Psycho Chaos

by gorr
co-authored: @sharphurt
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.90
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.71
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.56
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.31
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.04

Top-Down shooter in a psychiatric clinic

Every 10 seconds the character has a seizure and you can't shoot.

Control

[WASD] - Movement

[Left Mouse Button] - Shoot

[Left Ctrl] - Look Ahead

[Enter] - Push menu button

[Up & Down arrows] - Select menu item

Catstack Team

Gorr - Artist, Game Designer

Sharphurt - Programmer

_If you stumble upon a bug, consider it a mental disorder of the main character_

Comments13

LDJam user 2627664 Oct 2022, 09:14
Not good, not bad if you're begginer it's ok for you now. Of course you should work under balance, tutorial, sound but for the beggining it's ok
LDJam user 269161
LDJam user 2691614 Oct 2022, 20:32
So I can't use the mouse in the main menue so I assumed keyboard only game... oh no it's shooting with mouse ok
I have to either remove my hand from wasd or move my hand from the mouse to use enter button, why not just use e instead`?
Instead of using arrow keys for item selection you could use a 'cycle through' selection on f

yeah and communicate it also in the game if you use so many buttons

I liked the artstyle and the effects, nice entry!
clonze4 Oct 2022, 22:58
ahaha i was pressing control then hit W then my browser closed
Uraffululz
Uraffululz5 Oct 2022, 02:16
Good, fun idea, but the enemies are a little too "healthy", and the seizures last too long.
Graphics are good, though, and the "wobbliness" of the environment seems an appropriate feature that provides that extra bit of challenge.
Good work.
RedDote6 Oct 2022, 17:41
artstyle is good, like it
ruruie
ruruie6 Oct 2022, 17:51
Great start to a game. The enemy AI is better than ours lol. I do think this is another case this LD of the theme detracting from a game though. The ten second seizures basically just paused the game.
johanhelsing
johanhelsing7 Oct 2022, 12:41
Reminds me a lot of Extreme Violence for the amiga

Effects are cool, though the rotation made me a bit dizzy. Probably the intended experience though :P
Alex de la Cour
Alex de la Cour7 Oct 2022, 14:06
Nice pixel art, I liked the take on the theme - not being able to shoot for chunks of time is a nice twist on the genre, and I thought the almost vertigo inducing camera movement definitely suited the vibes of the game. I thought the enemies perhaps had a bit too much health considering they can only be attacked half the time.
regalias7 Oct 2022, 23:38
I like the starting screen but the game is not opening when I click to any button :(
Gorr
Gorrauthor8 Oct 2022, 05:39
@regalias hi. Try to focus game window, then press "Enter"
PhoenixofForce
PhoenixofForce9 Oct 2022, 11:36
Fun little game. The enemies could use an animation when hurt(like a red blink). Keep it up!
BayLock
BayLock11 Oct 2022, 06:11
Awesome Game. Enjoyed the overall concept and gameplay. really enjoyed the 10 seconds factor you implemented in the game. A little more work from the SFX sides would have done wonder. But still a great job keep it up. Please do check out my submission as well.
Aggrathon
Aggrathon15 Oct 2022, 10:06
Fun game! I especially like the visual changes for the seizure periods (although at first I didn't understand why I couldn't shoot). Some sound (not necessarily music) would have been nice. I also agree with a previous commenter that the enemies had a bit too much health.

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