Wow the graphics for this look amazing. The gameplay reminds me of the quickdraw minigame from Nightmare in Dreamland. The concept is fun and cute and is a more unique approach to the theme. Love it.

Brilliant! Really polished - right down to the detail of shooting before the bell. It's great that it lets you do it, and then 'forfeits' you rather than, say, just resetting.

Could use a little more fanfare when you win overall (I like my fanfares...) but really, really good game. :)

(Oh and bonus points for interesting interpretation of the theme!!)

Great job. Nice and tight and simple.

I enjoyed this A LOT, nice graphics, nice polish and pretty cool mechanics!

Nice graphics and simple gameplay.

The graphics and art is lovely. I think your opponent could of drawn faster though. It might work well as a 2 player game. Great work!

Great polish, nice graphics, but it took a while to figure out what I had to do (even with the instructions).

GREAT job... so much polish. Love the silhouette effect when someone gets shot, love moving the cursor up to cock my gun...

I had a lot of fun playing this. I want a multiplayer version. Kinda like the divekick of shooters.

I love this so much that it's not even fair. Love the setting and concept. Clever play on the LD theme. And what an execution! Fantastic.

This is a great use of really simple mechanics. At first I was leaving the box too fast to notice the text telling me not to, and I was confused by my shameless cheating. But then I figured it out and had a lot of fun with it :)

Love all the different characters, and the shooting mechanic is fun :D

Great graphics, great idea. Nice to see someone do another interpretation of the theme. Needs sound!

Great game! Nice graphics and original approach of the theme. Keep working on it with more challenging ennemies for example, and it could be an awesome game.

awesome! :) really enjoyed this one!

Haha, you can shoot their hats off! Great little detail!

I really liked it!

However, sometimes they seem to miss completely even though had the cross hair over the head? Is this a bug or am I missing something?

@rasmusrn the shots have a random chance to scatter depending on how long you've waited to "steady" your aim (you can tell by the size/colour of the crosshair, big/red=huge scatter, medium/yellow = moderate, small/green=on target). Enemies have a similar random scatter, but based on their skill level, getting more accurate and faster with each round.

Waiting longer will give you a much more accurate shot but at the risk of being shot yourself. Shooting earlier is much more random, but can sometimes "panic" your opponent into completely messing up their shot (especially at lower levels).

what a nice game you have made here! I like it! The first few times i played i turned around right away and shot them in the head XD. I lost the round, but won the war!

Simple gameplay, original and with beautiful graphics. I think that I saw a couple of "duelist" games being made for this Ludum Dare. It'd be even better with a faster game pace but I guess you have to stick to the "10 seconds" theme.

This was a pretty good game jam game. The graphics were pretty cool, and the gameplay was pretty fun. My one major problem was that it kept on suspecting me of foul play, and I didn't know why. Also, it didn't really meet the theme, cause the rounds were always less than ten seconds.

Lovely game! Simple, fun and addicting. What more can you ask? :)

@Impmaster: once you click on the icon to start the duel, you need to keep your cursor inside that area until your character makes their ten paces until you can legally fire. You can tell when it's time as a tone will sound and the cursor changes.

As for meeting the theme, the characters themselves are the theme, as there's ten of them and they're all "seconds", duellists appointed to stand in for their respective challengers. It's an old duelling term.

What can I say?
Best LD27 so far
Incredible graphics, nice sfxr-like sounds, addicting gameplay (can't stop playing xD), hilarious names and so on
Oh.. and unbelievably polished for 48h parameters, this is just amazing.
Definetely going to be checking your site from now on. :DD

This game is genius. Simply genius. It's so simple and straightforward and yet addictive. Graphics are gorgeous and gameplay is solid.

I didn't get audio to play though, I couldn't hear the bell (running Firefox on Linux).

Also reminded me of GunBlood
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/554695

And @Morgawr, The bell is amazing.

I love the graphics, the level of polish is top notch. As for gameplay, it's simple, fun and a clever use of the theme. The overall attention to detail that it shows makes it stand out (cheating, the hats...brilliant!)

Amazing entry :D

Awesome game. Graphics reminds me style of River City Ransom.

I love this game. Only thing I miss is some kind of progression - XP earning, evolving your character ;)

I really like! It's a nice idea and well implemented, but it's quite easy to win.

