AUDIO SPEKAERS NOTE: THIS GAME HAS SOUND AND NO OPTION TO TURN IT OFF!!!
EDIT: You guys gave me a DDoS. Don't know if I should be mad, or flattered... There's a dropbox link
EDIT2: Please note that this is a stealth game. The fact that enemies chase the thief (and sometimes outrun him) is not a bug, it's a feature. Avoid getting near the guards.
You're in control of a thief, who steals safes. After you get the safe, you must escape within 10 seconds, or else, you'll lose.
You must be cautious of the guards. If they see you, they'll immediately chase you...! Avoid running into one of them, so plan your routes carefully.
The Thief runs on devices that support the HTML5 specifications. To control the thief, you can use:
Your mouse: by click and/or dragging Touch: if you're using a tablet or mobile phone Keyboard: WASD, ZQSD and Arrow keys are supported
I hope you have fun playing The Thief!
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Patrick Bollinger26 Aug 2013, 01:24
Pretty good, I liked it. Nice touch when you get the safe.
Nice job, would be cool if the guards had a line of sight, but the way it is definitely adding to the difficulty. Controls work well and the game fits the theme well, I like the sense of urgency from the camera shake!
Surprisingly fun to play! I enjoyed it. The obvious flaw is graphics. The gameplay, though, as simple as it is, it's engaging and enjoyable. Well done.
That was pretty cool! I like a good stealth game. I would have like do some more atmosphere, hiding in the shadows and all that. Still, deciding when to grab the safe based on enemy movement was a neat choice.
Are the guards all supposed to be Mexican and Asian? Either I'm a bad person or you are.
Very fun little stealth game! Footsteps were very satisfying for some reason; they had a lot of weight to them. I also really liked the shaking after you got the safe.
Also, sometime enemies can see you through walls and will attempt to erase the wall with their face. Rather silly :P
It's pretty impressive to see a stealth game that works in a compo like this. I enjoyed the experience. There were times that I wished that i could just outrun the guards but their amped up speed when I have the safe really helps to drive home that this is a stealth game.
5/5 overall. I think the graphics were perfectly adequate but were the weakest part of the game. It's strength was where it mattered: this was fun! Nice work.
And, thanks again for livestreaming my game. That was really enjoyable and informative to watch.
Nice game. I found the mouse movement a little less clean than just using the keyboard. The game ran clean but i can see that the 10 seconds theme really limits the size of the levels. In terms of time needed to rate the game.. good size, but would have enjoyed some more levels.
Simple, solid and self-explanatory concept that undoubtedly sticks to the 10 second theme. The graphics, while not amazing art, suit the purpose of the game well. The colours are bright and clear and there is never any confusion induced by them.
I have to say that the walking sound was very annoying and could be removed. All other sounds were nice, though. The visual cues, including the exclamation mark and the screen shake, were great and really helpful.
All in all, well done. Very difficult, though! I was not good at getting far in it.
Pretty difficult game! The small touches you've added such as the shaking camera and the guards' behavior are definitely my favorite part about the game and make it seem really polished despite the simple graphics. The audio is pretty adequate, and all in all it's a really fun game to play; and somewhat addictive too! The mechanics are somewhat simple, but they're executed well enough to make it very worth playing. Great job :)
Cool Concept, I like how the game works, its quite difficult. I featured it in my comilation video of Ludum Dare 27 Games, if you wanna check it out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1UJ96l2scE
I thought this was a really solid game. I liked the concept although the difficulty was a little too much for me. I like the incorporation of the theme as well. Keep up the good work!
Enjoyable concept. The audio is a bit grading on the ears after awhile and the collision seems a bit off sometimes. Either way, I was able to beat it after some trial and error. Nice work!
The shaking effect gave the game a nice sense of urgency. The game had a good amount more strategy than I had originally though. It could definitely use some polish, but I enjoyed it.
Very cool concept - it took me a while to figure out the "rules" of when the guard could see me, but after I got it it was easier. I kind of felt like it was cheating that the guards could see through the red walls too ;)
I'm so close to liking this but there are just too many little things that annoy for me to keep playing for long. I kind of like the grahpics. Although it makes it hard to tell where the guard is looking. Why not have a go at drawing people? I've no artistic ability but I managed to make a character that at least looks like a person. It's not hard with vector art.
I just found it frustrating, they always saw me now matter where they was going. I had to turn the volume down because of the footsteps sound. It sounded like the same sound over and over, perhaps you should have recorded a few footsteps sounds and changed them about.
