Death Hockey by Toby

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made by Toby for LD24 (COMPO)
Evolution is about survival of the fittest... in this game it is your duty to sort out the slow ones which can't doge a circular saw. Enjoy a nice game of Death hockey, only instead of usual air hockey puck, you have a circular saw - oh yes, and there is a janitor, which cleans up...

CONTROLS: Just drag the blue hockey blob around and hit the saw-puck

OBJECTIVE: Kill as many "slow" creatures as possible. Each gives you a point. Crack your old high score... And listen to the janitor - he has important things to say...

Ratings

Coolness 65% 3
Overall 3.00 357
Audio 2.54 328
Fun 3.46 94
Graphics 2.65 461
Humor 4.00 9
Innovation 3.12 265
Mood 2.96 210
Theme 2.23 618

Feedback

Brucef
27. Aug 2012 路 15:16 UTC
Oh shoot, cant play on snow leapord OS. yet annother reason to get lion. oh well):
馃帳 Toby
27. Aug 2012 路 15:41 UTC
Ooops, I didn't think about that - I changed it... should run on 10.6 now
josefnpat
27. Aug 2012 路 20:51 UTC
I tried to run this via wine on linux, and it wouldn't run, sorry!
[DeathHockey]$ wine DeathHockey.exe
err:module:import_dll Library MSVCP100D.dll (which is needed by L"Z:\\home\\seppi\\ld24entries\\dh\\DeathHockey\\DeathHockey\\libcocos2d.dll") not found
err:module:import_dll Library MSVCR100D.dll (which is needed by L"Z:\\home\\seppi\\ld24entries\\dh\\DeathHockey\\DeathHockey\\libcocos2d.dll") not found
err:module:import_dll Library libcocos2d.dll (which is needed by L"Z:\\home\\seppi\\ld24entries\\dh\\DeathHockey\\DeathHockey\\DeathHockey.exe") not found
err:module:import_dll Library MSVCR100D.dll (which is needed by L"Z:\\home\\seppi\\ld24entries\\dh\\DeathHockey\\DeathHockey\\libCocosDenshion.dll") not found
err:module:import_dll Library MSVCP100D.dll (which is needed by L"Z:\\home\\seppi\\ld24entries\\dh\\DeathHockey\\DeathHockey\\libCocosDenshion.dll") not found
err:module:import_dll Library libCocosDenshion.dll (which is needed by L"Z:\\home\\seppi\\ld24entries\\dh\\DeathHockey\\DeathHockey\\DeathHockey.exe") not found
err:module:import_dll Library MSVCP100D.dll (which is needed by L"Z:\\home\\seppi\\ld24entries\\dh\\DeathHockey\\DeathHockey\\DeathHockey.exe") not found
err:module:import_dll Library MSVCR100D.dll (which is needed by L"Z:\\home\\seppi\\ld24entries\\dh\\DeathHockey\\DeathHockey\\DeathHockey.exe") not found
err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for L"Z:\\home\\seppi\\ld24entries\\dh\\DeathHockey\\DeathHockey\\DeathHockey.exe" failed, status c0000135
LuizHGMonclar
27. Aug 2012 路 21:00 UTC
Hey, I liked your game! Some nice humor to it, a (to me) kind of innovative idea!
As a suggestion, I think you could make the controls on the thing you grab with the mouse a little bit tighter, you know? the response of the blue ball thing is a little late, and I believe the game would benefit a lot from that change!

