Bad Guy Boot Camp by rustybroomhandle

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made by rustybroomhandle for LD25 (COMPO)
Apologies if this entry is a bit gloomy. A thing happened last week that made me not-so-much want to be the villain, but in the light of all the associated rage, I decided to approach it rather from the point of understanding who the villain is.

"This Ludum Dare entry is ham-fisted and lacks subtlety!" - Roger Ebert

Ratings

Coolness 66% 3
Overall 3.12 298
Audio 2.18 444
Fun 1.47 768
Graphics 2.84 402
Humor 1.50 688
Innovation 3.02 296
Mood 4.00 13
Theme 4.21 17

Feedback

MidgeS
17. Dec 2012 路 04:09 UTC
Wow, was really screptical when i entered the first room. But this conveys such a dense mood.
How am I supposed to vote on Fun and Humor on such an entry? <.<
馃帳 rustybroomhandle
17. Dec 2012 路 07:20 UTC
Honestly I would be disappointed if "Fun" went anywhere above n/a or 1 star.
NuSan
17. Dec 2012 路 08:20 UTC
Cool entry, i like the little text appearing when you "kill" !
jsmars
17. Dec 2012 路 13:23 UTC
Wow, not what I was expecting. Really moody and fits the theme, really makes you think. Good job! I almost don't want to know if the murders are real, sure feels like it.
uuav
17. Dec 2012 路 15:24 UTC
hard to vote game, villain ideed...
ParaPup
17. Dec 2012 路 15:33 UTC
Hmm? Kill the kids? x.x O.o
zenmumbler
17. Dec 2012 路 16:09 UTC
That was disturbing in a good way. My hat goes off to you,
Edocentrique
17. Dec 2012 路 16:10 UTC
Innovating, an interesting point of view. Sure i don't think it's fun or humorous, but it's something ! (and also something original done in 48h ^^)
Rex Peppers
17. Dec 2012 路 16:17 UTC
You marched right up to the theme and punched it in the face.
馃帳 rustybroomhandle
17. Dec 2012 路 17:00 UTC
@Rex Peppers I think you and I had similar reactions to the theme, but we dealt with it in different ways.
Volpes
17. Dec 2012 路 17:29 UTC
Linux download seams down? I get a weird 404 error
poga
17. Dec 2012 路 17:29 UTC
Nice mood, nice idea. Good Job :D
Fonserbc
17. Dec 2012 路 17:35 UTC
Strong, clear, simple.
Pixelbear
17. Dec 2012 路 17:35 UTC
I started off wondering what I was meant to do, but I found myself wanting to learn about the character I was playing. Very grim mood, and that last guy had an important message. Also felt there was a certain subtlety about some of the meanings - for instance, the last guy blocking the exit. Nice one! :D
馃帳 rustybroomhandle
17. Dec 2012 路 17:38 UTC
Volpes, that's because I am an idiot. I had the wrong case in the file name. I fixed it now.
SirJson
17. Dec 2012 路 17:41 UTC
Hm it's not an easy interpretation of the theme which you choose for your Game because of the events in the last days. But the Message you want to tell is important!
Wukkopi
18. Dec 2012 路 09:44 UTC
Well this wasn't that fun to play, but this is very good from educational aspect. Makes one think, why do these things happen all around the world :(
Atomic
18. Dec 2012 路 19:29 UTC
Congratulations on having the guts to do this! My first 5 on theme 0 on fun so far.
fishbrain
19. Dec 2012 路 15:20 UTC
great work!... the detail of the text descriptions really makes an impact.
Cyboot
19. Dec 2012 路 20:25 UTC
Well that was really difficult to play and also not easy to rate...
C谩ssio Eduardo
21. Dec 2012 路 20:18 UTC
Dense game.
RHY3756547
21. Dec 2012 路 20:23 UTC
Very powerful game.
Martin Vilcans
21. Dec 2012 路 20:51 UTC
Wow, that's a hard game. The internal conflict of not wanting to push the trigger, not wanting to be a villain... but still that is the only way to "advance" in the game, forcing yourself to explore your inner darkness. I guess that's what you'd call art.

I didn't have the guts to do an entry like this, even though it was my first thought. (I felt bad when adding the children in my game, and those are just pixels on a collision map.) Congratulations for not chickening out!
wally2069
21. Dec 2012 路 21:02 UTC
I think this was a really important game to make about real life. As a side note, I think this game also demonstrates why the Humor category should be removed for the Mood category.
pighead10
21. Dec 2012 路 21:17 UTC
Touching
EatenAlive3
21. Dec 2012 路 21:21 UTC
Very powerful. Gave me chills.
crashbanito
21. Dec 2012 路 21:48 UTC
After reading off the first victim's information, I was just stunned. As simple as this "game" might be, it's one hell of an experience.
jmaasing
22. Dec 2012 路 09:58 UTC
I think we broke the server, it does not respond so I can't download the game.
Eniko
22. Dec 2012 路 15:30 UTC
The links appear not to be working.
GeorgeBroussard
23. Dec 2012 路 10:24 UTC
Pretty bad taste, I thought. It's not hard to do an entry like this. If you wanted to make a point you could have done the same in a number of better ways. Still, it's just too on the nose to be interesting or past the "dude, too soon" line, imo.
SamoojaMies
23. Dec 2012 路 11:11 UTC
I like the visual style. A serious game about serious topic. Good job!
馃帳 rustybroomhandle
23. Dec 2012 路 15:34 UTC
@GeorgeBroussard How is it bad taste? It was not created solely to be controversial, it merely takes one or two aspects of the issue at hand and hilights them.

Yeah it could have been done better, perhaps in a more subtle way, perhaps with a little more "game" added to it, but bad taste? No.

And "too soon" is an invalid argument here. I'm not making light of the matter, just contributing to the discussion.
lekochen
23. Dec 2012 路 16:22 UTC
very straightforward and strong
Spiridios
23. Dec 2012 路 18:59 UTC
I ran into a weird glitch where the mouse kept "escaping" the plugin window when I clicked to fire. I mainly mention this because the first time I shot someone the browser window disappeared and was replaced with another app I had running in the background. I was left sitting there for a moment wondering if that was the intended effect: you shoot someone and everything is gone. Of course it was just a glitch with the Unity plugin but, technical limitations aside, that seemed an interesting way to end the game....
馃帳 rustybroomhandle
23. Dec 2012 路 19:59 UTC
Spiridos: Yeah, I forgot to make it grab the mouse when in windowed mode. And it definitely should not quit by itself. :)
Dioiminik
27. Dec 2012 路 00:43 UTC
I can't download the File for OSX, neither am I willing to install the unity plugin, sorry :(
Dioiminik
27. Dec 2012 路 00:43 UTC
I can't download the File for OSX (link broken), neither am I willing to install the unity plugin, sorry :(
donmilham
05. Jan 2013 路 03:05 UTC
Deep and painful. A depressing journey of self-punishment... Art.
azurenimbus
06. Jan 2013 路 21:27 UTC
Great job, man. I was very surprised coming in. I think you've handled it relatively well.
Beowulf1970
08. Jan 2013 路 14:06 UTC
powerful and disturbing.