Defeat the capitalist menace with the weapons of the workers' struggle: money and propaganda.
A top-down shooter in the style of the Commodore 64.
Directions:
WASD/ZQSD/Arrow Keys/Numpad to Move Ctrl or Space to Fire 1, 2, and 3 to change select weapons
Downloads for standalone executables for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux are available at the bottom of the itch.io page. (The Mac OS X and Linux builds are untested. Please let me know if there are any issues with them.)
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Update April 22, 2015:
pvwradtke informed me of bug with the Linux version where the first level can't be completed. I wasn't able to reproduce the problem in Ubuntu 14.04, but noticed the quality settings were wrong in the build. I have uploaded new standalone executables that should fix the build quality, and has some logging that may help troubleshoot the issue.
If you encounter an issue, please upload the log file generated to pastebin and post a link in the comments. Log file locations:
Windows: RedThreat_Data\output_log.txt Linux: ~/.config/unity3d/Rob Hailman/Red Threat/Player.log Mac OS X: ~/Library/Logs/Unity/Player.log
Fun game with a decent ramp up between levels. The audio got a bit repetitive and the interaction between the guys in the later levels was a bit random, but otherwise, pretty fun.
This is a funny idea. I like how the capitalists spread their money around and try to stop me from spreading the word. The music is fun and upbeat and the game play is entertaining. Nice work. Fun concept.
This one is funny, a bit hard to play when capitalists have infinite money, and we have limited leaflets :). I'm not sure why, but the Linux version is buggy. In the first level, one civilian is missing, but the counter requires me to convert one more. This doesn't happen in the Windows version (had to run it through Wine).
Thanks for playing and for the great feedback so far, everybody.
pvwradtke: thanks for letting me know about the bug with the Linux build. I have no idea what could cause that, but I do have access to an Ubuntu box so I'll take a look when I get a chance.
Dude, this is C64 as all hell. (Well, except for the music.)
I don't have anything explicitly negative to say about this. It's quite a complete package as it is. There's a clear level progression, variety between the different types of people and what they're converted by, then things like using your converts to spread propaganda, and how even that is subverted by enemies that deconvert your allies. All of this for the benefit of the political sub-theme.
Fun game. I really like the retro graphics. The mix of enemies (and the different weapons used for their defeat) makes for interesting gameplay as well.
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A solid entry all around :P Good luck!
pvwradtke: thanks for letting me know about the bug with the Linux build. I have no idea what could cause that, but I do have access to an Ubuntu box so I'll take a look when I get a chance.
I don't have anything explicitly negative to say about this. It's quite a complete package as it is. There's a clear level progression, variety between the different types of people and what they're converted by, then things like using your converts to spread propaganda, and how even that is subverted by enemies that deconvert your allies. All of this for the benefit of the political sub-theme.