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Ammo Bear and the Wrath of Dr. Goo by Zombie Virals

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made by Zombie Virals for LD 41 (JAM)

CONTROLS- Right Click to read sign at end of level

A & D move left and right

Mouse aims and left click shoots

Hold shift to run

Space jumps

This was rough, but I made it with minutes to spare.. This is my third game ever made, I used GameMaker this time and was basically learning it as I went along. My third jam ever and, in fact, my first Ludum Dare. I'm new, and I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm having fun.

I made all the music, sounds and the graphic for the main character, and the parallax backgrounds in level 1. My friend Rob did the concept art of the enemies on paper, and I digitized/animated them.

The tiles and level 2 parallex backgrounds are from OpenGameArt, I don't have time to put credits yet..

Each sign has a fun fact about bears, so it's educational/platformer I guess.. Theme sucked, oh well.

You have to destroy Dr. Goo's mutated minions to learn about bears, because your a bear and you want to know more about your species..

Windows https://zombievirals.itch.io/ammo-bear-and-the-wrath-of-dr-gootester
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/ammo-bear-and-the-wrath-of-dr-goo

Ratings

Overall 1121th 2.741⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Fun 904th 2.926⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1155th 2.37⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1095th 2.667⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 940th 2.796⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Audio 613th 2.844⭐ 18🧑‍⚖️
Humor 419th 3.147⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Mood 918th 2.86⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 32🗳️ 23🗨️

Feedback

Extrone
24. Apr 2018 · 04:57 UTC
A great game to have some fun. It was really fun to shoot around as a Bear. Jumping across the water is a bit hard though.
🎤 Zombie Virals
24. Apr 2018 · 06:57 UTC
Thanks @extrone! I think it's something I could improve on too, I consider it far from finished. I'm taking a break from jams for a little bit so I can sharpen my skills with GameMaker a bit, and just learn more about game developing in general, I'm pretty new to all this, but it is fun.
David Boeger
24. Apr 2018 · 09:43 UTC
Definitely has that signature Zombie Virals feel I remember from the last game! I really like this game. The idea of combining platforming with education is a great fit for the theme, because not only is it an unexpected combination, but it actually works really well by framing knowledge as the reward for completing a challenge. You could make a pretty good children's game with this concept (just don't make a game for kids about, uhmm *cough* "bear" penis *cough*). My only gripe is that after Logic Gates of Hell, I was expecting a bigger finale, but instead, this game doesn't really go any further than the core gameplay. A big boss fight against a teddy bear or something would have been fun.
🎤 Zombie Virals
24. Apr 2018 · 16:20 UTC
@david-boeger Thanks! I had originally planned on making this game bigger with a boss fight, but so much was going wrong during the weekend that I couldn't get to that, BUT this game will be patched after LD, along with my previous two now that I'm taking a break from jams. I didn't even have time for a proper jump animation, a proper sprite for ammo, health bar, points, timer, better sound, etc.., so many things I wanted to do but I blew so much time on making the game feel and look decent, lol.
mintarcade
25. Apr 2018 · 15:57 UTC
That's cool game. Very hard but very fun :) I like the visuals. Audio: I like that deep base line - feels like a bear is next room ;)
magicera
26. Apr 2018 · 07:15 UTC
Funny game, I always run out of ammo.
Killnaprimer
26. Apr 2018 · 07:40 UTC
I wish you would include humour - enemies art just cracks me up. Overall great game!
Tim Ruswick
05. May 2018 · 00:26 UTC
I love the enemy art, and the screenshake on shoot! NEED MOAR BEAR FACTS
Jezzamon
07. May 2018 · 01:51 UTC
Hey! Heads up, it's a good idea to tag your game as a windows game so people like me with macs don't try to play them :)
🎤 Zombie Virals
07. May 2018 · 01:54 UTC
@Jezzamon Sorry about that, I think I even screwed up on the link in general as well, it was last minute and things went all screwy. I'm also regretful I didn't make a Mac build, I had a free license with GameMaker, I tried going back and making a Mac build recently for my friend to play and it wouldn't even open my game since my license ran out :(
Shivur
07. May 2018 · 04:09 UTC
Funny game.
Budaniel
07. May 2018 · 10:41 UTC
Solid controls, nice action, and entertaining facts. I especially like the character artwork.
AmigoPadilha
07. May 2018 · 17:31 UTC
Nice game!
Great work, good to know that I can't eat polar bear livers hahaha
Paulo Brunassi
07. May 2018 · 20:11 UTC
Good work, keep on game development and most of all having fun with it! Loved the graphics.
dijaguy
07. May 2018 · 21:05 UTC
Pretty fun! I had a hard time getting past the second level, but enjoyed the art and humor!
kyperbelt
09. May 2018 · 04:28 UTC
nice game man! I go tthe the end of the second level and got the to be continued message but i didnt notice it for a while hahaha so i tried to go back thinking i missed something lol.

I like all the different types of enemies. The Bees were really annoying because they are super fast.
SHINBAXTER
15. May 2018 · 20:01 UTC
a bear.....WITH A SHOTGUN! need i say more? lol. the bear character design is hilarious & i'm a sucker for 2d platforms. also learned sum nice facts about bears along the way to WIN/WIN! great stuff man! ^__^