Fast West

by emkiusz

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.97

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.84

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.76

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.55

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.44

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★73%

- Be fast or be dead! Cock the hammer and kill your opponent before he does. And remember about the correct order! -

+ 1 - 2 Players
+ Can be played using only keyboard

Controls:
A, D for Player 1.
Left, Right for Player 2.
One button cocks the hammer and another fires from the weapon, but their roles are random, so be careful.
A, D, S, F for menu, as prompted on screen.

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Hello World! That's my first Ludum Dare and for it I just made a mini-game about Wild West duels. I made two button controlled gameplay for the Ludum Dare theme. Also my friend (listed in credits) made a music for the game (that's why I'm starting in the Jam, not the Compo :P).
I was making it for about 12 hours. It's not a piece of art, but I hope you enjoy it!

Tools used:
+ GameMaker Studio
+ ChipTone

Comments24

realbogart14 Dec 2015, 15:15

Cool cinematic effect before it begins!

qkerguelen14 Dec 2015, 19:45

Really good entry! Little cutscenes and musics are pretty rare in LD entries. And a very fun gameplay, I can totally see me playing it with friends! Good job!

Lizandros14 Dec 2015, 19:57

Good idea, but to low amount of game in a game :) Cutscene is nice... for the first time.

kiiro9414 Dec 2015, 19:58

Played this in coop and it was a blast!
Awesome concept!
5 stars for me

jcwelgemoed14 Dec 2015, 20:30

Cool. I really liked this. Takes good concentration and fast skill though. Excellent entry. Well done.

DesignerNap14 Dec 2015, 20:34

Love the tone and atmosphere. Great work with the audio too. Superb for a first entry!

NickMakesGames14 Dec 2015, 20:34

I played this with a friend and got murdered brutally. Even so, I had a tremendous time with this game. The tension of a wild west shootout has been used plenty of times before, but randomizing the players controls when the time to shoot arrives creates a beautiful second layer of panic and replicates the feeling of fumbling with a weapon. The overall style and presentation surrounding the mechanics was also excellent, and was the cherry on top of a beautifully done package.

Emkiuszauthor15 Dec 2015, 13:06

When the voting will be finished, I'll add few little features, "Skip" button (it's already done), for example.

DrZanuff16 Dec 2015, 03:57

Cool western mood! As some people said, it would be great if you could skip the cutscene. This game could turn in something pretty good if you keep on working on it.

VladRusu16 Dec 2015, 15:14

Howdy boyz! Goog game

NoGrapes17 Dec 2015, 01:47

This is an intense game. I got shot so many times before I put my head in the game and payed attention. Good job!

Astro Cat17 Dec 2015, 08:55

Game with duels always looks like good!

Jezzamon17 Dec 2015, 11:49

Why did you untick audio and graphics? They were both pretty good!

guoboism17 Dec 2015, 14:33

Great job on the atmosphere

Clavus17 Dec 2015, 22:11

Nice lil' quick-draw game.

tantumgames22 Dec 2015, 14:57

Best game about the Wild West, playing with a friend the evening

dx0ne22 Dec 2015, 16:33

Great buildup with audio. So simple yet so tense.

ChiPassGames22 Dec 2015, 16:51

This is a perfect example of how to use a few simple assets and color right to make an incredible look and feel.

Stending22 Dec 2015, 18:58

Awesome mood! the concept's pretty simple but is good enough for a LD!
Really cool, especially for a first entry!

rodobodolfo26 Dec 2015, 18:32

Wow this was really fun! loved it! the cinematic was top quality

BlackBulletIV28 Dec 2015, 11:38

Very nice concept. Should've put it up for audio rating as that's not bad either.

Instant Noodles2 Jan 2016, 15:53

Can b nice but their still are a fw bugs (Player2 win a lot more often than the 1 ;) )
And the intro is to long!
Need a bit more balance effort but could be a nice reflex game. ;)

randomhuman2 Jan 2016, 23:55

Windows says it is malware... I hope that's not the case, but I can't risk it, sorry :(

Emkiuszauthor3 Jan 2016, 13:00

@randomhuman Sorry to hear that. It's just .exe made in GameMaker Studio. I know that few Windows versions consider it as a virus (even my antivirus software is not letting me play my own game :P), but I think I can't do anything with that. :/