Cowboys and Endians by ComaToes

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made by ComaToes for LD23 (COMPO)
Enter the tiny world of your computer - This time as the fearsome "Cowboy" virus, out to do no good against the electronic denizens within.

Use WASD or Arrow keys to move and jump.

Aim with the mouse and hold the left mouse button to shoot.

Enjoy!

(Written in Java so should be multi-platform)

Ratings

Coolness 47% 670
Overall 2.88 483
Audio 2.83 286
Fun 2.65 524
Graphics 2.54 617
Humor 3.41 63
Innovation 2.27 725
Mood 2.88 314
Theme 3.04 432

Feedback

Zathalos
23. Apr 2012 路 18:58 UTC
Funny sounds. Interesting enemies. Nice story.
fanatiko
23. Apr 2012 路 19:32 UTC
I don't seem to have enough vertical screen resolution to display all the screen so I had to be always on the platforms. Shouldn't be so hard to fix, as the upper part of the screen is almost unused.
blob
23. Apr 2012 路 19:38 UTC
Is there really no ending ? Really good idea though, was surprised the game did detect my computer, haha! Nice puns and sounds.
馃帳 ComaToes
23. Apr 2012 路 19:53 UTC
blob - I had so many plans and too little time, so had to end it like that. Have a few voice cuts that I'm really gutted I had to leave out (PCEyes with pirate-y "Aye, Cap'n" voices would've been awesome). The final boss would've been [the original] Tron's Master Control Program :)

fanatiko - Sorry! Display options were on my to-do list, but didn't make it to the final cut. Ended up with what looked good on my screen :S
jeroenimooo
23. Apr 2012 路 20:15 UTC
If i would give this to my mom, she would belive she recived a trojan horse ;p And screen size was a little to big :s
mikolalysenko
23. Apr 2012 路 20:20 UTC
No linux version :(
馃帳 ComaToes
23. Apr 2012 路 20:23 UTC
mikolalysenko - It's Java so should run on linux (I only pasted the link into the Windows box :S). Let me know if it doesn't work.
ReddogStone
23. Apr 2012 路 20:28 UTC
I like the somewhat crazy style :D
It got quite hard where it says PCEyes...
uberneen
23. Apr 2012 路 21:26 UTC
I liked it, simple but enjoyable.
crazyheckman
23. Apr 2012 路 22:27 UTC
Fun and simple. At first I was like "wtf I have 100 bullets why is it only shooting 4? Oh... I get it"
Gremlin
24. Apr 2012 路 13:27 UTC
I'm picky about how platformer controls feel, and for me the jump was to high and the moving was too slow and imprecise at the same time. And I was getting some apparently random slowdowns in places.

But a very clever take on the theme.
tripleVisionGames
25. Apr 2012 路 17:42 UTC
haloo hallooo goodbye haha great game! good fun and nice big lump available!
Hume
25. Apr 2012 路 22:12 UTC
Sorry I can't rate this on my Mac, but I wish I could!
Valeour
27. Apr 2012 路 15:31 UTC
Very amusing. Very simple and basic. I enjoyed it.
Endurion
27. Apr 2012 路 19:20 UTC
Funny take on the theme.

However due to the high window not really playable on my laptop. In level 2 I always fall into some off screen holes.
Neat sounds effects!
johannhat
30. Apr 2012 路 04:23 UTC
I love the intro and how the basic platforming felt! I had the same trouble as some others with the game taking up too much vertical space (I'm on 1366x768 on this laptop, which made it a bit tricky. I'll try this on my main PC when I get back to it.) but I definitely enjoyed what you were going for.
Catman
04. May 2012 路 12:13 UTC
Nice take on the theme and I liked the intros!
TenTonToon
06. May 2012 路 16:51 UTC
Quite clever take on the theme, and both the story and the names of the enemies are really funny.
Boy, and is that title a winner! XD
That said, the movement was too slow and had too much inertia for me. Also, maybe the Big Endians' (hehe!) shots should be slower, or fewer.

Cool little game, for sure!
jmaasing
09. May 2012 路 20:46 UTC
Sorry, can't judge since I don't have windows.
zazery
09. May 2012 路 20:55 UTC
The ammo in binary and score in hex is a nice touch.
asfdfdfd
09. May 2012 路 21:15 UTC
Cool sound! :)