Cheers! Good game!
Ponte
27. Aug 2012 路 21:10 UTC
The game itself is good but the it was the janitor that kept me playing till the end.
Kmad
27. Aug 2012 路 21:15 UTC
Wasn't sure what to expect with this one but it was actually fun and pretty funny. Solid, simple mechanic although a bit difficult to control at times. The cleaner was a nice touch.
dalbinblue
27. Aug 2012 路 21:16 UTC
Found the game funny, but there didn't seem to be a losing condition. I let some animals get through but didn't notice any difference in the game (like a loss of life or a quota of deaths, etc.)
NiceAlexanderAS
27. Aug 2012 路 21:50 UTC
hahahaha funny game xD nice work man n.n
vilya
27. Aug 2012 路 21:50 UTC
Hey, that's pretty good! Nice work!
kevincorrigan
27. Aug 2012 路 21:52 UTC
Sorry, I cant get this to work it says I'm missing the stuff you say to download, but when I download it says I have a newer version already installed and as a result wont install.
Rex Peppers
27. Aug 2012 路 22:13 UTC
Worked great on MacOS Lion. Fun game!
KHANanaphone
27. Aug 2012 路 22:22 UTC
Some of the text that the janitor was saying I found hard to read (white on grey).
SaintHeiser
28. Aug 2012 路 00:29 UTC
Can't play the game. Throw an error on launch: "Could not find MSVCP100D.dll"
thewiseguy99
28. Aug 2012 路 01:07 UTC
Hockey + Death = Fun. Addicting
Shmarah
28. Aug 2012 路 02:02 UTC
That janitor is funny.
alvivar
28. Aug 2012 路 08:17 UTC
Really FUNNY.

The janitor is an awesome idea!
ItsSacraficed
28. Aug 2012 路 09:18 UTC
Missing dll(WIndows)
pentaphobe
28. Aug 2012 路 09:26 UTC
Hahaha! Brilliant.

Please tell me there were 1000 kittens in the end?

Also: I love how, after the janitor comments on the music making you crazy, it eventually fades out. I think "wow. it stopped! maybe that's a mistak... oh. it's started again." ^_^
kibertoad
29. Aug 2012 路 07:32 UTC
Could not find MSVCP100D.dll. Could you please reupload the archive bundled with necessary DLL? Thanks. And I'm running the Windows XP here, maybe that's why I don't have it :).
darkstarmatryx
29. Aug 2012 路 21:04 UTC
"Could not find MSVCP100D.dll"
VAMflax
29. Aug 2012 路 21:33 UTC
THAT. MUSIC!

Cool idea! Like the janitor too.
馃帳 Toby
30. Aug 2012 路 15:16 UTC
MSVCP100D.dll is shipped with Visual Studio Express 2010 - I can't ship the all with the game... you need to download the resdist package as described in the README
wlad
30. Aug 2012 路 15:34 UTC
AAAHHH KITTENS! GOTTA... KILL.. EM... ALL (and the audio messes with my head, too ;)!!!!
Nice Idea, really tricky controls mixed with hack & slay & TD. I like it!
cappelnord
30. Aug 2012 路 15:41 UTC
Janitor is great ;-)
Aceria
30. Aug 2012 路 21:11 UTC
I'll start with the bad:
The collision with the saw feels a bit wonky here and there and the gameplay is a bit repetitive (perhaps adding some powerups or so would be fun). Didn't really see anything with evolution either.

The good:
You made me chuckle quite a few times, that janitor is the best thing since sliced bread. The concept is pretty darn cool and it was quite addicting. Great work there.
diki
31. Aug 2012 路 17:29 UTC
Awesome! Good basic idea, nice controls and graphics, 150% Boost for the janitor! :D
Jorjon
02. Sep 2012 路 05:04 UTC
I don't have Could not find MSVCP100D.dll. Why would you release your game in debug mode? Please make a release version.
sev_inf
07. Sep 2012 路 05:38 UTC
VS2010 redist is installed, but still can't run the game. MSVCP100D.dll not found.
someone
11. Sep 2012 路 17:00 UTC
Can't play as you released the windows version in debug mode rather than release mode.
myachin
12. Sep 2012 路 23:01 UTC
sorry
cant run
garygreen
12. Sep 2012 路 23:27 UTC
Unfortunately I can't run it either. I have the same problem with MSVCP100D.dll missing.
RawBits
13. Sep 2012 路 01:07 UTC
Dll missing... :( You should pack what you use together or at least provide a download link here!
pansapiens
15. Sep 2012 路 06:33 UTC
Many LOLz :) Despite the ropey programmer art, this reeks of polish and humor. The janitor was GOLD. Also liked the touches like blood slowly accumulating on the saw blade. Main music loop got a bit old but the title music was nice ... maybe a longer in game loop, or just mix it up with the title music. (Minor gripe: Doesn't respect the Android app life cycle ... music still playing when backgrounded, no Back button support).
KevinWorkman
16. Sep 2012 路 23:14 UTC
Everything worked fine on my phone, and this is a good start. Some more variety and tighter controls would take this to the next level.