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Deliver or Die by LDJam user 314045

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made by LDJam user 314045 for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

About

Deliver or Die is an action-packed game that puts players in the shoes of a brave delivery person in a dangerous post-apocalyptic world. Your goal is to navigate through hazardous environments and battle enemies to deliver packages to target locations (gray circles) while constantly upgrading your skills to keep up with the increasing difficulty.

The game features a simple yet challenging gameplay mechanic where you must deliver packages on time, with the direction towards the next target location symbolized by a yellow arrow. With each successful delivery, you can upgrade one of your skills, including damage, move speed, reload time, shooting speed, max health, or you could just heal yourself.

As you progress through the game, the difficulty increases rapidly, making it challenging to survive against an increasing number of zombies and other hazards. So, be careful and use your skills wisely to stay alive as long as possible.

The game's controls are simple and easy to master, with the WASD keys used for movement, R for reloading, and LMB for shooting.

Not Finished Features

  • Footprints
  • Weather
  • Environment
  • Animals
  • Particles
  • More sounds and effects
  • More types of zombies
  • Minimap
GitHub https://github.com/petrkotab99/Deliver-or-Die
itch.io https://pedryx.itch.io/deliver-or-die
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/deliver-or-die-2

Ratings

Given 13🗳️ 7🗨️

Feedback

MistaGiggles
02. May 2023 · 14:44 UTC
Solid game loop, early game feels fun and tense. Great atmosphere with the graphics, sfx and music.
Lack of variety was the only downside, and your not finished features list seems to agree with this.

Made it to 14:37, 483 kills w/ 21 delivers. Got too cocky with the speed upgrades and trapped myself in a group of enemies. Had good fun with this
Pope PAF
03. May 2023 · 21:14 UTC
Do I really need to install that? or is something wrong with the included runtimes?

![install_requirement.png](///raw/f63/1/z/5b210.png)
ciderpunk
03. May 2023 · 21:21 UTC
so atmospheric! nicely balanced and great fun
Savidiy
03. May 2023 · 22:04 UTC
I love top down shooters. Nice gameplay, great result for jam!
LudumDareDevil
03. May 2023 · 22:59 UTC
I had a lot of fun playing this game. I really like Monogame so respect for making using it. I would have liked a custom mouse cursor or a laser pointer. The game started out a little too easy. I think it would be a cool idea if the zombie speed increased as the game went on to add an extra challenge. Other than that this is a pretty solid entry.
🎤 LDJam user 314045
04. May 2023 · 09:22 UTC
@pope-paf .NET 7 is typically distributed with Windows, it's possible that your system may be missing some necessary Windows updates.
Demuss
11. May 2023 · 20:48 UTC
My system just detected trojan in your game... i suggest checking your computer
🎤 LDJam user 314045
11. May 2023 · 20:58 UTC
@demuss, I'm sorry to hear that your system detected a trojan in our game. However, I believe that this might be a false positive. I can assure you that game has been thoroughly tested, and had multiple individuals play it on different computers without detecting any issues.
José Bonilla
12. May 2023 · 03:10 UTC
Good idea, really slow-moving and definitely not theme-related.
commanderstitch
12. May 2023 · 03:44 UTC
got the same thing @pope-paf did. :(
gamescodedogs
12. May 2023 · 05:23 UTC
Is it any chance to see a HTML5 version?
GordienkoGames
12. May 2023 · 07:22 UTC
need idle, need goal
Codexzier
12. May 2023 · 07:31 UTC
It's been a long time since I tried to develop a game myself with the game engine MonoGame. But it's nice that the engine is still used.
It's a pity that there is no web solution for the engine, or I don't know it yet.

About the game itself:
Nice sprites and simple gameplay suitable for a mini game.
Veralos
12. May 2023 · 11:15 UTC
Cool game. It feels surprisingly polished already! The visuals are nice and detailed. I particularly like the reload animation and the fog effect. Sound effects are all high quality, and the music sets the mood well. The core concept is solid, and it's cool being able to choose upgrades every time you complete a delivery. '

Unfortunately, the pace feels a bit slow. Getting from package to package seems to take a long time, especially at the start without movement upgrades. It also takes a while before the enemies ramp up enough to be an actual threat.
LDJam user 202408
12. May 2023 · 11:30 UTC
really fun game with simple concept but addictive game loop! my first reaction when I saw the game was pure nostalgia, it reminded me of my first ever game made with Unity back in 2019 where I used the same sprites with a very similar game idea lol. I got the same prompt as a previous comment mentioned where I was asked to download .net runtime, now I don't really use any .net language or framework so I never really needed that, but I downloaded it to play your game anyway, and I had plenty of fun! as I said the game is simple but keeps you engaged, the upgrades and how different zombies have different health adds a strategy element that keeps the game from becoming repetitive which is nice, good job on this!
Almaz
12. May 2023 · 13:28 UTC
I really enjoyed this game. The game is terribly simple, but every time I chose an improvement, I had to make the most difficult choice.
I'm sure if you complete the rest of the ideas and add some storyline, the game will become popular very soon!
DarchanKaen
12. May 2023 · 17:00 UTC
Nice game with good darky atmosphere!
I really like top-down shooters and upgrades, so it was nice ride. =)

Project is promising, I hope you don't abondon game and finish listed features, and may be some plot/npc/bosses/locations.
Good job!
LDJam user 261418
12. May 2023 · 17:08 UTC
![Screenshot 2023-05-12 183758.png](///raw/a2d/f3/z/5bb84.png)
Movement speed OP. Haha!
I abused the movement speed upgrade and it became my demise, I was tooo fast in in the end. Pressing a movement button was almost guaranteed to send me walking into a zombie xD

Very simple idea but it was still fun to see how far you can make it!
Keeping a score during the gameplay or a score that shows how good my run is, would have rounded up things a bit more! But fun is fun, so well done! :)
MPK90
12. May 2023 · 18:00 UTC
The atmosphere was really good.
I also really liked the upgrade system. The graphics and effects were nice. It got very monotonous at some point, but since it's a jam game, it's okay.

Well done.
RAPTURE
13. May 2023 · 12:31 UTC
Very addictive for such a small game! Good job, wanna see fully finished version of this :)
dUmMy432
18. May 2023 · 15:47 UTC
i am on linux and i was surprised to see dotnet work on it first try with your game.... good game i really liked the animations.... overall good effort![Selection_010.png](///raw/218/94/z/5bd98.png)
Max Amaden
18. May 2023 · 22:28 UTC
Great little game!! I had no problems getting it up and running myself, and really enjoyed it until my glorious death 2:42 in!

Now I'm a bit of a simp for zombie-themed games, but I thought the atmosphere was done really well. Great work on that! If you'd gotten around to the weather and footsteps I'm sure it would've made an even better impression.

My only bit of advice I'd like to give is that using Comic Sans as your font is- well... It's a bit too much of a meme. There's lots of REALLY nice, licence-free fonts you can grab for yourself online (from DaFont or a similar site). Give them a go!

Keep up the great work!! :smile: