Screw them by RAC-Games
Update: We made a Post-Jam Version with some Improvements(Post-Processing effects and UI labes for all actions) https://rac-games.itch.io/screw-them-post-jam-version
In the final hour we had issues with our sound effects. After some hours of sleep, these issues have been resolved and you can now play Screw Them with all the MOOs you need.
Sound Version: https://rac-games.itch.io/screw-them-version-with-sounds
Screw them is a "Hack an Slay game where you play a robot who´s planet is invaded by evil cows.
This team is an open university gamejam group. Nobody in the team is a fullfletched developer, artist or anything relevant to game design. This year we had a lot of new interested students in our team. They started programming in this gamejam and learned alot.
COMMENT BY THE DEVELOPERS:
Because of our time limit and some problems, we didn’t manage to create a Storyline. There are two Redeyebulls in the west and in the north- east and in the south are Cow-Hydras. You have to kill all the cows to save your planet. To get bigger and Stronger u have to disassemble your friends. The textures of our game are all self-drawn, apart from the ground textures.
CONTROLS:
left mouse: klick to move
right mouse: whirlwind attack
Shift + left mous: straight shoot
E: disassemble your friends
HOW IT WENT:
Our final idea was a hack and slay game. Fastly we drifted in to a crazy and funny game where cows with lightsabers want to kill you and control your planet. All in all it was a smoth proces but in the end we focused on not so necessary parts of the game. We had a lot of Soundtracks and three fully animated Bosses. When the time run out we had a problem with the NavMesh. So we had to cut some parts out of the game.
Have fun! We are happy about every comment and rating.
Post-Jam Version: - better movement - you cann kill all bosses - the east area is now walkable
Ratings
| Overall | 749th | 3.143⭐ | 44🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 727th | 2.988⭐ | 45🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 754th | 2.857⭐ | 44🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 759th | 3.098⭐ | 43🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 479th | 3.576⭐ | 48🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 431th | 3.183⭐ | 43🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 188th | 3.573⭐ | 43🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 625th | 3.188⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 67🗳️ | 34🗨️ |
Also the camera was buggy for me and zoomed me in after sacrificing my first robot mate, which made the movement raycast very buggy aswell. But keep up the good work and I'm already trilled to see how much you guys have advanced in the next ldjam. Greetings from an IT student of the "Hochschule" Munich!
As you said in the description, this could've been amazing with slightly altered priorities.
Your graphics are superb, the munching your allies animation is excellent but then the audio is entirely missing. Next time with a team of 10-11 people, you just take one of them half a day before submission open [sfxr](http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html) and forbid them from doing anything other than sound effects!
The fact that you had awesome music but it was in the menu and not ingame is nearly criminal!
I hope I don't come across as too critical, it's just that it's obvious you guys are insanely talented and I know you can do waaaaaaay better than this.
If you want to play "Screw Them" with all the MOOs we created, you can do so here:
https://rac-games.itch.io/screw-them-version-with-sounds
I didn't read any of the disclaimers going in and managed to figure out scavenging restored health and how to attack, but didn't see any real feedback on whether I was doing the right thing. How many cows do I have to defeat, and what's my progress? I also started to get stuck a lot as the game went on. It wasn't clear whether this was a mechanic (did my treads wear out?) or a navigation bug. But considering where you're coming from and everything you put into it, I'd say good job overall!
The intro scene is very charming so is the artstyle. Animations are well-done too.
Sometimes, the game starts zoomed out then once it zooms in - it stays zoomed in - so I cannot see more of the map. Game could do with a few more sound effects also.
I love the title screen song! Best song ever. Make it a ringtone.
The gameplay was fun, but I had trouble aiming, so I just spammed the area attack the entire time.
I'm not sure I like using the mouse to navigate, but I may just be too used to WASD.
I did scavenge a little boi for parts, I'm not sure if that gave me any benefits. Did it restore my health or something?
Aside from the learning curve, the game was really fun. Add a good story mode and you've got a game!
I am not sure if I was doing something wrong, but whirlwind attack seemed overpowered. No cow was able to get even close to me. :) And I felt no need to use directional attack, nor I had a need to sacrifice my mates for repair.
But still, great job on the game and the intro. :)
I have fun playing it, but didn't hook me in. It seems to be a little buggy and I have problem with how camera works.