Ludum Dare #50compo

IRS'isnt

by thedevatlas

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.71

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.68

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.31

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.58

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.10

Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.97

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.89

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.25

Tax evasion has never been so fun! Kill as many tax agents as possible. They will catch you, but if you spend your money they can't take it right?

How to play
- Keyboard - WASD - Move, Mouse - Aim, Left-Click - Shoot, Space - Buy
- Gamepad - Left Stick - Move, Right Stick - Aim, Right Trigger - Shoot, South Button - Buy

Software Used
- Unity 2022.1.0b14.2951 / VS Code
- Audacity / FL Studio (Not really, almost got to audio)
- Krita / MS Paint

UPDATES
- 4/4/2022
- Fixed the red gem not giving the player extra time for picking it up
- Fixed the blob model in game for not having eyes vs main menu having the eyes

Ludum Dare 50 - Jacob McGowan - TheDevAtlas

Genres: action

Tools: Audacity, FL Studio, Krita

Comments18

Legolula4 Apr 2022, 21:23

Great work on those shaders! I couldn't go back to the initial hub, I keep getting game over, did I miss something?

LDJam user 2691614 Apr 2022, 21:30

I liked especially your shaders! I wasn't able to kill more than 3 tax agents, looks like I'm to bad 😄

TheDevAtlasauthor4 Apr 2022, 21:37

@legolula Thank you! The retry should take the player back to the hub. I will change the text in an update tonight to be more descriptive.

Legolula4 Apr 2022, 21:58

@thedevatlas I'll give it another go then, I thought I died and the game restarted

Snory4 Apr 2022, 22:18

Ah, after reading comments, it is much more clear. I was still trying to find out what I did wrong.

I like the overall idea of the game. Monsters reminded me Flubber with Robin Williams and the agent looked pleasant. :)

ThatRandomProgrammer4 Apr 2022, 22:23

Overall, this game was pretty funny. Made a laugh a couple of times

AlexHoratio4 Apr 2022, 22:28

lol, not a bad submission! using that shader to represent enemy HP was a good idea. however i found the diagonal text on the walls a bit hard to read. all the movements were also very slow i thought and the progression took a while too. also red gems don't yield money? :( or maybe i missed something.

anyway sorry about lots of critique lol, its a cool game :)

TheDevAtlasauthor5 Apr 2022, 03:22

@alexhoratio Good points. The red gem was supposed to yield bonus time, I just fixed the bug and itch is reuploading now (Value defaulted to the lootMult which is zero at the start, I upped it by one).

TheDevAtlasauthor5 Apr 2022, 03:23

@snory I can't unsee Flubber now... ;)

LDJam user 2345675 Apr 2022, 18:54

The title gameover misled me. I didn't understand that the money stay after come back to the main place.

I like the item purchase system, no menu, everything is in the game.

ambrits6 Apr 2022, 21:00

The enemy shaders are indeed nice! I didn't like the tutorial text on the walls and there was no feedback on the amount of money I have

ATH-AI7 Apr 2022, 02:19

Too many time buffs. I had to suicide myself for a long time before I could go back to the main hub. Reduce that or increase enemy speed or spawn rate over time and then would be more challenging. Otherwise good.

sapantaha8 Apr 2022, 04:31

I really love how you represent the HP of the enemies using the shaders. I would've played more if there was audio but that can't be helped. Also, I think the game balance is a bit off. I actually have to purposely die so I can go buy upgrades.

NeneChico8 Apr 2022, 18:04

46 bleu gems but I was unable to sped them. love the creatures walking

niterich9 Apr 2022, 20:50

I think the core gameplay is fine and the graphics are very well done, but the difficulty is waaaaay too low. Even on the highest setting I could easily outpace any damage I took. I think reducing the time the red gems give from 10s to just 1s could make each round end much quicker

awsumpwner2710 Apr 2022, 06:46

Oh man, the loot multiplier is overpowered! It's pretty crazy to go from struggling to collect 100 gems to accidentally earning tens of thousands of them. I figured at some point I'd lose some of it, but as far as I can tell, you get to keep it all. I know this would be a pretty substantial change, but it'd be neat if part of the challenge would be buying upgrades in the midst of combat. Also, I got a kick out of some of the writing. Cool game.

Huitre10 Apr 2022, 18:48

It's always to have upgrades to purchase! Also, good idea to use your shader to show the health of the enemies. The challenge could be higher though, and more punchy shooting effects would help to feel your power going up!

Silurus15 Apr 2022, 13:13

the way agents decay is cool, I like the physics of the chairs and the table.

It's a shame to have to die to return to the lobby

Good job

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