HOBO RAMPAGE

by ntimi
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.60
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.58
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.69
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.30
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.09
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.80
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.48
Hi people,
we are a group of five mentally challenged guys, who went full force to a unbelievable meta-level of the topic "Start with nothing". After a couple hours of debating an idea has been born. HOBO RAMPAGE.

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HOBO RAMPAGE is about a homeless guy, living in the streets of a nameless city. As if his circumstances were not already hard enough a bunch of assholes harass him. They take the last thing he has. His dignity. But as they take his last thing, they unleash something unexplicable.

A GAME FOR ALL SENSES.
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CONTROLS
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LINK TO GAME

https://ulm-awesome.itch.io/hobo-rampage

screenshot

Comments45

Philarmon7 Oct 2019, 23:28
Love the style. The knife guys are very hard to beat though :)
Ntimi
Ntimiauthor8 Oct 2019, 00:12
Absolutely, they are, you're right. Thanks for the feedback, @philarmon. :)
We would have loved to add a hint that you can beat them by attacking them from behind, but we didn't get to that in time.
We'll definitely work on that guy when we make a new version. :D
Listonos
Listonos8 Oct 2019, 00:36
Nice work on the graphics, very gritty game. The knife are doable once you learn to go through them and "backstab" them but with running enemies it becomes really tough on the second level. Solid entry.
crunchykingcobra
crunchykingcobra8 Oct 2019, 00:47
Fun game, I really liked the grungy atmosphere. It kind of had a reverse difficulty curve but that's appropriate given the theme. That shotgun is good shit. Props to the artists too, this game has a lot of character.
Assaf8 Oct 2019, 08:57
Art is amazing, audio is great and the game is really fun! Really nice job.
mimusangel
mimusangel8 Oct 2019, 12:05
Pixel art is really cool, I love the style of graphics
merdeboi8 Oct 2019, 12:10
Nice pixel art and a great protagonist. Tough to hit the running guy with a bottle.
darkcmd8 Oct 2019, 12:14
Art and audio are great! Wish there are more motions.
Jonathan Lorenz
Jonathan Lorenz8 Oct 2019, 12:19
Didn't manage to get through the 3 knife guys. Awesome street of rage mood. Love the music!!! Good work!
Drixide
Drixide8 Oct 2019, 13:18
Funny and charming pixel art. Hobo games unite!
venik8 Oct 2019, 13:59
Good job, great pixel art. Fun gameplay.
randdir
randdir8 Oct 2019, 16:07
Nice entry and has already said pixel art fit very well. Good job team keep it up !
tarfield
tarfield8 Oct 2019, 18:53
Great game, especially that text animation is truly beautiful. I like the art style a lot! I thought the controls were a little confusing at first, but it was fine as soon as I was used to them.
nsadie
nsadie8 Oct 2019, 19:15
Excellent pixel art and well thought out!
DaniilN9 Oct 2019, 10:37
Cool graphics and animation. The gameplay really liked, interesting and really complex enemies. But the guys with knives are certainly too complicated)
RealityCheck
RealityCheck9 Oct 2019, 15:37
Very nice pixel art and I really like the idea. Found it very frustrating to beat the knife guys though - even after seeing the hint in the comments here to attack from behind... just they always turned around too quickly and I couldn't dodge because there was a delay to jumping or moving after I had hit (or so it seemed).

But, I really liked the art, the music and the idea of it all.
Johnny Rainbow
Johnny Rainbow9 Oct 2019, 20:08
@realitycheck yeah the knife guys are tricky. Don't jump but pass them by walking. Did you make it to the endboss though?
Xarras
Xarras9 Oct 2019, 21:19
Just for the title that is a solid 5 for humour, but then the execution is awesome the graphics follow along and it keeps going, it's great, but better than that, it's hobo. Hobo parents would be proud
Johnny Rainbow
Johnny Rainbow9 Oct 2019, 22:06
@xarras thank you very much. We are glad you liked it. Did you beat the boss? ;)
Magnanix10 Oct 2019, 12:16
That accursed Stoseph Jalin! Of course! I should have known! XD
Fun game, enjoyed it a lot :) Had to redo the first section about 3 times until I figured out you can walk through enemies... I was trying to jump behind the knife guys XD.
civmaniac
civmaniac10 Oct 2019, 14:44
It's a pretty solid game. Good job, guys! Didn't notice any bugs, runs solid, even via wine on Linux ;) Nice art and music. Music is my favorite, so far.
Difficulty curve is pretty hard here. Since its beat'em'up, it's a good thing :) When I get a bottle, it becomes harder to hit the running guy for some reason. Probably, should have jumped ;)
Overall, it's a solid entry. Thanks for making this game!
DjindeGames10 Oct 2019, 18:23
Game complete and endboss killed ! Loved the graphics and the music. I apreciate how there actually is a strategy for facing each ennemy. Very good entry congrats!
Starblast11 Oct 2019, 15:16
Damn knife guys! @magnanix I feel you dude. I didn't know you could walk trough them?? I jumped just like you lmao. Was quite difficult due to needing perfect timing. Welp, I guess I'll give it another shot. Of all the games I tried yet this looked the most finished.
masterkrepta
masterkrepta11 Oct 2019, 15:23
The visuals are amazing. The knife guy was very difficult to figure out, took me a couple tries.
CrubeYawne
CrubeYawne11 Oct 2019, 15:48
solid animations/visuals
ahistyap
ahistyap13 Oct 2019, 22:30
The sprite work is really well done! My main issue is at the knife dude. I kept dying to them lol. Other than that, I had a fun playing the game. Great job!
Paulo Brunassi
Paulo Brunassi14 Oct 2019, 15:48
Wow, I loved the game, the visuals are awesome! I would probably buy this game with a little polishing. Great job!
Derek Volker
Derek Volker14 Oct 2019, 16:24
At first is kinda hard to go through due to the knife guys, but once you get the hang of it and the bottle or the shotgun the game difficulty drop considerably.

