Enemy Of The State

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.64
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.85
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.60
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.63
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.40
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.18
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.49
Sit down, have some water.

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*Money can tempt fate.*

In Soviet Russia, you are given the opportunity of a lifetime, where your freedom and newfound income is all hinged on your survival,

and as waves of state security storm your apartment, lets see how straight you can aim.

No mac or linux version as of yet, but they can be run with Wine since it's an exe file, I think

Controls

WASD/Arrow keys - move

Left Click - shoot

Mouse - aim

Its really that simple.

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Changelog

-Attempted fix for lag issue

-Fixed end screen not appearing after timer ends (SORRY!)

-Fixed instant win

-Fixed enemies still shooting even after won, leading to loss

-Made the game zoom in if the screen is really large (like, 4k, you cant see the game at 4k)

-Added a version of the game that could we windowed :>

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Comments114

No Grapes Games
No Grapes Games30 Apr 2019, 07:14
I really love what a mess of bullet casings and bodies the apartment turns into. Feels nice and kinetic, pretty fun arcade shooter.
halfmule
halfmule30 Apr 2019, 09:52
I was loving the *Hotline Miami* vibes, but the game lagged a lot after around a minute. I managed to survive till the end, yet the fps must have decreased to 1 and nothng worked. Very sad. Game looks great.
Darylsteakauthor30 Apr 2019, 10:11
@no-grapes-games Thx for the comment and rating!

@halfmule Really? Geezzz, thats going to need to be fixed, thanks for the feedback and letting me know!

EDIT @halfmule: There was pretty much no lag on my and some other peoples parts, so this may take awhile (may be a hardware issue), will get back to you when its solved.
volatile-dove
volatile-dove30 Apr 2019, 10:39
Fun to play ! Impressive details in the action, like blood, sounds, or moving flower pots.
Dobbermann230 Apr 2019, 10:50
I really enjoyed this game! The art and sound combination (with blood) makes it an awesome game!
Bojkott30 Apr 2019, 14:02
The sounds in this game is amazing! Really liked the impact from shooting, but i found it hard to see the "aiming" cursor sometimes.
DidiGameBoy
DidiGameBoy30 Apr 2019, 14:03
"in russia we drink blood" Nice action game!
Borys
Borys30 Apr 2019, 14:10
Oh, this intro and shouts makes me laugh so much :D I loved it. Gameplay is also good, simple and kinda repetitive, but I liked it. Great job! PS. After some minutes of playing, application is really laggy, probably by too many objects.
Darylsteakauthor30 Apr 2019, 14:10
@bojkott Thx for the feedback, the SFX in the game is one of the things Im most proud of, as for the cursor however, ill see to it after rating ends!

@didigameboy Thank you, and im glad you enjoyed!
Darylsteakauthor30 Apr 2019, 14:35
@borys Im happy you liked it, however since you are the 2nd one to report the lag issue, I gotta something to ask you 2 (@borys and @halfmule)

*Did the lag happen after you restart the level (if you did) or begin since the very first (and whether it was late into the round).*

and

*What are your computer specs? (IK it should not matter, but I wanna know just in case)*

If you two answer, thank you, and sorry for the trouble.

EDIT: Reuploaded a new version that *should* fix it, bon voyage!
Fleoh
Fleoh30 Apr 2019, 14:35
Nice entry guy ! The SFX makes the game really intense and it's pretty fun to play !
Good job !
Borys
Borys30 Apr 2019, 14:52
@darylsteak I lost for about 2 rounds and at the 3rd one I got somewhere further, and it happened in late state of the game. My laptop has GeForce 940M, but i7 processor and 16GB RAM, so I don't think it's fault of my laptop. I think it's a problem of number of dead bodies and blood effects. In the late state of the game there are too much of them in my opinion.
Darylsteakauthor30 Apr 2019, 14:55
@borys Thanks for the quick response, I just uploaded a potentially fixed version.

You see, due to a small thing I overlooked, dead bodies just kept spawning blood puddles, and altho this wasn't very bad at first, it gets worst tenfold as they pile up.

Nonetheless, should be fixed!
halfmule
halfmule30 Apr 2019, 15:29
Same issue persists, at roughly 100 seconds remaining it gets too slow. I am using an outdated laptop, so it can definitely be on my end only.
iagorigel
iagorigel30 Apr 2019, 15:54
Hahahahaha! Love it!
LurkinMcClerkin
LurkinMcClerkin30 Apr 2019, 15:55
Time seemed to last a little long. Great Hotline Miami vibe, great audio had me in tears laughing.
Darylsteakauthor30 Apr 2019, 16:04
@iagorigel Im happy you did, thx for playing.

@lurkinmcclerkin Thank you for playing the game on stream! All feedback is important, but those on video are the most valuable. Glad you had fun, and ill tune the time down when LD44 is over!
Lola30 Apr 2019, 16:46
Les graphismes sont mignons quoi qu'un peu cubique et l'illustration est sympa !
Sholyu30 Apr 2019, 18:19
Tres sympa, super simple mais vachement efficace, j'ai trouve ca bien cool ! good job ^^
Sockyman
Sockyman30 Apr 2019, 21:16
Amazing game! Beautiful art, satisfying weapons, immersive sound. Walking speed is a bit slow and I had a couple of glitches where enemies would walk through walls, other than that great game.
Ryan Wine30 Apr 2019, 23:31
This is amazing, the camera shake on fire helps a lot. Gameplay is perfect, sometimes the troops avoid rooms a LITTLE too much.

Whats supposed to happen when the timer reaches 0? it just zoomed into the screen and the game kept going.
Darylsteakauthor1 May 2019, 03:11
@sholyu Merci.

@sockyman Thank you, I unfortunately couldn't fix the 'walk thru walls' bug, but nonetheless glad you had fun!

@ryan-wine OOOOOOH NOOOOO, call me an idiot, there is an win screen, fully set up and everything, but I forgot to connect it to the timer! Fixed now.

As for the troops, their search pattern is randomised so... ideally I would give em a checklist but time was short.

Thank for playing btw, and rly happy you actually managed to finish the game, thx for playing!.
shaner421
shaner4211 May 2019, 03:50
really liked the randomized pathfinding of the enemies. Really made it seem like they were trying to flank me. Lots of fun!
JustusPan
JustusPan1 May 2019, 04:09
The powerful sound effects and the character voice make the atomsphere serious and exciting! I got lots of fun from it!
JKazuk1 May 2019, 04:11
Enemy State The Of! Pretty fun game with a nice clean look
Trevor Shoe
Trevor Shoe1 May 2019, 04:34
Great intro and transition into gameplay. Art is quite good as well.
Bullet SFX is a bit loud. I think you could get the movement physics to feel snappier and more responsive, but it's not a big deal. Really nice work!
Darylsteakauthor1 May 2019, 04:34
@shaner421 Thank you, glad you like how the enemies moved, for how simple they are im quite surprised how effective they were. Kinda like the ghost in Pac-man.

@justuspan Thank you for playing!

@jkazuk Thats a joke im never gonna give up, and im never gonna let you down. Thanks for the praise!
Darylsteakauthor1 May 2019, 05:10
@trevor-shoe Movement was done with a tiny bit of acceleration and deceleration, I guess that might be it. The SFX are also agreeably loud, i should add a volume slider. Thank for playing and for the feedback!
unplugred
unplugred1 May 2019, 05:26
all im getting is this weird screen about money transfer, it seems as though i cant play the game...
Darylsteakauthor1 May 2019, 05:30
@unplugred IM SORRY. There has been an accident, its been fixed now, please give the game another try. Pls
unplugred
unplugred1 May 2019, 05:43
@darylsteak oml hahahaha had to turn down the volume so that the neighbours wont hear russian screaming and gunshots, the sound design was absolutely nuts! pixel art was very consistent and although i died a lot i still managed to win like, a hundred times in the bugged version so im still rich af >:)
Darylsteakauthor1 May 2019, 06:30
@unplugred Mark my words... RUSSIAN SCREAMING IS BEST SCREAMING! Hahaha, anyway, glad you liked it!
JustusPan
JustusPan1 May 2019, 06:38
After several times of playing, I reach the end of this game. So exciting feeling when I want to survive in last few seconds.
Using long distance shooting is to the entries of each room can help you beat this game easier. And try to stay in the middle two rooms which have no window, once next wave of enemies appear, welcome them with your fastest mouse clicking! Got lots of fun from it.
drearyplane81 May 2019, 07:01
I love the huge mess your apartment turns into, quite a challenge with fun and fair gameplay.
Darylsteakauthor1 May 2019, 07:36
@justuspan Thanks, im happy you managed to find your own way of playing, great job on completing it!

@drearyplane8 Thank you, nice you had fun!
-banzi1 May 2019, 07:46
It is basically Hotline Miami, but the Russian shouting actually makes it much better :D. I enjoyed playing this one :-).
Oscar onix
Oscar onix1 May 2019, 08:40
Really love the sound design, it's cool to play but maybe a bit long. Well done
Darylsteakauthor1 May 2019, 08:44
@oscar-onix i now agree, after LD44 is over I will reduce it from 3 to 2 mins :>
Gaming Night
Gaming Night1 May 2019, 08:50
I really enjoyed playing this game. The sound design is really cool !
Nice entry :)
jandourek
jandourek1 May 2019, 08:53
I really like this game! It gets really intense at parts, especially if you get surrounded. I had about 10 seconds remaining and enemies were all around the apartment. I still won, but my heart was beating like crazy. The fun is definitely there and graphics and audio are pretty good too. The only issue was the lag that occurred with the amount of bullet casings on the ground. It would be pretty good to have them disappear after a while. Overall, I'd say this is a good game! :)
Darylsteakauthor1 May 2019, 08:56
@gaming-night Thx for playing and the praise!

@jandourek Im happy you enjoyed it! The casings are actually kinda optimised, they are pasted into the background after awhile. but the sheer amount of em are just..... lol.

Thx for playing!
Shunaky
Shunaky1 May 2019, 09:02
This game was really fun to play, loved the joke between money and communism ahahhaa

But about the level design, if this is a house, it should have more details and things on it. There is no point of a kitchen that is that big, that area could have been the garage, and so on...

But this was a great game, congrats!
fidrik
fidrik1 May 2019, 09:05
fun game, reminds me of hotline Miami
Darylsteakauthor1 May 2019, 09:05
@shunaky I actually wanted to do more detail, but its easier said than done. After doing what you see in the game it was just a massive pain to think of stuff to put, since there can only be so many plates and papers. (also lack of time)

its also an apartment, which also doesn't really sense unless you consider you are a 5 star russian minister.

But realisim was not the point, and in my opinion realism is overated! thx for playing, glad you liked it!
palsina1 May 2019, 09:06
I like the feeling of the shooting, can feel the impact. I played with the OST of Katana Zero in the background. really fitting.
Quagga
Quagga1 May 2019, 09:08
Fun games. I spent 10 min trying to survive in this Soviet Russia
Darylsteakauthor1 May 2019, 09:12
@fidrik Thank you! it was made with that game in mind.

@palsina Guns, even if on a monitor, should always feel both heavy in the hand and powerful in the sound! thx for playin, glad you liked it!

@quagga Thank you for playing! Its the hardcore part of Moscow.
dodormeur
dodormeur1 May 2019, 09:13
Nice game ! Really liked the audio, and the sounds effects ^^
falak
falak1 May 2019, 09:19
*Hotline miami fleshbacks* Really well made game! Good luck!
Darylsteakauthor1 May 2019, 09:21
@falak
*Now I just need to make heads bashable*

Thx for trying my game!
Luis J. Benitez
Luis J. Benitez1 May 2019, 09:41
Nice Entry @darylsteak . I only dont see the theme about life is currency but the game is fun and very playable. Good Job!
Darylsteakauthor1 May 2019, 09:52
@luis-j-benitez Its on the first screen, where you click to begin

"Trade national secrets for 100,000,000?" the transfer is halted if you die.

