Punch Squad by Sos

made by Sos for LD31 (COMPO)

You are controlling 4 thugs simultaneously, yet you want only one to win! Click to command all the thugs at the same time, and make sure that your guy get's the prize!
Kick grannies to get monies and gather monies but don't get kicked! Reach the Golden Trashcan and kick it too! Also, good luck!

Arrows and space to choose thug!
Click to command thugs!
Get your thug most $ to win!

Made in ~10h. My initial idea fell through completely, starting from scratch nearly 40 hours in was a good idea this time :)

Flash	http://punch.sos.gd/
Source	http://punch.sos.gd/punchsquad-src.zip
Kongregate	http://www.kongregate.com/games/Sosker/punch-squad
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=1405

Ratings

Coolness	37%	1783
Overall	3.45	305

Audio	3.24	237
Fun	3.16	485
Graphics	3.75	182
Humor	3.71	54
Innovation	3.24	468
Mood	3.23	305
Theme	3.53	655

Feedback

BarrensZeppelin

08. Dec 2014 · 03:12 UTC

Wow. Can't but love a fat Squary Bass;

kraln

08. Dec 2014 · 03:30 UTC

I don't quite get it, but I don't have to -- it's fun!

LegacyCrono

08. Dec 2014 · 03:49 UTC

This is a fun idea, I like it! Too bad it's so short :P

Drtizzle

08. Dec 2014 · 04:26 UTC

I don't know why i'm dying, but it looks and sounds great!

salmonmoose

08. Dec 2014 · 04:32 UTC

I'm not sure what's happening, or how I really contribute to the outcome?

sharp911

08. Dec 2014 · 04:35 UTC

Dont quite get it. But looks cool. However, using your mouse for everything except for choosing your char is a little confusing.

scias

08. Dec 2014 · 04:39 UTC

The humor is just my type, kind of reminds me of an old game concept i made. It's not only well made with consistent quality, you could actually call this completed. Of course there is always things you can improve on or add etc. but it looks way past the minimum viable product. So kudos to you!

Newt_

08. Dec 2014 · 04:40 UTC

Not sure what just happened, but I liked it!

madmaw

08. Dec 2014 · 04:41 UTC

Love the background music, very .... punchy. Very difficult to say, win in a deterministic way, but maybe that's the point. Is this game a metaphor for something or did I not work out the controls?

Nuclear Napalm

08. Dec 2014 · 04:57 UTC

Point & click 4P brawler??? I'm in!!!
Great idea, great implementation! Congratz!

Thommy

08. Dec 2014 · 05:07 UTC

So much juice!

Groydis

08. Dec 2014 · 05:10 UTC

I got punched by a bunch of youths once. I'd go in to more detail but it's kind of sad.

This game has it all, old people, young people, banging beats. Well Done!

mactinite

08. Dec 2014 · 05:55 UTC

Gotta love that those thug tunes!

ratking

08. Dec 2014 · 08:51 UTC

"Sos, bekannter und beliebter polnischer Spieleautor, hat auch in diesem Spiel wieder eigene traumatische Erfahrungen verarbeitet. Ein treibender Bass und niedliche Kulleraugenoptik sind effektvoll in Kontrast gesetzt und geben dem ganzen eine feinsinnige ironische Note."

Uhm, what I really wanted to say: awesome as ever! :-P

Namide

08. Dec 2014 · 11:19 UTC

Cool game with fun animations

rzuf

08. Dec 2014 · 11:31 UTC

ahAHAhahAh love it! Random fun!

Franklin's Ghost

08. Dec 2014 · 11:49 UTC

That title is great, really lets you know what type of game you're getting into. Fun to see the mayhem but sadly I kept losing my money. Can't believe you made it all in 10hrs, quite a feat.

Gamepopper

08. Dec 2014 · 12:21 UTC

Hilarious! Lot of areas for strategy and a wonderfully grim sense of humour.

regisRquoi

08. Dec 2014 · 12:46 UTC

Fun! It's really good, considering the fact that you did it in 10 hours! :)
Would have love to see it with a bit more content^^
music is nice also.
Maybe the final round gives too much money, successing the game seems a bit random because of this, but winning is not realy the point of the game I guess, so that's fine.

acerunox

08. Dec 2014 · 13:29 UTC

Wow! Great game, it's really funny and that bass!

fierysquirrel

08. Dec 2014 · 14:08 UTC

This is a crazy awesome game! hahahahaha great animations, btw

cutandreil

08. Dec 2014 · 15:27 UTC

Nice graphics.
But I'm not sure how I make my thug win...

Leo

08. Dec 2014 · 15:30 UTC

The AI you developed is much better at kicking grannies than me.

Awesome game!

mrspeaker

08. Dec 2014 · 15:37 UTC

Arrrrghh... I don't gettit'! Can I get a clarification of what's goin' on?! I'm coming back to play/rate this again - because the gfx and that tune is flippin' radical.

🎤 Sos

08. Dec 2014 · 17:19 UTC

It is not significant to comprehend what is transpiring. It is important that you have fun!

ghostinthesoft

08. Dec 2014 · 17:52 UTC

Don't really get it but the music is great !

TheMaster99

08. Dec 2014 · 20:34 UTC

I don't know if it is meant to be, but the music is painfully loud on my computer, to the point that I had to take my headset off. Neat game, though!

zompi

08. Dec 2014 · 20:40 UTC

Well, this is madness! <punch punch> Graphic is nice, good old <punch> pixel style. Music is punching (hurting) my years. I can't see any good tactic <punch punch> here, completely random. But it's fun to click <punch> some grannies... and I see you were waiting for "slaughter" theme too ;)

RevoluGame

08. Dec 2014 · 20:55 UTC

Really fun to play ! I like it !

Gandalf1209

08. Dec 2014 · 21:15 UTC

This made me chortle.

codeapparat

08. Dec 2014 · 21:25 UTC

I don't really know what's going on, but it's fun to try. :) It'd already be pretty good if it were a 48 hour project, but with just 10 hours of work that's quite impressive.

lukz

09. Dec 2014 · 01:05 UTC

It's so impressive that you made it in only 10h!

rabbit

09. Dec 2014 · 01:21 UTC

Jesus Christ that song is intense. Fun game dude. I like that the players always look at where the mouse is.

cmdr

09. Dec 2014 · 02:52 UTC

this was fun! I'm not exactly sure what just happened but /i like it :)

Raptor85

09. Dec 2014 · 03:03 UTC

as usual with sos's games, i have no idea what just happened but loved every minute of it.

error031

09. Dec 2014 · 03:04 UTC

Graphics are great, and gameplay very interesting.

pjchardt

09. Dec 2014 · 04:22 UTC

Great graphics and sound! I felt like I did not have much control over what happened, but had fun doing it :)

hogtrick

09. Dec 2014 · 14:35 UTC

Awesome idea. Loved the game. Everything in the game is nice to see.

kacperski1

09. Dec 2014 · 15:33 UTC

The game could be so cool if it was made in a longer time. But it's still great, and that music kicks ass :D

Anyway, I'm the guy who told you in reddit PM that he wants to become a pro game dev sometime. Czesc ^^

lukepilgrim

09. Dec 2014 · 16:01 UTC

great idea and feeling! the mood fits perfectly to the game idea

rnlf

09. Dec 2014 · 20:46 UTC

The music is really beefy!

I thought it was a bit irritating that the whole game is played with the keyboard but I had to click with the mouse to start it. I first thought it was broken...

