Shoot the blue things (Thanks @jcmonkey for elevating this point) Mouse click to make it rain (hold it down if you have full auto) A and D to switch lanes. Dodge the cars The blue ellipsoids are homeless people. Give them money and they will replenish your health.
Theme: So basically this is a social commentary on homelessness and how essential money is to sustain life. The main character Robyn Hüd tries to balance out the system by giving money to the homeless who in return reward Robyn with more life.
Tools used: -Unity (C#) -Paint.net -Blender -FLStudio All assets created during the competition.
Update: -There is a bug causing the sidewalks to disappear after you reach around 13k points. Take a screenshot with the sidewalks glitched out if you see it. I'm taking notes of bugs
-Cars will hurt you. This is not a bug. Yes at the start you do not have full health. No reloading does not heal you.
Plans to extend the gameplay: -idk yet, please feel free to connect with me in the comments on any ideas moving forward. I really want to do more with this game.
interesting game, took me a while to figure out that you had to shoot the blue things on the side of the road. but yet im half tired from this weekend so theres that. was an interesting take on a runner game.
Your game is a lot of fun. I only managed to get a highscore of ~3500, nowhere near 13k :smile: At some point it gets hard to see the cars through the pick-up items. The art is basic but does its job perfectly. Even though the music gets a bit repetitive but the gameplay is so hooking that I'm still not done trying to beat your score :smile:
I really like how you interpreted the theme and what you did with it! Very creative. I also had a little trouble seeing the cars through some of the power-ups when they started to come more frequently. It was also sometimes hard to judge the speed the power-ups and cars were moving, but I probably just needed to practice more. A literal idea to expand the game could be to have wider streets in later levels so you have to traverse multiple lanes of traffic to make it rain. Good work!
A fun infinite runner and take on the theme. I liked how you have to look and shoot to the side while paying attention to the obstacles and ammo in the middle. Nicely done!
It's like reverse temple run! That was a good game with a very interesting take on the theme. Well done!
It wasn't immediately obvious to me that "More Ammo" meant increasing my money capacity. I thought it was just another way of saying "Reload" until I noticed I had a higher money capacity than I started with. I'm not sure what to replace it with, though. "Bigger Wallet" maybe?
I really like the idea and the gameplay is flawless. Music is nice to hear, too. I would suggest some graphic refining. I needed a couple of game to understand why there were walls in the streets (cars are the same color than the street itself), but nevertheless I enjoyed play this game.
I really enjoyed the effort made to make a point about social commentary! LD doesn't have enough of those. The "make it rain" animation was an awesome touch. Gameplay was lacking, but if you replace the graphics it would make for a sweet LD entry.
Developer comment: Robyn's inverted normals on the left index finger are a low poly representation of a scar Robyn received when she was still younger and learning the ways of the rain maker. One day she was training with sharpened metal bills, a form of weight training, and in one fell swoop, Robyn sliced the nerves on her index finger. Only after years of practice and recovery, was Robyn able to dispense cash at near light speeds.
Also If anyone can reproduce the glitch where sidewalks disappear (only happens late game) prove it with a picture, and I may have an interesting play-testing opportunity for you :moneybag:
Somehow, it was quite funny to play for some time. I especially liked the icons ("auto-fire", "more money", etc): they were very clear, easy to discern. Good thing you focused on them (which are very relevant for the gameplay) instead of, say, the cars (which can be simple boxes without degrading the gameplay).
That Robyn is in fact homeless but he is a damn rich man! Throwing money to the poor while trying to avoid goddamn rich cars from killing the best adventurer of the world!
I don't understand, why...why didn't you put the "ca-ching!" sound from like a cash register on reload pickups.
Also the upgrades made it harder to see incoming cars thus i would make them transparent or less wide so the incoming cars would be more visible. And you could add some front car lights which would make cars more clear in this dark environment :)
Overall a great game, i'm gonna play your other games ;)
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At some point it gets hard to see the cars through the pick-up items. The art is basic but does its job perfectly.
Even though the music gets a bit repetitive but the gameplay is so hooking that I'm still not done trying to beat your score :smile:
It wasn't immediately obvious to me that "More Ammo" meant increasing my money capacity. I thought it was just another way of saying "Reload" until I noticed I had a higher money capacity than I started with. I'm not sure what to replace it with, though. "Bigger Wallet" maybe?
However, I find that sometimes, the big amounts of pickups on the road could prevent you to see the cars that are coming. overall, good job !
Music is nice to hear, too.
I would suggest some graphic refining. I needed a couple of game to understand why there were walls in the streets (cars are the same color than the street itself), but nevertheless I enjoyed play this game.
That Robyn is in fact homeless but he is a damn rich man! Throwing money to the poor while trying to avoid goddamn rich cars from killing the best adventurer of the world!
I don't understand, why...why didn't you put the "ca-ching!" sound from like a cash register on reload pickups.
Also the upgrades made it harder to see incoming cars thus i would make them transparent or less wide so the incoming cars would be more visible. And you could add some front car lights which would make cars more clear in this dark environment :)
Overall a great game, i'm gonna play your other games ;)