F R I E N D G U N by Hydezeke

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made by Hydezeke for LD 43 (JAM)

Welcome to Amigo Village! All your friends and family are here! Watch out, though. Sinister beings are plaguing the town.

Who will /you/ shoot out of the friendgun?frgun.pngscreen3.pngscreen2.pngscreen0.png

Game by Michael Savage-Benoist (http://twitter.com/hydezeke)

Ratings

Overall 1th 4.525⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Fun 9th 4.32⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 11th 4.27⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Theme 4th 4.582⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 42th 4.467⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Audio 13th 4.305⭐ 61🧑‍⚖️
Humor 10th 4.385⭐ 63🧑‍⚖️
Mood 17th 4.375⭐ 62🧑‍⚖️
Given 32🗳️ 28🗨️

Feedback

erebus
04. Dec 2018 · 05:45 UTC
This game was awesome! Loved how you had to talk to each bullet before being able to fire it. Very creative and funny!
beats
04. Dec 2018 · 05:46 UTC
Loving the noby noby boy/adventure time vibes, game is also super fun to play.
Wumbomancer
04. Dec 2018 · 05:46 UTC
Yo, this game is some good fun. Hydezeke very nice game
Toast Toaster
04. Dec 2018 · 05:47 UTC
That was extremely disturbing. I loved every second of it!
reklawnos
04. Dec 2018 · 05:48 UTC
Awesome art, the atmosphere was great. Music was really cool, liked how the end credits were synchronized with the music. The artwork reminded me of Breath of the Wild.
disperse
04. Dec 2018 · 05:50 UTC
Fired my mom out of a cannon, 10/10, would pull the trigger again...

Seriously though, absolutely fantastic! Everything from the music, the sound, the graphics, to the dialog was right on point. I'm impressed. The way you handle the dialog, where it starts when you look at a townsperson and continues where you left off, that's amazing. You nailed the theme too.
Muzzz29
04. Dec 2018 · 05:51 UTC
This is one of my favourite games in the Jam. I really love the polish you brought to it, the music is nice, the graphics are awesome but the gameplay is what kept me playing. Its a shame no one else has reviewed this because it is amazing. You know, I laughed so hard when I heard Pops talk, I just thought "That is perfect". You've put a very interesting spin on the theme and I applaud you for that. Really great job.
Gao Ming
04. Dec 2018 · 05:52 UTC
Very fun. The graphics are beautiful. Great work!LOVE IT!But I only open a gun:>
frosty
04. Dec 2018 · 05:53 UTC
Awesome job! I saved the village with only 3 people left. Loved the concept and the little dialogue scenes with each villager. And a very satisfying conclusion. It would be funny to play more on the guilt of firing each one, like having them yelp as they fly through the air. :)

BTW, in the "low" performance version, I was unable to use WASD to move. I had to reload and pick the high performance version.
treegemmer
04. Dec 2018 · 05:53 UTC
Wow! I'm going to have dreams about this tonight! Great art, gameplay, music, and the soundfx were perfect too! The best game I've played so far!
sevkron
04. Dec 2018 · 05:54 UTC
Wow, funny how just a context is enough to create attachment. I genuinely felt bad shooting those bullet people. But it made sense, the game has a narrative and it makes sense within the universe. The execution also paid off really well. Too bad the enemies don't seem to do anything except fly around ? Top ratings for everyone, the only problem is maybe in the sound and sound balancing but no game is perfect!
bubblewandgames
04. Dec 2018 · 06:14 UTC
Really great job on the atmosphere and how alive the whole game felt, wonderful work.
Something Something Games
04. Dec 2018 · 11:29 UTC
I loved this game. I basically killed everyone in my village though not sure I had a village left at the end.
Kaitosoul
04. Dec 2018 · 11:53 UTC
Very nice game, it is very immersive !
staxx6
04. Dec 2018 · 14:34 UTC
Nice game in all aspects! No more villagers in town, would play again. 11/11
Anton Savinov
04. Dec 2018 · 15:16 UTC
Awsome and memorable in every aspect. Thanks for the experience.
zaza
04. Dec 2018 · 19:41 UTC
Excellent game! The pacing, the introduction to the mechanic with the door and the first 3 monsters, very well executed, art is also on point!
Every time i missed a shot i felt a little bad for the bullet friends, it just lack a lose condition.
connornagel
04. Dec 2018 · 21:07 UTC
Love the music! Really adds to the experience. I also liked the main mechanic of grabbing the town people to shoot at the evil eye clouds. I left no villager alive. :D
🎤 Hydezeke
04. Dec 2018 · 21:30 UTC
@zaza Technically the lose condition is running out of bullets.

