The Beast Is Within You

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.43
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.86
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.18
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.33
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.21
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★69%
A fullscreen, in-browser, turn-based, rogue-like about robbery and violence.

http://newbeings.com/beastiswithinyou

You play as someone who just got out of prison. You have nowhere to go, no money, and are addicted to drugs. You must rob properties to get money. You can buy items to increase your skills. Different properties have different amounts of risk and different payoffs.

Technologies used: Javascript, HTML, CSS

Libraries used: AngularJS, Angular Material, ChanceJS, lodash, Sass, Jade

Inspired by games like Drug Wars, Dwarf Fortress, and FTL : )

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Comments24

TerraCottaFrog
TerraCottaFrog24 Aug 2015, 02:52
This is a very interesting and impressive entry!
It seems like something I could really get into.

However, from what I've played so far, it seems that violence is the answer (when it comes to this game, of course)
TiByte
TiByte24 Aug 2015, 12:39
I really love this kind of game. This is awesome.
JackDegree24 Aug 2015, 12:52
Really nice concept :-) Would be nice to have another slider besides violence. But I understand what you did here, in order to relate it to the theme.
Spyboy24 Aug 2015, 12:54
Pretty impressive for a game made in 48h
pixzleone24 Aug 2015, 12:55
Cool idea, would love to see more of this!
dhargan
dhargan24 Aug 2015, 12:58
most innovative compo game i have seen so far. also i love roguelikes. however, if i need to criticize something, it's not 100% suitable for the theme in my opinion. apart from that, it is a great game, good job! :D
Quetzakol
Quetzakol24 Aug 2015, 13:14
Cool game, there are a lot of good ideas I think and I played it quite a long time without being bored.
I think it's a bit difficult (50% of the time I spend more money than what I won). The interface could be improved too (the font is difficult to read and it's too big, there shouldn't be any scrollbars)
Chronodrax
Chronodrax24 Aug 2015, 15:18
So hard to find a decent house to rob these days; I had to work for 37 years to get that car and those 10k$.
The gateway driver seems like a good option each time you you have no money and before rehab/car. Apart for that I tend to try 60%+ success rates 1 or 2 times before going for less risky "jobs" (~90%). I also buy everything as soon as possible, except the shotgun.
Before rehab you can't aim for 100% success rate each time because you'll lose more money on drugs/hotel/stuff than whant you rob.
Thus on my 2nd attempt i spent only 6 years in jail (got caught only once, ouch) before living the american dream as a good citizen (2233 nights total).
The game's fun, it makes me want to try again and again until I can beat it without getting caught and in less than 50 nights, I'm sure it can be done, right ?
Jakob37
Jakob3725 Aug 2015, 17:48
I liked this a lot, kept me playing for quite a while. A small suggestion is to mark visually in some way what items you own.
sorlok
sorlok26 Aug 2015, 03:43
Very cool mechanic! It definitely had a Mafia Wars feel to it, but with more spatial goings-on. I didn't get far enough to where I needed to conserve my violence. Otherwise, very fun!
CheesyRamen
CheesyRamen26 Aug 2015, 03:57
Violence pays! =)
Spent quite a while playing this game!
Razoric
Razoric26 Aug 2015, 04:18
This is great!
whalebot
whalebot26 Aug 2015, 04:28
This is a fantastic entry. It's one of those games that speaks to a deeper problem and lets people experience a side of life they wouldn't normally experience. And screw that get away driver... he didn't help even once...
BNeutral
BNeutral26 Aug 2015, 04:37
So hard to find getaway drivers that you can trust these days.
synchingfeeling
synchingfeeling26 Aug 2015, 04:51
Bleak, thought provoking and really fun. Values well tuned, I couldn't even afford a car after spending my entire youth in prison.
MartinFernandez
MartinFernandez26 Aug 2015, 04:57
Great game for 48hs :P, i really enjoy it.
Justo Delgado27 Aug 2015, 00:47
Nice game, it was fun but I always got caught ;-;
Aelius27 Aug 2015, 01:05
Why would violence solve everything? Are all citizens of this damn city at home 24/7? :P
thatwhichis
thatwhichis27 Aug 2015, 15:33
I played The Beast Is Within You at Ludum Dare 33 and all I got was SPOILERS ;-D

Rehab's totally worth it. O_O
Archonthewizard
Archonthewizard27 Aug 2015, 21:32
Really cool idea. I would love to play a more polished and tuned version of this game.
conormn28 Aug 2015, 03:09
Very interesting take on the theme! Your game left me with a lot of guilt :)
mubox
mubox4 Sep 2015, 20:50
Very interesting idea. :)
psychonull6 Sep 2015, 02:53
Nice, refreshing entry. A possible small improvement would be to have the store in a separate pane, so there is no need to scroll whenever you click a tile.
SecularBaron10 Sep 2015, 09:34
This was a super cool game. I love the concept especially.
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