The Thief by delpes

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made by delpes for LD25 (COMPO)
You are a thief who is running from the cops to the escape vehicle. But your buddy will only take you along if you bring enough money. You can pick up Donuts and throw them at the cop to slow him down.
The more you carry the slower you are able to run!


Note:
- Volume Warning - Sounds are not normalized
- [M] turns of the Music.
- Controls are in [About] (in-game) or on the Webpage

Controls:
Movement: WASD or Arrow Keys
Steal: CTRL
Throw Donuts: ENTER

Ratings

Coolness 99% 2
Overall 3.04 334
Audio 2.63 291
Fun 2.98 297
Graphics 2.80 423
Humor 3.31 119
Innovation 2.73 419
Mood 2.75 379
Theme 3.43 271

Feedback

HardScore
17. Dec 2012 路 14:58 UTC
Funny as hell
Spierek
17. Dec 2012 路 17:06 UTC
Really funny, loving the idea of stopping cops by throwing donuts. But, to be honest, the levels could be smaller, or you could automatically win by collecting the necessary money - in the first level I managed to get about 1000$ before reaching the car, and it took quite a lot of time (growing weight didn't help either).
Jiyko
17. Dec 2012 路 17:07 UTC
Dat voice over
zompi
17. Dec 2012 路 17:08 UTC
Idea is great, policeman eating donuts is cute (nom nom nom), but others sounds.. my ears, they are bleeding! But in overall it's good and funny game.
馃帳 delpes
17. Dec 2012 路 17:10 UTC
Thank you for the feedback. Your points are very valid. Time ran out so i just put in some numbers for level length and stuff. Lesson learned for next LD: level design > graphics ;)
Madball
17. Dec 2012 路 17:12 UTC
OMNOMNOM! This cop has a bottomless stomach.
loren
17. Dec 2012 路 22:40 UTC
such great audio and humor, fantastic job!
Lashiz121
18. Dec 2012 路 14:56 UTC
Great game like the idea just a little bit slow paste
Manest
18. Dec 2012 路 18:46 UTC
great audio :)
Mythalore
18. Dec 2012 路 21:41 UTC
Good graphics, but it's rather hard to out run the policeman.
LTyrosine
18. Dec 2012 路 22:13 UTC
Very nice music! But the grandma sound is too loud to the point of making me spare them and attack only the guy =D. Simple and fun! congrats.
angrygeometry
18. Dec 2012 路 22:27 UTC
a fun little game. nice idea and executed well. really appreciate the foley sounds, but some of the sound effects were really shrill/loud (specifically the 'oh no' and 'you got busted' sound effects) and that a bit of a problem. other then that, cool game.
strong99
19. Dec 2012 路 13:04 UTC
I like the audio and the donut throwing, nice game :)
mutuware
19. Dec 2012 路 13:57 UTC
I give you the best audio award!
Edocentrique
19. Dec 2012 路 15:28 UTC
I lost an ear at the first level, but the gameplay was good and it was fun !
Rialgar
19. Dec 2012 路 16:10 UTC
Nice game, very entertaining, some recomendations:
1. give the player some hint about how far away the car is, like a progress bar or just a percentage display
2. use noise filtering when recording sounds near to your computer, the noise of your fan is a bit annoying (audacity can do this)
rvmook
20. Dec 2012 路 22:35 UTC
Nice little game, love the sprites. It would nice if you could drop some of your loot when the cop almost catches you.
someone
20. Dec 2012 路 23:09 UTC
Haha, that was great.
Cabral
20. Dec 2012 路 23:23 UTC
I really like it! It's a lot of fun, pretty to look at and generally solid. There's a couple of specific things I'd like to point how, though:

- The woman's screaming sound is way too loud and becomes annoying.
- In the last level, I robbed every single person I came across and still didn't have enough money at the end. On my third try I won, but you should be careful not to have the level be impossible.
- If your game uses the keyboard, then so should the menu.
- I saw people walking around outside of the level, which looked a tad weird, but I'm just nitpicking at this point.

I had a lot of fun with it! The game could definitely be expanded with more mechanics post-comp, but I'm glad you didn't add any more levels, as it would become pretty boring soon enough. Great job!
FrederickK
21. Dec 2012 路 18:43 UTC
You could always throw the donut backward, but I think it is an extra challenge. Awesome job!
Jacic
04. Jan 2013 路 05:44 UTC
Fun idea. :)
MortalWombat
04. Jan 2013 路 14:38 UTC
Mhmm, nom, nom, nom! Lovely!
ddionisio
05. Jan 2013 路 10:27 UTC
Great voice-overs! Though I agree that some of them are too loud. The game felt too easy, I can pretty much throw a doughnut towards the cop offscreen indefinitely. Maybe if he moves up and down in some random intervals. The level progression didn't seem to increase the difficulty. Overall a fun game, there's a lot of personality in the graphics and voice.