good game but it was really hard for me to dodge the sticks thrown to me. cool sounds.
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Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Enjoyment | #18 | 3.679 | 3.679 |
Presentation | #18 | 3.929 | 3.929 |
Overall | #21 | 3.652 | 3.652 |
Use of the Limitation | #22 | 3.429 | 3.429 |
Concept | #34 | 3.571 | 3.571 |
Ranked from 28 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Team members
This game was made by programmers Justin Chartier and John Day of SAWD Games in collaboration with artist luisdenpixel.
Software used
Godot 3.5.1, GIMP, MS Paint, Aseprite
Use of the limitation
In this game your score is turned into cash that is used to increase your gang's numbers and health.
Cookies eaten
About 10.
Comments
Very fun to play. I don't know you can farm the trash can at the start for more money, I had a bit struggle at first vs police. Penny is kinda OP. There also a bug where 1 character in the gang got hit and stun while the others keep going and go of the camera.
Awesome idea! The art was great and the gameplay was really polished!
Honestly, I feel a bit like I'm part of a terrorist cult after playing the game... but it was fun. Really great music and fun but simple gameplay.
awesome game! I like the cool pixel art and the action packed music which brings depth to the game, the mechanic is straightforward , shoot the enemies to gain score to recruit additional members of the gang, at first I always got hit by the stick thrower, but got to get more gang members, overall I enjoyed playing! congratulations! keep it up!
It would be great if enemies were randomly generated. Then the walkthrough would have required me to do more than 5 runs to warm up the city. I liked the graphics, the hiring system, the possibility of choosing the level of difficulty at the expense of farming. Nice small game.
Love this entry! The art and music is great, and it's my favorite gameplay of jam. Enjoyed the upgrades and don't think the scaling was too bad for a jam game - it takes a few tries before rolling through with 20 Penny :)
Only issues i had were the fire audio as mentioned below, and it seems the main menu did not work after restarting a finished game.
Loved the retro pixel art and the team-building aspect. I ended up loading up on a team of 20 chefs and burning down the entire town with pizza lol.
The game was really fun and I enjoyed the funding mechanics. It did have a problem when I could just get the first two trash cans and build my gang.
Really enjoyed the sense of progression with the upgrade system. Very fun game. My one suggestion would be to have the camera more out ahead of the players so that it's easier to see what's coming up on the right side of the screen.
Nice art and music, I wished for a bit of animations and that the more you uprgade your gangsters the more expensive the next purches would become. Even still realy cool and unique thing you got there
This was interesting as a concept. Really enjoyed it. One of the more outstanding interpretations of warmth, really liked that.
Just one note, if I may: Be carefull with the sound.Play() method calls. With a big gang, the sound stack onto each other and getting even louder the more calls on the same sound are made. This can lead to an ear killer mid- to lategame. Either install a limiter at the end of the signal chain (controlled by the mixer) or check in the code, if that sound is already playing and deny further sound calls of that type until its play is done :)
But that's only one tip as a cherry on the top. You people made a great work. I couldn't find any bugs. I got used to play several rounds and made my win with the baddest gang in the city. Thank you for sharing this experience :)
Great Mechanics, Great Art, Great Music, Great Game. Well done guys!
Fun game. So cool having characters with different attacks to buy. I Invested in the Chief and Penny guy, and it was a walk in the park.
Would have been even cooler if there was some kind of feedback when you hit something, but yeah there isn't enough time in mini jams for all the little stuff. The art is so neat though.
A very enjoyable game overall. Good job.
Great game! is a little hard to dodge the sticks and there is a bug where when you buy a lot of gangsters and attack, it sound all at the same time and it's really painfull to the ears.
I enjoyed it tho!
Interesting game, I liked the visuals. The projectiles are a little bit fast though so it's hard to react to the cops! I kept dying to the first one and since you die in one hit before you buy anyone it ends up being pretty punishing.
Good game, and the enemies from the get-go are a solid challenge (for me at least lol). I wasn't able to make it very far, but I think your game looks nice and plays smooth! That menu music will forever be burned into my brain haha. For a game with such a fast turn-around, it might be a good idea to make the music a little less in-your-face. Good work!
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