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The Capitalist Fireman by Guillaume Gomez

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made by Guillaume Gomez for LD 44 (JAM)

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Omg, the new mayor decided some new budgetary cuts this year for the fire department, if you want to keep your job you will have to prioritize your rescue. Big Donations come from big donors, you will have to save the wealthy first ! But don't overdo it or wage-worker might notice it and you will get fired too. Good luck Hero !

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Dev Process

We decided to make a game where the price of life is competing with the cost of the fire department sustainability. The game rules try to question the player about the duality between efficiency and ethic.

Controls

| Action | key | | -------| --- | | Move | Arrow keys | | Estinguish| Space |

Team

| Member | Role | | ------ | ---- | | Florian Escuer | Graphics | | Aurelien Montero | Sound Design | | Guillaume Gomez | Programming |

Source code https://github.com/guillaume-gomez/LD44
HTML5 (web) https://guillaume-gomez.github.io/LD44/Build/ludumDare/index.html
HTML5 (web) https://guillaume-gomez.github.io/LD44/Build/postMortemLudumDare/index.html
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/the-capitalist-fireman

Ratings

Given 37🗳️ 4🗨️

Feedback

CamCam
30. Apr 2019 · 11:29 UTC
Very Fun Game and the sound is fun ! but the player is so slow
noahw
02. May 2019 · 17:58 UTC
Loved the concept and and the design, and the Capitalist Fireman is a cute lil guy. It rarely felt like there were enough fires going on that I had to decide who to save though. Maybe if instead of a time limit, you had a limited amount of gas in your fire extinguisher?
justsWn
02. May 2019 · 17:59 UTC
I like the idea - and the mustache :)
Maybe the player movement should be smooth instead of step by step. And the idea of decision making could be improved if you had an indicator where someone needs help - currently I just helped everyone I saw
Vlad Dae
02. May 2019 · 18:01 UTC
Love the art style! Very satisfying look. Sound is good too and complements the feeling :smiley:

Maybe make the character a bit faster?
YiNian
05. May 2019 · 11:03 UTC
Lovely graphic design, I like this style very much, but why can't change the direction of the water gun?
sver
05. May 2019 · 11:32 UTC
Very nice! I especially love the cheerful music!
XMPT-Luke
05. May 2019 · 11:43 UTC
Really enjoyed this one. Continual movement rather than tile-based would have been nice, but it was a cool idea for the theme and a fun, arcade-y game to play through.
🎤 Guillaume Gomez
05. May 2019 · 11:46 UTC
thanks you for your feedback :heart: . I changed the controls in the postMortem version (link in the description)
Attala
05. May 2019 · 12:11 UTC
Nice game. I agree with other comments about movement. Fun little game idea though. Well done.
413x
05. May 2019 · 12:17 UTC
Game was nice to play. Wasnt paying attention to my karma the first time. But the second time i scored 3850 because i was doing some good things at the end of the game :D. But i think karma is the way to go for a big score. Is the option to shoot 2 buildings at the same time a hidden feature?
Josh Powlison
05. May 2019 · 12:46 UTC
Really fun concept! I like the idea of having to make choices between people.

I'd like to be able to move the player a lot faster (saw you updated that in the PostMortem version); also, when I start dousing a building, the timer continues going down for the resident. I'd love if that timer stopped so that rather than trying to estimate if I have enough time to put out the fire, I can just get there in time and be set.

I was also able to extinguish a building from its side.

I think I got a pretty good score, but the game automatically reset before I could screenshot it. :( I think it was 4750?

Cool concept, and the music and SFX are really fun too!
Roitchie
05. May 2019 · 12:56 UTC
I like this a lot. The music and art work are all really great. It's a more unique take on the theme than i've seen with a lot of other games. I agree with others that the movement is a bit slow, but you have fixed that since. It wasn't always clear where the buildings that were on fire were. A minimap or some other indicator might have helped. With a bit of polish this could be a really good game.
Weine
05. May 2019 · 15:51 UTC
I liked the premise and the graphics style. The slow movement was a bit annoying though. I think it would also have been more interesting if it was easier to make strategic decisions, like if there was a minimap with all the fires on. Right now i barely had time to put out the fires I could see, which made any strategy moot.
xSooDx
05. May 2019 · 15:57 UTC
Really cute game. An indicator for a nearby off screen fire would be nice. Also this may be just me but the tile by tile movement of the camera made me a bit disoriented. A smoother camera movement would be a good idea imo.
SleepyStudios
05. May 2019 · 16:10 UTC
Like others have said, movement was sluggish so it was hard to get around. The only other thing was the 3D sound was a bit inconsistent so I'd go to the left expecting there to be fire when actually it was above me.
DrSkort
05. May 2019 · 16:31 UTC
Very nice game :) I think smoother movement could have made the game more fluent. Also it was sometimes very hard to find one burning building. It would also been maybe more interesting if some people would give u negative karma. A pixel font could also maybe work better with the game ^^ The idea was very good and I had fun playing it. The music was pretty good but the sound effects were a bit too loud and kind of annoying :D Great game after all ^^
Dorkulon
05. May 2019 · 17:52 UTC
Very fun idea! Cute mood for sure. I loved the character. Would have wished for less clunky and choppy movement and indicators around the screen for where the fires were happening. Fun little game, though and great job!
Argon
05. May 2019 · 18:34 UTC
Nice and fun game, but I found quite frustrating that you can only extinguish in the upward direction...