The backstory is that you are getting food for your child. With nothing but the shirt on your back you head out to get food for them. Of course this means the local thugs come after you. So be prepared to fight them off.
The game is endless as I didn't have enough time to complete that portion. More platforms coming soon, maybe a post jam version.
Nice one, I liked the way the bodies kept piling up as you played! The gameplay was satisfying, but I think a little more could have been done to make the gameplay feel 'juicy'. Nice job!
Pew pew, survived a good couple of minutes before I blew myself up with a barrel and my trusty machine gun.
Very fun gameplay loop, I liked the rate at which enemies spawn in, it always felt like a good challenge, never overwhelming but also never too easy. It was also fun using the guns (or fist), the blood spray and destruction was super fun to watch, where you end up with tons of stuff lying around and a barrel explodes and and and- So yeah, all in all you made a very hype game, had a great time playing it!
Fun shooter. Not much to it, but it was fun to run around shooting. I didn't understand at first why I was dying when punching the red blobs, but I guess those were toxic somehow. Good sounds, smooth controls.
@ciaranw I really wanted to focus on Juicy gameplay with this game. I think I got to a good spot, but time constricts prevented me from implementing cool theme related ideas and fixing bugs that existed in the juicy code. Originally there was kickback, flashing, frame drops, all the classic juicy gameplay enhancers. I am glad you found it satisfying, means I was at least partially there.
@mrstari I am glad you had fun, I was worried about its unfinished state as being boring. Next time I need to focus on time management and design constraints.
@captaindreamcast I tried to implement some form of stress that would control the rate of spawn as well as a ramping difficulty. I am glad it kept you on edge.
@dob Those are supposed to be explosive red barrels but I never got to my final art. Also the bugged shake effect makes it hard to see the explosion.
Fun game, I especially liked the little gun you can get. Perhaps a bit more range on it would be nice so its easier to hit enemies without them getting you. Also a score at the end when you die would be cool.
Glad that you had fun, I think I bit off more than I could chew during the jam and didn't implement as many polish features as I could have. The restart menu was more for debug purposes that got promoted to a final version at the last minute. Thanks for playing @exilegl
@zirconcode I started out trying to make them step forward to punch you, then step back. I couldn't quite make this work. In tinkering with it I cranked up the force and it suddenly became fun to dodge them. There just needs to be more telegraphing.
The enemies kept spawning and kept me busy continuously. More ebb & flow in the gameplay would have been nice, to feel like I was fighting my way out of a pile-up and then catching my breath. Controls and enemy pathfinding were pretty good, I also liked that it was easy to just jump in and play.
The game was pretty interesting, but I did notice an annoying bug / feature, where when I blow up barrels the camera would quickly snap to the explosion, then back, but the world didn't pause and it wasn't enough time to see anything, so it felt more jarring than cinematic. I honestly don't know if it was intended or not, but I wasn't a huge fan. The gameplay itself was pretty good, with some more time and polish I could see it being even better, but as it stands it was fairly enjoyable. Nice work!
@kurrik I tried to have a stress level that would augment the rate of enemies spawning. I just needed more time to debug that and I should have more ebb and flow. I am glad you found it easy to jump in and play.
@brokenmirrormedia The barrel's ripping the view away from you was not intended. I just ran out of time and failed to fix it. I am glad it was enjoyable.
I didn't read the description before so I was trying to figure out how the game would be ended. lmao, at the end I kinda feel like Rambo shooting at a lot of enemies with life and ammo at my disposal. :D
That was really fun, I like the mechanics of the chase and fight. I would like to make a game like that, do you have any tutorials for this?
@jwoart There are a lot of tutorials out there to help you make a game like this. One that I recently saw was from brackeys. He goes over top down movement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whzomFgjT50 and top down shooting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNLVOjbrQj4 They are nicely polished tutorials that should get you started. I failed to implement all of the things I wanted to. This talk offers a lot of insight into getting the feel of the game right https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJdEqssNZ-U I hope that is what you are looking for. Good luck.
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Very fun gameplay loop, I liked the rate at which enemies spawn in, it always felt like a good challenge, never overwhelming but also never too easy. It was also fun using the guns (or fist), the blood spray and destruction was super fun to watch, where you end up with tons of stuff lying around and a barrel explodes and and and- So yeah, all in all you made a very hype game, had a great time playing it!
@dqmhose Thank you for playing!
@mrstari I am glad you had fun, I was worried about its unfinished state as being boring. Next time I need to focus on time management and design constraints.
@captaindreamcast I tried to implement some form of stress that would control the rate of spawn as well as a ramping difficulty. I am glad it kept you on edge.
@dob Those are supposed to be explosive red barrels but I never got to my final art. Also the bugged shake effect makes it hard to see the explosion.
Nice blood splatters too :D
@brokenmirrormedia The barrel's ripping the view away from you was not intended. I just ran out of time and failed to fix it. I am glad it was enjoyable.
That was really fun, I like the mechanics of the chase and fight. I would like to make a game like that, do you have any tutorials for this?