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Bertie the Butcher by Casino Jack

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made by Casino Jack for LD25 (COMPO)
"Bertie the Butcher is a serial killer in training. Guide him through ten levels taking out targets, avoiding the fuzz, and cleaning up after himself."

Due to a combination of lacking the ability to 'art' and wanting to try out something different, I kept (for the most part) within the constraints of the Gameboy: 160x144 resolution, 4 color palette and 8x8 sprites.

The general idea of the game is to take out all the targets in the level (cops are optional, but be careful because they will shoot you on sight if panic is high, and recognise you if you get too close). Any time a target sees blood or a murder, the panic level will increase. If the panic level gets too high, the targets will avoid you and the cops will chase and shoot you.


Controls:
WASD/cursor keys to move
SPACE to attack
SHIFT to clean

Web (Flash) http://omgames.co.uk/ld/ld25/
Source http://omgames.co.uk/ld/ld25/ld25_src.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-25/?action=preview&uid=11139

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 3.83 33
Audio 2.60 300
Fun 3.94 12
Graphics 3.62 134
Humor 2.82 267
Innovation 3.56 101
Mood 3.47 73
Theme 3.97 55

Feedback

Meep
17. Dec 2012 · 08:20 UTC
I really like the art-style you chose for this. Cleaning up the blood from a kill was a very clever touch!
amassingham
17. Dec 2012 · 08:22 UTC
Oh I do like this one.
Sure, it's morbid, but the cleaning up blood is such a great idea. Wish there was a frantic scrubbing animation for it though.

Nice work.
dredlockz
17. Dec 2012 · 08:25 UTC
Really nice concept, it's like some sort of real-time puzzle game. The graphics are simple and appealing, good job!
cjgammon
17. Dec 2012 · 08:25 UTC
this is fun. the transitions(fades) are a bit slow. I wish I could move through the levels quicker without it fading and going to various screens and only go to the store through a menu or something when i pause. making the play quicker would make it more exciting. good job.
lur
17. Dec 2012 · 08:29 UTC
Becomes a bit too easy once you've got all the upgrades.
namuol
17. Dec 2012 · 08:36 UTC
I watch a lot of Dexter lately, so this is fitting. Love the blood-cleaning mechanic. It wasn't very challenging near the end once I had the powerups. I would have liked it if there was some kind of reward for never causing a panic, since that tends to be a much harder way to finish a level. Still, the graphics were lovely (the monotone colors make the blood stand out -- stylish).
Pent
17. Dec 2012 · 19:02 UTC
I really love this one
Edocentrique
17. Dec 2012 · 19:17 UTC
I like a lot of things in this game !
Hazel
17. Dec 2012 · 20:28 UTC
Oh my gosh! I never thought a game about serial killers could be so lovely. Everything about this is great, especially the little murder animations.
Smaxx
17. Dec 2012 · 20:31 UTC
Very nice, could imagine this being one of the first gen Game Boy games.
Manest
17. Dec 2012 · 20:34 UTC
Realy nice graphics
Funny game
Challenging

I like it very much!
Zazibar
17. Dec 2012 · 20:40 UTC
One of my favorite games so far, really simple and fun. Loved it.
Zaszx
17. Dec 2012 · 22:26 UTC
Awesome, probably the best I have seen. But, I found killing cops easier than avoiding them; I think it could be better if avoiding them was easier.
tommycreo
17. Dec 2012 · 23:23 UTC
Great game, I like the idea of cleaning the blood.
Tapestry
18. Dec 2012 · 00:14 UTC
I love the minimal sound effects and graphics. Really simple, yet so good! The gameplay is really smooth. Had fun playing. :)
Great job!
ParaPup
18. Dec 2012 · 03:05 UTC
Nice and bloody >.<
tomvert
18. Dec 2012 · 13:01 UTC
Haha, chicken suit !
gnx
18. Dec 2012 · 14:21 UTC
Funny how this game shares a lot of features with mine, but we still took a very different approach to gameplay :)

Nice graphics and easy to understand gameplay.
The guards seem to glitch (when coming into contact with blood?) and disappear momentarily though.
Andrey Pradun
18. Dec 2012 · 18:19 UTC
Awesome game!
BlockBrains
18. Dec 2012 · 20:41 UTC
Great game. Awesome style, i think it fits perfectly. Cheers.
TopHattedCoder
18. Dec 2012 · 22:18 UTC
Nice game.
Jiggawatt
18. Dec 2012 · 23:19 UTC
Simple as they may be, you got a lot out of the mechanics and strategies at hand. The clear level progression is pleasant and held my interest all the way to the end.
MrEvilGuy
19. Dec 2012 · 05:08 UTC
Fun and squeeky. Cops are too easy to kill though!
rvmook
19. Dec 2012 · 18:12 UTC
Fun game, good art simple but nice sounds and good level progression. Sometimes the game sort of flickers and afterwards the cops and targets appear somewhere else but that didn't bother me to much. Great work for the 48 hours!
Xeke_Death
20. Dec 2012 · 00:02 UTC
2D hitman...! That was pretty enjoyable.
Logun
20. Dec 2012 · 08:08 UTC
Cool little game. I want more levels with enhanced cameplay !
cwilloughby
21. Dec 2012 · 00:26 UTC
Very nice work. Very impressed for the time frame. Fun and challenging. Go stuck at the streets level.
01101101
21. Dec 2012 · 09:52 UTC
very very nice ! well done !
SaintHeiser
22. Dec 2012 · 05:22 UTC
I like this graphic style =)
Game idea is really awesome but not new.
Nice work anyway! I love your game despite f*cking and lagging flash!
Faust
22. Dec 2012 · 08:36 UTC
Really nice one, compact and well polished in such a short time, great job.
Christina Antoinette Neofotistou
22. Dec 2012 · 11:55 UTC
simple and awesome. Great pixels!
SunShiranui
22. Dec 2012 · 12:16 UTC
Very good game!
illugion
22. Dec 2012 · 13:33 UTC
Really solid and fun gameplay, i liked the graphics too, it was really cool to play XD
h.attila
23. Dec 2012 · 00:27 UTC
Polished game with nice mechanics. Well done!
har_g
23. Dec 2012 · 12:45 UTC
Cool, i feel like hitman after playing this.
BlackBulletIV
25. Dec 2012 · 02:31 UTC
Well made! This was one of the most fun entries I've played yet, in spite of having buggy collision and getting a little easy towards the end. The graphics, although very simple, had a uniform aesthetic and looked quite nice.
Mesene
26. Dec 2012 · 22:18 UTC
Nice game! very solid :) I should try something with that gameboy style. thanks for the fun!
Spelchan
27. Dec 2012 · 19:18 UTC
Great game! My only real complaint is that it is too easy to get stuck when trying to enter 1-tile corridors. Good build up of difficulty. Killing cops earning extra money was great addition and made it possible to make harder levels easier once you took care of a few of them. Loved the store items.
Houly
28. Dec 2012 · 00:37 UTC
Really was fun. Simple mechanics, but they work. Graphics are nice and the whole thing is very polished!
fishbrain
30. Dec 2012 · 14:32 UTC
Cute... yet violent.
CoffeeOnimal
04. Jan 2013 · 12:50 UTC
This was a great game.
Nice little touches here and there, like the cleaning up, the cool-down time after trying a hit, even the peons break times.
Nicely done.