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Occupational Hazard (HTML) by legavroche

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made by legavroche for LD 43 (JAM)

You are a secret service agent. A true professional who will do what is necessary to ensure that your leader is safe. No matter the cost and no matter the sacrifice, you will keep him safe.

Ensure the VIP is not hit by any projectiles by blocking it with an agent and make sure bombs don't detonate near him!

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[12/04/18 - 9:57pm: Some were reporting that they could not move after the first agent died, which prevented them from playing further. This has now been fixed. Thank you for the feedback!

Controls and tips:

We recommend using the arrow buttons with your right hand for movement, while the left hand controls the other commands. Also, use "F" and "G" in order to quickly group up inactive agents towards the selected agent or VIP.

[1, 2, 3] - Press 1,2,3 to swap between agent 1, 2, and 3 respectively. (Not working on numpad)

F - Group up inactive agents onto the selected agent

G - Group up inactive agents onto the VIP

Left-shift - Run

Spacebar - Pick up or drop bombs

Legav: Programmer

MyAlias: Programmer

HTML5 (web) https://legav.itch.io/occupational-hazard
Windows https://legav.itch.io/occupational-hazard
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/occupational-hazard

Ratings

Overall 551th 3.398⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Fun 454th 3.333⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 354th 3.361⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Theme 214th 3.926⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Humor 262th 3.37⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Given 54🗳️ 63🗨️

Feedback

Cristiano T.
03. Dec 2018 · 15:16 UTC
Seu game é bem legal e com os graphicos bem bacanas, mas sua jogabilidade é meio confusa e eu não me adaptei com os seus comandos. É um jogo que combina perfeitamente com o tema, e achei bem criativo!
GoatBoatGames
04. Dec 2018 · 04:30 UTC
Very clever, and good gameplay. I can see this getting bigger with more variety and polish. One thing, you should ditch the run button: it's just needless bloat.
Trifectuh
04. Dec 2018 · 06:14 UTC
Really like the strategy-game style group-up commands, clever idea, solid execution. Nice work!
altega
04. Dec 2018 · 06:31 UTC
hmmm...not sure if it's just me, but the links aren't working
Jevgeni Orehhov
04. Dec 2018 · 08:09 UTC
Sometimes i missed the button i wanted to use. Maybe it would be better to group the keys closer to each other.
Overall nice idea and executed very well.
Go on and develop it further for more gameplay!
Earlybard
04. Dec 2018 · 11:45 UTC
Control scheme was a bit overwhelming but swapping between the three guys was a blast ;). Good job!
🎤 legavroche
04. Dec 2018 · 12:50 UTC
@altega Hi, are you getting an error on the itch.io site or do you mean you can’t reach the site?
🎤 legavroche
04. Dec 2018 · 12:54 UTC
@goatboatgames @jevgeni-orehhov @earlybard Ahh.. yep the controls were one of our biggest worries while designing the game, we’ll try to improve upon it in a post jam version. Thanks for playing!
LuCecyl
04. Dec 2018 · 16:11 UTC
Your game is very cool, I really liked the concept.
I played the Html5 version, the only downside for me was when I died with my first character I lost the control of the others.
Gebowunjo
04. Dec 2018 · 16:52 UTC
The game is nice ! The concept is good =D needs some polishing but it's a very good proto ! Well done !
MiracL
04. Dec 2018 · 19:43 UTC
I love the idea and I enjoyed my playthrough, great job !
Sockyman
05. Dec 2018 · 02:23 UTC
When the first bodyguard dies you can't control any more. Other than that it is a cool concept.
MyAlias
05. Dec 2018 · 03:14 UTC
@sockyman @lucecyl Thank you guys we realized agent switching doesn't work for numpad.
justalocalhero
05. Dec 2018 · 03:43 UTC
The character swapping is a great mechanic. It's a really interesting the way you shift importance onto an npc and make the player expendable. This game subverted a lot of expectations: moving towards bullets, jumping on grenades, and so forth. I could see something along these lines making a really great full game. Well done.
Coda Highland
05. Dec 2018 · 04:09 UTC
Go figure the VIP has no sense of self-preservation and is so self-important you can't tell him not to go somewhere. XD
🎤 legavroche
05. Dec 2018 · 04:42 UTC
@justalocalhero thanks for the encouragement!

@coda-highland :) Glad that was evident haha
Busy Games
05. Dec 2018 · 04:42 UTC
Concept is really good, music and art was awesome. Just the controls needing some love is really the only feedback, great job.
publicidadeba
05. Dec 2018 · 12:40 UTC
Well done, very smart use of the theme and good mechanic overall! 5/5 theme.
Baesama
05. Dec 2018 · 16:27 UTC
Really cool game ! Really funny to be able to save Trump or put bomb next to him (oupsi) ! Great job
disperse
06. Dec 2018 · 02:46 UTC
2:12 was my best score so far. Fun and well executed!
Pellanor
06. Dec 2018 · 06:41 UTC
Really fun little game! I enjoyed sending my agents to their doom.
sky-coding
06. Dec 2018 · 06:52 UTC
I made it to about 90 seconds. Really fun idea! I had some trouble with space bar registering, it seemed it only worked intermittently and kept failing me when I most needed to pick up and run with a bomb!
Wyatt
06. Dec 2018 · 07:27 UTC
Cool concept -- lots going on right from the start made it difficult. Consider easing into it more with rising difficulty. I know it's inevitable, but I personally don't love mix of politics & games parody or otherwise...
AwiX
06. Dec 2018 · 15:47 UTC
An interesting game with a kind of mechanics. I put a rating) Please rating and me, thanks in advance)
🎤 legavroche
06. Dec 2018 · 16:31 UTC
@sky-coding ahh, we noticed that in our playthroughs as well that there seemed to be a delay in letting users instantly pickup and drop the bombs. We will try to iron that issue out in a postjam version. Thanks for playing!
🎤 legavroche
06. Dec 2018 · 16:32 UTC
@wyatt - that’s a respectable opinion, and thank you for giving our game a try despite that!
Myrrhe
06. Dec 2018 · 21:13 UTC
That was fun ! The graphics were pretty good, as well as the sound.

The difficulty was a bit unfair sometimes though.
co181127
07. Dec 2018 · 02:00 UTC
what is bodyguard, a good theme ,i like this
tabitha
07. Dec 2018 · 02:33 UTC
Was super confused at first, but after reading comments I realized I had missed the swap between 3 mechanic. Super glad I played it again, really funny concept and execution. Nicely done!
jmarkohun
15. Dec 2018 · 14:26 UTC
Nice one! Some polishing are needed (with texts and UI) but really enjoyable