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Criminal Street by GastricSparrow

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made by GastricSparrow for LD 44 (JAM)

Your lives are just numbers to me. - You, playing this.

You are a bounty hunter who trades in wanted criminals for money. Can you identify the perps in a sea of people? Don't let them get away!

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Controls

Simply drag and drop the criminals onto the WANTED panel. DON'T falsely imprison people!

Check for five features: - Hair - Eyes / Glasses / Eye-patches / Scar - Nose - Mouth / Facial Hair - Ear

Powers

There are four powers that will help you: - The Freeze: Freeze everyone in time for 5 seconds. - The Spotter: Immediately points out a criminal if they are in the crowd. - The Snap: Vanish half the people in the crowd who are not criminals (Requires the strongest will. And $5000.) - The Extra Life: duh

Helpful tip for those who are willing to read this far: The criminals on the wanted list only appear AFTER the bounty has been put out on their heads.

Credits - Game Design, Code, Art, and Music: me - SFX: freesound.org

I missed the compo deadline for Endgame. Worth it.

Link https://gastricsparrow.itch.io/criminal-street
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/criminal-street

Ratings

Overall 457th 3.533⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Fun 512th 3.326⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 429th 3.25⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Theme 862th 2.957⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 746th 3.207⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Audio 489th 3.12⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Humor 356th 3.156⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Mood 745th 3.078⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Given 60🗳️ 31🗨️

Feedback

mrdrakert
30. Apr 2019 · 13:14 UTC
I'm not good at this type of games, but it's a fun little project. It gets really hard later on. The music is great!
Donitz
30. Apr 2019 · 13:20 UTC
I'm going all Tom Cruise on these people with the spotter ability. It may have been a bit too cheap.

I really enjoy the concept. It kinda reminds me of a more casual Paper's please.
Jiri Hysek
30. Apr 2019 · 13:22 UTC
Cool little perception game! Face generation works great - there is resonable amount of variety and differences can be easily spotted even on those small walking people. That was critical for this kind of game and you've done it well! Powerups is nice touch. Only weird thing is that everyone is naked :D
scott.redrup
30. Apr 2019 · 13:29 UTC
Hey nice job with this game! It's really original - if not super stressful! It would be helpful if it was easier to distinguish between the peple better - that might make it a little easier. The powerups are cool but I'm too scared to choose one and take my eyes off screen for a split-second. Really really grear job!
DAVidus
30. Apr 2019 · 13:30 UTC
Good idea! Good desighed and fun to play.
I would have used a different font and some more details and the final screen looks a bit boring.
But overall a very good game! Nice job!
🎤 GastricSparrow
30. Apr 2019 · 13:50 UTC
Thanks everyone for the encouraging feedback! I'll save you the "I had limited time" response. I really focused on the experience this time, and it shows in the lack of graphical "wowness". Really proud of how fun (at least IMO) it is though.

@donitz That's great, you found the OP mechanics :laughing:. If I could redo I would probably switch the prices for Snap and Spotter. How far did you get? My record is level 22.

@jiri-hysek The face generation took most of my time, and there was no time for clothes :wink:

@scott-redrup You're right, I think that adding hotkeys for powers would have helped.

If you want to, screenshot your final screen and I'll compile a leaderboard for the players who got to the highest levels!
tiffi
30. Apr 2019 · 14:05 UTC
Like the game very much! It's really hard to spot the right ppl but that makes it cooler. Not quite in the theme I guess. Thanks a lot!
Donitz
30. Apr 2019 · 14:05 UTC
@gastricsparrow I think I went to something like level 25. I was fairly sure that I could have continued forever at that point.
🎤 GastricSparrow
30. Apr 2019 · 14:12 UTC
@donitz You're good! Most people I showed this to gave up after level 10. I should probably ask you to test my next games haha.
Gao Ming
30. Apr 2019 · 15:08 UTC
Interesting idea. I like it very much.It's very fun to play.But a little hard to drag.
5you
30. Apr 2019 · 15:10 UTC
Haha, Congratulation on the character generator ! They all look stupid, but in a good way !
I just wish there was be a "true fullscreen" so we can see better.
Arimie
30. Apr 2019 · 15:16 UTC
Intersting game concept ! It's fun to play and the sound is good !
JofersGames
30. Apr 2019 · 15:20 UTC
fun game :)
Andreadbx
30. Apr 2019 · 17:53 UTC
Fun game concept, it gets harder the more people are on screen, maybe with a bit more polish on the graphics this could have been even more fun, while retaining the challenge of it, appreciated the thanos joke :D
CamCam
30. Apr 2019 · 18:06 UTC
Cool game !
BoxedMeatRevolution
30. Apr 2019 · 18:51 UTC
Really good game. I got up to level 25, but it started to become really hard--I was mostly using my gigantic stockpile of cash from early levels to keep going. I think it might be better if the criminals came in at random times, instead of all at the same time, but either way it was really fun to play. Loved the art!
shaner421
30. Apr 2019 · 18:55 UTC
Really like the game. The gameplay is solid, whoever the art might need some work. I like the style that it creates, however a couple images here and there kinda looked off to me for whatever reason. All in all, great game! Keep up the good work. :)
JediNeeson
01. May 2019 · 00:28 UTC
Great idea and great art! well done!
Kritz
01. May 2019 · 00:39 UTC
When you're rock bottom at $0 and drag innocents into jail, you get a giant wave of people outta no where xd. Neat design and idea. Solid game loop, I would maybe suggest adding more colors for hair. Overall awesome game, good work.
🎤 GastricSparrow
01. May 2019 · 00:53 UTC
@kritz I don't think that's due to my design, but I'll gladly take credit for it! :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes: Take it as a mob of people angry at your recklessness haha.
Sempiternal
01. May 2019 · 04:10 UTC
A well executed idea, fun to play, simple but very fitting graphics
maoap
01. May 2019 · 10:19 UTC
Great game, I also like that it is hard enough :)
Adam Clayden
01. May 2019 · 13:16 UTC
It's a pretty good game but I'd recommend to increase the hitboxes because sometimes it can be hard to grab the characters. It's good otherwise!
schitzN
02. May 2019 · 04:31 UTC
Cool little game! The face generation is really great, especially the female-hair with beard people made me laugh! :) The Abilities really add value to it.
TopperVideoGames
02. May 2019 · 04:58 UTC
It is a straightforward game, very easy to figure out what to do and how to keep doing it. The money penalty for letting a criminal escape is pretty harsh as there is already limited lives. Some features are hard to see with the screen resolution. I did like the jokes involved. The variety in facial features is good, would have been interesting to see some movement variance. Good job overall!
kuro
02. May 2019 · 11:30 UTC
Very simple, and very fun idea. Good job!
JakobTheQuizGuy
02. May 2019 · 17:30 UTC
Cool concept, I like it!
Tamail
03. May 2019 · 15:10 UTC
This one was fun, but hard! :D All of them look so similar, good job! I liked the idea and the idea
Copper_Aardvark_Games
04. May 2019 · 21:53 UTC
Surprisingly enjoyable! It’s that perfect level of frustrating enough to keep to captivated. Awesome job!