MAX PAYIN' by praleks

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made by praleks for LD 44 (JAM)

Max Payin’ is a simple rouge-like action game, although you use YOUR OWN REAL LIFE as a currency. Literally. You spend your real life time in exchange for goods. The prices are different, so you need to spend more of your life for advanced equipment than for usual ammunition and a medicine kit.

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Space - flip with invulnerablity.

WASD/arrows - move.

Click/ctrl - shoot.

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Ratings

Given 16🗳️ 10🗨️

Feedback

ROBOWARRIOR1982
30. Apr 2019 · 07:18 UTC
The implementation of the theme as time is a bit frustrating, waiting for buff .... it does not really go with the game genre, otherwise it's done well, but quite difficult!
jsec
30. Apr 2019 · 07:25 UTC
its wait2win... but without microtransactions to speed things up this part i didnt like.
Pixel art is perfect. General feel of game is ok. But this wait for reload? eh...
Pusheeneiro
30. Apr 2019 · 09:04 UTC
Sorry, but I don't see the link.
PlusMinus
30. Apr 2019 · 09:10 UTC
@pusheeneiro thanks for noticing :)
pepnou
30. Apr 2019 · 09:49 UTC
Great game! The actions are fluid and combat is fun. Nice pixel-art. To me it is a mix between a twin-stick shooter and a incremental game while waiting for upgrades. Maybe your gun fire too quickly .
Good job!
Pusheeneiro
30. Apr 2019 · 09:51 UTC
@plusminus This time I vote, because I see link.
PlusMinus
30. Apr 2019 · 11:09 UTC
@pusheeneiro thanks for coming back =)

@pepnou i've tried to make really slow powerful guns at first (you can see grenade launcher), but we didn't have enough time to make enemies, that you'd prefer to kill with that kind of weapon. it's just more fun to shoot fast when you have weak enemies against you)
Marcenat
30. Apr 2019 · 19:50 UTC
Nice idea it made me laught when I understood that "pay with your life" was literal.
However it does not really help the rest of the gameplay, which is quite difficult.
The music is cool, but covered by too much bullet sound.
Team-on
30. Apr 2019 · 20:08 UTC
Quite unique interpretation of theme. Art and music are great as always.
Majadroid
01. May 2019 · 07:47 UTC
Nice action shooter, but it's really tough.
Oakwarrior
01. May 2019 · 08:58 UTC
Quite frustrating, but interesting concept of paying with your own life :D
AndideBob
01. May 2019 · 09:01 UTC
It is a bit frustrating, but I feel like that is exactly what makes it work. A really cool twist on the theme, and a well done implementation.
kiddychris
01. May 2019 · 11:40 UTC
@marcenat oh we are superhappy that finally someone understood our concept of paying with real life and enjoyed it! And thanks for noticing some sound weaknesses, we'll fix it. And, for sure, we'll try to make the gameplay more balanced
cpx3
01. May 2019 · 14:40 UTC
Hey!

Pros:
- Pay with your own time/life idea, really cool.
- Animations of the hero.
- Audio really sets the mood!

Cons:
- Level graphics: The walls and the floor look the same, I went to a wall several times because they look the same.
- Sometimes the prices are way too high. During the fights you have to focus very strongly, and a 30 sec wait makes the player loose the "flow", but I understand it's the part of the original idea.

Overall:
I think the idea is really unique and the game is well implemented! Congrats!
kiddychris
01. May 2019 · 18:37 UTC
@cpx3 thanks for your review and for all good words! We see what you mean about the second con, you right, this is a bit tricky, probably we will figure out how to balance it. And about walls, gosh, we hoped nobody will notice it :D so thanks, now we see we definitely need to fix this
recursor
02. May 2019 · 17:22 UTC
At first, I didn't understand what the timer was for when buying stuff, but I figured it out pretty quickly. Paying with your "actual life" by having to wait is actually a pretty neat idea.