Busted! An Epic Cops Vs Robbers Endless Runner!

co-authored: @matthew-ward
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.03
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.03
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.07
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.48
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.37
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.91
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.62
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.85
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An Epic Cops Vs Robbers Endless Runner!

* Made In less than 24 hours for Ludum Dare 40...We Joined Quite Late *

Objective
Collect as much as as possible. The game gets faster the more you collect. Also your wanted level increases the more cash you get. When your wanted level increases by a full star a multiplier is added to your cash so the next time you pick some up you actually pick up more than normal. (e.g. 1 star gives you x2 multiplier so the cash you pick up is doubled)

Credits
Cayleb Lucas: Twitter @CaylebLucas

Matthew Ward: Twitter @MattWardART

Audio
www.zapsplat.com​

www.bensound.com​

screenshot

Comments28

Kef
Kef5 Dec 2017, 01:40
Ha ha ha, this kind of runner remembered me crash bandicoot ^^

Quick and fun to play :thumbsup:
Maybe a bit annoyed by the controls, S to jump doesn't sounds really convenient
Zachary Shah
Zachary Shah5 Dec 2017, 01:44
Nice game. A bit confused as to how this relates to the more you have the worse it is. I dont know if the game gets harder the more money you have, probably I was just bad:)
GastricSparrow
GastricSparrow5 Dec 2017, 01:49
Grand Theft on Foot. Good execution of an existing genre. A few qualms;

= Controls seems strange. W or Space to jump would be better. Also movement is a bit janky, jump takes too long and the jump curve should be steeper.

= Hitting a block seems to kill your run too easily. Maybe implement health, or just slow down when hit.

= Which is bad when your opening animation takes more than a couple seconds. Shorten it, or remove it after the first run.

All things considered, good job for a game made in less than 1 day!
Vojtech Jatel5 Dec 2017, 17:05
Controls need some polishing, but nice game for
URNext76345 Dec 2017, 20:45
Good for a Jam, amazing for 24 hours. The graphics are quite nice and the gameplay is fun. I'd like jump to be W instead of S, it feels more natural that way. Also, I felt like collision with the cars is way too easy.
Szekeres Szabolcs6 Dec 2017, 17:38
I really enjoyed the game but the fact that you die if you hit a police car after you passed it made me kinda rage quit. If you polish this game up you could release this for mobile for sure. Just add some music and don't make us die if you hit anything once.
edmond009 Dec 2017, 03:04
Good graphics, the render of the street is very good with some details and light effect. It was a little challenging to learn the timing to jump but after that the gameplay becomes too repetitive.
yishalee12 Dec 2017, 12:23
Nice game as is done in less than one day. The scene is clean and the animation is good. Very focused. The rythme is also comfortable. Just one thing, what does the multiplier mean on the bottom right corner? I didn't get that.
dawik900012 Dec 2017, 12:52
For a game done in under 24h its quite impressive. I cant really see the theme implementation.

Played for a while and it just seemed to be another endless runner as the other half million that exist. I would try to find something that makes it different to the rest.
Jay Valencia
Jay Valencia12 Dec 2017, 13:04
Cool game graphics is the best and the humour is hilarious, good concept great game
Raphael
Raphael12 Dec 2017, 13:05
I don't really understand the correlation to the theme and the controls were pretty weird. But for under 24 hours it's pretty good.
CaylebLucasauthor12 Dec 2017, 13:14
@yishalee The multiplier increases the amount of money you get when you pick up the cash. So if you have x5 then you get 50 cash instead of just 10.
@dawik9000 @Raphael the game increases in difficulty the more cash you collect. (It gets faster and more obstacles appear)
miaw
miaw12 Dec 2017, 13:25
My playthrough:


Nothing much to say other than what the other commenters have said. When we reach the higher starred levels it felt like the boxes were laid unfairly (though I guess they can be navigated by moving mid-air). And maybe a losing animation would have been a nice touch.
Triastase
Triastase12 Dec 2017, 14:19
Really good, this would work very well on mobile devices!

