Fast West by Emkiusz

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made by Emkiusz for LD34 (JAM)
- Be fast or be dead! Cock the hammer and kill your opponent before he does. And remember about the correct order! -

+ 1 - 2 Players
+ Can be played using only keyboard

Controls:
A, D for Player 1.
Left, Right for Player 2.
One button cocks the hammer and another fires from the weapon, but their roles are random, so be careful.
A, D, S, F for menu, as prompted on screen.

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Hello World! That's my first Ludum Dare and for it I just made a mini-game about Wild West duels. I made two button controlled gameplay for the Ludum Dare theme. Also my friend (listed in credits) made a music for the game (that's why I'm starting in the Jam, not the Compo :P).
I was making it for about 12 hours. It's not a piece of art, but I hope you enjoy it!

Tools used:
+ GameMaker Studio
+ ChipTone

Ratings

Coolness 73% 3
Overall(Jam) 2.97 829
Fun(Jam) 2.84 773
Innovation(Jam) 2.76 757
Mood(Jam) 3.44 332
Theme(Jam) 3.55 645

Feedback

realbogart
14. Dec 2015 · 15:10 UTC
Cool cinematic effect before it begins!
qkerguelen
14. Dec 2015 · 19:40 UTC
Really good entry! Little cutscenes and musics are pretty rare in LD entries. And a very fun gameplay, I can totally see me playing it with friends! Good job!
Lizandros
14. Dec 2015 · 19:52 UTC
Good idea, but to low amount of game in a game :) Cutscene is nice... for the first time.
kiiro94
14. Dec 2015 · 19:53 UTC
Played this in coop and it was a blast!
Awesome concept!
5 stars for me
jcwelgemoed
14. Dec 2015 · 20:25 UTC
Cool. I really liked this. Takes good concentration and fast skill though. Excellent entry. Well done.
DesignerNap
14. Dec 2015 · 20:29 UTC
Love the tone and atmosphere. Great work with the audio too. Superb for a first entry!
NickMakesGames
14. Dec 2015 · 20:29 UTC
I played this with a friend and got murdered brutally. Even so, I had a tremendous time with this game. The tension of a wild west shootout has been used plenty of times before, but randomizing the players controls when the time to shoot arrives creates a beautiful second layer of panic and replicates the feeling of fumbling with a weapon. The overall style and presentation surrounding the mechanics was also excellent, and was the cherry on top of a beautifully done package.
🎤 Emkiusz
15. Dec 2015 · 13:01 UTC
When the voting will be finished, I'll add few little features, "Skip" button (it's already done), for example.
DrZanuff
16. Dec 2015 · 03:52 UTC
Cool western mood! As some people said, it would be great if you could skip the cutscene. This game could turn in something pretty good if you keep on working on it.
VladRusu
16. Dec 2015 · 15:09 UTC
Howdy boyz! Goog game
NoGrapes
17. Dec 2015 · 01:42 UTC
This is an intense game. I got shot so many times before I put my head in the game and payed attention. Good job!
Astro Cat
17. Dec 2015 · 08:50 UTC
Game with duels always looks like good!
Jezzamon
17. Dec 2015 · 11:44 UTC
Why did you untick audio and graphics? They were both pretty good!
guoboism
17. Dec 2015 · 14:28 UTC
Great job on the atmosphere
Clavus
17. Dec 2015 · 22:06 UTC
Nice lil' quick-draw game.
tantumgames
22. Dec 2015 · 14:52 UTC
Best game about the Wild West, playing with a friend the evening
dx0ne
22. Dec 2015 · 16:28 UTC
Great buildup with audio. So simple yet so tense.
ChiPassGames
22. Dec 2015 · 16:46 UTC
This is a perfect example of how to use a few simple assets and color right to make an incredible look and feel.
Stending
22. Dec 2015 · 18:53 UTC
Awesome mood! the concept's pretty simple but is good enough for a LD!
Really cool, especially for a first entry!
rodobodolfo
26. Dec 2015 · 18:27 UTC
Wow this was really fun! loved it! the cinematic was top quality
BlackBulletIV
28. Dec 2015 · 11:33 UTC
Very nice concept. Should've put it up for audio rating as that's not bad either.
Instant Noodles
02. Jan 2016 · 15:48 UTC
Can b nice but their still are a fw bugs (Player2 win a lot more often than the 1 ;) )
And the intro is to long!
Need a bit more balance effort but could be a nice reflex game. ;)
randomhuman
02. Jan 2016 · 23:50 UTC
Windows says it is malware... I hope that's not the case, but I can't risk it, sorry :(
🎤 Emkiusz
03. Jan 2016 · 12:55 UTC
@randomhuman Sorry to hear that. It's just .exe made in GameMaker Studio. I know that few Windows versions consider it as a virus (even my antivirus software is not letting me play my own game :P), but I think I can't do anything with that. :/