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A jam submission

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Can you fight off the evil chickens on a runaway train?
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Fun#10513.2083.208
Presentation#14323.3133.313
Overall#15603.1043.104
Originality#17173.2293.229

Ranked from 48 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
note:we did not make the train or the train wissle noise but that is it You are on a train, which gives you less control over movement", and there are also crazy chickens and a train that is out of control.

Did your team create the art for this game during the 48 hour time slot?

Yes

We created all art during the game jam

Did your team create the audio for this game during the 48 hour time slot?

Yes

We created all audio during the game jam

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Submitted(+1)

Dang that's hard. but a fun shooter non-the less. Fun take on the theme and funny idea. Thanks!

Developer

sorry it was hard for you! thanks for playing

Submitted(+2)

Oh I love this! It's completely nonsensical but it's great, it gave me a good chuckle. Something about the way those chickens are just standing there T-posing, the quiet little noises they make, the random massive ones and lines like 'the train has crashed you can tell by the animation.' 

Game jams need games like this, it really puts a smile on your face. 

Developer

culture 100

Submitted(+1)

I just rated your nice game! Thank you very much for watching the stream yesterday!
I would appreciate it if you could check out my game too!

Developer(+1)

already did I laughed you can find the vod on my youtube and or twitch just kklewi for the name on both

Submitted(+1)

Sorry for that! I just pasted the comment without checking 😅. You were actually the first one ever to play my game on-stream. Thank you very much for watching my stream!

Developer

no problem

Submitted(+1)

Quite possibly the weirdest implementation of "you can't stop moving".    When the game started and I saw the first chicken on the track I almost spat out out my coffee.   Well implemented and decent shooter on rails, if midly insane in the "story" department :D    Excellent fun with the theme :)

Developer

 thanks

Submitted

That was certainly quite the experience to play through. It was a strange concept, but in a good way! So many times, I ended up just staring down a mega chicken because I was too busy reloading to be able to actually get rid of it. The visuals of the game are pretty dang nice, the sound design was pretty good, overall just a neat game! Nice work!

Developer(+1)

thanks

Submitted

It's indeed not easy to cooperate as such a large team. Good job!

Submitted

Dude that was fun!! I love the thrilling feeling of not being in control of the movement of the train, and yet you know where you're going next. It's the feeling of the inevitable, yet you're still in control of movement and firing, and which shot goes where. THIS is how the theme was meant to be: out of control yet still fair!

I love the music, props to your sound designers and composers! The music is fitting and hilarious, and perfectly matches the gameplay.

I really enjoyed shooting down T-posing chickens. I asserted my dominance over them. The art style is pretty good too, I like the simplistic shaders. I guess the environment could use some more details but then again, only 48 hours ;)

I liked the gameplay, and there was quite a bit of challenge! Again, it's a challenge not being in control of the train's movement, but giving the player individual movement makes it feel fair. Most of the games in this jam have nowhere to go next, making really dead-end games, but this could definitely go far post-jam, especially with the amount of talented people working on it :) I could easily see this being a multiplayer game as well, with some people defending the rear of the train, etc.

And finally good work to management! I'm a solo dev and I can't imagine trying to come up with a cohesive idea among 11 people in 48 hours. That's impressive in and of itself, and I think your team could make some outstanding adjustments to this in the future.

Good work to your whole team! Is it your first game jam for any of you? It's my first one so I figured I'd ask :)
 ...and also if you could check out my game I would be super happy :P

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Developer

I will check your game

Submitted(+1)

I kinda expected a bit more when I saw that 11 people were involved !

Developer(+1)

Large teams are a blessing and a curse, it's easier to make content but it's also harder to manage and sometimes problems (particularly coding) arise when compared to a smaller team, which is usually manageable when there's no time limit, but in the context of a game jam it could also become a huge mess.

Thanks for playing our game!

Developer

yeah I know but it was a night mare to manage

Submitted(+1)

Great jam game, full of humor and simple enough to pick up and play. I can tell you had a lot of fun making it, which is good cause I had a lot of fun playing it! Well done!

Developer

thanks

Submitted(+1)

I can't play your game sorry because I have Oculus software installed. UE4 forces my oculus software to open and crashes when I press play.

Developer

Yeah were going to continue development soon and we don't know why it triggers vr software. Another player said they had the same problem. Were hopefully gonna try and fix it in the next versions

Submitted

Yeah sounds great! I think there is a tickbox somewhere in UE4 to disable VR

Developer

I will try to do that 

Developer

sorry to hear that

Submitted(+1)

really solid game! Awesome graphics for a 2 day jam!

Developer

thanks

Submitted

Great game! The graphics are pretty good! But I thought the game was a little too heavy. I was downloading the game for 10 min. But the idea is pretty good. Overall a great game! It makes me go YES!

Developer

yes

Submitted

Now I wasn't expecting that XD non the less I enjoyed it great entry! 

Developer

thanks

Submitted

My sad little laptop couldn't run the game at a frame-rate above 1FPS, but it looks fun.

Developer

sorry to here that I will try to optimize it a bit

Submitted(+1)

love the chicken's poses haha

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Developer(+2)

t p o s e

Submitted(+1)

Found this from the google doc:

Great job this was fun it took me three tries before I figured out I shouldn't be as careful w my shots as I have been being.

Loved the joke on the death screen and the play on words at the end well done.

The hit markers was a great touch btw.

Submitted(+1)

I found it hard to see the chickens over the (light?) on the front of the train. I can absolutely see this being tons of fun with a little post-jam polish.

Developer

Have you tried to move? You can move a little bit with WASD while on the train to get a better view!

Thanks for playing our game! :)

Submitted

Yes, I did move, to get a better view

Developer

Thank you! We are planning to continue development after the voting ends. We will take your feedback into the final game. :)

Submitted(+1)

Glad to hear it! I'm certain this will be some great chaotic fun.

Submitted(+1)

Pretty nice FPS

Submitted(+1)

Short but fun! Would love to see what the game could become given more time and more tomfoolery!

(+1)

I love the trailer and the cuckling of the tune. I couldn't play it, damn my internet is super bad :( 

Developer

:( sorry to here that hope you get a chance shameless is my name but um good luck if you submitted I will rate

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