Wasteland Water Warriors by sezdev

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made by sezdev for Ludum Dare 53 (COMPO)

Water is scarce, it's up to you to deliver it in these wastelands.

Please use the itch.io link to play the webbuild!

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UPDATE: DON'T USE THIS FOR RATING! I've updated the game a bit, overhauled the controls, added obstacles, collision, an extra weapon. It's almost a fun game! Please don't use this to rate the jam, that would be unfair. Use it only if you want to see more of the game. Thanks! LINK

Ratings

Overall 321th 3.105⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 363th 2.684⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 309th 2.947⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 194th 3.895⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 99th 3.921⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 329th 2.056⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 261th 3.056⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 14🗳️ 9🗨️

Feedback

kykypy3o8
01. May 2023 · 09:09 UTC
there in no music or sound, but i can definitely hear soundtrack of mad max:D
kgurniak91
01. May 2023 · 11:02 UTC
Yeah reminds me of mad max: fury road. Managed to get to the end but it was too easy, enemy cars literally melted when attacked with 3 turrets at once. Some indicator showing the direction vector would be nice (it's hard to grasp where we are moving because the background is too similiar), but overall I enjoyed it.
🎤 sezdev
01. May 2023 · 14:02 UTC
Thank you both for playing. I changed it and now opted out of the audio category. Imaginary audio is not going to win me any points :D
I never came around to balancing the enemies and there is a bug that allows you to shoot outside of the gun's range so it's indeed way too easy.
Beep Boop
02. May 2023 · 18:56 UTC
Very clean and nice graphics, some veriety in the game play (maybe upgrades?) and this could make a very good little casual game :)
thewrath
02. May 2023 · 19:06 UTC
I really like the principle! It took me a little while to understand that everything is played with the mouse (if I had read the explanation it would have been easier ^^) I think that with small variations in the enemies and in the weapons it could be really fun and replayable! It lacks a small reward at the end to have the satisfaction of having accomplished something important ;) Also, nice visual effects and style ! Good job!
sdelay
02. May 2023 · 19:27 UTC
nice atmosphere ! indeed a mad max reference. Kind of easy, once you get use to the commands. Maybe a easy/normal/hard level choice in the menu.
Lex
02. May 2023 · 20:14 UTC
Really well polished mechanics and gameplay, but I think the difficulty could ramp up a little faster and be more "frenetic" near the end.

Also, you probably already know that and didn't have the time or resources, but adding sound effects and music really brings the game feel to a next level.

Congratulations on your submission!
🎤 sezdev
03. May 2023 · 11:29 UTC
Thank you all for playing. I totally agree with all the feedback. Some more variation and it would have been fun to play. Maybe one day I will update it. :)
kaliuresis
04. May 2023 · 03:39 UTC
The base gameplay is great. I agree that this would be very fun with a bit more variety. The controls explanation being a bit more descriptive would have been nice. I only realized you could rotate with middle mouse because of the screenshots, and I never figured out what the 4th ability does.
Erlioniel
04. May 2023 · 20:18 UTC
Hey dude,
Caught you blog post, because the initial draft you've shown was literally one of our ideas (which we didn't pick to implement, because of reasons :smile: ). Nice small game for a single person in scope of COMPO.

Like how it feels that you're blasting through sand trying to deliver cargo ASAP. What didn't match with me is the gameplay tho. Selecting enemy and spamming 1-2-3 isn't that hard and enjoyable as it might be.

But despite of that I do like how it turns out for you. And honestly want to give you my :thumbsup: for the result!
🎤 sezdev
05. May 2023 · 11:14 UTC
Hey! Thanks for the reply. You don't need to spam 1-2-3, it auto-shoots once it's selected.
Yizao
07. May 2023 · 02:10 UTC
Love the art style, maybe build a level-ability system will make it more playable
Geckoo1337
07. May 2023 · 12:00 UTC
Of course it reminds me MadMax 2 or the last one. The main aesthetic is clean with a good retro vibe. The main gameplay fits with the theme. I would like to hear some sounds, but in less than two days you made a solid entry. Well done. Thank you. I wish you the best ++
DecrementedPalindrome
14. May 2023 · 22:22 UTC
I liked the graphical style of the game, the lines for the wind and the particle effects add a lot of atmosphere to the otherwise minimal environment which I think works well in a jam. As other people have pointed out it would be nice to have sound and the game didn't seem to get any more difficult as time went on. I think it would also be better to use a monospace font for the timer so that it doesn't shake as the digits change, or just remove the sub-second part.
jnaver
15. May 2023 · 13:41 UTC
Very clean graphics! The game doesn't seem to get hard and once I get used to the controls things where smooth sailing. Maybe some difficulty curves?
Petronus
15. May 2023 · 18:20 UTC
I really liked the graphics. You can imagine having this race going on. I can aggree with my voters before, once you get used to the controls its pretty easy. But I liked the different guns on the truck, for further development maybe add different shots and multiple selections to it? Anyway, nice entry, I enjoyed.
🎤 sezdev
19. May 2023 · 16:42 UTC
Thank you all for playing and leaving feedback and votes. Much appreciated :heart: