Un-Stable

by lychee

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.23

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.40

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.11

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.22

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.80

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.25

A 2d arcade shooter made with bad clip-art! A literal interpretation of the jam theme, where you shoot down the enemy stable while avoiding the obstacles it throws at you. Get the pickups to regain health or get a stronger weapon.

Made in 72 hours for the jam! Some friends helped me brainstorm but I ended up doing most of it solo. I thought it turned out alright for what it is, if I had more time I'd have preferred to make my own graphics and music though.

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Controls:

WASD or Arrow keys: Move, Crouch, Jump

SPACE (hold): Fire

ESC: Exit

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Credits:

Music: Cxong - https://opengameart.org/content/lasso-lady-seamless-loop

Art: Clipart library

SFX: Stock sounds, Juhani Junkala - Essential Retro Video Game Sound Effects

Tags: #2d, #boss battle, #funny, #singleplayer, #unity

Genres: shooter

Tools: Unity

Comments20

LDJam user 2588636 Oct 2021, 03:23

Hah, this was actually rather good. The boss had multiple phases, the projectiles/obstacles were all different and interesting, the boss health felt like the perfect amount to where I didn't get bored but had enough time to enjoy the silliness, and the art was straight up stupid in a good way. I feel like you may as well just have all bullets always shoot to the right thought since you never would want to shoot to the left, so may as well lock it over there. But honestly did give me a good old school boss fight vibe, which I think was what you for sure were going for.

Lumbigui6 Oct 2021, 03:23

Very funny game. Make me laugh and fits the theme. Keep the good work. Good job!

Jaker6 Oct 2021, 03:27

A cowboy that shoots with his lasso :D (don't worry, I understand it is clipart). Overall, I found the difficulty to be about right. That being said, maybe the hitbox of the player could be shrunk a little? I had a hard time dodging the shotgun attack of the farmer near the end as a result. Everything else felt very fair. I beat the game on my first attempt in about 1:30.

Zapturk6 Oct 2021, 03:28

Neat idea

Zachary Granger6 Oct 2021, 03:28

Alright alright, well done on subverting the theme.
This was pretty funny, and actually fun to play. Felt tough at first, then I started being more careful with dodges and using the missiles wisely. Really fun entry!

tims6 Oct 2021, 03:28

I quite liked this.

cukeds6 Oct 2021, 03:31

Well that was hilarious. Basic movement and kinda rough enemy spam, but I loved it regardless hahaha

Big Play Ben6 Oct 2021, 03:31

haha move over Cuphead!

Zack Andre6 Oct 2021, 03:31

Very fun and silly game. I had a lot of fun with it and there is a lot of variety in enemies and different projectiles that come at you which keeps the game fresh and gives it some nice difficulty the longer the game goes on. Job well done! :)

TwistedHawk6 Oct 2021, 03:35

This game is hilarious! I love your take on the mood, and I overall enjoyed the experience! If there was one thing I wanted, it would be strafe controls. I think this game would have served well from them. Otherwise, thank you for sharing! I got a really good laugh!

Raph_Gi8 Oct 2021, 09:06

I pissed my pants lol, s/o my vegan friends.

maxds988 Oct 2021, 18:47

I liked the sound but graphic is so bad lol :) But It was really funny how that cowboy was downscaled on pressing down arrow XD

crotonyl_alcohol9 Oct 2021, 02:37

Feels simple and movement is not polished well enough. Good job anyway, Very fun to play.

Antom9 Oct 2021, 06:10

Un-Stable! Now I get it... This explains why I've seen some games with barns and farm animals :laughing:
I liked the idea that the animals and the old man try to protect their home. You did a good job!!! maybe next time you can support yourself more from your friends and create a team that helps you in different aspects of the game.

Lycheeauthor9 Oct 2021, 20:29

@antom Thank you, I had a team of 3 going into the jam but unfortunately they both bailed on me on the second day, so I had to do what I could :/

Fluorescent9 Oct 2021, 23:57

nice, the game unexpectedly has a difficulty curve that seems to be challenging in the satisfying way, I managed to beat the game on the 2nd try! It quickly gets chaotic and still fun ;)
One small suggestion may be that player doesn't actually rotate to shoot left when moving left, so that we can continue shooting. But overall a simple yet fun game.

Pierre Morreel11 Oct 2021, 10:24

This little game was actually pretty fun ! The intensity curve is rough but still make sense with the amount of life and the number of dropped aid kit. Chaos but satisfying, yet challenging !

Axonny12 Oct 2021, 10:43

A very fun game! The boss phases fit perfectly into this chaos. I liked the rocket bonus. Great work.

lima victor12 Oct 2021, 12:38

Is this a new cowboy dlc for cuphead? And a nice one I should say!

LDJam user 23870021 Oct 2021, 10:00

I got drawn in by the absurd thumbnail and was not disappointed! You did a great job making a really goofy game to fit the clip art you choose, and even if it wasn't a super long game, it was a lot of fun! Nice job!

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