You are the boss

by vladp
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.67
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.43
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.33
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.90
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.38
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.33
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.29
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.19
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★40%
The game is simple:
You are an evil boss that kidnapped a princess and turned her into a goat,
now heroes are trying to save her,
obviously you should kill them..

You are faster and have a gun..
but they can sprint and head bang you, so you better avoid them.

The rest you can find in the game.

My personal high score - 11;

The game was written for ludum dare 25 in 48 hours.

About the source:
one of the most ugliest I ever wrote, for you eyes and brain safety you better not read it..

Comments15

sclark39
sclark3917 Dec 2012, 17:35
Error when trying to run :(
Vladp995author18 Dec 2012, 14:32
I added a runnable version you can download. Hope it works.
DaviDeMo18 Dec 2012, 19:08
The goat is free and the spell has removed! haha!
But a bit clunky :-(
sev_inf18 Dec 2012, 21:01
Good game, but controls could be better. It's very uncomfortable to have left clikc shoot always in one direction no matter where you click.
Pixelbear
Pixelbear18 Dec 2012, 21:03
Pretty good. I felt a sense of achievement when advancing up a level. I did quite poor, and got to level 5, by the way. :P
For criticism, I'd say aiming was quite difficult (aiming towards the mouse cursor would have been better), and was it possible to dodge their sprint attack? If so, I never managed it. :P
DiningPhilosopher18 Dec 2012, 21:11
Nice concept, but I miss an intro that explains the story. It works, but I find the controls very hard and unclear. I tried several times, but I only once completed level 2. I missed a 'try again'-button, now I had to restart every time.
Nice way to fit the goat in the story.
Vladp995author19 Dec 2012, 15:50
@sev_inf - you can say it was the point, or else it would be too easy.
@Pixelbear - it is posible, since they are very fast, it take them longer to turn, so you can dodge by turning in the last second.
@DiningPhilosopher - yeah sorry about that, didn't have enough time for the intro and restart.
bradleypollard
bradleypollard20 Dec 2012, 20:29
Can't get it to run :(
Java Plug-in 1.6.0_37
Exception: java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: main/View : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0
Nolan C20 Dec 2012, 21:15
It definitely could use mouse aiming. Like, being able to aim without moving. It's alright though.
tim_u21 Dec 2012, 08:08
Fun game. Only notes are that with the mouse fire it felt like I should be able to mouse aim, and the unstoppable attack from the hero felt cheap.
lorancou
lorancou21 Dec 2012, 09:41
Frustrating: you should be able to shoot in any direction. This gets quickly annoying quickly, which is a shame because this could have been fun otherwise.
Vladp995author21 Dec 2012, 14:43
"should" - really? can you look in any direction without turning around?
jonnopon3000
jonnopon300022 Dec 2012, 20:22
Not a bad entry - actually fun to play with some replay value, but a little tweaking of the enemies' abilities might've made it a great game. Good job overall! Can't comment on the audio as my device is currently broken, and I got a score of 10 :P
azurenimbus
azurenimbus5 Jan 2013, 06:04
The game is really difficult, and I'm not sure if in a good way. Definitely requires some investment on the player's part, which might be difficult to expect from most people playing Ludum Dare games!

I did enjoy it though : )

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