Ludum Dare #27compo

Help Me (Because I Can't Help Myself)

by gravyhands

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.24

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.83

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.24

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.20

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.93

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.63

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.17

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.55

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★87%

Controls
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WASD to move
Click to attack
(or use a controller)

You play as a person on a spree killing in a mall. Every 10 seconds after a kill, the hallucinations start back up. The only way to keep the voices from coming back is to kill.

If there are witnesses to your kill, the police have a description of you.

The police will try to capture you without hurting you, but if you pose an immediate threat, they'll just shoot you.

There are 6 possible endings (which is really just 6 possible messages).

I hope you enjoy my first Ludum Dare entry!

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Edit #1
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Hint for the endings:
"Leave" the mall in each of 3 possible ways, either with or without killing people.

Genres: action

Comments23

matthias_zarzecki26 Aug 2013, 02:20

Nice idea!

keenow26 Aug 2013, 02:46

Hah! I like it! It's fun to see how many you can get before you get caught.

TwilightFlandre26 Aug 2013, 04:32

I really dig the "insanity" of the character. This is quite a unique take on the theme and it was done really well. I like the graphics since they fit into the feel of the game really well.

mactinite26 Aug 2013, 04:39

Wow. Just wow. Like what a tough subject wow. Good job though.

Feysoura26 Aug 2013, 05:20

Never saw hallucinations!
Audio could use a bit of work. Also, movement. Graphics were nice. Overall, good one!

Feysoura26 Aug 2013, 05:24

I saw them now! I was just really impatient. Audio was really great during hallucinations, but not in the killings. Graphics during hallucinations were awesome too. Really made you feel uncomfortable. Awesome.

carlsommer26 Aug 2013, 05:28

Great Mood about the game, especially when the hallucinations start to kick in. Also, the "witness" mechanics seemed to work very well.

Ghostik26 Aug 2013, 05:28

I love the concept. It was fun to play it.

choqaae26 Aug 2013, 17:52

Great mood

xgeovanni26 Aug 2013, 17:53

I got five endings, but the sixth one has eluded me.

3ndo26 Aug 2013, 20:11

Clever use of theme. Worryingly addictive.

Komradus27 Aug 2013, 01:26

That was fantastic! Quite addicting and the witness mechanics were really well done. Could use a sprint button though.

Glockenspiel28 Aug 2013, 13:10

almost got a siezure from this

MegaMasterX29 Aug 2013, 19:25

Creative as what! A lot of thought went into this concept, and I dig it.

CuberToy30 Aug 2013, 02:11

Ok, that was kinda insane, and weird... Nice idea ! Theme well used. The game makes me kinda incumfortable though but I guess it's a good thing.

ocmu30 Aug 2013, 02:13

Really good game, fun, great take on the theme, and controller support! I think i got 4/6 endings... any chance you can spoil all of them for us?

Thermite30 Aug 2013, 02:13

Very smart theme use, and I love the fact that the hallucinations are the only visual clue to the ticking clock. Good job.

blay0930 Aug 2013, 12:49

Nice entry, it was fun to try and sneakily kill everyone :)

jwolf5 Sep 2013, 02:57

Interesting concept and rather different. Good use of AI, too.

Marcos Rodrigues5 Sep 2013, 03:04

Just could get three endings =(
Absolutely great entry, excelent use of the theme! Loved the allucinations, the first time I waited until I killed myself just to see what would happen. Very powerful, and yet really fun. Five stars on all categories!

ratalaika5 Sep 2013, 08:47

Nice game, quite funny to play!!

theholychicken6 Sep 2013, 03:21

We need games like this in the world.
Right now they lock you up just for telling a joke on the internet about shooting up a school.
We need this to exist to remind us that we are still free to imagine, to create..

Static 6416 Sep 2013, 19:56

It reminds me of Quill 18's Paper Town. Kind of creepy.