You play the badass Rick McSlick, the only Hard-Boiled action hero in high heels. Can he rectify whatever situation drives the plot I would have written given time? Can he get the generically pretty woman? Can he heroically defy the #nokill challenge?
You'd better believe it.
And where does this tie in to the theme? I have come to the greatest interpretation possible. YOU ONLY GET ONE GAME. While playing this game you will only be playing one game.
Controls:
WASD / Arrows - Move
Space / Up / W - Jump
Click - Shoot.
This game was entirely programmed in HTML5 and pure Javascript. Not even JQuery or nothin'. Am I hardcore or what?
EDIT 17/12/2013: Changed controls so jump can be done with up and W keys.
Fun stuff, I like the controls, they remind me of that old game Abuse that I love. I was confused on the first play through because I couldn't find any enemies, btu once I figured it out it was really fun to blast away at the little buggers. Parts of it are tricky!
Nice shoes! Platforming wasn't very good and felt very floaty. It was also very hard to hit the tiny enemies. Sounds were delayed a lot in my Browser (Safari on OS X), so they didn't really contribute to the game. Green monster in the end was cool, I liked that style!
As a non-QWERTY keyboard user, the controls layout is just awful and makes it so that it is close to not playable. The only thing I could use would be the arrows and space but it is just not usable on my keyboard (I have to expand my pinkie in a way that is just not suitable for comfortable play).
I can't test properly the game, which is a shame I wish I could have gone to the "green boss" which is said to be cool.
I like that the boss shoots everything, even birds, giving you points :)
I had to come back to the page to read the instructions; many people won't. Its a lesson I've learnt the hard way this LD, to have instructions in-game. Castle Uno http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=14838 is a great example of how we all ought to put instructions in-game.
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Cambrian_Man20 Dec 2013, 03:16
Red pumps? plz. He should totally have had some nice peep-toe sandals or something strappy, maybe!
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Sounds worked fine for me (chrome, os X)
The only thing I could use would be the arrows and space but it is just not usable on my keyboard (I have to expand my pinkie in a way that is just not suitable for comfortable play).
I can't test properly the game, which is a shame I wish I could have gone to the "green boss" which is said to be cool.
Congratulations on making a game though :)
I like that the boss shoots everything, even birds, giving you points :)
I had to come back to the page to read the instructions; many people won't. Its a lesson I've learnt the hard way this LD, to have instructions in-game. Castle Uno http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=14838 is a great example of how we all ought to put instructions in-game.