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Life Is Nuclear by Valden

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made by Valden for LD 41 (COMPO)

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A broken game about Life, Guns and Ascii ...

Play the unholy mix between a top down shooter and a story driven game with IBM compliant graphics.

Features state of the art graphics, meaningful choices, random generation, 30 seconds of music, about 4 different guns, rewind time mechanics and tons of screen shake.

Remember, each of your actions will have consequences ...

( This game is not endorsed by either Vlambeer nor Dontnod Entertainment and is pure parody work)

Made with Game Maker Studio 2

Source code https://github.com/EspeuteClement/LifeIsNuclear
HTML5 (web) https://element-dev.itch.io/life-is-nuclear
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/life-is-nuclear

Ratings

Overall 62th 3.938⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Fun 27th 4.03⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 337th 3.394⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Theme 409th 3.455⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 245th 3.485⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Audio 17th 4.097⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Humor 32th 3.887⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Mood 49th 3.776⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Given 31🗳️ 16🗨️

Feedback

Jani Nykanen
23. Apr 2018 · 09:59 UTC
I love that graphical style, but also the music! Also, the game concept was personal.
TomekS
23. Apr 2018 · 10:03 UTC
Interesting concept, and it brings me the memories the 90s. There rewind mechanic was probably tricky to implement. I think there is some problem with the audio, it seems to stacking after restart.
🎤 Valden
23. Apr 2018 · 10:20 UTC
@TomekS Thanks ! It looks like the audio stacking bug comes from Game maker that doesn't stop audio when restarting the game on the HTML5 target.
Pixels Everywhere
23. Apr 2018 · 10:50 UTC
'Use esdf to move' I like your attitude, who needs that crappy wasd stuff am I right? but on a rela note, this is a good submission. I like it better than my own XD
zoglu
23. Apr 2018 · 10:58 UTC
@Pixels Everywhere : no everyone has a QWERTY layout and having to shift might be tedious :wink:

Had a lot of fun there, the Nuclear Throne-style shooting is very well reproduced. I wish the game would become harder or feature more enemy types after some time. The music also sounded like Sans boss fight in Undertale to me, which helped me think about the meaningful consequences of my horrible shooting actions. Poor b's, you will be remembered forever :cry:
🎤 Valden
23. Apr 2018 · 11:02 UTC
@zoglu You are correct ! The music is a mashup between the themes of Doom's First level and the Sans's boss fight. Thanks for the feedback !
spthiel
23. Apr 2018 · 11:46 UTC
Really great. I really like the attitude of the game. Reminds of Undertale, LIS and Cave Story (all great games)
btw is there an end?
🎤 Valden
23. Apr 2018 · 12:04 UTC
@spthiel Thanks ! Unfortunately, I didn't have time to add more than one randomly generated level, so the games loops once you reach the end teleporter.
Useless
23. Apr 2018 · 12:11 UTC
this is great! love the minimalist artstyle and the humor! reminds me a bit of my game too.. :D
bcvery1
23. Apr 2018 · 12:26 UTC
This style *works*! Had a flashback to playing Dwarf Fortress. Loved the little messages from the enemies, good job
mat1er
23. Apr 2018 · 12:46 UTC
It's fun, but it's sad there's only one kind of level. If you do more, I'll happily play it again!
GoldRanger
23. Apr 2018 · 15:06 UTC
the music really fit your game!
So b are not going to do anything special to me?
Or am I not killing enough b? 🤣
Chaseplays
23. Apr 2018 · 17:00 UTC
Nice work! I liked the ASCII art style a lot, and the gameplay's fun as well. The music was great, and fit the game well! The rewind mechanic was interesting, but I think the level design prevented it from being used in a lot of interesting ways. Otherwise, I had a lot of fun with your game. Great job!
Radical Dog
23. Apr 2018 · 17:05 UTC
If you die, the music doubles up.

Solid idea, basically a three-joke game but they're good jokes so it gets a pass. You could certainly squeeze some Undertale references etc in if you wanted!
minirop
23. Apr 2018 · 18:09 UTC
First game I see that uses ESDF and not non-portable WASD. good job on that.
I found the "story driven" part to be set back (and that you don't have time to read text when there are gazillions of B abound you). Yet, it's a nice Nuclear Throne demake.
nilstastic
23. Apr 2018 · 18:41 UTC
pros: excellent graphics and solid gameplay! Also enjoyed the humor =)

cons: nothing that i can think of

All in all, one of the best entries I've played (so far). =)
Derek Volker
23. Apr 2018 · 19:46 UTC
THIS IS SO MUCH FUN! THAT THAT YOU b BASTARDS!
caeonosphere
23. Apr 2018 · 21:47 UTC
Great music, and a satisfying feel to the guns... if only I wasn't running out of ammo all over the place! I also would have liked more gameplay impact from either the "text-based" or "story" parts of the idea. But I did play for quite a while, so you definitely did something right...
Abraxas Interactive
23. Apr 2018 · 23:00 UTC
Super fun, the controls are great. Killed so many b's. b will not archieve his goals for sure.
benbusby
23. Apr 2018 · 23:43 UTC
0/10 not enough hurricanes...in all seriousness though, this was great. The rewind mechanic was really nice and the gameplay and music were both great. I wish it were a bit more difficult, but I suppose even if it were I think I'd probably just rewind every time I screwed up. Really nice overall though!
Marchmain
24. Apr 2018 · 02:28 UTC
I'm not very good at this kind of game, but I held on to my last 1 hp for a remarkably long time . . . . (maybe a bug? if so a bug that made my afternoon!)
Lerg
24. Apr 2018 · 15:17 UTC
I sense strong Toby Fox vibes here, heh. Really great music and gameplay duality. I was a pacifist long enough for b to find cure for cancer.
Lerg
24. Apr 2018 · 15:17 UTC
(del)
nusan
25. Apr 2018 · 13:41 UTC
Very nice game ! I like the shooting and the weapons feel right. The rewind power was not very useful as the game did not get harder. Also I run out of ammo very often, so having ammo pack to pickup without killing b's would have been good, instead of rushing to the teleporter. The art and music is perfect for the game. I just miss a final boss where every b's killed would come back to kill you as a consequence.
DiFFtY
04. May 2018 · 00:04 UTC
Man your entry is so good!


It feels great, it's funny, the AI is credible, there's even a few weapons...


The only thing I could say is the lack of ammo, and the fact you can basically run through the level right to the exit. I guess it's a way to end the game with ammo, at least.


One of my fav entries of LD41 right now <3


Peace \_|....|\_