Oddest Jobs is a game about a guy that has a razor-rimmed bowler hat. He doesn't hesitate to use it. In fact, he refuses to use anything else! Get the enemy agents and the secret documents.
Directional keys control the character and space throws his hat. Remember to collect it afterwards!
The wall-jumping isn't quite intentional, but you can do it, it makes some levels a bit easier. The difficulty seems a bit too easy to me, but that might be because I've played it constantly.
Edit: It seems that Chrome runs the game best. At least on Safari, the scrolling kills the performance :/
Edit2: Fixed the stuff falling through everything bug! There are no other changes than just the bugfix for level loading.
Great job with the hat. Controls felt a touch floaty, but otherwise solid. Could have maybe gone with half the screen size and character's twice as big, would have felt a little more engaging. Maybe. Great work, fun game!
In-game web doesn't work - When I press space it jumps down to the comments section ...
Omg, I love this ! I lost my hat !
Brilliant graphics. I love how snappily the hat fires. Such a funny idea - just by looking at the dude you can see he's debonaire.
Would love to get more on the story - Who are those dude in white ? Why is your badass self running around these buildings ?
Couple issues with collisions against walls. Not a fan of the jump physics / acceleration ... Hate it when you sort of float down in side-scrollers ...
I LOVE the fact that you have to collect your hat !
My only complaints are that the sounds are annoying, and the player falls down in the air WAAAY too slow. Other than that, the game was great, the concept was good, and fit the theme well, and the game was fun to play!
Nice little platformer. Love the hat mechanic :D Controls a little floaty, and you seem to be able to wall jump too. Concept's nifty and visuals pretty cool too!
Really liked the mechanic of the hat throw, really cool interpretation of the theme. I would have liked to see more use of it for puzzles and stuff, like throw that hat ahead to open the door then go retrieve it kinda thing. But an awesome job for the time you had.
Cool game, but it either has some performance issues or the movement is just really dodgy? Much too floaty, and the last(?) level bugged out completely and all the documents fell through the floor. Having to collect your hat is a great mechanic though.
Really satisfying! Love the hat mechanic and having to go pick it up. Makes you feel super cool jumping over a bullet and then killing them just as you land.
This is pretty damn fun. After a while I was a little bit tired with jumping/moving physics, but the physics of the hat and the gameplay in general is really great. Also graphics are nice. Great job! :)
Thanks for all the kind words, everyone! I could've never imagined that my graphics would be enjoyable :D
It really seems that there's something strange happening when levels load. For the life of me I can't figure it out, but it has to do something with the physics objects not being properly cleared or loaded when the level changes. After it starts bugging, there are physics objects that you can hit your head into, but I can't get the physics bodies to be drawn so I could figure out what they are. The most frustrating thing is, it's really random, if you try again, it'll probably work!
It's my first game with "proper" physics, so even if I was expecting trouble, not really game-breaking trouble. Meh :/
That is one powerful hat! Nicely themes graphics and I really like the swiftness of throwing the hat. Some improvements would be more polished controls and maybe something added to the gameplay mechanic to make it more immersive.
Throwing that hat is just so satisfying! I love it! When I got to the level where you "Find Documents" they just fell off the screen, and then none of the graphics matched the physics, sadly I couldn't proceed :( I love the hat throwing mechanic though!
Ran into loss of collision bug on the second document level.. and would have liked a tad more gravity... but other than that, really good take on the theme and really liked the art style. Good job. Thanks!
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Although, I think there's a problem with level 5 (the second document one) as the documents just fall through the floor
Fun though. A practical application for hats :D
Otherwise quite good work!
Omg, I love this ! I lost my hat !
Brilliant graphics. I love how snappily the hat fires. Such a funny idea - just by looking at the dude you can see he's debonaire.
Would love to get more on the story - Who are those dude in white ? Why is your badass self running around these buildings ?
Couple issues with collisions against walls. Not a fan of the jump physics / acceleration ... Hate it when you sort of float down in side-scrollers ...
I LOVE the fact that you have to collect your hat !
Background music would be cool!
Good job!
Pat
Love the feeling when hat hits !! Great Job !
Not sure why but I got the Gunpoint vibe, in case you are familiar with that game.
Having to collect your hat is a great mechanic though.
Some already mention it, but collisions in the second level with the documents are weird, you should fix that.
I took me some time to get the James Bond reference on the title...hahahahhaha
It really seems that there's something strange happening when levels load. For the life of me I can't figure it out, but it has to do something with the physics objects not being properly cleared or loaded when the level changes. After it starts bugging, there are physics objects that you can hit your head into, but I can't get the physics bodies to be drawn so I could figure out what they are. The most frustrating thing is, it's really random, if you try again, it'll probably work!
It's my first game with "proper" physics, so even if I was expecting trouble, not really game-breaking trouble. Meh :/
Thanks for playing anyway!
Controls (left and right) were a bit too slippery, but I don't care. Great job.
I love it!
When I got to the level where you "Find Documents" they just fell off the screen, and then none of the graphics matched the physics, sadly I couldn't proceed :(
I love the hat throwing mechanic though!