Mayor on a Roll by maniacanshul

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made by maniacanshul for LD 39 (JAM)

Communism failed, Monarchy failed, Democracy is failing... It's time to try Mayorcracy!

Step into the shoes of a mayor in an economically developing city and enjoy spending countless hours playing this endless masterpiece.

Run, Steal and Throw away the most crucial part of any smoothly functioning economy: Apples. Have decisions thrust upon you as you find a way to balance your power with everyone else in the world. Join an inter-dependent community of fascists, goths, streakers, army men and even old nuns as they try and run away from an apparently tyrannous mayor. Do you have what it takes? Delve into this game and find out, sound apple-ing (appealing) doesn't it?

Happy Running!

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Ratings

Overall 256th 3.609⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Fun 149th 3.652⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 312th 3.239⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Theme 544th 3.326⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Audio 227th 3.457⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Humor 69th 3.778⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Mood 309th 3.444⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Given 62🗳️ 39🗨️

Feedback

mrerdalural
01. Aug 2017 · 12:27 UTC
Very nice entry. I really enjoyed playing it!

Thank you for the game.
🎤 maniacanshul
01. Aug 2017 · 12:36 UTC
@mrerdalural thank you so much for giving our game a go. :D
Hygon
01. Aug 2017 · 12:39 UTC
Cool graphics ! Very simple game mechanics. The intro scene is a nice touch, good job ! :)
ohmaigawd
01. Aug 2017 · 12:40 UTC
I like the graphics, kinda hard though.
jackyjjc
01. Aug 2017 · 12:43 UTC
The maximum score I managed to get was 44 with 74 seconds. The game was pretty fun, the jokes are funny and the dialogues were humorous. Music was cheerful and matched the graphics style very well. The gameplay was simple but effective, being a bad guy is fun :P The control is pretty tight except occasional hiccup with key registrations when stealing apple (a lot of times when I run pass someone and timed the 'space' key and the game didn't register it and I didn't get the apple which was a bit frustrating). I rarely used the sprint and drop apple. Not using sprint because I find keep stealing apple already make me run pretty fast and dropping apple seems to only get rid of a few amount of enemy so it wasn't very effective it feels like.

I keep dying in corners because even though more power gives me faster speed, the turning speed is the same and turning around is when i get caught and surrounded :(

Overall it was a delightful, fun game to kill time with. Nicely done!
aviral
01. Aug 2017 · 12:54 UTC
Very Well curated game ! Super nice story.. Super like buddy.. Cheers !
🎤 maniacanshul
01. Aug 2017 · 12:54 UTC
@hygon thank you so much. :)

@ohmaigawd believe me you get better at it as you play more and more. :D

@jackyjjc thank you so much for such a detailed feedback, I appreciate it. Thank you for informing me about the key registration prob, I shall look into it. :) And yes after we were done uploading, I too realized that the rotation speed could have been manipulated as well. Something to work on in the future stable release I guess. :)
krishnasism
01. Aug 2017 · 13:01 UTC
blua blua 10/10

Amazing graphics. Sweet sounds. Also bla bla blaawwaa.
Won't say anything else. Simply Beautiful :)
🎤 maniacanshul
01. Aug 2017 · 13:10 UTC
@aviral Thank you so much. :D

@krishnasism That idea came to our heads when we were in zombie mode sleep deprived and so we just went with it without giving it much thought and it turned out real good. :D Thanks for playing our game.
AmigoPadilha
01. Aug 2017 · 13:37 UTC
Hahaha awesome game, I really enjoyed playing it and had a lot of fun.

Great job!
Solah
01. Aug 2017 · 14:29 UTC
The best sound design in the world x). Nice game, it's fun to steal apples and watch people puisuing us! Nice work!
Spice135
01. Aug 2017 · 14:49 UTC
@amigopadilha Thanks! Glad you had fun, after all thats what games are meant to be :)
@solah Thanks! Fruity Loops with some nice 8-bit self-made synths, Glad you liked it :D
Chron
01. Aug 2017 · 18:16 UTC
Nice entry! Really enjoyed running around and stealing dem apples. I agree with @jackyjjc that the turning-speed should be upped aswell when you shift-boost.

