Babies with Guns by killerkun
BABIES WITH GUNS
LINKS:
HTML5:
- https://killerkun.itch.io/babies-with-guns
WINDOWS:
- https://killerkun.itch.io/babies-with-guns
A bunch of babies got loose and got their tiny hands onto some guns, they are destroying stuff and killing people because they are babies and babies don't care.
The goal is to get the babies back to the green energy crib(?) while causing as less damage to the surroundings as possible. Your score improves if you keep more people alive and more fragile items intact.
The theme for this Ludum Dare Jam is "The more you have, the worse it is", so I made the player able to carry all the babies at the same time if the player wishes, but each baby adds weight and makes every step and jump harder than the one before, so the player has to make plans on how to get those babies back to safety.
This game can be played with a keyboard, but a controller is highly recommended, since a lot of the jumps are difficult and get even harder the more babies you are carrying. There are double jumps, walljumps, throwing babies downwards give you a small air boost, you can throw and catch babies mid air, you can jump downwards too.
Music and sfx will be added in the post-jam version, along with tons of items, levels and gamemodes.
Gamepad (RECOMMENDED):
- Directional Pad: Movement.
- Y: Pick babies up, or if no baby is nearby to be picked up, drop or throw babies.
- A: Jump.
CONTROLS:
Keyboard:
- W, A, S, D: Movement.
- Left Click: Pick babies up (or if already carrying a baby, drop or throw babies).
- Spacebar: Jump.
- R: Restart the game.
| HTML5 (web) | https://killerkun.itch.io/babies-with-guns |
| Windows | https://killerkun.itch.io/babies-with-guns |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/babies-with-guns |
Ratings
| Overall | 355th | 3.643⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 281th | 3.625⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 236th | 3.607⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 101th | 4.111⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 377th | 3.804⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 60th | 4.036⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 632th | 3.204⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 10🗳️ | 7🗨️ |
To trigger the wall jump, it was setup so that I had to push in the direction of the wall i was sliding on and hit jump. Doing this however, intuitively as a player, I keep holding the direction toward the wall I'm jumping off of. This would work out typically if the height i gained from the jump was high enough so that when i came back to the same wall, i was moving up it. Almost like i was jumping up the wall so to speak (think like super meat boy wall jumping on the same wall).
The wall jumping sections however were setup not to jump up the same wall, but to jump back and forth between two walls. Instinctively, I would press the direction toward the wall I wanted to wall jump to. Instead, when doing this, I would just jump straight up or just fall from the wall i was on.
I hope that made some sense for what I was talking about on stream. Still, great game, hope you continue to add to it.
It was very satisfying getting the throws correct though, some music and sound effects will probably heighten the experience a lot!
this is a really fun game, thanks for making it !
The gameplay, though, could be a bit better. The wall jumping is really weird and, if you are already touching the wall, it doesn't allow you to do it (no sure if it's bug or feature though). The level design could be a bit better to, though considering the time limit, the game is great the way it is presented :)
[Check it out here!](http://nicegames.club/2017/12/nice-plays-ludum-dare-40-games-2017/)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BGt66ZnLME