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GunHeart by mcburrobit

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made by mcburrobit for LD32 (JAM)
UPDATE: THERE IS NOW A VERY STRIPPED DOWN FLASH VERSION FOR NON-WINDOWS USERS TO TRY, CHECK THE ITCH.IO PAGE OR THE LINK BELOW!



What happens when a strange alien weapon fuses with your body? Not much, it turns out, expect you must balance health and gunplay as every shot drains your hitpoints and the only way to gain them back is to engage enemies in close quarters and dodge their shots.

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To gain back ammo/health, keep enemies in the beam of your flashlight while they shoot, and dodge the shots.

WASD for movement, left mouse to shoot.
Menu works with WASD/Arrows and ENTER/Return.

The game launches without GLSL shaders by default. There's a shortcut icon provided to launch with shaders, or you can manually provide the command line parameter "-enableshaders".
itch.io page http://mcburrobit.itch.io/ld32
Flash version (very rudimentary and feature stripped) http://www.mcburrobit.com/LD32/
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=25317

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 2.75 885
Audio(Jam) 2.63 551
Fun(Jam) 2.65 788
Graphics(Jam) 2.98 660
Humor(Jam) 2.07 861
Innovation(Jam) 2.67 753
Mood(Jam) 2.61 817
Theme(Jam) 2.62 910

Feedback

electric_monk
20. Apr 2015 路 23:28 UTC
Mac build doesn't seem to run for me. Running .app file doesn't appear to do anything.
馃帳 mcburrobit
21. Apr 2015 路 00:08 UTC
Yeah, I unfortunately couldn't test the Linux and Mac nekoVM-versions, and even on Windows the neko binaries have horrible performance compared to the native binaries.

This is mostly a result of trying to stay in the spirit of the keynote and trying something new; a language I've never used before and a framework I've never worked with :D

After I get some sleep I'll try and break out my Mac Mini to see if I could hack together something that works.
joaovitorbf
21. Apr 2015 路 00:25 UTC
The game lagged a lot for me, but other than that, thats a pretty nice game.
sugarbyte
21. Apr 2015 路 00:26 UTC
I click the "Linux" link, and wait, but nothing happens.
Sim00n
21. Apr 2015 路 00:27 UTC
Interesting graphics. I love the HUD indicator in the top left and the rough edged
bossmojoman
21. Apr 2015 路 00:36 UTC
The download wont start on Itch.io for me (windows Version)
SolarflyStudios
21. Apr 2015 路 00:40 UTC
As several people seem to state, the mac build isn't working for me also. But, the graphics in the game look great, and so does the gameplay! I'll be sure to bookmark this page, though, and stay updated to see if there is a change in the build. Anyways, best of luck in the competition!
monkeedude1212
21. Apr 2015 路 00:41 UTC
Download Link not working?
Supernovadx
21. Apr 2015 路 00:42 UTC
Yea, the windows link is broken too.
gene-z
21. Apr 2015 路 00:44 UTC
to lag,,, but interesting
馃帳 mcburrobit
21. Apr 2015 路 00:45 UTC
Welp, seems itch.io's dropbox integration was less than perfect. Windows link should be fixed now, removed the mac and linux builds as people have reported neither of them work (which I actually sort of expected, I'll see what I can do about that).
馃帳 mcburrobit
21. Apr 2015 路 01:01 UTC
If the game is lagging on your system even without the shaders enabled, I would love to hear about your system specs. We had no time to test this very thoroughly so I have no idea of the performance, other than the fact that the native version seriously outperfomed the nekoVM binary on my desktop.
wesley.laferriere
21. Apr 2015 路 01:04 UTC
Can't really figure out how to kill.
Shimmergloom
21. Apr 2015 路 07:58 UTC
I liked the idea of the gun merging with you to make blood bullets but was disappointed that after that bit of story it;s basically a generic platform shooter. :(
Also too much text ingame.
RoryD
21. Apr 2015 路 08:03 UTC
Really fun. There's a great trade off between risk and reward. Control felt a bit floaty to me, but then again it was super useful when I needed to get out of there.
agilejoshua
21. Apr 2015 路 08:16 UTC
Cool idea - shooting in the flash version on OSX isn't reliable alot of times no shot comes out...
馃帳 mcburrobit
21. Apr 2015 路 08:24 UTC
Actually that's probably the fact that the gun is very inaccurate when you have a low amount of kills, If you're on the ground and shoot fairly horizontally, the shot can come off at an angle where it just hits the floor immediately.

If i'd had a bit more time I'd have tweaked the levelup mechanic a bit to avoid scenarios like that or included instructions to always try and shoot from the air when starting out.

Thanks everyone for playing our game!
Archonthewizard
21. Apr 2015 路 08:37 UTC
Fun game. Took me a little while to figure out the strategy. The first few levels were a little intimidating - maybe try starting out a little easier. But I love the concept, lots of potential.
Big Cow
21. Apr 2015 路 08:38 UTC
Pretty fun! The audio was awesome. Unique game mechanic.
Dejvo
21. Apr 2015 路 08:39 UTC
it's not very playable cause when you fire, it doesn't go where the line is. and you have too low ammo to figure out how to fire it. also, it's unconventionally placed weapon and not unconventional weapon. but at least, you have OK AI unlike my game
Mixer
21. Apr 2015 路 10:28 UTC
ha, loves the animations and concepts! That run animation was so smooth, and cool game mechanic.
Franklin's Ghost
21. Apr 2015 路 13:32 UTC
Nice entry. Liked the feel of the player movement, felt like I was in control of where I wanted to be. I wasn't the greatest at it though with the use of the flashlight. My highest kills was 7 and that took me sometime to get.
SinclairStrange
21. Apr 2015 路 16:34 UTC
Overall a nice solid game, has a pretty cool mechanic with the weapon/bullets. Ran fine on my computer. Over all good stuff!
pixzleone
21. Apr 2015 路 16:37 UTC
Nice graphics.
Drauthius
21. Apr 2015 路 18:31 UTC
I like how you have to put yourself at risk to get more bullets. Very well done.
Shugor
21. Apr 2015 路 23:08 UTC
I like your interpretation of the theme, especially because of how much it lends itself to adding challenge to the gameplay. It would be nice if you could absorb energy to fire back at a faster rate, but that might have just been some lag running the game on my computer. Also, it could have been more interesting if you had expanded more on the bit of story shown in the beginning, maybe making several different stages to explore. You still did a great job with what you have~
cgmorton
22. Apr 2015 路 13:45 UTC
This is a fun game, with a weird concept. I really do not understand. You use your health as ammo, okay, but you also gain health when an enemy shoots at you, as long as they're in the light from your flashlight? Did I get that right?

I also found it frustrating that so many of my shots ended up colliding instantly with the ground. I eventually took to only shooting while jumping, but I'd rather have all the options.

Anyway, awesome game!
Flygamer101
22. Apr 2015 路 14:25 UTC
Graphics are pretty cool, and everything else was nice.
fixitteam
22. Apr 2015 路 20:41 UTC
wow, nice graphics and music :)
can it be played with 3d glasses for 3d effect ?
馃帳 mcburrobit
22. Apr 2015 路 20:54 UTC
Unfortunately no :D The chromatic aberration effect is meant to convey the effect the "alien technology" has on the player character, didn't have time to modify the shader to disable it for the menus and before the gun is picked up, so it's on all the time :D