I like the artistic approach you did and the intro sequence was pretty cool aswell :)
Overall really nice and enjoyable :D
Spice135
01. Aug 2017 · 18:31 UTC
@chron Thank You for your feedback and we are really glad that you enjoyed playing our game! :D
Branquelo
01. Aug 2017 · 21:57 UTC
It's a fun game, one little problem is the audio too loud, and you can't change in game, but the game is very fun, the graphic was pretty cool, and the gameplay it's simple, but fun, i like it a lot xD
Spice135
02. Aug 2017 · 04:59 UTC
@branquelo Thanks for your feedback, will look into it! :) Glad you liked it and had fun!!!
ronan13
02. Aug 2017 · 06:58 UTC
The game is nice but needs some balancing changes.
turning arround should not be drainning you hunger/taxe gauge and you should not being so slow when your low.
Beacause here when you have an bad start (no on in your field of vision) it is almost insta-death and THIS IS NOT FUN !!!
Spice135
02. Aug 2017 · 07:00 UTC
@ronan13 Thanks for your feedback, we shall make a few changes! :)
duskpn
02. Aug 2017 · 07:02 UTC
Fun game! It controls a bit awkwardly with the shown WASD keys, but the arrow keys work fine.
I really liked the crazy mood set by the combination of the graphics and sound. Gameplay was a little odd to get into, but once you get it going, it's pretty great!
Spice135
02. Aug 2017 · 07:07 UTC
@duskpn Thanks for your feedback, glad you enjoyed it :)
Aircraft Terrier
02. Aug 2017 · 07:25 UTC
I liked this. Very appealing visual style, and I think the music went along well with it. The game itself felt a little simple, but I still had fun dashing about and stealing like a madman. Also glad to finally be able to give out some humor stars. Thanks for making this and sharing it!
Spice135
02. Aug 2017 · 07:31 UTC
@aircraft-terrier Thanks for your feedback, we really enjoyed making the game and we're glad that you saw the humor :)
ciderWrath
02. Aug 2017 · 08:46 UTC
This game was already putting such a huge smile on my face from the description, so to play it and have it give me even More of a smile was just so delightful. Was a little slow to learn how to play at first (I didn't realize there was a button guide at the start), but after that it was just incredibly fun to play. The most fun I had was simply turning around and seeing the giant army trying to kill you. Good work!
Spice135
02. Aug 2017 · 08:48 UTC
@ciderwrath Thanks for your feedback, we are really glad that you enjoyed our game! :)
ruba
02. Aug 2017 · 08:57 UTC
Humor and mood are awesome. I like cute graphics style as well.
After score 130 it is really hard to get proper speed when you was hit. I wish to have more options in this case:)

Good job overall!
Zirrrus
02. Aug 2017 · 10:27 UTC
Zooming around the map being chased by lots of people is really fun, well done!
ursagames
02. Aug 2017 · 10:47 UTC
Adorable game! I love the music, it's super catchy. The dashing feels super great. The intro was well done as well. Very aesthetically pleasing game.
Spice135
02. Aug 2017 · 10:50 UTC
@rubs thanks for trying our game and thanks for your feedback!
@zirrrus Thanks, glad you had fun!
@ursagames Thanks a lot :D
sbeif
02. Aug 2017 · 11:27 UTC
This was really fun to play. I loved the intro, and the music and the graphics worked very well together. Good job!
TheWGBbroz
02. Aug 2017 · 11:27 UTC
Really fun game. Felt like it could use a bit of balancing though, there ware a few times I had to run a fair distance to get one apple and die because of it, and a few times millions of apples spawned near me.

Enjoyed playing it though!
Yvanor
02. Aug 2017 · 11:40 UTC
Cute game ! I loved the map and the art style. The dialogs are funny, and the gameplay is fun ! Well done !
pcmaster
02. Aug 2017 · 11:46 UTC
Good job guys, this was great fun for me :D I love all the characters, I like the music (which gets faster when running), I like the camera, controls... everything is so polished and beautiful!
Daniel Kartafla
02. Aug 2017 · 11:55 UTC
Looks very polished and was fun to play with! Music and graphics were also great!
Spice135
02. Aug 2017 · 12:01 UTC
@sbeif Thanks for playing!
@thewgbbroz Thanks for the feedback and glad you enjoyed yourself! :D
@yvanor Thanks! :D
@pcmaster Thanks for the nice comments :D
@daniel-kartafla Thanks, glad you had fun :)
Nicso
02. Aug 2017 · 13:18 UTC
Graphics are cool and refreshing. The intro give the game a nice touch but was a little bit too long.
Starting this slow make the difficulty ramp quit weird. It was more difficult at the start than after getting a decent speed, making it hard to understand what to do (i died in 3 to 5 seconds on my firts try).

Nice job
Suhas Gupta
02. Aug 2017 · 14:23 UTC
Great Concept! Great Game! Really fun to play , 10/10. Very good graphics and kinda funny intro XD! Great job man, keep it up! :-D
Devastus
02. Aug 2017 · 14:34 UTC
A nice simple game, it's fun to run around while an army is chasing you. Some balance issues in the turn speed and how you slow down a lot when you get hit, but other than that, nice job!
Anglain
02. Aug 2017 · 14:47 UTC
Great game, the low-poly fits amazing here, the music is also nice! It was really fun to play, thank you for doing such a good job! :)
fusionnist
02. Aug 2017 · 17:00 UTC
Really funny game! Your voice acting skills are legendary, I had a good laugh :D. I feel like steering was a bit slow for a running game, and maybe there could be a way to disperse the mob? Nice references too - sadly no, he doesn't look like Ryuk. Cheers! Recorded some gameplay, can I upload it?
Spice135
02. Aug 2017 · 17:09 UTC
@fusionnist Glad you enjoyed playing our game... By all means feel free to upload all gameplay clips, do leave the link here :)
Aman Kulhria
02. Aug 2017 · 17:51 UTC
@krishnasism @anglain @suhas-gupta @nicso @daniel-kartafla @pcmaster @yvanor @sbeif @ruba @aircraft-terrier @branquelo @chron @krishnasism @ohmaigawd @hygon
Thank you :)
Thanks for trying our game and thanks for your feedback.
prettylucky
02. Aug 2017 · 23:14 UTC
Running around this adorable town was a good bit of fun! Really liked the game music and the graphics:) Took me a few tries to understand how to play, but once I got it, I had fun with it..thanks!

Only complaint visually is the zoom-out of the town doesn't look good compared to the rest of the game, but the zoom-in effect looks great. Consider forcing that zoom-in as soon as the game starts since the player has already agreed to being ready when they hit play (or replay).

About the controls, I agree with what people have said, but I'd also add that I'd like to be able to restart the game with space.

Oh yeah, a glitch: You can run through the buildings straight to out of bounds if you're going a little faster than the starting speed. I managed it in the line of buildings behind the player at start, and the plaza a little farther down (with 2 or 3 apples).
Deanard
03. Aug 2017 · 02:06 UTC
Great game with wonderful voice acting. Movement felt a bit sluggish on the turning side and the controls might have been a bit overdone for the simplicity of the game, but overall a good time.
Spice135
03. Aug 2017 · 06:29 UTC
@prettylucky thanks for your feedback, it helps a lot :D Glad you had fun!

@deanard Thanks! Glad you had a good time :D
elit3dgaming
03. Aug 2017 · 07:29 UTC
Very funny game, love the concept of taking peoples apples haha. Nice work
EShudra
04. Aug 2017 · 11:57 UTC
Very funny! Very enjoyable! Thanks!

:metal: **Overall: 4**

**Fun and Mood: 5**
Delalandii
06. Aug 2017 · 13:07 UTC
Funny game with cute graphics and responsive controls. It felt good to sprint :D.
sagarpatel25700
06. Aug 2017 · 18:23 UTC
- Very funny game gameplay is really good
- i like the button feedback
- Menu looks really good probably one of the best menu i have seen in this jam
- it wuld be good if you would be able to rotate the player through mouse
Spice135
06. Aug 2017 · 18:33 UTC
@elit3dgaming @eshudra @delalandii Thanks for trying our game and we are glad you had fun! :D

@sagarpaten25700 Thanks and glad you enjoyed playing the game. The feedback really helps, so thank you! :)