@Morgawr: I didn't have the time to test Firefox sadly, sound is tested working on Chrome though. Might be worth trying the GameJolt version in case it's an issue with my server. Native linux support will hopefully be coming for a later version.

That was fun! :D The graphics are looking good.
It's ways too easy, though.

Really interesting take on the theme.

A lot of fun, and beautiful sprites. The game looks great.

Sound doesn't work at all in Firefox on Mac, but it works great in Chrome...
Great game though :)

I think it's too easy.

Thoroughly enjoyed this, could have done with a couple more difficult enemies though. Excellent polish.

Smooth and fun gameplay, and nice graphics!

Wow, this is an insanely polished game. Really amazing job on this one.

Wow that art is amazing, also love the game, could be super fun if multiplayer, would love to see a post-compo version :)

I had this as second idea but it would never have been this polished and looking so good.
Great little game, love to see it with vs. Player in the future.

Great graphics and neat gameplay. Would have like more content, does not perfectly fit the theme IMHO

Nice game, awesome details, but where are the 10 seconds?

Funny game, great graphics. The text boxes went away a bit too quickly sometimes.

Very nice, love the graphics.

Love the art! They are so cute I can't kill them.
Concept is fresh too. Very short though.

This is one of the better games i've seen in this contest. However one or to things stand to mind. The gunshots are far too loud. Head-shots are apparently the way to end everything as the AI is far too slow for anything else. Also when he AI does wizen up it kills with no exceptions.However I'm currently on my third play-though, so it's still awesome.

Really cool game. Wish there were more levels/variation. Beautiful graphics and effects.

Very cool ! Amazing Graphics !

Fantastic art. The concept is fun and executed well. I would like to see either difficulty levels or perhaps an endless mode where you opponents get progressively harder. The accuracy mechanic feels a little unfair to the player, since the enemies don't seem to have a similar system.

The theme seems a bit loosely interpreted, but the 10 paces vs. 10 seconds actually feels fresh after playing so many 'finish the level in 10 seconds' games.

The sound effects are great, but the atmosphere could be greatly enhanced with a couple of short music loops - a title theme, a round end theme (possibly with win, lose,e and draw variations) and a game over victory/defeat theme would add a lot of character to the game.

If you have no musical inclination, I may try to whip something up for you in the next couple days, as I really like what you've got so far and would be happy to collaborate, if you're interested.

Well done!

Just saw your explanation of the theme in another comment, changing my 'theme' rating to 5. Got to love that wordplay. :)

The art is wonderful. The game was a bit lacking, it's too easy and short. Still, nice work!

Funny, great idea for a short game. The graphics are great, and the characters have a lot of charisma, great work!

Not bad, it's pretty fun.

Nice pixel art! Took me a moment to figure out to keep cursor on enemy to decrease spreading. Otherwise this was well done! great shooting mechanics.

Great game, it's as simple and effective, as a gun shoot :D

Yeah! This game is really good fun! I love the attentiion to detail with the shots in some cases, I won't spoil the bit with Jack the bastard of course. Sound effects gel well with the look, nice character designs, really fun little game!

Shooting their hat off is both satisfying and annoying. Good fun game.

Nice graphics and mechanics.
A bit repetitive after some duels.

Well executed, good concept, nite graphics. A good game !

Pretty graphics. Although it may have ran too slow for me. That, after paying attention to the instructions, it felt like I had no idea what I was doing.

I had a lot of fun playing this! The little details like shooting hats off really counts!
To make it a little harder, I only count a win if the opponent got his shot off before being killed.
I don't think I've seen this duel game mechanic anywhere before, did you come up with it?

@Dooleus: I was thinking of some music stings along those lines, but ran out of time to do anything decent. I'm fairly musically inclined but would be interested in hearing your take on it.

@theholychicken: it's not copying anything that I'm aware of (there may well be something similar I've missed, or something I've played in the past that I've since forgotten about, but I think it's fairly original).

I'm taking on board the criticism here for the next release version. It's too easy to cheese the duels at the moment, so I'll definitely be adjusting that a bit. Players can't currently misfire, but I think I'll re-jig that so they have a moderate chance to with a red crosshair, diminishing as the crosshair narrows. Return fire needs to be a bit more random as well.