I considered having the enemies attack you (the player), but I worried about whether people would feel too rushed/endangered to pay attention to any dialogue.
PabloDap
04. Dec 2018 · 22:28 UTC
I ADORED every second of it!!!!! The only thing I'd change a bit would be the color palette and make the mountains and environment a bit more interesting. (But if I'm complaining about colors you can imagine how much I love the rest.)
jeplmr
05. Dec 2018 · 00:37 UTC
Okay, real talk: this is my favorite LD43 game so far. Everything about this is incredibly well made. You should be proud!
Trifectuh
05. Dec 2018 · 00:41 UTC
Def my favorite game of the jam so far. Saved the village... but now there's no one left to live there :(
DUUUUDE
05. Dec 2018 · 00:41 UTC
Amaizing game! Probably best game so far. I ran out of bullets coz i used them agains eachother... Man I'm a bad person. GJ!
BlackShadow1Games
05. Dec 2018 · 00:54 UTC
This is amazing! Funny story along with fun gameplay. Best game I've played yet!
MattWagar
05. Dec 2018 · 01:00 UTC
THIS GAME IS FANTASTIC!! The characters and dialog is spectacular. The music that plays is so well placed! And the mechanic is just clever and would love to see you go further with this. How did you do your dialog system? It's so quirky and fun looking and I love it!
CaptainPilot
05. Dec 2018 · 01:13 UTC
I loved this little thing! It would have been great for the village to be a little hostile to you as you sacrifice them. But yeah, great!
🎤 Hydezeke
05. Dec 2018 · 02:27 UTC
@jeplmr Thank you! That means so much, aaa

@mattwagar I'll give you the run down!

1. Friend scripts determine which Friend (bullet) if any the player is close to/looking at.
2. Each Friend keeps track of their dialogue progress (number of characters so far in current string as well as which string we're on). The focused Friend gets to progress these numbers.
3. The UI detects that there is a Friend in focus, and asks it for its current 'display string' (a subset of the current dialogue)

This ends up making it so each character keeps a bookmark on its dialogue basically- hope that was helpful!
BMOPAPA
05. Dec 2018 · 03:07 UTC
WOW! A great game overall, every part of it is well executed. I beat the final boss by sacrificing the entire village.... no one is left. sorry for them.
Swanijam
05. Dec 2018 · 04:41 UTC
Hey this is so wonderful and memorable and i'm gonna go make noise about it to other people and reference it when i talk about game jams ok bye
🎤 Hydezeke
05. Dec 2018 · 04:58 UTC
@swanijam Aw sweet! I appreciate it!
Mike Mihe
05. Dec 2018 · 16:57 UTC
The conversations are fantastic. I liked it very much!
Fat cat
05. Dec 2018 · 20:55 UTC
5/5 on everything, awesome game!!
totalaj
05. Dec 2018 · 20:56 UTC
i love this game
ShenDev
06. Dec 2018 · 13:37 UTC
This was AWESOME. What a game, ultra cool concept and execution. At first I was talking to every bullet carefully and a minute later I was like get in the freaking gun and shut up. It made me laugh and the art is very cute :) Well done! It’s one of the best I’ve played.
HermesEs
06. Dec 2018 · 20:39 UTC
Amazing game! Great art and well designed, enjoyed every second of it. Maybe it would have been great to have the colors a bit more intense, but anyway it's fantastic!
And I have to love the detail when you shoot them into the sky xD
Gumboot
06. Dec 2018 · 20:41 UTC
ahh, what a wonderful game this is! It's so charming and the world is so fun to be in. Lot's of little details that make this game so fun to experience over and over.
pandan
06. Dec 2018 · 21:33 UTC
really fun, if you wanted better webGL performance you need to bake that lighting!!!
🎤 Hydezeke
06. Dec 2018 · 22:03 UTC
@pandan Ah!! That's definitely where I went wrong! Thanks for the advice!
nanocube75
10. Dec 2018 · 02:05 UTC
this was actually really good! sadly i killed everyone in the village :cry:
beta
10. Dec 2018 · 17:53 UTC
I love this entry, I like everything about it. Seriously mad props to you!!!
Linheha
11. Dec 2018 · 22:17 UTC
I just saved and killed the entire village at the same time :(
Kciwsolb
13. Dec 2018 · 16:02 UTC
This is a really sad game... BUT GOOD JOB! :D
Kerdelos
18. Dec 2018 · 12:52 UTC
I simply love it ! Very sad game but the mood is really well done. Maybe having a little more characters but with which you could interact more would have made the game even more sad !
acaral
19. Dec 2018 · 20:02 UTC
Everything is working. I believe you did a perfect entry.
ToadieTechnika
23. Dec 2018 · 00:07 UTC
A cute but a sad game at the same time. This comment goes to the people way over to the stratosphere. Great job!
frescogusto
25. Dec 2018 · 22:58 UTC
the movement and firing mechaninc is really polished, feells really good to play. also very nice bullets firends. audio also!
nice nentry!!! :^)
Elven
04. Jan 2019 · 00:24 UTC
I like the multiple endings so much !!!
🎤 Hydezeke
04. Jan 2019 · 23:36 UTC
@elven I'm SO happy you found #2!
disperse
08. Jan 2019 · 17:49 UTC
Congratulations! Much deserved, best game overall of those I tried.
🎤 Hydezeke
08. Jan 2019 · 23:41 UTC
@disperse Thanks so much!