City Mayhem by Simon Rahnasto

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made by Simon Rahnasto for LD 40 (JAM)

--City Mayhem--

In City Mayhem you play as a murdering and thieving lunatic whose only goal in life is to amass as much money as possible. This has some unfortunate consequences, the bigger your fortune grows, the more the police gets interested in having you end up in a coffin. (They don't mind the murdering, but you are not paying taxes on that gold!)

--Controlls--

Move: WASD / Arrow keys

Aim: Mouse

Shoot with left weapon: Left click

Shoot with right weapon: Reft click

Enter Vehicles / Banks: E

Restart game when dead: R

--IMPORTANT TO KNOW--

You can shoot while in a car (Because why not)

The main objective is to rob banks, follow the arrow for the next place to hit!

Killing cops reward better weapons.

--Credits--

Since the person that usually makes our art was unable to join this LD :worried: I had to make the art as well as code the game, that was quite the challange!

Code/art: Simon Rahnasto

Music: Deoduckla

SFX: MilanK (@milank)

Special thanks to:

Emil Odelius

Hanna Rahnasto

Made with Löve

This game was made with the amazing lua based framework Love2d. Can you feel the love? https://love2d.org/

--Screenshots--

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Ratings

Overall 227th 3.786⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 61th 4⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 499th 3.238⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 566th 3.452⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 458th 3.682⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 436th 3.214⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 47th 4.095⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 185th 3.786⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 19🗳️ 26🗨️

Feedback

miki
05. Dec 2017 · 17:16 UTC
City Mayhem starts out as a slow and peaceful game where you jump around wielding a gun in each hand and shooting at whatever you like. People explode in confetti when dying and cars jump around on the roads. This instantly sets the trippy and humorous setting of the game. You're welcomed by the most annoying tune in the world playing on repeat, as you're set to rob banks and steal money. The more banks you rob, the more cops come after you.

The first enemies you encounter are slow and useless, but as you progress through the game, more difficult enemies come after you. After robbing a couple of banks, you start becoming fond of the annoying tune that you hated at first. You might even be humming along. It wasn't until this stage of the game that the game actually became challenging and really fun to play. It didn't feel like the same game anymore. Turns out that, being chased by multiple SWAT teams coming in from all different directions while wielding two fully automatic assault rifles and avoiding all the bullets and enemies that are scattered all over your screen, is pretty damn fun.
It was also at this point that I realized that the creators chose to include the word "Mayhem" in their title.

Obviously, the game is rather unfinished and buggy, but the small/silly details, the challenging gameplay and the odd art style is what nails it for me. Oh, and a special shout out to the programmer that had to do the art himself!
josefnpat
05. Dec 2017 · 20:03 UTC
This entry is amazing. I love the goofy music on top of the goofy game. The silly broken 3d on the cars is hilarious, the clipping of the buildings is hilarious. I thought this game was really fantastic. Nice job!
LeonLaci
06. Dec 2017 · 15:09 UTC
I liked the funky jumping and graphics. It was pretty fun!
I feel like there should be a way to gain health.
tmpxyz
06. Dec 2017 · 15:38 UTC
Things start to get interesting when SWAT shows up.

If there's something that we could spend the tons of gold on, that would be amazing.
blinry
06. Dec 2017 · 16:06 UTC
Hah, I love the mood set by the jumping, warped cars and the music! ;) The gameplay feels like a very reduced version of GTA-style games, and invokes some fun memories. And I agree, it gets challenging rather quickly. I *also* love the ending line! :P Honestly, can't think of much to improve - thanks for making this! \o/

Also, thanks for your detailed feedback on "Spring Clean - DO NOT CROSS"! <3
Siepiau
07. Dec 2017 · 14:32 UTC
This game is great fun with amazing cartoony style! My only gripe is that it doesn't play fullscreen, so sometimes when I accidentally go outside the window boundaries the game gets disrupted.
Devastus
07. Dec 2017 · 20:02 UTC
Ha, this was pretty funny. I like the warped bouncing cars that you can drive around with. Would have certainly liked to have some use for the money you collect, but luckily the challenge amps up when the SWAT arrives.

Very good effort, well done!
Blinkeye
08. Dec 2017 · 11:42 UTC
Had a great laugh with this game. The overal graphics were fun to look at and the audio was a nice addition.

Nice work!
DrunkardWolf
08. Dec 2017 · 11:48 UTC
Love the graphics, deffo one of my favourite looking games I've played so far :D
niklas988
09. Dec 2017 · 01:45 UTC
Loved the atmosphere with the bouncy cars and cheerfull music. Nice approach on the theme and cool gameplay.
radmccool
09. Dec 2017 · 05:55 UTC
neat game, it was like a nintendo GTA
azdraws
09. Dec 2017 · 17:19 UTC
Love the bouncing car. I highly enjoyed the graphics, especially people becoming confetti. Overall pretty solid game.
Naca
11. Dec 2017 · 00:48 UTC
Had a great time looting the city :D It's pretty impressive that only one person made both art and programming for this game. Good job!
Jupiter_Hadley
16. Jan 2018 · 18:44 UTC
Neat game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 40 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecGDWM6QdpE