Badass Inc by deepnight
You are an assassin. The badass ones. But for your new contract, your clients want you to kill your target in an “unconventional” way. Corporate bullshit.
Badass Inc is my tribute to Blade Runner, Another World & Flashback.
I almost didn't make it for the 48h compo, so I had to rush a few things. The game is rather short, I guess this time it was definitely TOO MUCH for one single person. That's probably the last time I create something this ambitious for the LD :)
Also, please tell me about any English mistake you find in the game! I was too exhausted to check everything & write properly.
UPDATED: I fixed a few typos in the game + fixed a rare crash
Badass Inc is my tribute to Blade Runner, Another World & Flashback.
I almost didn't make it for the 48h compo, so I had to rush a few things. The game is rather short, I guess this time it was definitely TOO MUCH for one single person. That's probably the last time I create something this ambitious for the LD :)
Also, please tell me about any English mistake you find in the game! I was too exhausted to check everything & write properly.
UPDATED: I fixed a few typos in the game + fixed a rare crash
| Play (Flash) | http://deepnight.net/games/badass-inc/ |
| Source | http://deepnight.net/files/games/ld32-badassInc/source.zip |
| Timelapse | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzvhHp47Vqk |
| Read the post-mortem | http://deepnight.net/badass-inc-post-mortem/ |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=2982 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 44% | 1566 |
| Overall | 4.35 | 2 |
| Audio | 4.04 | 33 |
| Fun | 3.84 | 70 |
| Graphics | 4.83 | 1 |
| Humor | 4.14 | 18 |
| Innovation | 3.12 | 546 |
| Mood | 4.38 | 7 |
| Theme | 3.68 | 278 |
Compared to previous games the game is pretty short, but that is understandable given how time consuming adventure game creation must be. Actually surprised you took this route again, I recall with Memento XII you noted the adventure part was more time consuming than you expected.
Fun references, nods to Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island at least?
awesome entry. Loved it. The scanline effects, retro feeling, shooting style and Pn'Click revival. Awesommme !
Congrats!
Had a laugh at the ending.
Also pretty funny :p As good adventure game should be.
Brought back many happy adventure game memories. Thanks man!
loved the fight scenes.
great humor.
thanks.
Would have like alt ending with choice, the current one shows a bit too much what I guess are your personal feelings wrt the theme :)
I wish it was longer.
I wish the puzzles were less straightforward.
I wish there were several endings (maybe they are but I didn't find them)
I wish the combat system was deeper
I wish a lot of things, and that only mean I would really love to play a "full-lenghth" game based on this. And by full lenghth I mean something like a 1 hour game instead of a 15mn game. You made this in 48h? It would take you a month to make something really great people would buy.
Loved the Lucasarts references too. Thanks!
You're asking us to point out any English mistakes, so let me point out that in the first Textbubble there is a typo (should be his)
"What was is name again?"
I hope you'll turn this in a full-featured (maybe commercial) game - I really want to know what all those cops where doing here! :)
The graphics were gorgeous, it was funny and the end twist was a really cool touch !
A small typo: "Thank you-r- for playing" ;)
A bit of action is always welcome in a point&click :)
I was surprised by the music mood, i was expecting a Deus Ex style but this one fits well with the character.
My favourite Point&click is still Memento, but this one is very cool too! (you did not like the theme didn't you? xD )
Being able to do flashback-like gunfights brought back good memories!
The story is enticing and definitely made me want to get to the end. I had a hell of a time finding the fuses, though.
Next jam I challenge you to go ultra happy rainbow sweet.
I'll do the opposite, and make a dark brooding game! =)
Keep up the wonderful work, and please never leave Ludum Dare.
Ludum-tek is such a bother with its unconventional method, right!
I don't even know what to criticize. Yeah, it's short, but so's the compo. Great vertical slice. This could turn into a series of vignettes where the assassin has to complete more and more unreasonable assassination puzzles which all end with a gunshot anyway.
Only a couple of typos I could see (since you asked):
"You notice a woman perfume" <-- "woman's perfume"
"washbassin" => "washbasin"
"cigaret" => "cigarette"
"what its name again" => "what is its name again"
"shitiest" => "shittiest"
Also neat take on the theme ^^
Also, since you asked, here's your typo: "You usually prefers a very direct approach." :P
Loved the combat system and the graphics are way cute.
Very well done!
Amazingly well done!
I bow to you sir ^^
One little thing I noticed: The sounds were pretty loud compared to the background music.
5 star!
Graphics and sound are just amazing for 48 hours, gameplay is great. One of my favourites so far for sure!
Nice mood graphics and sound.
I got stuck after poisoning the food :(
That was awesome from beginning to the end.
You definitely have to continue this.
Took me a while to notice the blue particle effects were designed to draw my attention to interactive objects, a nice tough though! I'm not sure the combat worked particularly well, it was very well presented and nice looking but it felt fairly RNG dependant on whether a dude would instantly shoot when vulnerable or instantly move back to a defensive position after shooting and so on. It's great that you added this much variety in such a short time but I think this was the weakest part of the actual gameplay.
The puzzle solving was pretty simple, there's not a massive amount of 'game' here but what is here is very, very well executed!
Fantastic game. ・ᴗ・
Nice humor, awesome visuals, and it's a point and click. Perfect... Bordeaux rules once again
I'd love to see you take something like this further.
I very much appreciate the ambiance, graphic design, the gun fights and the humor!