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A Politics Now by Nicoll Hunt

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made by Nicoll Hunt for LD29 (COMPO)
This started off as a fun game about a newsreader and became increasingly bizarre and disturbing the longer I worked on it. I'm a little scared of it now.

Help Satan pump the tortured souls of the eternally damned to fuel the hate-filled bile of a modern day political pundit.

Controls:
LEFT / RIGHT to Move Satan
HOLD SPACE to Pump Tortured Souls
Web https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17038875/LD48/apoliticsnow/apoliticsnow.html
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/nzyf669und6l7po/APoliticsNow_Windows.zip
OS/X https://www.dropbox.com/s/hgqkpqbv0mz08cf/APoliticsNow_MacOSX.zip
Linux https://www.dropbox.com/s/z6gprakvfj2ja62/APoliticsNow_Linux.zip
Source https://www.dropbox.com/s/d464en6lavsowk0/APoliticsNowSource.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=34501

Ratings

Coolness 47% 1409
Overall 3.36 372
Audio 3.48 157
Fun 3.07 508
Graphics 3.33 440
Humor 4.04 18
Innovation 3.50 260
Mood 3.36 269
Theme 3.59 275

Feedback

piratefraser
27. Apr 2014 路 20:05 UTC
so hard
influxWishdream
28. Apr 2014 路 01:55 UTC
Your windows build isn't available :c
Pierrec
28. Apr 2014 路 09:10 UTC
Bizarre indeed. And creepy. You did a good job with the sounds!
It's a bit annoying that the Satan pointer is very small, sometimes you run by a door, press space, but you walked too far
gnerkus
28. Apr 2014 路 09:45 UTC
I would suggest a feature to allow Satan to snap to soul pumps. It might make the game a little easier.
馃帳 Nicoll Hunt
28. Apr 2014 路 10:28 UTC
Thanks everyone! I've fixed the Windows build now.

Satan should snap to the soul pumps if you *hold* Space while running past. That's how I've managed to get my highest times (~60 seconds).

Originally it was based on tapping but I was giving myself RSI :)
ovenchips
28. Apr 2014 路 12:42 UTC
This is a really well-rounded entry. I didn't last very long though. The time it takes to get from one side of the screen to the other is quite high. I love the underlying message of the game. Well done - this is what LD is all about. :)
DragonXVI
28. Apr 2014 路 17:21 UTC
Madness :P Can only manage just over 30 seconds of hate-spew. Great twist on the theme! :D
Doubstract
28. Apr 2014 路 17:56 UTC
So unique! Best score: 38 seconds.
Woo Sang Hwang
29. Apr 2014 路 20:22 UTC
Ummmm.... what?
TomCooper3D
29. Apr 2014 路 20:23 UTC
such a great game 5/5
popogames
29. Apr 2014 路 20:23 UTC
Oh man, that was difficult. Macabre atmosphere as well.
NoorStudios
29. Apr 2014 路 20:24 UTC
very weird indeed. but also weirdly fun.
borrismoose
29. Apr 2014 路 20:25 UTC
I really like it, got 37.90 seconds as my best score so far. A good take on the theme and I agree with your own admission, it's bizarre. What music did you play backwards?
perfect victim
29. Apr 2014 路 20:26 UTC
nice one, heavenly hard!
Newt_
29. Apr 2014 路 21:08 UTC
Well, please don't sell my grandma for a hit.
runvs
29. Apr 2014 路 21:47 UTC
Bizarre, hard... but fun and innovative!
Looks great too!
Lacaranian
29. Apr 2014 路 21:50 UTC
Short but hilariously dark. 10/10 would spew hate again.
BigBearScot
29. Apr 2014 路 22:05 UTC
Love it, all hail Satan.

It looks lovely, the audio stood out amongst it all.
Pavel M. Dlouh媒
29. Apr 2014 路 22:10 UTC
Haha! I like the idea. :) Pretty good job for first game in Unity. I was not able to "survive" more than 20 seconds. Yes, it is so hard. Nice one!
Hammervuis
02. May 2014 路 12:08 UTC
Extremely bizarre, but a good use of the theme. Well done!
zeal
02. May 2014 路 12:23 UTC
A really unique experience. Dark, dark material! Even the music is played backward.
blay09
04. May 2014 路 16:27 UTC
The hitboxes seemed a little weird, sometimes it wouldn't pump even though it looked like I was standing in the right spot and sometimes it would even teleport me over to another soul. The guy's movement, sounds and quotes were funny though :)