Dead End inc. by Basic

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made by Basic for LD18 (COMPO)
Dead End inc.

You can also get it from github if you want, http://github.com/PhilCK/LD18.

I wanted to do more with the sounds but simply ran out of time/energy. This was my first LD, and it was fun, certainly wont be my last (unless of course there isn't another one :)


Game Synopsis:
The daily grind of a dead end job has you resenting them! THEM! The middle management. DAMN THEM! DAMN THEM TO HELL! They are the ENEMY! Oh look a Zombie attack, I'll throw some managers at them.

Use an endless supply of middle managers to fight back an endless onslaught of zombies storming your building.


Min Requirements
OSX 10.5
Win XP


Notes:
The readme has some minor bugs in it, if you find any please feel free to let me know.

MBP 13 Bug fixed via new version of Gosu (Thanks Jlnr)

big thanks to jlnr

and of course made with libgosu.org :)

Ratings

Coolness 0% 166
Overall 2.92 78
Audio 1.80 118
Community 1.77 136
Fun 2.96 59
Graphics 3.38 47
Humor 3.78 5
Innovation 2.71 118
Theme 3.00 105

Feedback

TheLastBanana
22. Aug 2010 路 21:45 UTC
The difficulty curve felt a little abrupt. One moment I was knocking single zombies off the building, when suddenly there was an entire swarm. Other than that, it was a neat little game (although I was a little sad that I couldn't take out zombies that were still walking around with a properly-timed manager).
馃帳 Basic
23. Aug 2010 路 00:45 UTC
@TheLastBanana
"although I was a little sad that I couldn't take out zombies that were still walking around with a properly-timed manager"
Damn it - I turned it off for some reason or other then forgot to turn it back on.

Thanks LB
Covenant
23. Aug 2010 路 08:35 UTC
"I have an MBA" - Priceless... :)

Very cool, have the same complaints as TheLastBanana...
Great graphics!
benjaminum
23. Aug 2010 路 10:58 UTC
Cool idea, nice graphics and a good implementation (despite the "hit zombies on the ground"-thing)
馃帳 Basic
23. Aug 2010 路 12:02 UTC
@Covenant
:) somebody linked a fed ex ad to me about a guy who doesn't want to do work thats beneath him cos his has an MBA.

Thanks Covenant and Benjaminum
Jhelle
23. Aug 2010 路 12:13 UTC
Simple, neat looking, fun and nice humor :). Good work
馃帳 Basic
23. Aug 2010 路 12:36 UTC
Thanks Jhelle,
On a side note the MBP 13 bug is fixed thanks to an update from libgosu
Spooner
25. Aug 2010 路 11:00 UTC
I really liked the style of the game, especially the little chat bubble in the title scene and spat out by panicked managers. Slick!

The difficulty does rack up very fast, but the lack of variety in game-play wouldn't support a longer game.
John Axon
25. Aug 2010 路 11:51 UTC
Excellent game. I loved taking about two zombies at once. Classic. I was disappointed that my manager didn't last till the very end of building. Why couldn't he take out one zombie near the top and one near the bottom? That seems like an oversight. Maybe you didn't want players arbitrarily spamming managers. That might make sense.

Anywho, great game!
馃帳 Basic
26. Aug 2010 路 00:55 UTC
Thanks Spooner and J.Axon.
Initaly there where two types of managers, a thin one and fat one. the fat one would plow through zombies to the bottom and the thin one only a couple of zombies. The fat got scraped cos I coded my self into a corner and it became troublesome so it got canned. I regret not adding a varity of managers, oh well, learning process I guess.
Alan Lynn
26. Aug 2010 路 12:25 UTC
I threw a manager off the roof and he kept falling through the ground.
JDruid
27. Aug 2010 路 08:03 UTC
Good, but you have to play for like two minutes before there's any kind of a challenge.
someone
29. Aug 2010 路 05:57 UTC
Haha, great fun.
馃帳 Basic
01. Sep 2010 路 06:45 UTC
@Alan: And you don't mind the undead climbing up a building? :)
@JDruid: Yeah the curve is abit crap. Thanks.
@Someone: Thanks
mwest
02. Sep 2010 路 13:20 UTC
Hehe, that was some funny fun :D! Well done!

Agree about the difficulty curve and that managers should splat when they hit the pavement.
pekuja
05. Sep 2010 路 00:52 UTC
Well that was rather morbid. I think it was the only game about throwing people off skyscrapers, so points for that.