The Jackal

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.82
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.68
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.97
Theme★★★★★★★★★★1.83
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.58
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.59
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.35
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.31
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★61%
You are the Jackal
Return the refugees to the extraction zone
Do not be seen

Made by Ryan V Sand and Corey Wolff

Controls:

Space bar to open houses (red ones only)

Left-Click to get refugees to follow

Right-Click to get refugees to stay

Left-Click and hold to get a few refugees to follow

E to scatter the refugees if you get stuck

Return to the extraction zone with the refugees.

You are The Jackal.

Extract the refugees

Do not get seen

Return them to the extraction zone (where you began.)

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Note: The connected world theme didn't make it through as much as we would have liked due to time constraints. The starting area (the extraction zone) was supposed to look drastically different than the area where the refugees are. The refugee area also didn't get a chance to be bombed out and full of rubble.

Genres: action

Comments11

graebor
graebor26 Aug 2014, 03:37
Nice art, interesting concept though I don't really see how it relates to the theme. The descriptive text at the end for those you rescue was a cool idea.
Victory Garden26 Aug 2014, 03:39
This game is graphically amazing, but playing through it really feels more like a technical demo than an actual game. I was really curious about the Jackal character (love the model!), but the first time I played I jumped off the bridge in order to be sneaky, and... promptly ran into invisible walls with no way to get back up or restart the game. Then I went off to the houses and was unable to get them to cough up any refugees. This may have been because I was having a really hard time remembering the controls, having seen them only the one time on the starting screen with nowhere to look them up. So, all in all, it's a neat idea, if seemingly unrelated to the theme, with some needed tweaks to the execution.
mrexcessive26 Aug 2014, 17:15
Hi there. Difficult game. Love the animations and 'white box' feel.
synchingfeeling
synchingfeeling27 Aug 2014, 21:59
Graphically fantastic. First 3d animations I've played in the jams yet, stealth mechanic was great but easy to get stuck in areas. Not sure how it related to the theme.
cstudios27 Aug 2014, 22:11
the start button does not work. Maybe its just an another unity bug. did you make it with 4.6b?
Tanser29 Aug 2014, 21:52
Interesting game , the camera angle is a bit weird :) I like the game :) Nice animations
dancingmad29 Aug 2014, 22:03
Really a cool game! I think it needs some feedback on the refugees control (couldn't really understand when they where following me or not sometimes). Maybe the most fun I had with a game in this jam!
Cake&Code12 Sep 2014, 20:42
With some more time and polish this could be a hit! Agree with the others, don't see the connection to the theme at all.
Aglavra12 Sep 2014, 21:11
And I can see the connection to a theme: there are refugees who try to move to "another world" and escape their old life... Liked the game, although it definitely needs polishing.
DarkCart
DarkCart12 Sep 2014, 21:27
Nice art, but like others have said, seems more like a tech demo than a real game.

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