ToTheRescue by SaiKai

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made by SaiKai for LD27 (JAM)
Take control of a heroic firemen who has to save helpless civilians out of a burning house.


Control with Left - Right
Up to climb ladders
space to jump
and x to hit doors / repair ladders / pickup and throw civilians and everything else

Game should run on Windows / Linux / Mac ( if that isn't the case..please leave a comment )


Everything was made by myself in 72 hours except the music ( courtesy of FoxSynergy -> http://opengameart.org/content/overdrive-sex-machine )

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 3.52 109
Audio(Jam) 3.20 169
Fun(Jam) 3.68 36
Graphics(Jam) 3.28 287
Humor(Jam) 3.11 121
Innovation(Jam) 3.30 152
Mood(Jam) 3.33 141
Theme(Jam) 3.76 37

Feedback

stewthepoo
27. Aug 2013 · 12:19 UTC
this is really fun! such a great use of the 10 second theme, the music made me feel like a badass firefighter
lcass
27. Aug 2013 · 18:15 UTC
EPIC
rincewind_cz
27. Aug 2013 · 18:23 UTC
Nice use of theme ;)
Mental Atrophy
27. Aug 2013 · 18:25 UTC
Fun game. Tomorrow I'm going to start replacing the staircase in my house with a ladder, to honor your bloodline.
kristof
27. Aug 2013 · 19:15 UTC
Very cool interpretation of the theme. I like the pixely graphics and the smoke streaming through the corridors. I got stuck a few levels in, because I could not make a jump. I always hit my head on the ceiling. But I had a lot of fun up until that point.
infinitedog
27. Aug 2013 · 21:50 UTC
Good job! Interesting game mechanics and good interpretation for this theme!
johnfn
27. Aug 2013 · 21:52 UTC
Ahaha. I wasn't expecting much from the pictures, but you wildly exceeded my expectations! Funny and tense and very enjoyable! My only suggestion is that the air pockets kinda took away some of the tension, and you really want a lot of tension out of the game, so maybe airpockets should just slow down the rate at which you run out of time instead of giving you all your time back? Just a suggestion. Anyways, it was really good, and a lot of fun! Nice job!
shard123
27. Aug 2013 · 21:53 UTC
Loved your entry, it was nicely polished and very fun!
Toadpud
27. Aug 2013 · 21:53 UTC
Well done!
kebabskal
27. Aug 2013 · 21:56 UTC
Very nice! Good gameplay, Fits theme well, Nice pixel art. Good job!
Unept
27. Aug 2013 · 22:16 UTC
Fun game. The intense music an sound effects really added to the "mood" for sure. Nicely done.
Vile Smile
28. Aug 2013 · 00:05 UTC
Very good! The art was done very well and the music was very driving.
sP0CkEr2
28. Aug 2013 · 06:00 UTC
this was a very solid game with execellent use of the theme
folmerkelly
28. Aug 2013 · 08:38 UTC
Well done! Good pixel art, neat game mechanic, great music, and very good use of the theme. Solid!
Khopa
28. Aug 2013 · 23:17 UTC
Great game :)
soerensen3
28. Aug 2013 · 23:23 UTC
I liked it, very innovative.
Sephiroth87
28. Aug 2013 · 23:26 UTC
You should put a %.2f to that timer :P
Nice little game, but a bit too easy
BlackBulletIV
28. Aug 2013 · 23:37 UTC
That was awesome. Very fun. I love your use of the theme.
awppy
29. Aug 2013 · 22:50 UTC
Pretty solid entry. It was a bit easy but the level designs were good and I'm pretty sure with the mechanics you have in place you could flesh out a deeper game with more interesting puzzles and challenges.
Fififox
29. Aug 2013 · 22:51 UTC
Inventive use of the theme, with solid graphics, very good music and humorous dialogs.
BrothersT
29. Aug 2013 · 22:58 UTC
Haha! I really like this game. It is unfortunately a tad easy :P but it was mega fun.
BeardoGames
30. Aug 2013 · 00:08 UTC
The firefighter was a nice take on the theme, but I almost wish it was even harder by having to rescue the people before they succumb to smoke-- now you can just hang out in the safe zone. But all in all really nice. It could easily be made into a full post-jam game!
almightyzentaco
30. Aug 2013 · 00:15 UTC
I always wanted to be a fireman.
Kohijin
30. Aug 2013 · 00:31 UTC
Nice one, the gloomy visuals tempted me to try this and it hooked me for quite a while. Really liked the smoke clouds too.
Almax27
30. Aug 2013 · 07:25 UTC
Simple but effective. :)
5ants team
30. Aug 2013 · 08:00 UTC
Nice concept, fun and defying. Congrats!
manofdoom
30. Aug 2013 · 08:01 UTC
Bit rough around the edges (particularly in visuals and level designs) but really fun and having to smash doors down, fix ladders etc was very intense when running out of air. Great use of humour too, what with throwing civilians out of the windows and such. Good work.
hoqjed
30. Aug 2013 · 08:08 UTC
Right, this is pretty interesting actually. I was surprised a bit with the game, it had a certain impact that worked well for it. The game works well for the most part, I did find one glitchy-ish thing. If you accidentally jump out of the window you just continue to fall into the blackness until time runs out. A nice remedy would be to just restart the level after they cross a certain distance of falling.

Aside from that the game worked fine. As someone else noted you're going for tension here. So the air pockets really work against some of that often providing too much of an easy route out. Now, since it's worked into the gameplay already I figure a good way to add more tension while keeping the air pocket layout would be to have the air pocket slowly drain of air. Then the tension of being stuck inside without completely unlimited resources is still there, while still retaining the air pocket in the level design.

Aside from that the art was fairly good for what was done, a little rough around the edges for some things (like the air pockets, safe zones, and "edges" of the layout that are surrounded completely by a black abyss). The audio was fine, the song choice fit the intensity and the other sounds worked fine in the game.
Xaychru04
30. Aug 2013 · 09:10 UTC
Really enjoyable game. I like the sound when you pick someone, and throwing them trough the windows was funny. Good job! :)
ratalaika
30. Aug 2013 · 15:14 UTC
good job
dook
02. Sep 2013 · 17:33 UTC
Great use of the theme and the graphics were nice. A little more work and some better levels and this could be a great little game :)
jwolf
05. Sep 2013 · 02:04 UTC
Nicely done! Your entry is interesting, fun, and really well put together.
Sestren
05. Sep 2013 · 02:06 UTC
Really great game. I wish there were more levels to play, but as is, it's pretty fun. I like how the screen gets darker as you run out of air.
ahm99
17. Sep 2013 · 00:50 UTC
Really cool game. I actually see potential for a full version.
Connors
17. Sep 2013 · 07:51 UTC
Awesome. Like many entries it shows potential for being made into a full game...

I'd prefer it be a little harder. Maybe you move slower when you carry people?