Rough Day At The Office by liniix

made by liniix for LD32 (COMPO)

CONTROLS:

W/A/S/D - move
Arrow Keys - shoot

//////Information about the Game//////
You play as an office worker, who is abducted by aliens and is trying to fight his way off the ship, using his trusty stapler.

- I made this game using a simple engine I built using Java/LWJGL in the months leading up the Ludum Dare.

//////Information about Me//////
I am currently in high school but I love programming so I thought this would be a fun test of skill. It was an exhausting 48 hours, and unfortunately I didn't get as much done as I wanted but I proud of what I accomplished.

/*! IF YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS RUNNING THE GAME! !*/
- update your java

Windows	https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qyde7gbzs8cuued/AAB7Cs5yv6xY420mBaLuMUS_a/Rough%20Day%20at%20the%20Office.exe?dl=0
OS/X	https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qyde7gbzs8cuued/AABFZScbcGYfHOEta-hngKH_a/Rough%20Day%20at%20the%20Office.jar?dl=0
Source	https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qyde7gbzs8cuued/AAA8CeNVGP_hmbGrld7hutqFa?dl=0
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=43267

Ratings

Coolness	47%	1383
Overall	3.00	704

Fun	3.04	560
Graphics	3.04	558
Humor	2.76	522
Innovation	2.44	956
Mood	3.05	450
Theme	3.04	798

Feedback

Tim C

20. Apr 2015 · 20:08 UTC

Not working for me, sorry.. I downloaded the Windows exe file. When I double click, nothing happens.

IDidGame

20. Apr 2015 · 20:14 UTC

fun little game, good job!
not having health pickups makes it really difficult though

🎤 liniix

20. Apr 2015 · 20:24 UTC

I know, sorry about the no health pickups, that was actually on my list of goals but I just didn't have enough time.

Hyoga-3D

20. Apr 2015 · 20:26 UTC

Very difficult, but good entry.

kyyrma

20. Apr 2015 · 20:53 UTC

Congrats on your entry! Nice little game. I like how the staples stick around for a while after shooting them.

There are some issues, naturally. Sometimes the flying enemies can get stuck in the outer walls, which causes you to get stuck in a room. Also the music gets tiring real quick. Still, a great effort!

Jared Sartin

20. Apr 2015 · 21:33 UTC

Awesome that this is built on your own engine! Keep it up.

guigrillo13

20. Apr 2015 · 21:33 UTC

I had some real fun playing this!!!
Congratulations!!

Phil Strahl

20. Apr 2015 · 21:47 UTC

While I have to agree that a stapler *is* unconventional, there's nothing about it's characteristics in the game mechanics, perhaps only that it takes quite a number of hits for the aliens to die. The music look is simple but, suprisingly!, not annoying, the different enemies I encountered so far are nice and varied (the UFO being quite interesting!). Health pickups would have been nice, also some kind of mini-map would have helped me (personally) because I think I just went around in circles not quite knowing where to go or what to do.
Overall a nice little top-down shooter with the usual mechanics, but still fun for a while :)

SilentNight

20. Apr 2015 · 22:56 UTC

The use of theme isn't really there but the concept of the game is fun. Theres just some really crippling bugs like enemies leaving the room and forcing me to have to restart the game. I wish the stapler had some sort of more unique mechanic to it to use the theme better.

Leandrus

20. Apr 2015 · 22:56 UTC

Good game, i like it.
thanks for sharing.

Sublustris

22. Apr 2015 · 17:07 UTC

Lovely colors!

HolyBlackCat

22. Apr 2015 · 17:08 UTC

I can't launch it too, nothing happens when I double click the file.

Yakka

22. Apr 2015 · 17:11 UTC

Wow, very impressive! A little Binding of Isaac, well done! :)