The Mail(gun) man

by kaijiro
co-authored: @okkolobr
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.83
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.94
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.63
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.98
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.59
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.59
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.61
Deep in the dark offices of the LudumDare headquarters, we heard you ...
WHAT ? AGAIN ? A boring theme ? We can't allow this for an other LudumDare ! We have to warn the people that original theme are made to take risks (all themes are made to take risks but heh, let's be fun !).

Get on board the LDTruck and be the Mailgun-man !
With your minigun, shoot your leaflets to encourage to vote for original themes for LD54 !

Controls :
Use your mouse to move the camera, left click to shoot leaflets.
Genres: shooter
Tools: Unity

Comments15

kromeboy
kromeboy2 May 2023, 11:24
Real fun game with an important theme :-D
Sean Atterbury4 May 2023, 00:19
This game had me cracking up. Fantastic job, I really liked the 3D design and I certainly did not expect a rail shooter! Good job!
Brusi
Brusi4 May 2023, 19:35
Game was fun and funny :) Obviously a mailman's goal is to deliver as many packages regardless of the recipient!
A good implementation of the theme, and cute simple art.
chrissx24 May 2023, 22:50
I thought that was pizza until very end :D.
Gametrodon4 May 2023, 23:29
The mini-gun is quite fun, but I wish I could tell when I was getting hits, either sound, or hitmarker, or something. It was definitely fun to shoot things though, I just wish there was better feedback.
Kitira
Kitira5 May 2023, 11:52
Cool game! It wasn't always clear to me if I had hit or not, but mail-shooting with the minigun was the most fun anyway ^^
Zyrus
Zyrus13 May 2023, 09:04
RATATATA! >:D
Savidiy13 May 2023, 09:49
Funny. Perhaps it would be more fun to see a hit in the box - flying numbers, an increasing box or something like that. You can also add pedestrians or obstacles that prevent shooting.
Beeb GameCodeCompany
Beeb GameCodeCompany14 May 2023, 19:31
I agree, I would've liked to see something that says you hit the mailbox. I also didn't reach any "Full Boxes" but I went twice and got my highest score. I think you chose the right music that fits the gameplay, nothing more hardcore then delivery papers with music like that lol.
MasterProject
MasterProject14 May 2023, 19:46
Yep, I agree with the others - I'd have appreciated if there were some feedback regarding whether I hit the boxes or not, and also making the scoring system a bit more clear. That said, considering this was one of your first forays into 3D games, this was a quite decent entry.
fabula_rasa14 May 2023, 20:34
Music is very much up my alley :metal: I really enjoyed your interpretation of the theme - made me laugh.

The game plays well, and I didn't run into any bugs. Could use a bit more player feedback. Some animation (simple flashing would already add a lot) when the mailbox is successfully hit, some pop-up when you manage to fill-up the box and such. If you felt particularly fancy, you could even add some obstacles - flying birds, grandmas on bikes etc. - and take away points for hitting those. But that's polish :grin:
okkolobr
okkolobr14 May 2023, 20:53
Thank you all for your feedbacks. The next three items on our todo lists were :
- the forbidden boxes, which would have remove points if hit
- feedback : having some floating point above the box and sounds when you hit it. little flag on boxes should have rised up when box filled up
- overheat of the gun
Looks like we were on the right track !
Grommit
Grommit14 May 2023, 20:55
Forget snail mail, this is rail mail!!
LDJam user 24297115 May 2023, 01:38
Just fun and satifying shooting all those boxes. Reminds me of paperboy.

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