The Enforcer by LevelUp

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made by LevelUp for LD25 (JAM)
Enforcer is an action-platformer with 3D graphics and 2D gameplay where the player controls "The Enforcer", a super hero gifted with incrediblle strenght and far-from-average clumsiness.
In the game, he will try to stop super villains such as "THE JAYWALKER". By doing so, he will go through the level dodging obstacles, and destroy the city because of his strenght. Each time he jumps on a building, touches a car, or hits someone, he will cause death and desolation without even knowing it.

Each level starts with the police alert concerning the level's villain, including his description and characteristics. Then the player has to finish the level in a given time before the villain escape, finds him, and arrest him (by touching him). During the level, some of the destroyed objects will have a cost and/or a casualty number attached to it (it increments the total cost and casualties scores that will be displayed at the end of the game (whether it's a win or a game over). They also have a string attached to them that will be displayed in a fake news feed at the bottom of the screen during the game.

The overall scene is displayed as if it was filmed by a news channel helicopter. We can also see comments from random citizen, who never loose faith in their hero even if he kills and destroy everything.

Ratings

Coolness 35% 912
Overall(Jam) 3.41 80
Audio(Jam) 3.07 130
Fun(Jam) 3.44 48
Graphics(Jam) 3.71 86
Humor(Jam) 3.36 49
Innovation(Jam) 3.24 91
Mood(Jam) 3.29 80
Theme(Jam) 3.65 85

Feedback

nate427
17. Dec 2012 · 21:56 UTC
Loved it, really fun and fits the theme really well.
BinxBurger
17. Dec 2012 · 22:06 UTC
The whole "clumsy superhero" thing is an awesome interpretation of the theme, and I really like how you applied it to the gameplay.
fhoenig
18. Dec 2012 · 21:20 UTC
I really like the character and his animation.
Mythalore
19. Dec 2012 · 11:01 UTC
Good graphics and interesting gameplay!
monomanio
19. Dec 2012 · 13:03 UTC
That was pretty cool! The feeling of power was just amazing. Very nice visuals as well.
Jiddo
23. Dec 2012 · 12:26 UTC
Hehe, pretty funny gameplay. Tho is it just me or doesn't Space+Down do anything? :S

This looks really good for being a 3D entry and the sounds were really nice as well. Controls were fine too even tho the cooldown between the actions you could do was kind of awkward at times.

I really missed an end screen or something tho. Just throwing you back to the main menu is kind of boring, especially since there is a scoring system and stuff. That should be presented on a screen when you finish the game.

One sad thing is that it was too easy (and too tempting) to just play through it too quickly to read the various news messages and target description messages before just going berserk.
Cássio Eduardo
26. Dec 2012 · 17:59 UTC
This is awesome.
dray
30. Dec 2012 · 14:45 UTC
good graphics and the theme is well used, well done
angrygeometry
07. Jan 2013 · 18:00 UTC
jeez, you guys got so much done! this plays great. i really liked the ending, running around in a void.. but the game was good!