While in this subject, i found the controls a little unresponsive, leading to many of my deaths. I dont know exactly how to detail this, they just felt strange to me.

In the other hand, the graphics and audio are amazing. Even with a team is impressive the job done in 72 hours.

Congrats on an excellent job!
Daniil Krylov14 Oct 2019, 17:21
Great graphics, nice sound, witty narrative but difficulty at the beginning is kinda frustrating. Would be better to make it possible to somehow avoid damage from knife-guys.
Johnny Rainbow
Johnny Rainbow14 Oct 2019, 18:10
@paulo-brunassi wow man, this is a nice commentary. Makes me proud.

@derek-volker thank you very much for your honest critisism. You are right. The controls could be improved in case of responsiveness. I had/have some struggle as well. If you do something it needs a millisecond before you can do another movement. And I think it is this millisecond, which makes it feel a bit unresponsive.

Thank you both for your comments! Stay tuned ;)
samh
samh14 Oct 2019, 20:00
The graphics pretty good (I did not manage to reach the end but I saw the screenshot above which is rather beautiful pixel art, in addition to the two levels I played), as are the animations, the music is catchy, but controls and responsiveness do need some tweaking. Even with the shotgun I had trouble progressing because of the controls that seemed to be lagging… but well I laughed a few times. Loved the “health” bar! 😄

I got this crash and pasted the message in case it could be of any use: https://pastebin.com/raw/b5Pc2mVa
morrilet
morrilet15 Oct 2019, 03:12
I wasn't able to beat more than one or two of the knife guys before I gave up. They're super hard, and the controls are a bit slow. I often found myself exchanging blows with the knife guys without being able to avoid their attacks. Outside of that though I really enjoyed this entry. The art and music were really well done, and the health bar was a funny gimmick.

This was a cool entry. I wish I could've seen more of it. Nice work!
Asimov15 Oct 2019, 07:24
@samh Healthbar artist here. Thanks, this means a lot to me ;)
Johnny Rainbow
Johnny Rainbow15 Oct 2019, 07:57
@samh thank xou for the report.
@morrilet just do not try to jummp over them but just pass and hit them from behind.
Phobos001
Phobos00115 Oct 2019, 20:20
Very well polished game! It's kinda weird you get hit sounds when you attack the air though. Those knife guys took me a while to figure out, but after that it was a lot easier to deal with them. That music is killer too! This is a very well made game. Great job everyone involved!

Also, the game runs great on Wine for linux users :)
zimennik
zimennik16 Oct 2019, 07:01
Great looking game! Also good story =)
Mad Brokli
Mad Brokli16 Oct 2019, 12:15
Great game! :) had trouble with the knife guys. I realised that you had to attack from behind but couldnt pull it off due to the delay between the attack and jumping. (or so it seams like).
Also, great music :)
Suchista
Suchista22 Oct 2019, 21:29
That was awesome!
BrokenMirrorMedia
BrokenMirrorMedia29 Oct 2019, 00:07
Dang this is a really tough game, I love the art style here. It works really well for that gritty dirty hobo fighting feeling lol. The cigarette being your health bar is such a great little detail I just have to commend it. Great work here, this is actually a really polished beat-em-up!
Johnny Rainbow
Johnny Rainbow29 Oct 2019, 20:31
@brokenmirrormedia thank you very much. the designer of the health bar is very proud of it ;) so he is very happy about your comment ;)
Johnny Rainbow
Johnny Rainbow29 Oct 2019, 20:31
@brokenmirrormedia thank you very much. the designer of the health bar is very proud of it ;) so he is very happy about your comment ;)

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