That aside, glad you enjoyed it!
BlackLambert
BlackLambert1 May 2019, 10:28
Impressivly polished game. Pretty hard to play though. The grphics, animations and sounds work nicely togeather. On the other hand it has a little hard to play the game with a 4k display. :D The 'aim' dot was hard to keep track of.
MZA
MZA1 May 2019, 10:48
The sounds are very satisfying and whatever the intruders say at the begining is funny for some reason. Personally, i'd like the crosshair to be more visible as it gets lost in the screen sometimes. Was very fun to play and suprisingly tactical.

What engine did you use?
Nerzal1 May 2019, 10:52
Nice one, pretty hard but it like challenging games!
Tozzo4316
Tozzo43161 May 2019, 11:09
Nice game, amazing sfx and great graphics.
I would change the friction caused by the walls, i died many times because i couldn't move :sob: and once a guy got stuck in the wall

But, again, very good game
Darylsteakauthor1 May 2019, 11:16
@blacklambert and @mza , Thank you for trying out the game! I agree about the crosshair problem, will change after LD44!

btw MZA, I used Clickteam Fusion 2.5 .

@nerzal Thats a relief, did you ever finish it? I feel the time was too long.

@tozzo4316 Thx for playing1 Unfortunately the "friction" is not a feature but a bug with the game engine (CF2.5 is bad at handling collisions). Glad you liked it either way.
PseudoBytes
PseudoBytes1 May 2019, 11:51
I love it, I just loved the whole Russia vibe of the game, really cool!
cozmic
cozmic1 May 2019, 12:36
It's a fun game, nothing really to criticize!
Darylsteakauthor1 May 2019, 12:56
@pseudobytes Yep, Russia, where KGB breaking down door is average day. Glad you liked it!

@cozmic Thats good to know!
JofersGames1 May 2019, 13:37
Hotline miami vibes, great job :)
FlayerWolf1 May 2019, 14:25
Great mechanics and very complete jam game, sounds are epic and very fun to play
Pusheeneiro
Pusheeneiro1 May 2019, 14:32
Russian special forces are just what I needed :spy:
Darylsteakauthor1 May 2019, 14:35
@jofersgames Just what I hoped to accomplish. Thx for playin!

@flayerwolf Thank you, glad you took the time to try!

@pusheeneiro Dont worry! Their just there to *"dis-persuade you"*. Thx for playin btw!
hugonun
hugonun1 May 2019, 15:20
Nice, this looks like a completed game!
Bakenshake1 May 2019, 16:16
It's a fun game! I think I'd prefer to have an on screen popup or something other onscreen indicator of where people came from. The camera shake is too much, in my opinion. It's fun, though, but movement seems a little clunky. As everyone else has already said, it's definitely got some Hotling Miami vibes.
Eclahn1 May 2019, 16:39
I had fun! Well done, responsive as should be for such a game. Nice, simplistic AI that doesn't feel too abusable, good job! A few criticisms though:
It isn't always clear what is an obstacle and what isn't.
I'm pretty sure the enemies that spawn on the left window, lower part not long into the game walk through walls, they did twice in a row for me.

Thank you for making this!
MrSchlag2
MrSchlag21 May 2019, 17:46
Nice entry ! Good feeling when shooting. There is details here and there that's cool. You manage to implement a simple IA well, never an easy task during a short time frame ! Thanks !
Annie Owl
Annie Owl2 May 2019, 06:36
That was fun :slight_smile: Reminded me a lot of Hotline Miami. And the Russian troops voice lines, reacting to your shots was a really nice touch. Did you record the lines yourself or took them from some old TV show?
Darylsteakauthor2 May 2019, 07:46
@bakenshake Thanks for the feedback! I'll see to it!