Aske

09. Dec 2014 · 21:18 UTC

10 hours is pretty friggin' good going ! Well done! Good job! :)

Virtually Competent

10. Dec 2014 · 01:59 UTC

Great art and music! I couldn't quite understand what was going on with the gameplay at first, but I won so I must have figured it out. :P

Mechamew

10. Dec 2014 · 06:40 UTC

Awesome! Felt like a part of Escape from New York with grannies! Humour, graphics, audio - all great!

kill0u

10. Dec 2014 · 12:31 UTC

I'm not sure I understand what's happening.. :D

deepnight

10. Dec 2014 · 12:43 UTC

A very cool entry :) My only grief is about the way the thugs move toward the target point. Right now, you probably have something like "if( x < targetY ) x+=speed". The problem is that this won't make your thug follow a straight line between start point and target.

I would switch that to a x+=Math.cos(ang)*speed (where ang is the angle from start to target).

Anyway, good job here, especially for a 10h entry!

🎤 Sos

10. Dec 2014 · 12:53 UTC

I know, I know! But it's meant to be this way! The thugs seem more intelligent than walking a straight line. Also, since the level is wider than taller it makes them nearly always walk diagonally then horizontally and makes all the action more visible this way!

tl;dr I did this on purpose!

Xaychru

10. Dec 2014 · 18:07 UTC

Really cool and funny, if a bit short, but I enjoyed it and it felt polished for a game made in 10h!

deepnight

10. Dec 2014 · 23:05 UTC

I see :) That's fine then!
Anyway, I liked the fact that my first reaction was "how can this gameplay be interesting". Then I kept playing it for 20 minutes straight :)

matpg

10. Dec 2014 · 23:58 UTC

Great fun!
And well done animations

AdventureIslands

11. Dec 2014 · 00:32 UTC

Hmm why you need arrow keys and space to pick characters and then you play with mouse? makes no sense.

Anyway this is pretty interesting concept. controlling 4 thungs the same time can get pretty challenging especially when you need to favor one, but it's kind of fun.

Maurogik

11. Dec 2014 · 07:46 UTC

Not sure I understood how it worked but hey, it fun ! Very ice art and music too.

metalchouchen

11. Dec 2014 · 18:47 UTC

Violence :)

Sh1rogane

11. Dec 2014 · 22:47 UTC

This is really good for something made in 10 hours.

erik

12. Dec 2014 · 06:22 UTC

The super indirect controls make it really hard to accomplish anything. But it's lots of fun anyway.

Dir3kt

13. Dec 2014 · 13:44 UTC

slow motion!

PigeonsFromOuterSpace

13. Dec 2014 · 17:42 UTC

Great music (percussion sounds like from trackers for amiga old dos pc :D) and I like "crude" pixel art graphics (reminds me of playing shareware games when I was younger :)).
Can't get my head around controlling characters but it is still fun. My only complaint is that everybody should have awesome mustache like Jake.

Warboys

15. Dec 2014 · 01:45 UTC

I came last. Sadness.

Not quite sure how to really influence the outcome, but it looks, sounds and feels beautiful. And who doesn't want to kick grannies?!

zatyka

15. Dec 2014 · 04:35 UTC

I've never seen a game like it before, which is one reason why I really like Ludum Dare. I felt sort of lost while playing, and replayed it a few times. I must admit that I enjoyed just watching the game more than trying to beat/win anything.

I had to mute it after a minute or so... the bass was a bit too much for me. I love the graphics, great use of color.

Renaldo

15. Dec 2014 · 21:01 UTC

Made me feel guilty for the fun I had. The game is beautiful and I liked the music too, but controlling my character appears to be somewhat random. Maybe some old ladies' screams would had made the sound perfect.
A very fine work!

schnerble

16. Dec 2014 · 06:03 UTC

Very silly, and quite fun : ) I don't think I'm very good at it, though. Many points for originality!

asobitech

16. Dec 2014 · 19:09 UTC

so much blood.
hahahahaha.
Fun game.

DeathBySnail

19. Dec 2014 · 18:50 UTC

Kick the grannies! So lifelike!

lekochen

20. Dec 2014 · 02:18 UTC

Lol didn't quite understand the strategy but that was fun.