It still had something about it I liked, but I gave up really quickly mainly because of the difficulty.
A bit short but really good. It has all the good design tricks to give the game that "just one more try" quality (immediate restart upon failure, good visual feedback...). Good work on the AI too, the movement patterns are just chaotic enough to make it interesting.
The core is solid, add a few more levels and maybe some twists (like new enemies or fake safes) and you have a pretty good online/mobile game.
Funny game - really like those. Great development of difficulty. Nice thing that it supports different controls (keyboard, touch and mouse).
The only thing I found a bit odd, was that the guards escape their "chase the theif"-state; feels like they should keep chasing you or trigger an alarm.
Pretty neat stealth game. However, I found it very hard without knowing the guards' line of sight(just having them face in the direction they're looking would help I think). It would also have been nice to have some levels designed so you could hide behind walls and the like. The countdown feature was pretty cool. I never made it past the third level sadly.
It wasn't immediately obvious what the colored zones were. I also really feel like the audio and graphics aren't doing your gameplay justice. Overall it was very fun. I felt like the third level was much more difficult than the last one. Also running back to the exit gave me a pacman vibe.
I like the use of the 10-second escape, escape is underused in stealth games. It's not always obvious where the guards will spot you. The controls are solid, which is a lot harder to do than you'd think, so good job!
Very addictive game. I'm stuck on the first water level, but I'm gonna keep trying a while longer. I wish I could see the limits to the guards' vision.
I'm a sucker for stealth games. It was annoying how some guards could see through walls, but that just meant I needed to be more careful. The sounds were also a little obnoxious.
cool game, way too tough for me though, started getting frustrating, especially when getting caught on edges trying to escape, or accidentally holding a direction when spawning and immediately getting seen. could be i don't have the patience though.
I felt collisions could be very sudden, and I found myself running from the start into an enemy ten times in a row without really realising whenever I got caught by surprise, but when the game was going well, it was a lot of fun.
I could not really understand how were the guard seeing me, nor if their color or face had any impact on their behaviour (I saw guard with the same face and ifferent movement speed). But I liked the concept, and the 10 seconds limit is really well used ; it adds a nice touch to the game.
That was fun. I really like the use of the 10 seconds and the shaking effect. It creates tension and also some stealth feeling, but I miss some way to know the guard detection zone.
Nice entry No_named_guy. I enjoyed the collecting the box. The surpise variance on the different guys was exciting to discover. Seemed a bit hard to win. That damped the excitement. :)
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Now why can't I get that safe ? XD
Are the guards all supposed to be Mexican and Asian? Either I'm a bad person or you are.
Also, sometime enemies can see you through walls and will attempt to erase the wall with their face. Rather silly :P
It's pretty impressive to see a stealth game that works in a compo like this. I enjoyed the experience. There were times that I wished that i could just outrun the guards but their amped up speed when I have the safe really helps to drive home that this is a stealth game.
5/5 overall. I think the graphics were perfectly adequate but were the weakest part of the game. It's strength was where it mattered: this was fun! Nice work.
And, thanks again for livestreaming my game. That was really enjoyable and informative to watch.
I have to say that the walking sound was very annoying and could be removed. All other sounds were nice, though. The visual cues, including the exclamation mark and the screen shake, were great and really helpful.
All in all, well done. Very difficult, though! I was not good at getting far in it.
More levels of this will be great!
I liked the level design, too bad that the game is short, I want to play more levels! :P (or at least some levels really hard >D )
Awesome stuff though - I played it for ages.
I just found it frustrating, they always saw me now matter where they was going. I had to turn the volume down because of the footsteps sound. It sounded like the same sound over and over, perhaps you should have recorded a few footsteps sounds and changed them about.
It still had something about it I liked, but I gave up really quickly mainly because of the difficulty.
The core is solid, add a few more levels and maybe some twists (like new enemies or fake safes) and you have a pretty good online/mobile game.
Congratulations!
The only thing I found a bit odd, was that the guards escape their "chase the theif"-state; feels like they should keep chasing you or trigger an alarm.
However, great entry!
It wasn't immediately obvious what the colored zones were. I also really feel like the audio and graphics aren't doing your gameplay justice. Overall it was very fun. I felt like the third level was much more difficult than the last one. Also running back to the exit gave me a pacman vibe.
But I liked the concept, and the 10 seconds limit is really well used ; it adds a nice touch to the game.
I really like the use of the 10 seconds and the shaking effect. It creates tension and also some stealth feeling, but I miss some way to know the guard detection zone.
But nice game. ^^