Pizza Boss Rush 9000 by MrEliptik

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made by MrEliptik for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

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You play as a kind delivery boy, trying to do his best but your boss is an angry and never satisfied man. One day, as you come back from your delivery, he starts shouting at you because you're late. This is over, you decide to do something this time, so you fight him with the only thing you have: a pizza box

Delivery boy, is a boss rush game where you have to defeat a boss with a pizza box to win the game. Choose the hard door for an extra challenge!

Controls

KEYBOARD - WASD to move - SHIFT to dash - SPACE to jump - E, F, J, K or L to throw the box

🎮 GAMEPAD - LEFT STICK or DPAD to move - B or L1 or L2 to dash - A to jump - X or R1 or R2 to throw

Catch the box before it falls on the ground to up your combo (and your damage). Throw it fast after catching it to do a super throw (if combo > 5)

License

Made live on https://www.twitch.tv/mreliptik

  • Art, code and SFX by me, MrEliptik
  • Music: Abstraction https://abstractionmusic.com/

Gifs & video

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https://youtu.be/9SKyqCXSMCA

Ratings

Overall 297th 3.842⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Fun 110th 4.039⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 515th 3.447⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1073th 3.184⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 467th 3.882⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Humor 191th 3.8⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Mood 560th 3.569⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Given 47🗳️ 81🗨️

Feedback

BlackjackMusic
02. May 2023 · 01:43 UTC
This was so much fun! Especially getting combos felt good. The boss' moveset reminded me of Rudy the Clown from Wario Land 3 which is a good thing.
potadex
02. May 2023 · 02:40 UTC
That's one furious boss right there.
Jin9310
02. May 2023 · 06:52 UTC
Although it is quite open interpretation of the theme, the boss fight feels so good and polished. Love the details of screen shake and the screen filter gives it nice vibes. Great job done
Tomeyro
02. May 2023 · 06:55 UTC
![Screenshot_20230502_005303.png](///raw/3f3/e/z/5a766.png)

Amazing boss fight!

Nice job :smile:
ellaris
02. May 2023 · 07:25 UTC
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+ When the boss was on the ground I managed to bounce the box off of him and catch it generating combo and doing damage in short amount of time with a simple attack spam technique.
+ I feel like sometimes when I was moving towards the sweeping hand the character would go through it and not get hit.
+ I had some problem with distinguishing the hand slam and hand sweep attacks since they started of the same, so it might be a good idea to have a differentiating signal (like coming down slower with an arc rather than straight down)
+ Sometimes the character would throw the box in the opposite direction (I think especially after catching the box)
+ It would be nice to see max combo on defeat screen as well (I was concentrating on combo and missed his attack, and then wanted to check how high I got but it wasn't there)
+ I feel like one presses the retry button a lot, so if a player is retrying I think the death animation could be shortened (by the amount of retry s) to get back into the game
+ Loved the graphics
silvio
02. May 2023 · 09:50 UTC
feels nice and polished!
INCD021
02. May 2023 · 09:59 UTC
wow.. To much for my old brain.. Fun, nice grpahics and sounds. What's not to like.. Very nicely done :thumbsup:
Spacespytv
02. May 2023 · 14:09 UTC
Brilliant! Just what I expected, boss was the right level difficulty which is hard to pull off, box sometimes got stuck on top of the hands, and I had to wait until they moved to get it back, but apart from that it's a great boss fight, great work.
Roalinn
03. May 2023 · 16:03 UTC
Very polished and nice game!
![resim_2023-05-03_190402660.png](///raw/021/81/z/5b0fe.png)
Pixelce
04. May 2023 · 07:49 UTC
It's so cool to be in boss fights all the time. It's a pretty fun game. Good luck
Stingby12
04. May 2023 · 10:09 UTC
The game is pretty fun, but sometimes you can die out of nowhere, and it's really annoying, also some attacks indications are barely noticeable, like that laser attack.

Also, I don't know why there is an hard mode, since I barely see any difference.
SvenErik
04. May 2023 · 11:44 UTC
Awesome one! it's very responsive and the gfx are very neatly done! Fun & simple to play and hard to master~ Aesthetics were very fitting and really polished, splendid work overall! :)
agudar
04. May 2023 · 19:46 UTC
great visuals, solid gameplay, i liked boss attacks and dodging mechanics (which is movement xd) and the post processing is nice
Flying Butter Studio
04. May 2023 · 20:54 UTC
Your game is so juicy! Liketh art and shaders you used. The gameplay is simple but the boss moveset balance that point for me. Very fun to play, a good project and a great work! :smile:
notdepressedeveloper
04. May 2023 · 22:43 UTC
There are so many ways to die and this kinda reminds me the game called "dumb ways to die". I really enjoyed your game and your stream while making it, congrats :clap:
k8n
04. May 2023 · 23:37 UTC
Such a cool shader and well-thought boss!
LDJam user 257438
05. May 2023 · 05:34 UTC
Great fun game!! I clearly enjoyed it!
I loved the art style and audio in the game. but i felt that the theme is not that much fulfilled!

Other than that, great submission!
LDJam user 317693
06. May 2023 · 11:53 UTC
Throwing the pizza box to bounce off the walls onto the boss is a super fun mechanic and I love the juice of the game. I finally beat the boss after a good few tries, though I haven't tried hard mode yet, haha. Really cool
seshoumara
07. May 2023 · 16:07 UTC
Engaging music and SFX. I have no clue how you managed to put this much polish in the given time. I like that a simple pizza box can be used for attack, defense from bullets for ex and combos. The time between restarts could be a bit smaller. Given that I rarely play this genre I enjoyed it a lot!
Hakro
07. May 2023 · 21:26 UTC
It's a lot of fun. Really like the graphics, the music, and the professional game juice.
Very solid entry.
simmo
09. May 2023 · 20:15 UTC
Very addicted, and incredibly polished! Great game! :D
Greenrose7
10. May 2023 · 04:35 UTC
Super stylish, the filter across the screen and the bouncy animations of everything made it feel really alive 👍
mrSilfverhelmet
10. May 2023 · 20:50 UTC
really nice controls and feeling in gameplay. Art and sound work well together. well done!
Bukaanka
14. May 2023 · 08:51 UTC
Maaan, the level of polish is insanely good, the screen shakes, sounds, particles, top notch. Liked the game a lot and struggled even in regular mode. Great job, got nothing to add but praises!
interpixel
18. May 2023 · 18:08 UTC
nice gameplay, like a classic arcade game