Time Heist by Gonzo

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made by Gonzo for LD27 (COMPO)
After one term of learning Unity and programming, Time Heist is my first attempt at a coherent game project. The idea was to use ten seconds as a ressource which the player can use to stop time around him and pass otherwise impossible areas.

Actually it was intended for the time to reset only after each zone, which could have consisted of up to three stages and would have forced the player to be more cautious about saving seconds, but more than one stage was unfortunately impossible for me to achieve within the time given.

There are still some bugs and issues (such as the delayed player rotation), but I hope you'll still have some fun. Feedback would be highly appreciated.

Controls: WASD: Move - Time Freeze: Space

Note: Chrome users might experience problems with the web player.

Used Software:

- Unity 3D (Engine)
- Sublime Text 2 (Coding)
- GIMP (Textures/"Art")
- Inkscape (Character Sprites)
- Audacity (Sound Editing)
- sfxr (Sound Effects)
- Pulseboy (Soundtrack)

Fonts:

- Chalkboard (dafont.com)
- Liquid Crystal (dafont.com)
- Cambria

Patch Notes:

- Fixed an error which made it impossible to end the game.
- Fixed an error which restarted the whole game when caught by a security guard.

Ratings

Coolness 28% 1640
Overall 2.75 850
Audio 2.56 552
Fun 2.70 737
Graphics 2.39 851
Innovation 3.05 492
Theme 3.50 243

Feedback

mtrc
26. Aug 2013 · 18:02 UTC
I like the idea, and the graphics! Your execution is pretty good, although I couldn't pick up the clocks (no idea why) and if you run out of time to pause, the screen stays slightly greyed which is misleading (because you can be caught! :P)

The intro text is a bit long and wordy too. Maybe spread it out a bit or make it shorter?

Good start though! I really liked the theming.
llamaguy
26. Aug 2013 · 18:11 UTC
I like this game a lot. OH! The first clock, I take him and the timer don't change and the line o vision of the guards is confuse in the first time, I thougth it was only in the light cone :)

PS: The music is simple but I really like.
mrcdk
26. Aug 2013 · 18:41 UTC
I really enjoyed your game, nice one! I liked the concept, you should polish the gameplay a little and add more levels!
Teejay5
31. Aug 2013 · 06:11 UTC
I dealt with it.
nice game!
doonay21
02. Sep 2013 · 19:12 UTC
I enjoyed your game. Audio is really moody :)
udo
03. Sep 2013 · 21:01 UTC
I loved playing this. On the first attempt, I got stuck in a corner though, but after that everything went fine. Nice work!
reheated
03. Sep 2013 · 21:09 UTC
Quite funny, and fun gameplay! Too short though.
Toadpud
03. Sep 2013 · 22:36 UTC
Nice game! I managed to get it stuck by stopping time just as a guard saw me... he walked through me, then away, and I still couldn't move. I had to refresh the page.
larb
03. Sep 2013 · 22:57 UTC
Cool concept.