Planned additions include a betting system and "skill shots". With the betting system, you can pay to have enemies miss their shot, or take a bribe to throw matches yourself. You'll also be able to wager money on the outcome of each round. Skill shots will let you earn a 2x cash bonus for making a specific non-lethal shot on your opponent (randomized each round), at the risk of leaving your duellist open to return fire. I want to try and encourage a bit more strategy in the gameplay rather than just aiming "centre mass" and hoping for the best.

The new main gameplay mode will probably be an endless duel mode with character permadeath, where the objective is to reach a set cash target with at least one character left standing, still using a starting team of five.

Other features possible down the line include a light upgrade/levelling system, a roster of duellists to hire from and persistent injuries from non-lethal wounds that can heal with cash or time.

It is really fun! For such a small game it is pretty intense. A multiplayer version would be really enjoyable if it were possible.

I've played a lot of shooters, but this felt very gruesome, very real, for some reason. I didn't want to kill my comrades... even if they are on the other side of the team.

Anyway I loved every bit of it, it's very well polished for such a short development period, I hope you can expand this into something even better! Have you considered a mobile version?

This is so cool, I played it for ages. It's very satisfying to win a duel with a headshot. I knocked a guy's hat off once too. Whole game is finished off with fantastic graphics too, nice work

Wow, really good game! congrats!

Nice, simple game and some great graphics. I love being able to shoot the hat off the other dude's head.

So simple yet so much fun!

Great fun! Sound didn't play on my PC, web version. Not sure if the later duels were harder, didn't seem like it got more difficult. Liked that you can tie. Too much fun to cheat, lol

@Zero0Kelvin it seems to have trouble with firefox especially, Chrome should work okay (or the native windows version). I'll try and get that fixed for the next version. It gets a little trickier as it goes on, enemies draw a little faster, miss their shots a lot less often and can't be panicked into firing early as easily. It's a fairly steady increase, but I suppose even at level 5 it's still pretty easy.

An awesome, simple and interesting game. That game shows how Ludum Dare looks like with the top sides.

Holy crap. First 5 star from me.

Sound didn't work for me on the web version, otherwise this is terrific, love the artwork.

I just had to play a fellow duelist's game ;). The graphics are very well drawn and the game seems well polished. The death/shooting silhouettes work well and the sound effects fit with the 8-bit theme. I'd love to hear a fanfare when you win too! Well done.

I am incredibly glad that you can shoot the hats right off your opponents. Not that I ever did it on purpose, but I could never be too disappointed in a loss against a hatless enemy.

Excellent game. Took me two reads of the summary to understand the play on the theme, but when I got it, it made me happy. Cheers

this is a amazing game please make more

Head shots AND hat shots? Love it.

I quite like what you did with this. Rather unconventional, but nice use of Ten "seconds" ;) The graphics are great, although I'm not sure if it's just me, but there didn't seem to be any audio.

Nice work, the graphics look really great!

Nice work here, I think it only lacks a little bit of snap during the aiming phase (see Call of Juarez 2 for reference), but it's quite interesting overall, suits the dare well.

I got no audio on webplayer. Also, I would have enjoyed having the choice of shooting in the leg or trying to talk my way out of this :D. This is one of the #LD27 games I enjoyed the most. Well done sir !

Great little game! Love the style and feel. Superb work!

Beautiful!

Love it! Very fun! And getting an headshot is strangely satisfying, so you may have something there.

That was pretty fun! good suspense building as you waiting to shoot! I'd say maybe look at adding movement like ducking jumping, could add a lot of challenge, moving target.

Incredible game! Nice graphics, good sounds and the texts were just amazing. :)

Interesting take on the theme. Had to download the game to get sound.

I played the webversion with Firefox, and no sounds at all showed up.. After that, really nice art-style, i loved how it becomes when you kill someone!

The Firefox audio problem seems to be coming from GM's new audio system requiring a WebAudio-capable browser to work correctly. I'm trying to hack something together using the legacy audio system but it's not too pretty so far. For the moment your best best is trying it in chrome or downloading the native windows version (it's a vanilla zip, no installers or anything). Apologies to anyone having trouble.

My current favorite :) Very fun !

