Bazooka guy by Wukkopi

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made by Wukkopi for LD28 (COMPO)
Had lots of personal things going on through this weekend, but still managed to get something done. Here's a small more like prototypish game, where you use your bazooka to propel yourself over obstacles. More and more skill is needed later as you can only have one shell loaded in your bazooka.

This game needs XNA 4.0 framework installed, you can get it from links above.

Ratings

Coolness 59% 3
Overall 3.24 315
Fun 3.45 145
Graphics 2.28 799
Innovation 3.14 335
Mood 2.47 699
Theme 3.10 386

Feedback

zconnelly13
16. Dec 2013 路 17:11 UTC
Wow! Surprisingly addicting. The learning curve is pretty nice too, not something you see in a lot of these games :) I got stuck and was going to screenshot to show you where, but the screen goes purple when I hit printscreen? I'm not sure why that is. Anyway the part where you're supposed to jump through a floating "ammo" and land on a single block and then jump again. My second blast / jump isn't nearly powerful enough to get me to the right place :3 great game overall!
馃帳 Wukkopi
16. Dec 2013 路 17:15 UTC
The trick is to jump and shoot simultaneously to gain extra momentum ;)
Sylence
16. Dec 2013 路 17:23 UTC
Wow this is sooo addicting :)
mruno
16. Dec 2013 路 17:24 UTC
Nice physics. Interesting idea but gets a little repetitive by the end.
Arkazon
16. Dec 2013 路 17:24 UTC
A game based on rocket jumping, awesome!

Nice concept, the single ammo aspect fits the theme but did mean that there weren't any real puzzles - you always know exactly where you need to go.

SPOILER ALERT
zonnelly13 - you need to press jump and fire at the same time, makes you go a lot further.
END OF SPOILER
@TeddyNashor
16. Dec 2013 路 21:03 UTC
"WIN!!!" arkazon had the pro tip. Really great game! simple but awesome! super glad you commit something even w/ rl issues!
Zenkerdus
16. Dec 2013 路 21:13 UTC
Played through the whole game (to the "WIN"). I would play more of this! Small visual feedback for picking ammo perhaps? Or maybe let it be, it has its charm :) Great work!
ocmu
16. Dec 2013 路 21:20 UTC
WIN!!! Nice concept, really fun.
Fadobo
17. Dec 2013 路 11:41 UTC
Super-fun mechanic! Definitely something you should build on, if you have the time!
HuntTheWumpus
17. Dec 2013 路 14:59 UTC
Very cool and fun mechanics. And very addicting. :)
aldian
17. Dec 2013 路 17:43 UTC
the take on the concept was awesome, jumping is a little hard though. Well done (:
ShellfishGames
17. Dec 2013 路 17:50 UTC
Fun and original. A good start to something bigger, I'd say. ;)
Venks
18. Dec 2013 路 04:59 UTC
Solid stuff. I've always liked rocket jumping in Team Fortress 2 so this was definitely a must play for me.
Dr. Mo
18. Dec 2013 路 05:29 UTC
This is the best interpretation of the theme I've seen so far. Good job! I hope you follow this up with a post-compo version.
JALgames
18. Dec 2013 路 17:07 UTC
Why don't you use mono. Microsoft made this new OS called "Windows 8" and they decided to mob all the XNA devs by not supporting it any longer:)
Crusable
19. Dec 2013 路 08:21 UTC
I fell out of the level.
MRvanderPants
19. Dec 2013 路 08:21 UTC
I really liked the rocket jump mechanic in this game. Horizontal jumping movement was a bit weird thou
ColonierGames
21. Dec 2013 路 12:03 UTC
Very good game! I liked it very much, played it for quite a while, unfortunately I couldn't finish it because I suck at these kind of games, but I loved it! :)
TobiasNL
21. Dec 2013 路 18:17 UTC
Pretty cool! I like the momentum thingy. My entry features the same kind of thing :]
tobbez
23. Dec 2013 路 00:54 UTC
I liked the mechanic, but it didn't get interesting until the last part (to get to "WIN").

Would have been nice if the ammo indicator was something visual on the character, rather than text in the upper left corner.

Could have used some audio.
Masadow
23. Dec 2013 路 16:37 UTC
I had a hard time to understand of things worked for optimal power but finally managed to play. Good game, I had a lot of fun ! :)
Jupiter_Hadley
04. Jan 2014 路 04:22 UTC
Nice game, thought I did get stuck :( I included this game in my Ludum Dare 28 compilation video, if you'd like to take a look :) http://youtu.be/UY85Y9qNh3Q