Hugely Unpopular President Simulator by CliffracerX

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made by CliffracerX for LD 38 (JAM)

You are a hugely unpopular president. You are also a giant, for some reason. In order to raise your popularity, you have decided to use your status as a giant to stomp around and squash out the resistance. Literally.

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This is a Goat Simulator style "Smash-Em-Up" where you get points for causing chaos. Unlike Goat Sim, you can be defeated. You can destroy stuff, obviously just by ramming into it at high speeds, being a giant with a high mass. You also have Abilities (think Overwatch) that can do other things, such as blasting down stuff in front of you, or disabling all the things nearby, like Sombra's EMP. Do enough damage, and you'll charge your Ultimate ability, and can cause even MORE chaos! How long can you last, and how much damage can you cause? Share your high-scores, and I'll keep the top scores up to date here.

(Please remember: This is supposed to be a really derpy satire game. If you're enraged by my depiction of the hugely unpopular president, then I'm doing my job, at least to some extent. If you're having a laugh about how ridiculous things are, I'm definitely doing my job. Laughter is the best medicine, they always say, and in times as dark as these, it's good to step back from the chaos every now and then and laugh at it.)

This wasn't nearly as finished as I was hoping it would be; there's a lot of missing features (like ability/ultimate icons/charge times, or sounds for buildings being destroyed), and some bugs/balance issues (for instance, protestors can reach an incredible top speed and plow through everything)

CONTROLS:

  • WASD to move
  • Q/E to turn either direction
  • R for your first ability, which blasts stuff away in front of you
  • T for your second ability, which disables nearby enemies temporarily
  • F for your third ability, which is a self-heal
  • V for your ultimate ability, which charges up after destroying stuff, and essentially combos the above three and makes them more powerful (I'll add a charge counter on the GUI later)

FEATURES:

  • You are a hugely unpopular president represented by a bean w/ vaguely orange-tinted hair. Idk, playermodels are too much work
  • You are in a city of resistance that needs to be squashed. Get points for destroying things, get more points from collateral damage, and get a super epic combo for maximum point-gathering
  • Use abilities to cause further chaos, heal yourself, and more
  • Get insulted by protestors with witty signs who are also inexplicably giants because videogame logic
  • Enjoy a patriotic health bar background
  • Get really salty when you fall off the map
  • Light your computer on fire by accident by ulting and causing all the buildings in the city to explode into thousands of rigidbodies
  • Insult the developer for their apparent political views
  • Play w/ speakers and jumpscare everyone around you the first time you press "R" to use that ability

Download at Itch.IO: https://cliffracerx.itch.io/hugely-unpopular-president-simulator

Ratings

Overall 761th 2.364⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 637th 2.619⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 742th 2.095⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 743th 2.238⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 726th 1.87⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 503th 1.75⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 207th 3.143⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 740th 2.105⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 26🗳️ 29🗨️

Feedback

Selgeron
01. May 2017 · 03:57 UTC
I'll admit this is pretty funny watching myself power up and blow up buildings is more fun than I would have expected. Maybe I need to be a hugely unpopular president?
simonhutchinson
01. May 2017 · 19:36 UTC
"Ahhh," I say to myself, "Time for some pity political satire."

But then I fire it up and I'm YUGE! I'm so yuge I'm crashing into buildings, and they're crumbling at my my giant... feet? head?

This game is a trip.
blinry
03. May 2017 · 17:53 UTC
Bwahaha! The description on this site is a large part of the fun! :D Loved the signs, especially the meta-signs!

I also love how the protesters follow you in the sky. The comparison to Goat Simulator is a good one, I think.

Theme: ???
🎤 CliffracerX
03. May 2017 · 18:06 UTC
@blinry The idea for how it's "a small world" is that, to a giant, the world of normal-sized humans is quite small.

Glad everyone's liked it so far! I'll be honest, I was expecting a LOT more salt.
blinry
03. May 2017 · 18:39 UTC
@CliffracerX: Oh, I see, thanks for pointing that out! Good job working on this, I will show it around! :)
Samusoidal
04. May 2017 · 01:02 UTC
It's so funny!
Good job!
Breno_M
04. May 2017 · 02:41 UTC
Well, it's a fun game, but the WASD + QE is quite hard to control. Using the mouse for looking around would be better in my opinion.
🎤 CliffracerX
04. May 2017 · 03:38 UTC
@Breno_M I had planned a typical third-person camera system when I started, but time constraints made me opt for a simpler controlscheme.
OccultOne
04. May 2017 · 05:11 UTC
I Played this on Livestream a bit ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwY1-PtcDqs

The control scheme was really difficult, I think it should have been a Mouse-Look. Also, the infinite drop was painful, I think it would have been better just to have an invisible wall keeping the player in.
LukeZaz
04. May 2017 · 06:10 UTC
No FOV slider. Utter *garbage* 0/10

Except the bit where it's ridiculous and surprisingly fun, where playing as Decepticon Trump crashing into buildings at Mach 1 was hilariously entertaining, and how reading signs found its own entertainment with all the goofy things on them.

I suppose that part was *okay*.
ToonTeamJ
04. May 2017 · 21:13 UTC
Interesting. My only problem was how slippery the controls were, such as when I'd jump once while moving and fly over the entire world. The signs were fun to read, although I wasn't given much time to read them.
Headmade
05. May 2017 · 21:47 UTC
Too bad the game is so unfinished I would have loved me some "Goat Simulator style Smash-Em-Up".

The controls are very unfortunate. Why not use the mouse for looking around. The feedback by @occultone hits the nail on the head, so I'm not gonna repeat it.

Kudos to you for daring to pick such a divisive topic. I would have crapped my pants in fear of the possible reactions to this.
ratking
06. May 2017 · 11:49 UTC
Well, it's a start. Try some character models next!

I always recommend putting a bit more work into the GUI. In this case I often couldn't read what it said because the font was too small and too light.
Linus
07. May 2017 · 10:06 UTC
I was very confused as to what to do but the signs were usually fun to read. Something that could be improved is controls. The sound effects were funny but I jumped on the WRAARRWH sound effect because I had the volume on 100% haha. Good job!
stuntddude
15. May 2017 · 07:49 UTC
Writing this comment as a list because it makes more sense that way:

- Tiny white text with no background is basically impossible to read. Even the text of the game over menu is hard to read against the background. Thankfully none of the text seems to be necessary
- Hitting buildings doesn't always destroy them, but *does* always stop you in your tracks, making the physics feel sticky and making the destructive mayhem less satisfying than it otherwise could be
- Ability keys are laid out in an awkward and seemingly random way
- Text on protestor signs is also tiny, and hard to read if you're avoiding protestors like you presumably are supposed to
- The control scheme is just... what even?
- Shallow political commentary but oh well, the game is fun
- Hilarious to see a crowd of protesting giants bowling over buildings to get to you
- Sound effects are on point
- Blast ability seems to be very inconsistent in its effects
- Graphics need a lot of work. Much more than proper character models or variety in buildings, I think this game needs visual effects for the different abilities and their effects
Bomb-X
15. May 2017 · 17:14 UTC
It was absolutely funny, and of course, who never wanted to feel like Tronald Dump for some minutes ?
But the game wouldn't have suffered from having variations in gameplay, like ennemies (it's not like you couldn't find any ideas).
And i would say that the controls are chaotics at least, rotating with the mouse would have made your game a million times funnier !
But anyway i laughed, and it's enough for me in this case !
Good job !
feltip
15. May 2017 · 19:23 UTC
lol what a really weird and funny game. Definitely finish it! Good work :))
DiegoCTorguet
15. May 2017 · 22:03 UTC
I've just jumped over my chair when i pressed 'e' lol
It's a funny concept of game but you need to be more aware about how to let the player enjoy the game feel. I suggest you to investigate a bit about it and keep working on it. If this is one of your first jams good work and keep on it!
sgadrat
16. May 2017 · 08:44 UTC
Finally a game where I can play Rodrigo Duterte!
PTSnoop
16. May 2017 · 18:36 UTC
I kept falling off the edge of the world. (I bet real presidents don't have this sort of problem...) But mindless destruction is always fun!
Thrillho
16. May 2017 · 22:23 UTC
A tic-tac with tactics! Pretty funny, but feels very basic. Overall, not too bad.
Jupiter_Hadley
20. May 2017 · 12:28 UTC
Interesting game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 38 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQvFJMpbZ5A