@eclahn Fair enough, the obstacles sometimes arent infact very obvious, especially against the wood flooring. As for the AI walking thru walls, thx for letting me know!

@mrschlag2 The AI was actually surprisingly simple. Along the lines of:

"If hear gunshot - go to gunshot until there is LoS between AI and gunshot location"
"If player is seen but no LoS - change mode to 'chase' and go to last known location of player until LoS is established"
"If not see player for X time - change mode to 'search', pick random place to go on map every 3 seconds"
"If LoS between player is established - fire burst with SMG"

And yet, with those 5 rules, they turned out to be way better than I had ever hoped! Thx for playing btw!

@annie-owl Well it was made with the intent of emulating the bloody game (not that it's a bad one, quite fun infact). As for the russian voices... ill let you in on a secret:

They were ripped from a meme video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMqx2CUSjiA.

Glad you played and enjoyed!
Teemu Pulkkinen2 May 2019, 07:54
This is a great game! The gun noises were well implemented and having read that there used to be lag, I did not notice that harsh lag until the very end of the game when there were multiple soldiers firing at me at the same time. I would have maybe hoped to see the theme tied to the game more closely but as a spiritual child of Hotline Miami it works well.
Flamus2 May 2019, 08:46
Really nice gameplay and hotline miami vibes. Only thing i would change is the crosshair that is easy to miss. Good job tho!
ludwici2 May 2019, 09:19
Putin, vodka, balalayka ©
Good voice :D and funny game
designernap
designernap2 May 2019, 09:42
Great entry! love the sound and feeling of panic. The zip cord sound really adds a lot to it. Great work!
Darylsteakauthor2 May 2019, 10:25
@teemu-pulkkinen So they only appeared when they shot at you? hmmmmmmmmm.... thats a very important clue! Thanks for playing and letting me know!

@flamus Yeah the crosshair does need fixing abit, hope you enjoyed it!

@ludwici The only 3 things you need! Thanks for playing!

@designernap Mhm, when I thought of soldiers rappeling, the first thing I thought of was 'ziptie'. Thank you for playing!
Vlad Dae
Vlad Dae2 May 2019, 10:37
Hi @darylsteak! Cool game! Especially sounds are very funny)
Complete it with a little mouse cheat and great fun.
ROBOWARRIOR1982
ROBOWARRIOR19822 May 2019, 12:01
I download this today, and i have just a black screen when i launch, i'm on windows 8.
mdWade2 May 2019, 12:20
Cool game.

- The view could use a bit of zooming in. It's hard to see all the very small sprites.
mdWade2 May 2019, 12:52
@darylsteak Built in monitor on my Acer Nitro 5. Basically just about 17 inches and 1080p
Darylsteakauthor2 May 2019, 12:59
@mdwade Huh, maybe it's an opinion thing then, because in my opinion its ok, but ok. Ill see if I can make it bigger without damaging the image quality
Fiiction
Fiiction2 May 2019, 13:37
That's a delicately made game. The camera shock effect when shooting is great.
Darylsteakauthor2 May 2019, 14:00
@darylsteak Alright. thats something to fix, thx for telling.

This is really confusing tho.I have absolutely no idea what could cause this.

@fiiction Thx, glad you tried the game!
Biebras
Biebras2 May 2019, 16:09
I really like the game, the sound quality was amazing, not mentioning art was polished. The bad side that it has a bug with spawning enemies and at the end it gets laggy, it could be better optimized.
Ashtrail
Ashtrail2 May 2019, 20:01
The sound effects were very good (I especially liked the russian screams), the music a bit less. The blood pools were well done too, I think round particles would work better though because square seems a bit weird for liquid.

I like Hotline Miami a lot, one of it's core mechanics though is that the enemies and you die in one hit. Maybe you were trying to go for more of a swarm gameplay but I still think one hp for enemies would be more satisfying, and if the protagonist has an hp bar it would be nice to be able to see it. A reloading mechanic might be interesting too.

Overall the game feels good and it's pretty polished, the particle effects and screen shake are nice. Well done !
Bartosz
Bartosz2 May 2019, 20:22
Wow - that was fun to play! Those realistic russian screams were creating nice tense atmposphere.

Not sure why but a little bit hard to aim (maybe a little bigger corsshair?) and it was lagging from time to time.
I see here tense heavy metal music in background :)

Great job!
stark
stark3 May 2019, 07:28
In Soviet Russia this will be a single allowed game to play :laughing:
On my second try I was killed literally with 1 second left!! So me voting for reduced round time.
Geckoo1337
Geckoo13373 May 2019, 12:23
Как славянин, я бы мог сказать тебе, что этот проект является оскорбительной пропагандой против родины моей. Тебя ненавижу Американ Имперялист! Собакам собачья смерть :/

I could say the previous words above, but I love your game - really well done and with good vibes. I think that you can improve graphics and timer. The main gameplay reminds me (as you said) Hotline Miami. For me all works fine as expected and I had fun playing. Thank you for this entry ++
Hadi Danial
Hadi Danial3 May 2019, 19:36
Great game! I love the sound effects and the game feel - bullets felt powerful!
The crosshair was a bit too small though, and the game is hard (but that adds to the appeal, I like the challenge)

Overall great entry!
dxk2294
dxk22944 May 2019, 07:31
Lots of fun, and it felt really good to play! Performance got pretty bad by the end of the level, though.
Florian934 May 2019, 07:51
Great ! The only thing who annoy me a bit is the camera shake at every gunshot otherwise everything is good
OddSocks
OddSocks4 May 2019, 07:57
Awesome game! Loved the SFX, made the game come to life. Congrats for an awesome entry.
Darylsteakauthor4 May 2019, 08:45
Sorry for the late replies!
@biebras Ah yeah, gotta fix the enemies and the lag, I got a hunch what may be causing it, we'll see. Thx for playing!

@ashtrail Thank you for playing! I agree with the sound and music, with the latter being not very good... (I need to work on my music making skills), as for the blood particles, I think that's a better a good idea! Although I'll make them more splatter shaped than round.

The enemies die in 2 hits! The HP bar is also at the bottom (sadly did not draw attention to it). And a reloading mechanic was one I never got to due to time constraints. Will add tho!

Thx for the detailed feedback!

@bartosz Aye aye, the lag is an issue, and the crosshair could be better, will try to fix!

The music was suppose to be Russian style, missed by half a continent.

Thank you for trying out!

Will do the other replies in a moment.
Darylsteakauthor4 May 2019, 09:44
@stark Annnnnd as the vote goes thru the final decisionnnnnn isssssss, reduced time! Thanks for the feedback!

@geckoo1337 Ok then, I'll try to add more stuff and details and improve the timer. Thanks for letting me know! Спасибо!

@hadi-danial Bullets should always feel powerful in such games! As for the crosshair, i will try my best to design a better one. Thank you for trying out Enemy Of The State!

@dxk2294 Performance is infact something that can be improved, thx for playin!

@florian93 Hmmmm, some people like the camera shake some don't..... time to make it an option then! Thx for the feedback and playing!

@oddsocks Thank you, may the same results come to you as well!
Biebras
Biebras4 May 2019, 10:14
@geckoo1337 he clearlly can't understand whats up :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
SimplePotential4 May 2019, 16:46
Really liked this. Performance was a bit of an issue but it was still playable. AI seemed surprisingly good.
GaryS
GaryS4 May 2019, 16:59
Fun game... I couldn't get to the end though. :(
I couldn't see a health bar anywhere, that might have been handy. Feels good to play anyway.
Wolf_Neon5 May 2019, 12:51
Very well made game, I loved the whole hotline miami feel of the game though a few more attacks would have been good, like meele or granades or something. The sounds of the game especially when they breach and scream russian is absolutely fantastic and it cracks me up every time. Though the music is not very fitting for the game purpose, something more hardcore and energetic would have been better to make the experience amazing. Overall a great game! Good job!

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