Deathwish Dan by JHollands

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made by JHollands for LD27 (JAM)
F3 TO SKIP FIRST LEVEL IF YOU'RE TIRED OF DYING!

Website: jhollands.co.uk

This is my first game and my first Ludum Dare - a lovely stressful challenge. Deathwish Dan tends to die after 10 seconds in different places unless he does things. Yeah that's about it.

Important:
You might lose a couple of times if you're determined to win - press F3 on the first level to skip it if you're tired of the animation at the start - didn't have time to create an alternative. Nor did I have time to add any sound at all. You'll also notice that the game clearly gets more buggy/less attractive/more crude as you get closer to the unfinished, buggy ending - my bad.

Also it got a bit weird somewhere around the all-nighter area. I'm still not quite sure how the ending ended up that way.

Still, I achieved my main goals and am pretty happy with some of the art assets and animations. Looking forward to playing some other people's games now!

EDIT: Ha yeah ending is pretty screwed. Oh well it didn't make sense anyway!

Ratings

Coolness 70% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.41 158
Audio(Jam) 1.65 492
Fun(Jam) 3.27 155
Graphics(Jam) 4.29 47
Humor(Jam) 3.86 29
Innovation(Jam) 3.07 246
Mood(Jam) 3.47 104
Theme(Jam) 3.30 208

Feedback

Blupsy
27. Aug 2013 · 02:10 UTC
My computer said that the file was damaged and unreadable, might just be my machine though.
theholychicken
27. Aug 2013 · 08:24 UTC
Oh whaaaat... the baby is flying though the air along with the lower half of my wife..
The game had me hooked the moment he started moonwalking to the closet.
flamecow
27. Aug 2013 · 15:55 UTC
Pretty fun game. Insanely good art style, too.
immanuela
27. Aug 2013 · 16:00 UTC
I've been looking forward to playing your game after your blog post about it. The graphics are amazing! I love the bus scene too, very reminiscent of London! What happened to the wife? Did I cut her in half?
Kwrky
27. Aug 2013 · 16:05 UTC
I am not really sure what is going on, but I know I enjoyed it =D
xk
27. Aug 2013 · 16:22 UTC
Too bad its not really finished, your art is absolutely awesome! I would trade my stupid coding skills to be able to draw like that! Good job for your first game, keep it up!
wine
27. Aug 2013 · 16:23 UTC
Even in this unfinished form it's very nice work! Look forward to update
Jimanzium
27. Aug 2013 · 16:57 UTC
Very nice looking, but it's a bit bugged at the end. Still, was awesome to play and I hope you finish it!
Zer0Kelvin
28. Aug 2013 · 04:50 UTC
Kept getting killed without knowing why? I guess I was too slow? I like the consistent graphic style :)
🎤 JHollands
28. Aug 2013 · 12:20 UTC
@blupsy: no idea why that's happening sorry. Redownload perhaps

@theholychicken: haha yeah the bottom of the wife thing is a bug - no idea why it exists. Thanks though!
🎤 JHollands
28. Aug 2013 · 12:23 UTC
@immanuela: How did you know that it's London?! Glad you noticed ha. No the wife getting cut in half was a bug - your first-born was just meant to float away to space and perhaps become the fella from 2001? I don't know. Not like I'm the dev or anything :L.

@Zer0Kelvin: Yeah I guess that I should have communicated the dying after 10 seconds thing a little better!

About an update: not 100% it'll happen - I'll see if I can find the time!
GSM Productions
28. Aug 2013 · 12:32 UTC
A-we-so-me :D This game was great, art style was a bit McPixel-ish, as was the random humour/death/actions. And that ending... Very well done, good sir!
GreyShock
28. Aug 2013 · 12:41 UTC
Very good art and weird ending haha Nice work!
ezolotko
28. Aug 2013 · 12:41 UTC
Great graphics
pereubu
28. Aug 2013 · 12:57 UTC
omfg I just love this game in every aspects :
- great pixel art
- awesome and immersive gameplay
- awesome animations

