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Noir Game by epiplon

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made by epiplon for LD25 (COMPO)
Noir Game is a black-and-white 2D stealth-action shooter, with red blood where are the dead ones.
You play as a thief, trying to steal a rich man's money and killing his guards, as you fulfill you evilness.

Launcher.bat to open the game.

Controls:
- Directional arrows move player left and right.
- Z shoots (only in the spotlight).
- Esc quits the game.

Make sure to read the README.txt for useful information.
Linux version coming soon, stay tuned!

Edit: Music removed due compo rules infringement. I'm terrible sorry, it wasn't my intention.

Windows (Dropbox) https://www.dropbox.com/s/4lkyysjw42q6g34/noirgame.zip
Source https://github.com/vncastanheira/noirgame
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-25/?action=preview&uid=19410

Ratings

Coolness 62% 3
Overall 2.90 406
Audio 2.93 202
Fun 2.74 417
Graphics 2.84 402
Humor 1.74 644
Innovation 3.29 172
Mood 3.32 112
Theme 3.45 254

Feedback

delpes
17. Dec 2012 · 15:16 UTC
Like the 'noir' setting of this game. Pretty hard after the 5th screen. Would have been nice if you had something to distract at least one of those guys :)
Sanguine
17. Dec 2012 · 15:40 UTC
I like the concept of a shooter that is based on paying attention instead of just pure reflexes. The difficulty was just right.
BNeutral
17. Dec 2012 · 20:49 UTC
A cool mechanic.
iiAtlas
18. Dec 2012 · 03:36 UTC
Really fun and interesting mechanic, certainly added a nice touch to a relatively simple (though fun!) game.
bitwise-constructs
18. Dec 2012 · 04:52 UTC
I felt like a large part of the game was spent waiting on random chances to occur. Not my style of twitch gameplay.
dalbinblue
18. Dec 2012 · 06:02 UTC
Really challengine game, but one of the more innovative mechanics I''ve seen thus far. Played to the end and enjoyed it.
ParaPup
18. Dec 2012 · 06:40 UTC
Nice, I do like ^.^
MichaelJLong
18. Dec 2012 · 08:20 UTC
Awesome entry, hi from AGDG.
zenmumbler
18. Dec 2012 · 18:37 UTC
Nice mechanic, but I felt I was waiting too much for a lucky sequence of rand() calls to run. Good setting with appropriate music and using minimal gfx effectively to create atmosphere.
ix
18. Dec 2012 · 19:17 UTC
Black-and-white art style worked well here.
Ed Okonik
18. Dec 2012 · 19:25 UTC
I can't open the ZIP file. Tried downloading twice, but not working for me.
handCraftedRadio
18. Dec 2012 · 19:37 UTC
Cool! I liked it. The end was interesting. I probably got the "bad" ending though just because I wanted to see what would happen.
kannas
18. Dec 2012 · 20:13 UTC
i enjoyed this game a lot. you don' t get the prize do add the overly used "over 9000" on the evilnexx index, though...
ThomasRyder
19. Dec 2012 · 07:51 UTC
I pressed 'Z' but the guy wouldn't shoot
🎤 epiplon
20. Dec 2012 · 22:13 UTC
He only shoots in the light.
The README.txt have useful information about history and gameplay, so check it out! If you have any additional problem, post it here.
Sorry, I had to rush the game so I put further information there.
h.attila
20. Dec 2012 · 22:19 UTC
I liked your idea that you can only shoot if you are in a light area. Stylish graphics, too.
DaviDeMo
21. Dec 2012 · 20:05 UTC
I liked the idea =)
BlackBulletIV
24. Dec 2012 · 09:01 UTC
A decent game with a cool mechanic.

One thing though. Unless I misread, it says in the README that the music was composed by a friend. I think that means this should have been in the jam, not the competition, since the latter is solo only.
🎤 epiplon
25. Dec 2012 · 04:24 UTC
Yes, you're right. I didn't thought this at first and I read the rules. Really sorry for this, I can remove the music, even that so many days had passed.
csanyk
01. Jan 2013 · 04:32 UTC
The mechanic here is a bit weak. Requires split second timing and lots of patience once you start dealing with multiple victims. Frustrating in that you have to be very precise and lucky in order to prevail, and it doesn't seem to depend very much on your skill, or strategy.