I really like the graphics, and the sound is good, too. The idea is simple, but it works and it's fun.

There are some things you could improve, though: Like others said, losing beacause of colliding with the side of an obstacle you have already successfully dodged feels a little unfair. The jumping is ok, but it could feel more natural. Right now it feels inbetween optimal for gameplay and physically accurate, and I think you should go for one of those.

But I really enjoyed playing it. Impressive for just 24 hours of work! :)
GameQuester12 Dec 2017, 14:41
Pretty cool auto runner game. I liked the minimalistic artstyle and the police cars and sounds built up a quite tense atmosphere. The collision boxes felt a bit weird sometimes, as I couldn't always see why a box or car hit me. Good Work overall.
JOZGames
JOZGames12 Dec 2017, 14:59
Os gráficos são razoáveis e a jogabilidade funciona apesar de meio travada

Esse jogo parece muito com outro que eu joguei nessa LD, só que melhor

O jogo tem uma variedade legal, instruções na tela e aconteceu um bug que eu pulei muito alto por algum motivo desconhecido e as caixas de colisão são meio grande de mais, teve varias vezes que eu cheguei perto das caixas e morri sem encostar necessariamente.

A unica dica que tenho a dar é coloca o botão de reiniciar no teclado, é uma bosta ter que ficar alternando entre o teclado e o mouse toda vez que eu morro :/

Mas enfim, apesar de não ser nada de mais é um bom jogo
rohezal
rohezal12 Dec 2017, 15:37
Nice game, made it through 5 stars but then got catched, does the game end if you have 5 stars and a certain amount of cash? Or is 5 stars just the maximum speed?
conrad123
conrad12312 Dec 2017, 16:11
Nice game, especially for the time you had! The idea, animations and the feel of the game is all quite good given the constraints you were under. I really didn't feel how this connected to the theme though. I understand that maybe you move faster when you have more stars, but that doesn't really make much sense. Also, the collisions on the player were quite unsatisfying. I would lose but not be anywhere near a block! You may not have had time for skeletal collisions, but maybe you could have made the hitboxes just a little smaller. Great job though, I had a ton of fun playing.
Pecolyte
Pecolyte12 Dec 2017, 16:28
It's rather hard to get the idea and finish one in only 24 hours. Seems a little off the theme. It's a bit too hard when I have 5 stars. But it's complete, that's better than many others already.
AMastryukov
AMastryukov12 Dec 2017, 16:52
Pros: Solid gameplay. Good setting.

Cons: Side-to-side movement was not too great.

Classic endless runner game with an interesting setting. Side-to-side movement in these games is usually locked to 3 lanes, so this was unusual, especially because there were 3 lanes of items on the road. Jumping was a little bit too sluggish. Definitely good for a game made in under 24 hours. There is potential to expand onto mobile platforms if you polish up the movement and flesh it out a little bit more. Good work.
gassasin12 Dec 2017, 17:34
nice game but very laggy in browser for me:D
Mabry15 Dec 2017, 00:05
Pretty solid game! For being made in 24 hours, this was excellent! Like other have said, this reminds me a lot of Crash Bandicoot.
Satyre
Satyre16 Dec 2017, 13:48
Funny game, I would have change the jump key to "W" or "Space" cause this is the standard in most games, but other than that it's a solid entry. Keep it up!
rEaX16 Dec 2017, 16:00
Amazing how similar our games are indeed! Good work, and thanks for your comment!
Pedrowzee
Pedrowzee17 Dec 2017, 22:32
I like endless runners. The graphics were cute. Hitboxes feel kinda off, like I'm hitting stuff when I shouldn't be.
SraBatata18 Dec 2017, 06:34
Fun game! great graphics :smiley: but jumping with 'S' is kinda weird.
LeReveur
LeReveur19 Dec 2017, 20:08
Great arts, simple to play, got almost 3 stars. Well done :)
webthingee
webthingee22 Dec 2017, 22:32
I kept falling, and falling, and falling.
I know it aint easy... and I can see several things you were able to do in Unity that was really inspiring (camera movements). Congrats!

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