love <3
PS : the bugs I got playing it were awesomely funny too
klianc09
28. Aug 2013 · 14:17 UTC
I'm not sure what was going on, but I liked every second of it. (Except always having to restart from the beginning, but it wasn't that long anyways.) Too bad there was no audio.
deepnight
28. Aug 2013 · 16:10 UTC
Really funny game :) I totally loved the moonwalk idea.
loxo
28. Aug 2013 · 16:41 UTC
Fun to play game with great graphics. After a few deaths the game slowed down and I had to restart.
MinionStudios
28. Aug 2013 · 16:41 UTC
Hilarious and clever. love the moonwalk
🎤 JHollands
28. Aug 2013 · 16:47 UTC
@loxo: Wasn't aware of that issue! Thanks.
zatyka
28. Aug 2013 · 17:09 UTC
Dude, that was awesome. Great art, and very funny. One of my favorites... I just wish it was longer.
esayitch
28. Aug 2013 · 17:28 UTC
Very very stylish game :P
psychomonster
28. Aug 2013 · 20:51 UTC
This is nice... Donnie Darko like beginning :D
psychomonster
28. Aug 2013 · 20:52 UTC
This is nice... Donnie Darko like beginning, with scrubs flavor :D
bnhw
28. Aug 2013 · 21:13 UTC
Your first game? A sterling effort, chap! Excellent job on the visuals.
ellipticaldoor
28. Aug 2013 · 22:22 UTC
Very good art :D
almightyzentaco
29. Aug 2013 · 00:21 UTC
Loved the art style. Very excellent.
naufr4g0
29. Aug 2013 · 00:36 UTC
Awesome pixel-art. I love it! :)
Really fun, too! :)
Lightmare Studio
29. Aug 2013 · 07:14 UTC
Great game, but very difficult! :)
PeaCe
29. Aug 2013 · 07:34 UTC
Nice Graphic a humorous! ;)
rxi
29. Aug 2013 · 10:30 UTC
Really nice visuals!
matthias_zarzecki
29. Aug 2013 · 12:59 UTC
It has a cat! 5 STARS GOTY

Seriously, this is great. The first room had me in shambles, with the timing, the moonwalk, and the sudden death :D

Amazing work!
Almax27
29. Aug 2013 · 18:17 UTC
Awesome game, loved the Zak McKrakken feels. Only thing that stood out for me was the font choice. It was cool graphic design studio, where the art was quirky pixelart. But that's just be being weird. :)

\o/
🎤 JHollands
29. Aug 2013 · 18:40 UTC
@Almax27: Totally agreed - terrible choice of typeface. It's something that I really wanted to pay attention to, but with the limited time just had to slap on there last minute.
Brassawiking
30. Aug 2013 · 17:34 UTC
Awesome pixel art and animation! Impressive that you manage to make all that art within 48 hours.
🎤 JHollands
30. Aug 2013 · 18:04 UTC
@Brassawiking: Thanks! Was doing the Jam though - 72 hours.
Diogo Muller
31. Aug 2013 · 15:49 UTC
Very nice work! :) I really like this game's humor.
blackotus
31. Aug 2013 · 19:42 UTC
The graphics and animations are great!

I absolutely love the premise too! But I wish the game had a quick rset button, starting over and over again can get tiring.

Nice job!
Codexus
31. Aug 2013 · 20:43 UTC
Nice but I couldn't get passed the second screen and it takes too much time to retry. Good art though.
🎤 JHollands
01. Sep 2013 · 01:51 UTC
@blackotus & Codexus as mentioned, hit F3 to skip the first level.
Linusson
01. Sep 2013 · 22:22 UTC
Really nice graphics. :) Unfortunately I didn't get very far so I didn't see much of it. But well done, especially the gfx. :)
SecondDimension
06. Sep 2013 · 20:43 UTC
Wasn't sure where the baby went at the end but really enjoyed it. Looked great and always enjoy a Donnie Darko reference.
lordjosephdeburg
15. Sep 2013 · 01:20 UTC
interesting game, I really like the pixel art style