Ludum Dare #48compo

FlickWest

by wolderado

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.58

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.96

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.65

Theme★★★★★★★★★★1.59

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.21

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.04

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.27

A short fun multiplayer game about the western showdown. You also try out the game with bots!

Jam version is be somewhat buggy. I'm working on it!
Sadly, I didn't have enough time to implement the theme

Tools I've used

- Unity
- Photon Pun 2 Networking
- Photoshop
- Audacity

How to Play

- Join or create a room by writing something to the roomID and pressing joining
- Then you can add bots or wait for other players to join. Press start when you're ready
- The game has two stages.

Aim Stage:

- You can click on other players to aim. Closer you get to the center more your chances increase to aim for a killing shot. Kinda like dartboard. But don't wait for the middle! If you miss the most red inner circle, you miss your shot. So like dartboard but cut out the middle. Your aims are saved for the next stage. Once the clock hits 12 (In about 10 seconds or so), Shoot Stage begins

Shoot Stage:

- Every players' aims starts to happen. The order is equivalent to aim order so if you wait too much in the previous stage, other players can have a chance to kill you before you shoot. You can miss, injure or kill other players. Injure system isn't affecting the gameplay currently. If there's more than one player alive, game goes back to Aim Stage. Game continues until only one player left alive

Changes in v0.1.1:

- Creating recticle for dead players bug fixed
- The bug that causes the bot system to interfere with the player's aim, is fixed

Tags: #3d, #fast-paced, #funny, #multiplayer, #short, #unity, #western

Tools: Audacity

Comments19

liammasters26 Apr 2021, 02:57

The online component is cool, I wish I had been able to find other players! Fun game, the graphics and audio are really funny.

Taximan98126 Apr 2021, 08:37

Very fun, great game which I honestly wouldn't believe was made in 48 hours without reusing assets so good job working hard! I don't understand what it has to do with the theme however?

ty_26 Apr 2021, 08:49

similarly, i also wish i could've found other players :' really fun mechanic tho! i would definitely play a more polished version of this often if you ever release one! i was a bit confused about how it worked at the start, but i kind of figured it out after two rounds. the bot was a pretty bad player :)

nigeynige26 Apr 2021, 08:55

This was great fun! I've never played a game quite like it, so points for innovation. I particularly liked the animation and the personality you gave the characters.

wolderadoauthor26 Apr 2021, 09:09

@taximan981 Thanks! I barely made in time :smile: I didn't have enough time to implement the theme. This project is also a school project for me.

@ty Thanks! I'll work on it a bit more. Bots are last hour idea so I didn't have enough time to test them. Sorry! At least it's better than not being able to play because of low player count. Yeah I should include a tutorial but I'm glad you picked up pretty quickly

LDJam user 24016826 Apr 2021, 09:16

An incredible concept! Couldn't find other players as well & the room creation menu was just slightly confusing since you don't know beforehand that you can play with bots. I'd say the aiming mechanic needs some explanation & more visual markers - it isn't completely clear to when exactly can you click, whether you can be late for clicking, etc. In one of the rounds after some shooting & only 1 enemy left I still had two aiming markers - one on the enemy, and one somewhere mid-air, and I wasn't able to shoot into the enemy.

Nevertheless, fun game, good job!

LDJam user 24799428 Apr 2021, 14:30

It's incredibly fun, the sound effects are really nice, the clock adds suspense, and the fact that you made it online is pretty amazing. Overall great job, my only idea that could make it better in my opinion is that you have a subtle sort of spidey sense and can tell who might shoot at you, but in turn your aim is worse on that person, but that seems pretty far fetched at least for my skill level.

BlackOpsBen29 Apr 2021, 03:23

This is SOO MUCH FUN! I love it! Well done! You definitely found the fun! Perhaps it could use just a little more "juice" and feedback during the planning phase, but it's incredibly satisfying when you pull off a kill!

SoberCake29 Apr 2021, 12:29

Ah yes, Killer Bean in the Wild West, probably the most brilliant idea of this season. Not sure what it has to do with the theme, but this game is too fun for me to care

Frogman29 Apr 2021, 17:50

Really good game! The fact that you managed to create a working online game in two days is amazing - I couldn't make one in two weeks :) I really liked the characters, reminded me of Worms a bit. It would've been fun adding a quick-draw element to the second phase I think, what with it being Wild West themed, but otherwise, great entry!

mlho729 Apr 2021, 18:00

Really fun game, love sfx and character's heads, great job!

wolderadoauthor30 Apr 2021, 16:39

@lisyarus Thanks for the feedback! I'll fix those bugs. And I'll reconsider the aim visuals after the jam

@habibirb @blackopsben Thanks! I'll work on the juice a bit more

@frogman Thanks! Actually I was inspired by the worms while designing the characters :smile: Photon PUN 2 really makes it easier to do room based multiplayer. You can check that out if you're using unity engine

Huntrox30 Apr 2021, 21:40

super fun to play honestly, i also like you characters design unique and funny nice work

Jakob Willforss1 May 2021, 19:19

It was only me with the bot, and got shot on the spot. Interesting idea, would love to see it further developed!

MyNameIsNotTim2 May 2021, 02:47

Fun game! With a bit more features, this could be a standalone game. Showing player names in the shooting circle would be a nice addition.

GharliqueBread2 May 2021, 02:49

I don't remember this episode of Veggie Tales....Seriously, I loooooved this game. I love the multiplayer, the different cowboy mustaches, and how I can finally live out my dreams of wild west shootout glory. I really wish we could see the other players' names, but -- omg I just saw this was a compo! I am blown away. Really great work in creating such a fun game! I'm definitely going to return to this one after the jam :)

wolderadoauthor2 May 2021, 16:49

@jakob-willforss @mynameisnottim @gharliquebread Thanks! I plan on working on the game a bit more. I forgot to implement the names to shooting circle stage. Well, these things happen in a game jam :smile:

@huntrox Thanks!