Save The Health Service! by TomRafferty

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made by TomRafferty for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

Save "The Health Service" from certain demise by catching people outside! Keep THS alive!gameplay.gifscrn<em>01.PNGscrn</em>02.PNG

Ratings

Overall 1467th 3.386⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1361th 3.25⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 2002th 2.864⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1424th 3.565⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1145th 3.688⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Audio 1283th 2.957⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 503th 3.5⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1747th 3.068⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 13🗳️ 23🗨️

Feedback

Hassan Khallouf
21. Apr 2020 · 00:27 UTC
Nice game, the theme is spot on!
the sounds are funny but when a lot of NPCs spawn they get annoying
also I think it needs a smarter spawn, since some times the distance is impossible to reach before they get out of screen
Meme_310
21. Apr 2020 · 01:15 UTC
I like it. Sounds are really funny. good Job. If you can improve the movement may add sprinting will be good
🎤 TomRafferty
21. Apr 2020 · 01:24 UTC
@hassan-khallouf Thanks for the feedback and for playing!
🎤 TomRafferty
21. Apr 2020 · 01:25 UTC
@meme-310 funilly enough I did have a sprint but it could be used infinitly so I took it out and made the normal speed the same as sprint speed (would've been better if it depleted stamina). Thanks for the feedback and for playing!
VirtuaWorlds
21. Apr 2020 · 10:47 UTC
simple little mini game that really shows us why we need someone throwing morons in a net haha!
🎤 TomRafferty
21. Apr 2020 · 12:27 UTC
@virtuaworlds haha, thank you for playing!
drewstillwell
21. Apr 2020 · 14:29 UTC
hey, fun game. Really got challenging trying on only catch the regular dudes and not the THS people once they started spawning more frequently. Love the player character's sprite :)
🎤 TomRafferty
21. Apr 2020 · 15:03 UTC
@drewstillwell thank you so much that means a lot. I’m glad you enjoyed it
XdSilentStorm
23. Apr 2020 · 07:13 UTC
Really cool game with a beautiful art style! I really enjoyed playing it!
Krocomo
24. Apr 2020 · 09:52 UTC
Hi ! Nice game, the graphics are really clean and the sound effects are funny. Sometimes nurses and regular people were walking at exactly the same pace and on the same spot which was a little bit frustrating cause it was impossible to catch one without the other but overall I had a good time playing your game :)
kjscott
24. Apr 2020 · 10:23 UTC
370 was my record! The audio feedback of being left speaker or right speaker was quite frankly a lifesaver, it allowed me to focus my efforts of running back and forth without missing things too much. Probably one of the most effective uses of SFX that I've come across so far. That graphics worked well. Overall, pretty solid game.
xel
24. Apr 2020 · 18:56 UTC
Stay inside people! I tried my best, I really did. But I couldn't keep up in the end :(

Overall the game was pretty fun. It's definitely on theme and I enjoyed the graphics. The sound queues were a nice way to indicate when there was a new spawn I needed to care about. Good work!
Weine
24. Apr 2020 · 19:41 UTC
First playthrough I didn't understand that I should leave the nurses alone. A little more feedback on wrong catches would be helpful.
I liked that the game starts out easy, but quickly escalates to chaos and mayhem. I think you got a lot out of game out of a very simple concept. Good job!
azagaya
24. Apr 2020 · 20:17 UTC
Hi! congrats for the game! The mechanics are simple, but enjoyable. The graphic art is good enough. The sound was a bit strange, but not annoying at all.
I think more feedback on a catch would be fine. Also, when a person comes out from a house of one of the sides, its hard to catch them if you are far, and you dont have any information of where is people coming from. That could be probably sovled with some kind of indicator of the house from wich a person is comming out (like if a neighbour called to report it)
Overall the game is good! congrats!
🎤 TomRafferty
26. Apr 2020 · 01:52 UTC
@xdsilentstorm thank you so much, sorry for the late response. I’m glad you enjoyed, thank you for playing!
🎤 TomRafferty
26. Apr 2020 · 01:54 UTC
@krocomo thank you, sorry for the late response. I did have a bunch of issues with the ai and didn’t really have much tome left but I guess just altering the speed could fix that so thank you for pointing that out, it will surely help me in future project. Thanks for playing!
🎤 TomRafferty
26. Apr 2020 · 01:55 UTC
@kjscott thank you so much for your very positive feedback, I’m not sure I’m worthy but thank you nonetheless, you also slaughtered my high score which is a little embarrassing
🎤 TomRafferty
26. Apr 2020 · 01:56 UTC
@xel haha, thanks for playing!
🎤 TomRafferty
26. Apr 2020 · 01:57 UTC
@weine thank you, the chaotic feel is what I was going for so thanks for saying that, I’m glad you had fun. Thank you for playing and for the feedback!
🎤 TomRafferty
26. Apr 2020 · 01:57 UTC
@azagaya thank you for the feedback, the indicator is a great idea so thanks for that, I’m glad you enjoyed. Thanks for playing!
Robert Li
01. May 2020 · 07:54 UTC
I figured that the net would catch two people who are closed by each other so it was a bit frustrating when the nurses came out after the regular people. It was also kinda hard to see people on the right side when I was on the left side. Probably changing the view by allowing the whole scene to be seen would be better. Overall great job!