GuitarPicks

by solnak
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.21
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.13
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.59
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.78
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.62
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.24
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.95
Thanks for checking my game. This is my second participation to a Ludum Dare and my first one in Compo.

The game I made is about a metalhead going to seek GuitarPicks where a metal festival took place. It's common that member of the playing bands throw some guitar picks at the crowd and not every one are catched.

This a Puzzle-Turn-based-Rogue-like, your energy is limited. Collect as many guitar picks as you can.
Beers and Horns Sign will help you, beware of the angry elders who dislike the mess in their park the previous days. They will beat you up with their stick and their zimmer frame. Use the water puddle to make them slip and fell down.


Good Luck !!

Control are limited to arrow keys.

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EDIT : I highly recommend playing on the webbrowser via the last url for the game !

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Comments30

Tutti Ankka23 Apr 2018, 11:44
As a metalhead, I approve. Fun entry. Well polished overall.
Kirill Nepomnyaschiy
Kirill Nepomnyaschiy23 Apr 2018, 11:46
Nice little game. I like color choices in art department, although I would make floor a bit darker to make all other objects more readable. As for the gameplay - I like your choice of mechanics, although combat seems a but frustrating at first.
Great job overall, keep participating, man :)
Leonard
Leonard23 Apr 2018, 15:47
Nice game ! simple but fun :)
Handle23 Apr 2018, 16:21
Great pixel art and theme! I feel like I could take some old people in a fist fight though...
bcvery123 Apr 2018, 16:24
Nice simple game, good job
Vyolfers
Vyolfers23 Apr 2018, 16:33
I love the theme xD Dang old folks ruining my jam!! Love the graphics and the simplicity, for a compo this is super fun!
Sholf
Sholf23 Apr 2018, 16:38
Good game! Both the art and music are really nice! I love luring the grannies into the water hahah. Great job!
Jammin
Jammin24 Apr 2018, 09:21
Just one thing : METAAAAAAAAAAAAAL !!!!
Darby Costello
Darby Costello24 Apr 2018, 13:34
Love the art style and the gameplay is pretty slick. Not sure these are truly 'incompatible' genres, but that's not really the point. This is a great piece of work.
notb
notb24 Apr 2018, 13:57
i’m into it! the main character reminds me of younger version of deathklok haha
sndr
sndr24 Apr 2018, 14:10
Tried playing the Mac version, but I'm getting a "can't be opened" error message :(
Ananace
Ananace24 Apr 2018, 14:26
Your Linux version needs to have the game binary marked as executable, apart from that though it plays quite well.
There's a small graphical issue where the background peeks through the edges between some sprites.

I must say, the music is really nice.
cowa
cowa24 Apr 2018, 17:19
Very nice graphics. I really loved when elders slipped on water. I made me laugh :)

Good job on the game!
nidup
nidup24 Apr 2018, 18:21
Hi @Solnak, congratz for the entry, great artworks! As you use Unity you could generate a WebGL build and deploy it on a service such itch.io, it could make your game playable by every users without having to handle several game builds :wink:
Solnak
Solnakauthor24 Apr 2018, 19:20
@nidup Thanks a lot for the advice, since i'm new in this universe i didn't know it was that easy ! Awesome it even gets rid of the weird pixel glitch some people had with my game. I'm really grateful you take the time to nicely suggest me to do this :).

Thanks for all the feedbacks everyone !
nidup
nidup24 Apr 2018, 19:49
@solnak welcome, making a web build really helps :thumbsup: Very cool entry by the way, I like the ambiance & graphics, pretty fun to have to escape grannies making them fall into the water :stuck_out_tongue:
Dartictheunic
Dartictheunic24 Apr 2018, 22:03
Ahah nice one at the end, it's clear that non-metalheads wouldn't have understood why they should listen to something like that ^^

Nicely done, would have loved to have a little drumkick when I move but beside that real fun
juju
juju24 Apr 2018, 22:46
Spat water all over my keyboard when one of the hags walked over the puddle and fell. 10/10
MartinTristan
MartinTristan25 Apr 2018, 01:51
pretty cool! great pixel art and level design. the story is pretty cool too!
Fabian Pohl25 Apr 2018, 17:55
Beating up Grannies?! Im in! Cool work!
serwaastudio25 Apr 2018, 21:39
I liked the game :D The design and the idea was cool. The overall experience was really good!
polegar
polegar25 Apr 2018, 22:42
Really nice graphics and gameplay, it was really fun to play. I love it when they fall while trying to catch you :D.
The icing on the cake would be to add a little effect when you grab the pick. For the moment the level change is a little bit brutal.

Really impressive job !
spthiel
spthiel27 Apr 2018, 14:23
Neat! Really like the game :D
Rebecca Kremer
Rebecca Kremer29 Apr 2018, 17:52
Loved making the old people fall on the puddles as terrible as that is to say haha. I enjoyed the strategic elements, though the fact that the old people's movements were unpredictable (and you could spawn next to them or get trapped inside them) made it a little unfair at times. Overall a solid entry, especially for the Compo!
Amazura
Amazura29 Apr 2018, 23:43
haha.. really enjoyed this game. Good job! :thumbsup:
Lameosine
Lameosine30 Apr 2018, 05:13
Your theme is hilarious, good job!
designernap
designernap30 Apr 2018, 20:58
METAL STRENGTH! Love it! A great entry!
gonutz
gonutz1 May 2018, 09:10
Nice little zelda-like, or what you call this kind of game :-)

Really cool graphics, everything fits together. Fun animations.

The music and sound effects also fit the graphics very well, very cool artwork!

The AI is very simple, the old people do not move when behind a rock. They sometimes block the exit but this can create kind of a puzzle when you have to get them away from the goal before exiting the level.

Overall a solid entry, keep up the good work!
Ava Skoog
Ava Skoog13 May 2018, 19:17
Wonky story with engaging gameplay. c: Feels polished and complete overall with graphics, mechanics and audio and even a little story. It's all there. And of course the procedural generation makes for endless gameplay until the player tires! Figuring out the mechanics can be a little confusing at first. I wonder if I would've done as well if I hadn't initially seen this on stream with you providing some explanations in the chat, but having to provide instructions outside of the game is common in jams and not really something I would stress too much. As long as the instructions are available at all! Very good entry!

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