Pusher

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.93
Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.10
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.79
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.28
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.98
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.32
Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.43
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.95
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★66%
Have you ever felt the urge to just give another pedestrian a surprise shove into traffic? Well this is the game for you!

Controls: mouse.

Have fun!

About the game:

Pusher was made in Unity 5. I created the models using the wonderful open-source Magicavoxel app, and rigged the walker characters in Cinema4d. Sounds were recorded without a mic on my iphone using the default note recorder app then trimmed with Audacity.

I've been threatening to make a game about pushing people into traffic for some time and it's awesome to have finally done it.

Learnings:

* Don't ever use cinema4d for animations because when imported into Unity the axis directions for animations are completely screwed. When animating my walk cycle, I blew 6 hours trying to figure out why my knees were bending the wrong way. So frustrating.

* Programming a state machine for cars is super fun. Another car in front? Brake! No car? Accelerate to max speed! Drifting left of lane? Steer right 1 degree. Hit a pedestrian? Accelerate wildly!

* This simple game ended up being way harder than I expected to make. Ragdolls are no joke.

screenshot

Comments39

namrog84
namrog8424 Aug 2015, 03:17
freeway pileup!
handkor24 Aug 2015, 03:17
This is a wonderful entry and application of the theme. Excellent job
psyduckfreak
psyduckfreak24 Aug 2015, 03:17
this is great yo laught so hard OOOh no!
Ilseroth
Ilseroth24 Aug 2015, 03:21
I couldn't make it 0 feet without pushing someone. Hilarious. also sorry for the mac version of my game not working, I uploaded a new one, but I don't have mac to test it, if you wanna go for another try feel free :)
Mimus
Mimus24 Aug 2015, 03:36
Good, I did not understand the purpose ... but I had a good laugh :)
camthestar24 Aug 2015, 03:38
Pretty hilarious and lots of fun! Great job
Devon Ulrich24 Aug 2015, 03:44
Hahaha this game is hilarious! The way the people and cars go insane after colliding is very satisfying. It reminds me of Turbo Dismount.
NathanFlurry24 Aug 2015, 03:47
I have to say, best game I've played yet -- I haven't stopped laughing.
ferdbold
ferdbold24 Aug 2015, 03:49
I laughed, I laughed, then I shared the link.
keyle
keyle24 Aug 2015, 03:57
hahah that was awesome :)
Chronodrax
Chronodrax24 Aug 2015, 04:10
But, but... there no road behind us! Those cars are running towards a certain death involving free-falling into infinity !
Can we still be considered a monster if we push someone to cause a major road accident, in order to prevent mindless drivers (probably writing SMS on their phones) from driving to their death ?
Hmmm...
Ok ok I'm guilty, I did it only to hear him say "oh no" again.
conormn24 Aug 2015, 04:14
You got some great physics happening here.
Artefale24 Aug 2015, 04:19
Awesome, i like push mouahahaha!!
Cynapse24 Aug 2015, 04:25
Hilarious, and I love the art :)
QuexD
QuexD24 Aug 2015, 04:31
This speaks to me.
cgmorton24 Aug 2015, 05:39
What are those sounds they're making? These people sound more like insectoid aliens in people costumes, so I'm glad I murdered them.
Suese
Suese24 Aug 2015, 05:52
You monster... It looks nice, nice colour, very complete and polished. Is there any win scenario?
Acerio24 Aug 2015, 06:00
This was a blast. I had traffic going for days
Evergreen Games24 Aug 2015, 07:06
Hilarious!!! when a guys feet got stuck in the railing i busted out laughing. its so hard win.
walaber
walaber24 Aug 2015, 07:07
wonderful :)
mikelovesrobots3
mikelovesrobots3author24 Aug 2015, 07:31
@suese The win scenario is kind of cheap. Just don't push anybody until you make it to the finish line.
jk5000
jk500024 Aug 2015, 08:37
Hilarious. Great job.
uthamon
uthamon24 Aug 2015, 09:22
Great game, never thought I would have to hold the urge to push someone under the car. :]
peterthehe
peterthehe24 Aug 2015, 09:27
This would make a great "idle" mobile game. I loved the art and OTT physics!
MarelisGameDev
MarelisGameDev24 Aug 2015, 09:39
You don't need to do anything to win right?.. But that's too fkin hard :D Nice game!
TwixtorTitan
TwixtorTitan24 Aug 2015, 10:02
Best hand icon I have seen in any game :p
jorgemoag24 Aug 2015, 10:08
Hahahaha this game is hilarious!
Miltage
Miltage24 Aug 2015, 10:27
If there's one thing I love it's rag doll physics and massive car pile ups, and you sir did it very well.
This is why it's taking me so long to finish GTA V.

"I blew 6 hours trying to figure out why my knees were bending the wrong way." Your characters don't even have knees! Lmao.
Flygamer101
Flygamer10124 Aug 2015, 12:34
Really cool graphics. Great game, and it was really hilarious. Had a fun time with this. HOw did you make the ragdolls? I never new how >_<
mikelovesrobots3
mikelovesrobots3author24 Aug 2015, 18:27
@miltage Ha. They did have knees at one point. My early walk cycle was awesome! But after the cinema4d fiasco I just animated it in unity.
OadT
OadT25 Aug 2015, 11:32
Hahaha, really funny idea. I also love the audio!
randomhuman
randomhuman25 Aug 2015, 18:47
5/5, would push innocents into traffic again.
Ninja Garage26 Aug 2015, 04:25
Very nice entry bro!!
1 - It is pure fun.
2 - This kind of entry makes Ludumdare worth.
3 - you are a shame.
4 - you are nuts.
5 - I will play it again.
jwin
jwin5 Sep 2015, 19:46
Apparently I'm a huge jerk just because I pushed a couple people under speeding cars.

Simple idea, well executed, and pretty fun. I love the "woah" sound effect when you push the people.

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