Into the Matrix

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.24
Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.39
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.56
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.54
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.35
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.80
Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.04

Welcome, player.

Your assignment: Descend to the heart of the Matrix, and destroy The Core.

Enclosed are two pills, one red and one blue. Take the blue pill, and your life continues as usual. Take the red one, and you might just save humanity.

And don't forget, you'll need guns. *Lots* of guns.

Programming and Game Design by @TheGamer1123211 & @awerar

3D Models by @malte-hedenstrom

Testing and feedback from @Pyrrhus

Screenshots

Comments27

STREETGEEK
STREETGEEK27 Apr 2021, 10:14
This is a reall nice quick game. I really enjoyed the gun mechanics and the graphics. Great game!
JoeDev
JoeDev27 Apr 2021, 11:29
Wow! This is so fantastic, I can't get over how pretty the visuals are. The level transitions alone made me go :scream:, and the dash FX is similarly dope. Felt like a nice mix between Hotline Miami and the Matrix universe. Cool concept, tight controls and gunplay, overall very fun. The sound FX were also very satisfying and polished!
DaF27 Apr 2021, 11:43
Gun mechanics, dash and effects are really fun to play with, I was confused if there is or not a quit button/menu, had to Alt+F4 out of it
Ayxh
Ayxh27 Apr 2021, 11:46
Great visuals! Nice movement and controls. I had a fun time playing your game :smile:
aDaxxas27 Apr 2021, 11:53
Impressive ! The gunplay & dash feels very nice and the game looks very polished, maybe restarting the current level instead of going back could have been a little bit better, but it doesn't stop you from finishing the game anyway
NaBo36927 Apr 2021, 13:19
Perfectly executed game!
It is a fun quick paced game with a lot of fun mechanics which made ever level a challenge. And the fact that you go down a level when you die makes it a lot more challenging!
Dyroks27 Apr 2021, 20:38
Great game! The theme is a bit stretched in my opinion, but it still fits it and the game is really fun and challenging. I especially like the mechanic where you go back to the previous level, it adds to the challenge in a good way!
Argorum
Argorum28 Apr 2021, 16:23
Great gun gameplay and visual effects, liked it!
Thijs Tak28 Apr 2021, 18:49
Cool game. I liked the style and gameplay. The levels did get harder and getting send back one level for the umpteenth time was a little bit annoying.

Good game overall.
Ezequiel9528 Apr 2021, 19:00
Awesome!! Really fun game. I played till the 10th level. I would add a pause button just to say something because it was really nice
mhorth
mhorth29 Apr 2021, 00:04
Really really cool! The sound and visual effects were perfect (dash and scene transitions how?!!?!). Thank you for making wave 11 how you did, because it definitely took me quite a few tries to get the core. I had been working on a top down shooter for months, and yours is 10x better in only 3 days. Great job!
vknauss29 Apr 2021, 20:44
Hi, I tried your Linux build but it wasn't working for me. I see the Unity load screen then the music starts but the visuals look corrupted this is what I see fullscreen
TheGamer1123211author29 Apr 2021, 20:48
@vknauss What specs does your computer have? Might be an old GPU, not sure how our shaders interact with older hardware
phi
phi29 Apr 2021, 21:02
When I start the game, the screen turns pink from the center, and then nothing happens. :( I can hear sound, but I can't do anything. Nothing is logged to the console. Any idea how to fix this?

I'm using Linux (Manjaro).
phi
phi29 Apr 2021, 21:10
@thegamer1123211 I don't have a separate GPU, just an internal graphics processor (Intel UHD Graphics 620 I think?)
TheGamer1123211author29 Apr 2021, 21:14
@phi Ahh, that's probably why then. The pink thing is the Unity error shader, and I'm guessing that your GPU sadly doesn't support some of the features that we take advantage of.
phi
phi29 Apr 2021, 21:24
@thegamer1123211 Okay, that's unfortunate. :/ Then it might be useful to add specific requirements to your description, so people don't spend several minutes trying to get something running that doesn't work ;) (or release a web version)
vknauss29 Apr 2021, 22:07
@thegamer1123211 I have a Radeon RX 580. Only 3 years old, my drivers support OpenGL 4.5 and Vulkan 1.1
Brainloaf Studio
Brainloaf Studio29 Apr 2021, 23:38
Extremely fun gameplay! I had a blast dashing around, swapping weapons, hiding behind cover, and strategizing on how to complete each level. The modifiers like extreme recoil and "gun hot potato" were awesome additions too. I'm a big fan of how the dash effect looks visually as well as how the enemies fracture as their health goes down. Really solid entry overall - well done!
LDJam user 251967
LDJam user 25196730 Apr 2021, 13:06
Nice game! I like the matrix-like feel of it, with the effects for example when you dash around.
freakrho
freakrho1 May 2021, 02:38
This is very good, I had a lot of fun
LDJam user 5109
LDJam user 51091 May 2021, 04:15
Nice and snappy which is really great! I sorta wish the enemies were a little bit easier to kill or the rifle did a little more damage. I ended up using the shotgun most of the time because it seemed to just get the work done. Otherwise, really great attempt! Well done!
gamescodedogs
gamescodedogs13 May 2021, 12:35
Cool stuff! Extremely fun and simple. Good job!
ABplayz
ABplayz14 May 2021, 13:26
Omg this is so cool i just cant tell how you made it in 2 days, its so cool man i wanna see more games that yall made pls tell like discord or somethin
Jupiter_Hadley
Jupiter_Hadley19 May 2021, 13:42
Neat game! I included it in my compilation video series of a bunch of LDJAM games!

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