The Unseen Strangler

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.61
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.57
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.43
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.43
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.75
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.16
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★51%
A stealth-like top-down game where you get the money without being seen. It's very short due lack of time, but hopefully you'll like it.

At the moment Firefox has trouble with mouse-coordinates. Chrome is recommended at the moment (until I fix compatiblity).

Controls:
WASD: movement
Mouse: aim
Shift: run
left mouse: use/drag/strangle

screenshot

Comments15

robashton
robashton17 Dec 2012, 18:25
Good idea, wish there were more levels though - I got both bags of cash and strangled those folk like the good guys they were ;-)
TheCze17 Dec 2012, 22:12
Aiming with the mouse did not work for me, he only changed his aim by about 90 degrees and kept facing right. Besides that a nice game, like the way you can strangle and drag people.
sharbelfs17 Dec 2012, 22:42
good game, just a little difficult to control the mouse
FrozenCowauthor17 Dec 2012, 22:55
Make sure to try it in Chrome. Firefox somehow has a different coordinate system, so the character isn't looking at the cursor.
KilledByAPixel
KilledByAPixel17 Dec 2012, 23:21
The mouse control worked well for me, I thought it was fun, good pacing.
markengley
markengley18 Dec 2012, 23:01
I think a more abstract art style would have worked better here, but the gameplay was there. The controls could maybe have been a bit more forgiving - I didn't really understand why I lost some of the time.

Nice execution overall though.
MaTX
MaTX18 Dec 2012, 23:18
Nice concept, although it's missing a lot of polish, more levels and graphics. Given the time constraint you did well :)
BlockBrains19 Dec 2012, 00:28
Too bad the aim didn't work for me :( Cool concept!
Ariake8119 Dec 2012, 15:34
nice idea but strange controls make it hard to get into
Yacodo20 Dec 2012, 23:30
Remember me a bit of Hotline Miami for the concept, nice job but a bit difficult for a start.
dray20 Dec 2012, 23:32
Nice game, the control work well, animations would help to know what i'm doing and when i die. the idea is very interesting :)
Sestren21 Dec 2012, 11:51
Really neat concept. I would love to see more levels and sound implemented. I particularly enjoyed that the bags of money had to be dragged, as well. It felt more realistic that way, somehow. :)
Team Superfluid27 Dec 2012, 18:23
I enjoyed this! Nice and clear goals, silky smooth playability, easy controls and satisfying execution (literally ;) I enjoyed the drag mechanic and the graphics were nice and clear. Some simple sound effects wouldn't have gone amiss - really sfxr takes minutes to churn out some acceptable bleedings etc. Plenty of scope to add to the experience / puzzle aspect with more levels too. Worked perfectly in Safari on Mac by the way ;)
laaph30 Dec 2012, 21:05
Cute game, hard to play on trackpad (or maybe it was just hard to play!)
Jezzamon
Jezzamon2 Jan 2013, 00:05
The game seemed ok, but a little slow. Needs to be more... gamey. :D

Maybe try working the game and more levels before graphics?

Also looks like you forgot to upload the source.

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