The Heist

by snake5
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.39
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.46
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.81
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.16
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.54
The mission is to steal a device and get away with it.

Controls:

* A/D - move left/right
* W - jump/move up ladders/climb
* S - move down ladders/drop from platforms
* Ctrl - crouch
* F - interact
* Q - melee attack
* Left Mouse - shoot



Answers to likely questions:

* For the jam I created the level (all design and scripting) and soundtrack, and fixed some bugs. Everything else (engine, core mechanics, characters, most textures, sound effects etc.) was done before that.
* I probably know about whatever bug you just spotted, haven't fixed many of them. It's just already late and I have work tomorrow. :) If it's something extremely unusual (doesn't appear in a regular playthrough), feel free to report it though. I might (no promises) address all issues and release an updated version later this month.
* If you see something about missing "VCRUNTIME.dll" or similar, you need the VS2017 redistributable.

screenshot
Tags: #stealth
Genres: action, adventure

Comments27

WiseClock4 Dec 2017, 07:44
I like how you shoot enemies with your back towards them.
Pecolyte
Pecolyte4 Dec 2017, 08:12
A very interesting sneaking game. I haven't figured out how to clear the room on the top left with no damage, I suppose that it isn't an option? By the way, I think you missed the F key in the instruciton, which is used to interact.
snake5author4 Dec 2017, 08:24
@pecolyte Thanks, indeed I forgot about F, added it to the list of controls now. You can clear the top left room by leaning away from the ladder (A or D, depending on the direction of ladder), which allows you to aim and shoot.
teekeks
teekeks4 Dec 2017, 10:35
nice! The music is also very fitting and the graphics are awesome! Well done!
randomphantom
randomphantom4 Dec 2017, 12:09
This would have been super impressive if you managed to do all of this in the jam, but its still a pretty great game. The physics is a little janky at times, e.g. when climbing stairs, otherwise the game engine looks really solid and this could have potential in a greater game. Love the music and the mood was awesome.
ZAX
ZAX4 Dec 2017, 13:18
nice game , i love the art style
don't forget to check out my game !
Falk Bruskeland
Falk Bruskeland4 Dec 2017, 14:15
How did you guys manage to make all this in less then 72 hours. Great game, and the art style is really good
Quaternius
Quaternius4 Dec 2017, 14:34
Loved the mood, the music and graphics are great! It would be great if you could shoot while going up the ladders, great game!
snake5author4 Dec 2017, 14:34
@falk-bruskeland: Thanks! Only the level (design & scripting), soundtrack, some textures and bugfixes were made in the last two days, the rest was in development (1-2h/day on average) for 10 months or so.

I want to be clear about this since, while the rules allow posting such games (much like asset flips, except I have done most of the work here), they will inevitably be compared to others and I _don't_ want to make it seem like I did a lot more than everyone else during this jam, because I didn't.
kezhaar4 Dec 2017, 16:30
Nice overall feeling, good work!
Nyri0
Nyri04 Dec 2017, 18:26
Nice and polished game, I like the way the character is done.
Pleasing for the eyes and ears, and the mechanics work well.

But most of these things have been done before the jam lol.
Priom
Priom4 Dec 2017, 19:08
Don't know how it fits the theme. But I do know that I'll never be as cool as the secret agent in the game cause my arms certainly can't do that
notpresident35
notpresident354 Dec 2017, 19:12
Very fun, but rather short and doesn't really fit the theme. I like the music a lot too
bradur
bradur4 Dec 2017, 19:23
I knew this was too good to be a game created during the Jam. I see you said you created just the level during the Jam. So I'll talk about that. It was a nice one, although perhaps a little too easy. I felt like there was no chance of failure. Perhaps some more guards that would have forced alternative routes.

The game itself feels, looks and sounds great! Also the main character really has some trouble climbing stairs sometimes. The guy just starts crawling :D.

Nice work!
Versatile Box
Versatile Box4 Dec 2017, 21:19
Nice game! I enjoyed it. Got bugged and trapped after a couple of minutes but I understand you were short on time.
Strelly
Strelly4 Dec 2017, 21:51
Fantastic game, you should really expand it beyond ludum dare and create a full game out of this!
FSKR5 Dec 2017, 00:54
music and mood was cool. short cinematics with opening doors were nice as well.
vlandemart
vlandemart5 Dec 2017, 16:02
It's fun, but lacking in-game controls list/tutorial, and I noticed that enemy pathfinding cant handle moving from one floor to another
pragmascript
pragmascript6 Dec 2017, 14:24
Very solid work...especially with a custom engine
UnidayStudio
UnidayStudio22 Dec 2017, 20:49
Have you created an entirely game engine for the jam? Wow, amazing!! I liked the graphics a lot! You've made a great job here! Congratulations! :D

Have you created an entirely game engine for the jam? Wow, amazing!! I liked the graphics a lot! You've made a great job here! Congratulations! :D

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