Snap by fishbrain
I managed another dark LD entry. Go on a shooting rampage - blame the theme I'm afraid. I like to use LD to explore unusual themes, game mechanics, and ideas.
I was drawn to the idea of some interesting game mechanics. Innocent people are worth more points than police, although police can shoot at you and deal health damage.
I was also intrigued by the idea of a "Suicide Bonus". If you die from wounds, you get no Suicide Bonus. If you suicide, you get a bonus based on your current health. But of course, if you suicide, you can no longer score points. So... when to suicide?
And then the Newtown tragedy happened, and made me feel sad and uncomfortable. RIP.
I was drawn to the idea of some interesting game mechanics. Innocent people are worth more points than police, although police can shoot at you and deal health damage.
I was also intrigued by the idea of a "Suicide Bonus". If you die from wounds, you get no Suicide Bonus. If you suicide, you get a bonus based on your current health. But of course, if you suicide, you can no longer score points. So... when to suicide?
And then the Newtown tragedy happened, and made me feel sad and uncomfortable. RIP.
Ratings
| Coolness | 100% | 1 |
| Overall | 3.13 | 288 |
| Audio | 3.43 | 63 |
| Fun | 2.07 | 674 |
| Graphics | 3.45 | 183 |
| Humor | 1.57 | 675 |
| Innovation | 3.17 | 220 |
| Mood | 3.81 | 26 |
| Theme | 4.14 | 23 |
But it is abstract i like it
Anyways, a poignant game, and this was truly an unfortunate theme choice given the tragedy in Connecticut. This game does it right though, without glamorizing the deed.
I don't think it was working quite right, because when I played it it didn't seem to give me any points for shooting anyone, other than me. So I only got a suicide bonus.
Graphics, Audio, Mood, Theme were awesome. Wasn't very fun to play due to the scoring being broken, and also because it's such a downer in light of the horrible events of Friday.
Please don't name download files generic titles like "LD25"
Bonus points for recording the crowd audio, that's always hard to do during compo.
nice mood and audio, I tried to kill miself at start, expecting another end :)
nice idea =]
This has to be one of the few games I've played where the "Overall" score is higher than the "Fun" because it's really not fun at all, but it *is* powerful.
In Audio too, I guess you didn't record it yourself, but I guess you "made" it in a way, so, it worth some stars.
This is a clever and innovative entry. Good job!
Nice graphics and soundscape!
My only complaint is that I couldn't tell when I had successfully shot someone, or when I had been shot. Perhaps adding some more visual feedback would help?
You did a really great job setting the mood!
The game itself is really interesting, especially because of the suicide bonus. It is a pretty cool idea and it does change the whole dynamics of the game.
But the actual gameplay could do with some polish. There needs to be more of a challenge if you want the game to actually be fun to play aside from the "experience" of it. And I think it works really well just as an experience, I like the ending and the whole idea of forcing the player into this position of becoming a coward.
Really interesting, the timing and all. But we've seen so many tragedies like this, and with a theme like that, it makes sense that someone would make a mass shooting game. I think you handled it very well, though. Congrats.
I obviously didn't rated humor.
A great idea for mood, but I think you aren't there yet.