Bodyguard

by alphaq
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.40
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.53
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.13
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.47
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.10
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.32
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.16
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.06
Thanks for checking out my first game jam game!

Ever wanna just protect your boss? Well here's the game for you!

Bodyguard is an arcade style platform game where you go to great lengths to protect your boss, even risking your own life.

Use WASD to move around

Left click in the direction of a box to pick it up

Left click again to drop the box

Right click to toss the box



Assets and music were created by me

Tools Used:

Unity

Visual Studio

Gimp

Reaper

screenshot
Genres: action
Tools: GIMP, Unity

Comments13

Polyethyleneglykol
Polyethyleneglykol21 Apr 2020, 06:07
I like it! Sometimes the boxes get stuck underground but thankfully there are plenty of them to go around and the restart is snappy. Also I ran over my boss more then once. Oups.
Wet_Band-Aid
Wet_Band-Aid21 Apr 2020, 08:17
Fun concept! The physics were a lot of fun
Flamus21 Apr 2020, 08:31
Cool idea, the music seems sometimes to be a little bit glitchy, but besides that the game is nicely put together!
Nazorus
Nazorus21 Apr 2020, 10:37
Awesome, I had a lot of fun on this one! I love the music, it really struck a chord with me :smile: The physics-based gameplay is great, and the animations are simple and effective.

I think it would be nice if left click picked up the nearest box instead of having to click directly onto it, and it took me a while to figure out you can jump with W (instead of the spacebar) which made walljumping a bit tricky.

Great job overall!
Shaolin Dave
Shaolin Dave21 Apr 2020, 23:03
really good for your first time!

a lot of times it seemed the enemies killed themselves by walking into boxes i hadn't touched. the only time the boss died was when i accidently killed him (oops) and the only time i died was when a glitch crushed me with my own box.

I'm surprised i haven't seen more bodyguard submissions. i suggest you build on this concept after voting is done.
ysopprod23 Apr 2020, 17:40
The game was awesome!
Could have had more levels, but this is difficult in a game jam ;D
Sid Fish Games25 Apr 2020, 12:39
The game was fun and had a nice concept. The death animations were done really well too.
DrEvilBrain
DrEvilBrain26 Apr 2020, 01:40
The wall grab checking for triangle jumps is really aggressive. Other than that, great job!
Motley
Motley27 Apr 2020, 08:40
Great mechanic! Though it would need a little bit more polish: for example when you die the game doesn't let you respawn and you need to wait for the bad guys to shoot the civilian or the falling boxes sometimes don't kill (which is crucial in level 4 or 5). Overall good job!
guladam
guladam4 May 2020, 13:56
I really liked the game overall. Had a ton of fun killing the bad boiz.

I little more clarity would have been nice when it comes to the interaction with the boxes. Maybe highlight the box when hovered, or tint the sprite a little or something like that.

Regardless, great idea and a nice execution! :)
qqcs7 May 2020, 21:11
Who needs weapons when you can *furiously jump next to someone*!

Would have liked to see the box mechanic used more, but overall a solid entry.
yxmx_rsx
yxmx_rsx9 May 2020, 03:35
Nice game. Small glitches to correct like when running to hit the other guy with more accuracy. Otherwise its was a pleasure to play. Cheers
whydoidoit
whydoidoit9 May 2020, 09:18
I liked the idea. Found the wall hang controls a bit annoying but had a lot of fun.
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