 00:49
Holy shit! This is amazing. I would totally vote for this if I were participating. This is a very high level of game. Nice.
Solid game, very clean and I would love to see this expanded! Maybe more weapon types, smarter civilian AI, and other ways to collect resources rather than only bashing things with a bat?
Fantastic graphics. The gameplay gets a little dry after awhile though. The sound and music were well used. If you made the game more in depth it would be great.
Thank you all for the feedback! :D Yes, we do plan on adding more features to the game (such as crafting!) and we hope to release it on more platforms!
The art, sound and game in general are amazingly polished for something made in three days, and running around whacking people for their stuff so you can save the world is just hilarious. I wanna see more of Lexe!
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Jiggawatt19 Dec 2012, 12:24
More than the sum of its parts. Some deaths feel kind of cheap because of unresponsive combat. Being chased by an angry mob is fun, but their pathfinding seems to lag the game considerably.
This would be on a whole different level if the materials had some in-game benefits through a crafting system.
It seems like attacking to the side is faster than attacking up or down. I can press attack with a faster rhythm going left/right, and that led to several deaths trying to fight guys above or below me. The narrative is very charming and the graphics are great. The sound effects are solid and it's nice to be able to really explore. Great entry!
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CireNeikual19 Dec 2012, 18:29
Great game! A lot of content for such a short time.
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_Rilem19 Dec 2012, 19:27
What a great game. The art is very good and I love the music. It took me a while to figure out you can enter the houses just by walking through the door. I was thought there was a control to do that :P I'm amazed at how polished the game is in this amount of time.
Incredible work! I love the story and setting, bang on the money. The mechanics are so clean and and pure, this is a haiku of a game - nothing more could be removed without harming it, it is pretty much perfect for this competition, thanks for sharing! -J
Thank you for your continued feedback, everyone! We greatly appreciate it! :D Protip: Items don't disappear so save Apples and Steaks for when you're low on health!
Fun game. Destroying things is definitely a villains task. Looks like the theme disappeared towards the end but that was only brief. As for innovation, it used the keyboard, mouse, and a sprite map which is the average game. Overall it was fun.
Fantastic game! Also, the plot! Also you have license to kill, AND cannibalize town property for good. Graphics ara amazing, hexe's hair is a perfect hemicircle, which is sorely missed from most pixel art. In short; I think you guys know very very well what you're doing. Full marks, and my hat off to you
A really good game, remind me of the earlier version of pokemon which i have never played by the way. Smashing things and people is always fun ! Congrats !
Memories of SNES era RPGs combined with some Minecraft-style harvesting action! Nice SNES art style, sound effects and music! Right now the game is a single action game (smash everything and collect whatever is left) and that is I think just right for a 48/72 hour compo. If you continue you'll have to add some other interactions. Curious what you'll come up with!
SQUEE, this game was so cute! And fun, I loved it!
I was surprised by the challenge level. I had to go hunt trees for healing myself, while keeping away from all the townfolk. Like an apple vampire or something. And I was really sad for Dr. Vile's fate.
One thing about the game... is it possible to beat it "peaceful mode"? At first, I tried to clear the game without killing anyone, but then I soon gave up... it is impossible, or is it? I mean, the enemies don't forget their aggro status, etc.
It would be cool if there was a different ending (even if a minor variation), if you could finish the game without killing a single civilian.
Also, one little downside, the music got repetitive after a while.
Great quality.. amazed at how much you got done here. If the number of objects you had to collect was reduced by half it might not have had a chance to feel repetitive.
I really, really enjoyed this. Cool idea, great execution. It always baffles me how teams are able to produce so much content over the weekend without crashing and burning! Well done.
The gameplay could perhaps use little something more to keep it from becoming too repetitive, and better bat collisions, it's a bit difficult to fight.
Thank you all for the feedback and no matter how our entry does in the ratings, we're working to expand the game to Java and iOS! With more levels, areas, weapons, tools, enemies, etc. it'll be far bigger and better! We're also throwing in crafting so it'll be up to you what you want to create for Dr. Vile :D
Thank you again and we'll be keeping you updated!
@SuperDisk - You're absolutely right! The game was not made in 48 hours; it was made in 72 hours for the Jam :D
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Good take on the theme too!
I love the humor too! Great job!
This would be on a whole different level if the materials had some in-game benefits through a crafting system.
It took me a while to figure out you can enter the houses just by walking through the door. I was thought there was a control to do that :P
I'm amazed at how polished the game is in this amount of time.
I loved the music and the plot, maybe the fact that you have to restart everything when you're get touched three times is a bit frustating
Protip: Items don't disappear so save Apples and Steaks for when you're low on health!
Smashing things and people is always fun !
Congrats !
Congratulations on such a nice product.
BTW, your green pixel logo is very similar to Real software's old RealBasic app logo, they still use it in a modernised form now, so I'd be a bit careful about that. ref: http://www.realsoftware.com/download/ and http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=realbasic%20icon
@zenmumbler: Thanks! We'll keep that in mind! :D
A story for anyone who felt as though they were never good enough.
I found it very easy...But maybe I should have try not to kill people...I don't know ^^
Nice game and nice story
I was surprised by the challenge level. I had to go hunt trees for healing myself, while keeping away from all the townfolk. Like an apple vampire or something. And I was really sad for Dr. Vile's fate.
One thing about the game... is it possible to beat it "peaceful mode"? At first, I tried to clear the game without killing anyone, but then I soon gave up... it is impossible, or is it? I mean, the enemies don't forget their aggro status, etc.
It would be cool if there was a different ending (even if a minor variation), if you could finish the game without killing a single civilian.
Also, one little downside, the music got repetitive after a while.
Thanks for the very fun game!
However while outside the game was lagging like hell. Inside houses it was fine :/
I hope to see that next part of the game get developed. I'd love to take Dr. Ben Evolent down a peg! >:D
The cut scene could really have used button controls. Also really annoying that the cutscene broke the pixel size, really spoiled it for me.
Overall though ACE!
The gameplay could perhaps use little something more to keep it from becoming too repetitive, and better bat collisions, it's a bit difficult to fight.
Thank you all for the feedback and no matter how our entry does in the ratings, we're working to expand the game to Java and iOS! With more levels, areas, weapons, tools, enemies, etc. it'll be far bigger and better! We're also throwing in crafting so it'll be up to you what you want to create for Dr. Vile :D
Thank you again and we'll be keeping you updated!
@SuperDisk - You're absolutely right! The game was not made in 48 hours; it was made in 72 hours for the Jam :D