Guns & Stuff by matharoo

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made by matharoo for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

There's guns and there's stuff.

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Credits: XorDev: dithering and night vision shaders deadlyfishes: music and sfx

Ratings

Overall 121th 3.972⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 65th 4.028⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 397th 3.417⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 244th 3.75⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 89th 4.306⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 27th 4.278⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 17🗳️ 17🗨️

Feedback

fallcresthero
08. Oct 2019 · 07:42 UTC
Man I spent a lot more time then I expected in this game. Thanks a lot. I really wish to see a complete game. Very strong Tom Clancy's feeling. It's like Rainbow 6 meets Hotline Miami and I really like the idea.

The only thing I think you can do better now (besides the story and completing the game) is m16 which is pretty clunky to use. And the damage it deals is strange (strange stuff when actual assault rifle deals less damage then a handgun). Keep up the good work, bro.
🎤 matharoo
08. Oct 2019 · 07:47 UTC
@fallcresthero Thank you for your feedback! :) I didn't want to make the assault rifle OP, so I gave it less damage... but perhaps I made the damage a bit too low :P
Rysae
08. Oct 2019 · 07:55 UTC
The game is fun and the ambience with the night vision is very cool!
a333
08. Oct 2019 · 08:34 UTC
Engaging and fun to play shooter with an unique atmosphere. Every item really feels as a gameplay changer, enemies are fun to deal with, gameplay itself feels fair, and save points work great to eliminate frustration over death.

I'd be thoroughly captivated if not for couple of things breaking the mood, e.g a rubber-ducky pistol sound felt a bit out of place. And the ending was a huge letdown for me, sorry. You don't wrangle the control out of player arms like that without a good reason to do so.
🎤 matharoo
08. Oct 2019 · 09:29 UTC
@a333 Thanks for the feedback. I'm aware that the sound effects are bad, as I was out of time and I had to get whatever I could get quickly. Also yes the ending is bad but it's only for this jam, I simply had no more content and wanted to end the game right there, instead of stretching it out.
Kornel
08. Oct 2019 · 09:34 UTC
Interesting game, very well executed controls!

I think it would play even better is the art's contrast/brightens were better (it was hard for me to spot enemies) and also if enemies weren't shooting off screen would be much help to the overall experience
Feingehacktes
08. Oct 2019 · 17:41 UTC
hi guys. go on with your idea. we like the style of the game. espescially the atmosphere is very cool
🎤 matharoo
08. Oct 2019 · 18:42 UTC
Thanks!
geoff.nagy
09. Oct 2019 · 02:03 UTC
The mood is set really nicely with the lighting and music. I must really suck at it, though, because I kept dying! But it was a lot of fun to continually get further along as I kept playing. Well done!
jakemchugh1
10. Oct 2019 · 18:01 UTC
Great game. i like the artstyle. Very difficult but fun to play
Artyom Volkov
10. Oct 2019 · 18:23 UTC
Simple but pretty fun game, however, I miss some kind of enemy indication who attacks you out of camera.
Captain Nakou
14. Oct 2019 · 00:00 UTC
That's very good stuff. Very old school. Somehow reminded me of the older days on Wolfenstein 3D. Probably the art-style.
Loved it.
cdunham
15. Oct 2019 · 05:26 UTC
Really fun gameplay in this one! Right when I was thinking about how I wanted it to be brighter I got the nightvision. Right when I thought the enemies could attack me from too far away I got the acog to attack from farther away. I got these upgrades right when I wanted them, but once I did the game felt a little easy. I could just camp out of the enemies range and snipe them. It didn't take much away from the experience though since I enjoyed the gunplay and getting more useful items as I went along. The game is good enough on its own, but some other cool useful stuff to add if you ever wanted to would be like a radar to see where enemies are, some body armor so they can take more hits, and maybe like... grenades or something to let the player have fun with? Just some suggestions, the games good by itself though so good work!
Jupiter_Hadley
16. Oct 2019 · 14:18 UTC
Very challenging game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 45 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/ZqT_X6b-pfk
velvetlobster
19. Oct 2019 · 13:33 UTC
I like the laser effects and how disturbing it feels once you start it and everything is so dark and oppressing ... it seems like Ape Out meets Splinter Cell, with a bit more tenseness in it though ... nice combination!
elysiagriffin
30. Oct 2019 · 02:04 UTC
Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my livestream!

If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/494941552?t=4h4m42s

Hope you got some valuable feedback on your game and looking forward to seeing you next LD jam if I dont catch you before then! :D

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady

https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin