Pusher by mikelovesrobots3

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made by mikelovesrobots3 for LD33 (COMPO)
Have you ever felt the urge to just give another pedestrian a surprise shove into traffic? Well this is the game for you!

Controls: mouse.

Have fun!


About the game:

Pusher was made in Unity 5. I created the models using the wonderful open-source Magicavoxel app, and rigged the walker characters in Cinema4d. Sounds were recorded without a mic on my iphone using the default note recorder app then trimmed with Audacity.

I've been threatening to make a game about pushing people into traffic for some time and it's awesome to have finally done it.


Learnings:

* Don't ever use cinema4d for animations because when imported into Unity the axis directions for animations are completely screwed. When animating my walk cycle, I blew 6 hours trying to figure out why my knees were bending the wrong way. So frustrating.

* Programming a state machine for cars is super fun. Another car in front? Brake! No car? Accelerate to max speed! Drifting left of lane? Steer right 1 degree. Hit a pedestrian? Accelerate wildly!

* This simple game ended up being way harder than I expected to make. Ragdolls are no joke.

Ratings

Coolness 66% 3
Overall 3.93 45
Audio 3.32 194
Fun 4.10 20
Graphics 3.98 109
Humor 4.43 9
Innovation 3.79 75
Mood 3.95 42
Theme 4.28 23

Feedback

namrog84
24. Aug 2015 · 03:12 UTC
freeway pileup!
handkor
24. Aug 2015 · 03:12 UTC
This is a wonderful entry and application of the theme. Excellent job
psyduckfreak
24. Aug 2015 · 03:12 UTC
this is great yo laught so hard OOOh no!
Freebios
24. Aug 2015 · 03:15 UTC
Funny :)
Ilseroth
24. Aug 2015 · 03:16 UTC
I couldn't make it 0 feet without pushing someone. Hilarious. also sorry for the mac version of my game not working, I uploaded a new one, but I don't have mac to test it, if you wanna go for another try feel free :)
Mimus
24. Aug 2015 · 03:31 UTC
Good, I did not understand the purpose ... but I had a good laugh :)
camthestar
24. Aug 2015 · 03:33 UTC
Pretty hilarious and lots of fun! Great job
Devon Ulrich
24. Aug 2015 · 03:39 UTC
Hahaha this game is hilarious! The way the people and cars go insane after colliding is very satisfying. It reminds me of Turbo Dismount.
NathanFlurry
24. Aug 2015 · 03:42 UTC
I have to say, best game I've played yet -- I haven't stopped laughing.
TheDanielBerry
24. Aug 2015 · 03:43 UTC
Fantastic job.
ferdbold
24. Aug 2015 · 03:44 UTC
I laughed, I laughed, then I shared the link.
keyle
24. Aug 2015 · 03:52 UTC
hahah that was awesome :)
DantronLesotho
24. Aug 2015 · 03:52 UTC
Excellent!
Chronodrax
24. Aug 2015 · 04:05 UTC
But, but... there no road behind us! Those cars are running towards a certain death involving free-falling into infinity !
Can we still be considered a monster if we push someone to cause a major road accident, in order to prevent mindless drivers (probably writing SMS on their phones) from driving to their death ?
Hmmm...
Ok ok I'm guilty, I did it only to hear him say "oh no" again.
conormn
24. Aug 2015 · 04:09 UTC
You got some great physics happening here.
Artefale
24. Aug 2015 · 04:14 UTC
Awesome, i like push mouahahaha!!
Cynapse
24. Aug 2015 · 04:20 UTC
Hilarious, and I love the art :)
QuexD
24. Aug 2015 · 04:26 UTC
This speaks to me.
Jamie Guillemette
24. Aug 2015 · 05:12 UTC
is it sadistic i found that fun?
cgmorton
24. Aug 2015 · 05:34 UTC
What are those sounds they're making? These people sound more like insectoid aliens in people costumes, so I'm glad I murdered them.
Suese
24. Aug 2015 · 05:47 UTC
You monster... It looks nice, nice colour, very complete and polished. Is there any win scenario?
Acerio
24. Aug 2015 · 05:55 UTC
This was a blast. I had traffic going for days
Evergreen Games
24. Aug 2015 · 07:01 UTC
Hilarious!!! when a guys feet got stuck in the railing i busted out laughing. its so hard win.
walaber
24. Aug 2015 · 07:02 UTC
wonderful :)
🎤 mikelovesrobots3
24. Aug 2015 · 07:26 UTC
@suese The win scenario is kind of cheap. Just don't push anybody until you make it to the finish line.
jk5000
24. Aug 2015 · 08:32 UTC
Hilarious. Great job.
uthamon
24. Aug 2015 · 09:17 UTC
Great game, never thought I would have to hold the urge to push someone under the car. :]
peterthehe
24. Aug 2015 · 09:22 UTC
This would make a great "idle" mobile game. I loved the art and OTT physics!
MarelisGameDev
24. Aug 2015 · 09:34 UTC
You don't need to do anything to win right?.. But that's too f**kin hard :D Nice game!
TwixtorTitan
24. Aug 2015 · 09:57 UTC
Best hand icon I have seen in any game :p
jorgemoag
24. Aug 2015 · 10:03 UTC
Hahahaha this game is hilarious!
Miltage
24. Aug 2015 · 10:22 UTC
If there's one thing I love it's rag doll physics and massive car pile ups, and you sir did it very well.
This is why it's taking me so long to finish GTA V.

"I blew 6 hours trying to figure out why my knees were bending the wrong way." Your characters don't even have knees! Lmao.
Flygamer101
24. Aug 2015 · 12:29 UTC
Really cool graphics. Great game, and it was really hilarious. Had a fun time with this. HOw did you make the ragdolls? I never new how >_<
🎤 mikelovesrobots3
24. Aug 2015 · 18:22 UTC
@miltage Ha. They did have knees at one point. My early walk cycle was awesome! But after the cinema4d fiasco I just animated it in unity.
🎤 mikelovesrobots3
24. Aug 2015 · 18:23 UTC
@Flygamer101 I made the ragdolls using unity3d's ragdoll wizard: http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/wizard-RagdollWizard.html

If you've got the bones setup right, it's not too bad.
OadT
25. Aug 2015 · 11:27 UTC
Hahaha, really funny idea. I also love the audio!
randomhuman
25. Aug 2015 · 18:42 UTC
5/5, would push innocents into traffic again.
Ninja Garage
26. Aug 2015 · 04:20 UTC
Very nice entry bro!!
1 - It is pure fun.
2 - This kind of entry makes Ludumdare worth.
3 - you are a shame.
4 - you are nuts.
5 - I will play it again.
jwin
05. Sep 2015 · 19:41 UTC
Apparently I'm a huge jerk just because I pushed a couple people under speeding cars.

Simple idea, well executed, and pretty fun. I love the "woah" sound effect when you push the people.