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Good pixel art. I love the game mechanics, it's simple but fun. nice work :)

Great game! I really enjoyed the fact that it was possible to shoot before the bell rang, nice touch. I had a lot of fun playing.

Such a great game. Graphics look super, controls are easy to understand the first time around and a good challenge!

Great job, fun to play :D
The graphism are top

Overall A fun simple game hehe, I kept goin out of the box and just blasting them XD

Great game! Loved the graphics and the concept. Though it did take a little while to figure out how exactly the whole thing worked, and I dont know if it's a bug or what, but is there supposed to be audio? It says to keep the cursor in the box until the bell rings, but I never heard anything. Might be due to play the web version, not sure, but it was a little confusing but I was still able to win just by waiting until both players turned. Could be good as a 2P game, and if it maybe had some intense music.

Can't rate it less then 5, its stunning! I could play this all day long)

I really like your controls and concept. the art looks good too.

My only suggestion is to add an indicator other than sound for when to move the cursor out of the box.

Fun game thanks for making!

wow, very polished and solid gameplay.

Jolly good fun, i really like the graphics :)

My first thought for the compo was actually to use 'seconds' in this sense but I couldn't think of a way to do it. This, of course, is the way to do it! An excellent little game with great graphics and audio and a really satisfying duelling mechanic. Superb!

Well done! I even shot the hat off one, nice touch :0)

One of the most solid games that I played in this LD. Stuning graphics, really fun mechanics and all the little touches are welcome in a time restricted competition like these.

This is one nice duel simulation right there. Good job!

Very nice! I thought it was funny when the hats flew off.

Great game! everything works fantastic... Make more!

Nice gameplay mechanic and art, simple and fun idea.

Nice graphics. Cool gameplay and idea. I had fun with this. Great work.

Great idea, awesome graphics. Good job!

i thought this was good! very polished, a good concept well executed. cool game.

Nice game, nice polish, efficient concept, 100 % great job

wow -- that was a great game -- fun and great graphics -- great job!

Wow this awesome! Sweeet graphics and really well executed.

Liked the mechanics. Great spin on the duel game :D Also the art is great.

Very solid game! I really like your dueling mechanics. I've played a few dueling games this LD but this one had the most unique implementation. Also very nice art. Great Job!

nice game... is it like cheating, if i leave the box before the bell rings?

Wow, this looks astoundingly good. Gorgous pixel art and a lot of polish - at first I thought this was a jam entry, no kidding. And the attention to detail - I just shot of somebodies hat. There are gravestones from the past rounds in the background. I love it.

The sounds are perfect. It's a pity there's no music though! If you can't make some yourself or if you're in a hurry, you could use a generator like http://abundant-music.com. It's super-easy to use (after a few minutes of reading the tutorial) and has a surprisingly high quality.

The gameplay is fun too! It took me a while to understand that my aim gets steadier over time, but then I won a lot more - I was wondering why I shot the ground when I was aiming perfectly.

I love it that you actually made a "Round tied - both duelists fallen" condition. I was like WHAT HAPPENED there, haha :D

Superb job! And: Congratulations on finishing your first LD entry!

Great use of.... everything

Excellent realisation, graphics and polish !

good graphics - good idea - but which bell should ring? or is there no sound at all?

Very nice, once you understand what is going on...
Really cute graphics, good job!

Nice art, and great use of a different kind of seconds, but it'd probably increase the difficulty a bit, it wasn't very challenging

Fun game, wanted to see the shot characters collapse to the floor when dying.

Great graphics, nice use of the theme! I really enjoyed it!

Astounding graphics, great gameplay

Really enjoyed the over all mechanic of the game. Amazing amount of detail in the art as well! Thoroughly enjoyed it!

The staying inside the box thing was confusing at first, took me a while to figure out what it meant. :P
But other than that, this is an excellent entry, really polished! Graphics is amazing!

Very well done, great polish in so little time :D

Fun game, I liked the story and the simple mechanics. A little tricky when the box sometimes appears up in the sky, not sure what that's about... I thought I had to click it for the longest time.

Well-designed gameplay with difficulty that felt just right for me, and the graphics are incredibly polished. I like how the names and text complemented the setting too, it's consistent throughout. One of my favorites so far, nice work!

Very fun! And charming graphics. I loved the flavor text.

really liked the simplicity and polish

Great artwork. Very solid gameplay, good job!

