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Irmgard Reichts by Ancient_Pixel

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made by Ancient_Pixel for LD32 (COMPO)
Irmgard reichts, she has enough of the ravenous pigeons in the townpark, flocking around and destroying the beautiful statues of her beloved Johann Strauss. Irmgard strikes back. Together wirh her dog, Waldo, she goes on the hunt.
If she's tired and worn out from the fighting she sits down on the public benches to rest and regain some healthpoints.
Help Irmgard to kepp the park clean!

Tools used:
sfxr
gamemaker studio
Windows http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11886159/an_unconventional_weapon.rar
Source http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11886159/an_unconventional_weapon.rar
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=38743

Ratings

Coolness 32% 1952
Overall 3.25 477
Audio 2.80 499
Fun 3.15 461
Graphics 3.60 259
Humor 3.70 113
Innovation 2.95 647
Mood 3.25 295
Theme 3.20 668

Feedback

DKoding
20. Apr 2015 路 01:09 UTC
Web link just closes the tab
馃帳 Ancient_Pixel
20. Apr 2015 路 01:21 UTC
Sry, about that, its download only.
Phil Strahl
20. Apr 2015 路 19:52 UTC
I don't see anything much unconventional about the gun Irmgard uses to kill the pigeons with, frankly, and having to shoot 320 pigeons to whin the game seems like a bit overkill (haha pun!). To me, commuting between the 4 statues with old Irmgard was a bit tiresome and throwing bread constantly to keep the flying pests away my tactic of choice. The graphics are really nice and have a nice retro top-down-shooter appeal, also the animations of pigeons (which look a bit like ducks to me) and dogs are very fitting. Nice work!
DesignerNap
20. Apr 2015 路 20:16 UTC
nice visuals and good humor. I like that she is armed! random :)
esayitch
20. Apr 2015 路 23:04 UTC
SFX were pretty cool, graphics were decent. Movement was sluggish and the weapon was just weird. Pretty funny premise for a game though :P.

Decent entry overall, good luck!
calavera
22. Apr 2015 路 04:02 UTC
Awesome! I really like this entry a lot. the art is really good.
CowShark
22. Apr 2015 路 12:58 UTC
The camera zooming looks kind of gross with the pixel art. Otherwise, the graphics are pretty great!
Psyho
24. Apr 2015 路 16:16 UTC
Art was great for 48h. Unfortunately the gameplay itself was really boring. There was a single very distant goal and no feeling of accomplishment other than increasing stat of killed pigeons.
plams
25. Apr 2015 路 12:59 UTC
I got 321/320 kills! Didn't manage to use the frisbee effectively, but otherwise a very fun lure/kill/evade gameplay. Like throwing brains at zombies!
johnnwfs
25. Apr 2015 路 18:03 UTC
Not bad. Enjoyed an example of GM:Studio work. Found it pretty funny. The cane gun or whatever it was seemed unconventional to me. Should the dog be able to eat pigeons?
馃帳 Ancient_Pixel
27. Apr 2015 路 12:31 UTC
Thx for the Feedback, in hindsight i could have fleshed out the game more, but then i wouldnt made it to the compo. And i think thats what ludum dare is about; how far do you get with 48h and what can you learn from the feedback :)
@johnnwfs: Yes, the dog loves eating pigeons
@plams: i will look into that.
IDidGame
28. Apr 2015 路 17:48 UTC
i liked the style and the premise which fits the theme nicely imo
Teesquared
10. May 2015 路 06:55 UTC
Unguard Irmgard. It's a dirty job but someone's got to do. Killing two birds with one bread. I like the bait idea. Some obstacles were hard to see but fun and very funny game.
JonathanG
11. May 2015 路 22:02 UTC
The flocking of the birds and the 2d art was quite nice! Maybe the shooting should involved more aiming?