Mr. Bowtie Versus JZ by derdragon
Well, not as finished as I'd like. Particularly disappointed that I never got sound added. Always some major other commitment in the middle of these things... argh.
Anyways, you play as a pretentious CEO of a corrupt corporation. A young employee of yours has risen against you and is attempting to gather documents around the office to bring you down. You are on the verge of launching your latest diabolical plot and are racing against the clock to keep everyone on task, making you money, before he foils your plan.
Everything is controlled via the mouse. If you move towards the edge of the screen it will scroll either up or down for you. Hovering over a worker will change your cursor to a whip, holding the left mouse button will "charge up" a strike. Guards can be dragged and dropped around to provide more security in certain areas.
I tossed 2 in dev shots for the heck of it.
KEEP 'EM DOWN!
Anyways, you play as a pretentious CEO of a corrupt corporation. A young employee of yours has risen against you and is attempting to gather documents around the office to bring you down. You are on the verge of launching your latest diabolical plot and are racing against the clock to keep everyone on task, making you money, before he foils your plan.
Everything is controlled via the mouse. If you move towards the edge of the screen it will scroll either up or down for you. Hovering over a worker will change your cursor to a whip, holding the left mouse button will "charge up" a strike. Guards can be dragged and dropped around to provide more security in certain areas.
I tossed 2 in dev shots for the heck of it.
KEEP 'EM DOWN!
| Windows | http://www.coggoid.com/LD25.exe |
| Source | http://www.coggoid.com/LD25.gmk |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-25/?action=preview&uid=299 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 32% | 948 |
| Overall | 3.40 | 153 |
| Fun | 3.33 | 141 |
| Graphics | 3.73 | 112 |
| Humor | 3.33 | 113 |
| Innovation | 3.20 | 209 |
| Mood | 2.93 | 286 |
| Theme | 3.93 | 66 |
Awesome job!
the whip charge-up with the guys' recoil animation was very satisfying. actually the whole thing looks great, i love this sprite style!
Please name your download file something less generic than "LD25.exe" next time. When there's 1000+ games, it's good to have the title and author in the file name.
Thanks for the props on the artwork. Definitely agree with everybody on the "needs a clear goal" bit. I really just hadn't gotten to making that clear. REALLY wanted to get some satisfying noises to accompany the whole whipping mechanic. Believe it or not I DID record a "whoosh" noise using a thin piece of PVC pipe down here in my basement, but there was some static noise in the background, and my wife watching Netflix next to me.... and... I only had about 15 minutes to go until I needed to submit, so that didn't happen.
Again, thanks everyone! Polished or not, it was still fun to make :)
Oh, and JZ is actually a dude. Him and "Mr. Bowtie" are sort of exaggerations of 2 interesting characters I've encountered at work ;)
Shame that the nemesis can be so easily gamed. I simply stacked all the guard into the same room and they blasted him until he got stuck in the ceiling. Perhaps you need a reason to keep the guards posted in other areas.
Lovely sprite animations.