This game is awesome fun, took me a few rounds to figure out which side I was on but after that I had great fun. Very good job

Fun, polished, and nice to look at :D Could have been harder though :)

Wow! Sweet graphics and an absolut great idea! Like it! Sound could be better but serves pragmatically. Some Background Music would be great.

One of the best that I played, really enjoyed it. The graphics is also great. Imagine if you countinue developing this game!

Haha, love it! Also toyed with the idea of this type of second.
A well made game, great grafix, simple but addictive i have to say :)

You're featured on Indiestatik Highlights :) Congrats !

Fantastic!

@lcarpentier: Wow, that's really cool, thanks for the heads up! I notice they mentioned the difficulty again, ah well.

The next version should be designed to give quite a bit more challenge. Not faster necessarily, but there should be a better balance of risk/reward with the new scoring systems and a longer-form game where permadeath of a team member is a much bigger deal.

With the all the attention this has been getting I've decided to go ahead and develop this one as far as I can take it and see how it goes. There should be a new non-comp version within the next few days with a lot more game to it.

Very polished :)

Very nice game!
The idea is similar to mine. But this game was polished very well unlike mine. :)
Great job!

Fire in the hole sir! - splendid!

Quite awesome, I enjoyed it a good bit!

You could have explained where we should shoot to earn points

The best entry for 48 hours i have see so far.
Very well made.

Very cool! Difficulty needs a bit of adjusting of course, but I see you're already on to it. Excited to try the post compo release!

Awesome idea!

Really great game. Had fun with it. :)

Very good game, simple yet challenging!

Really beautiful game, but the gameplay is a little bit too simple ;) Good work !
Oh, and I need music :(

Really good game! Deserves all the attention it gets! :)

I just love that style of pixel art. Entertaining lock and load mechanic, very tactile.

Are these people randomly generated??
This is such an awesome gem of a game!

Top marks all around.
++++extra marks for including women, I'm so tired of games revolving around only guys.

Thanks for this!

Nice take on loading your pistol. Game had a nice feel, good job!

Wonderful! Enjoyed it so much, great idea and, a-heh, execution.

Awesome entry! And I can cheat, hahaha!

So nice looking. You are so speedy! Also a really good game.

"Ok, ten steps away. One, Two, Thr... *BLAM* AAAARGH Traitor! Cheater! *dies*"
So much fun :D

I like the "kunio-kun" style art <3
Cheers and congrats :)

Great pixel artwork, love it!

Really cool graphics!

Awesome game!

Very good, long time I haven't play something like this

One of the best games submitted in this compo, surely one of those with great potential for further updates. Absolutely gorgeus graphics, nontrivial theme interpretation and simply fun to play. Magnificent work, sir :)

Awesome art, simple but very cool concept. I didn't wasted my time. Love it !

Great game, pretty challenging for how simple it is. I loved all the different things that could happen depending on where the bullets went. Great job and it looks like you are going for an all-time high in the Coolness rating!

Very well done. Had to disable sound due to sitting in the train so a visible indicator should be implemented.

I really like the look and feel of this game - great work! It's frustrating to lose when I had the cross-hairs spot on target but my bullet randomly goes wide then the AI takes their sweet time and scores a perfect head-shot (when I lose a game I like to know that it's my fault and not the game engine). But overall a really good game.

elegant solution to classical duel in game form. been thinking about something like this since Dishonored, but your version is better than everything I came up with so far. this could make a great coffee break multiplayer game.

This is by far the best taking on dueling games i've seen in a while. Make it multiplayer?

Nice idea and cool graphics, I like it.

This game is so well made I'd never have guessed it's a Ludum Dare entry!

Thanks again for all the feedback everyone, I'll be sure to get to your games soon too (for anyone I haven't got to yet) :)

Next version will be live this Sunday with a bunch of new stuff, you can find details and a comparison screen of the old and new versions at http://farfromsleep.com/?p=1238

The game looks gorgeous, and the duel mechanic is very cool.
I also like how each duelist has his/her own name :)

Very solid, polished work here. Congratulations on an amazing game! :D

Cool, event though the idea is simple, the gameplay is surprisingly fun. Took me a couple of rounds to understand the mechanic though. The texts where kind of fast.

Oh this is just great. Pretty graphics and cool mechanics!
I need this on mobile! Right now! DO IT. :)

@hbocao there's an android version coming :). iOS maybe later in the month.

Fantastic. Simple, fun and polished 48hours entry.

Very very very nice

I really shouldn't try playing HTML5 games on firefox... it seemed that your games was slow, but when I played it on chrome it ran greatly. :)

Nice and well polished game!
And the graphics ares great!

I really shouldn't try playing HTML5 games on firefox... it seemed that your games was slow, but when I played it on chrome it ran greatly. :)

Nice and well polished game!
And the graphics are great!

Really nice work. Graphics were great and reminded me of simpler times..haha.

Nice one!
I liked the game mechanics when I figured it out :)
The graphics was great.

Nice graphics!

I love that you can shoot their hats off! So great!

Haha! Won 2, Lost 2, Tied 1!

For some reason I also really like the sprite for Ariel Fischer - that focused look makes me laugh, and I think an entire game is required for her.

Love the art. The sounds are great. Simple and clean.
Excellent Job!

Great Game! Very addictive.

I totally said, "YES!" when I shot the hat off. Great work! I love being able to cheat. Lots of little fun things to find. Graphics are pleasing and the theme is represented well. Good work all around!

Simple, polished and humorous, well done.

Cute setup. It's simple and fun, I played several times!

Lovely reaction-game! The names are great. (they reminds me a bit of my own game :P)

Great idea. I would appreciate a longer game with more challenge but this one is already very good :D
Audio didn't work for me :-/

I would have love detonation sounds, and some suspense music, but it's already a great entry!

Nice work! Love the graphics, I thought the gameplay was a little too easy though. It's a fun idea and I see you're already working post compo to improve it, which is great!

I laughed a lot when I blew the other character's hat. Great game.

Very polished and gameplay is awesome. Best entry ever!

Great twist on the theme, and otherwise extremely good game also.

Just brilliant, great concept and thoroughly enjoyable!

Nice. I would love to see more rounds available with the opponents getting faster. The rounds that I played were all very easy, but it is still quite fun.

Marvellous!

Nice. Short and simple, but quite a fun little distraction. Nicely polished, fantastic graphics, and the tone and setting were very nice too. Well done!

Nice and simple game! i love pixellated art so i gave it full on visuals :D
great job with the audio too!
pretty tough to beat the game with a trackpad, will try again with mouse

That is a very cool little game which is actually not that easy as it looks. Well done!

Lovely art! I like the simple mechanics too! Good job, man!

Bravo -- very cool shooting mechanic.

Very cute graphics, at first it was a bit hard but quickly I got the hang of it.

Awesome game. A good challenge. Played it for quite some time.

What else can be said? Well played sir. Very cool stuff!

The graphics and the whole idea are really great. I love the little characters.
What I don't get so far is why I have to put the mouse into the '!'-Icon before shooting and when the cross hairs is green and yellow. There is very much around a game, that would be otherwise even more simple and pure.

@ratking the point of keeping your cursor in the '!' icon is to simulate not being able to see your opponent, to prevent you lining up the shot in advance before your character turns to fire (this is also why the icon's in a neutral position in the centre of the screen). The 'load' icon randomly appears either above or below the cursor to introduce an element of controlled chaos that can potentially throw you off instead of it being an exactly repeatable process.

The cursor narrowing and becoming more accurate as you wait is to introduce an element of gambling into the mix. You can shoot first and risk misfiring or your shot going wide, or hold your fire as long as you can for a more certain shot. The whole design is built around the idea of taking an educated risk at the right time, and it's something later versions of the game will build on even more.

Fun game, with a nicely non-standard interpretation of the theme. It took me a while to get how the accuracy worked, and even once I did I found I mostly shot quickly and inaccurately anyways and just hoped the shot was close enough to target, because standing and waiting for a certain shot just felt kinda oddly slow for a pistol duel to me.

I liked the use of a mouse gesture to cock the gun, that had a nice feel to it.

Great one. Love the mouse-mechanics and graphics!

Loved it and i hope to see it commercial soon.

Awesome game!

Wow, the graphics are beatiful, and the game is fun. I just don't see where the theme goes here, but anyway, good job! :)

Nice! I really like the graphics and gameplay seems well polished too :-)