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The Magical Caster Card Gun by Fanttum

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made by Fanttum for LD 41 (COMPO)

One day you wake up in a magical world.

Armed with only a gun and some playing cards, what could be happening?

Then you realize the gun becomes powered by the cards!

Quick draws, smooth shuffling and an itchy trigger finger will get you far in this fast actioned far out world.

Screen Shot 2018-04-22 at 9.11.38 PM.png Try and figure out what has happened to this place. Screen Shot 2018-04-22 at 9.12.41 PM.png Meet the locals! Screen Shot 2018-04-22 at 9.13.40 PM.png Manage your deck. Screen Shot 2018-04-22 at 9.13.19 PM.png Grow your collection.

WASD moves

Right click shoots

Left click discards

Shift Shuffles your deck

'R' resets level

'esc' gets you back into the menu

The green bar is like a reload action. You can only do certain things when filled up, and each card or action takes a certain amount of time until you can act again.

Didn't have time to make saving (and a lot of other things... such as sensitivity or settings) so best enjoyed in one sitting. But then come back to beat you times! Post your times and see how fast you are! (I'll post mine within the week maybe so good luck)

If anyone is recording their gameplay of this feel free and please let me know! I haven't gotten to watch anyone play this yet and would like to see you are doing!

Windows https://fanttum.itch.io/the-magical-card-caster-gun-ld41
macOS https://fanttum.itch.io/the-magical-card-caster-gun-ld41
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/the-magical-caster-card-gun

Ratings

Overall 155th 3.708⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 176th 3.583⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 158th 3.708⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 113th 4.063⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 532th 2.771⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Audio 367th 2.75⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Humor 358th 2.591⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 425th 2.886⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 19🗳️ 24🗨️

Feedback

BlackAtlas
23. Apr 2018 · 03:50 UTC
Congrats on finishing the jam! The card mechanic was a nice interpretation of the theme, but man oh man I wish you would have included a sensitivity option, I was struggling hard.
🎤 Fanttum
23. Apr 2018 · 03:53 UTC
@BlackAtlas too much or not enough?
I have the bones for some sensitivity settings but didn't have time to actually implement.
ErikU
23. Apr 2018 · 03:57 UTC
Oof. That last level's rough. After getting near to the end 3 times I had to call it quits. Nicely done. Only wishing there was a bit more substance to the card portion of the game, but the FPS portion carries well.
BlackAtlas
23. Apr 2018 · 04:01 UTC
@Fanttum It was too sensitive for my mouse. Tried looking through the default Unity settings in the initial popup but didn't find it.
rodel77
23. Apr 2018 · 04:03 UTC
Probably too much similar to Lovely Planet, but the card concept fits good

Edit: I saw some people talking about the sensitivity

I think you can add another version "Post Compo" with a sensitivity option, i personally find it too much higher, also i found that when you release any movement key it keeps walking some time and i think that gives insecurity in a platform game
🎤 Fanttum
23. Apr 2018 · 04:12 UTC
@BlackAtlas yea didn't get them into player perfs or the load up settings but its in the code lol. Just ran out of time. Would have done settings when I did saving but that didn't happen either ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@ErikU Thanks for giving it a shot! My jam games usually have a pretty big difficulty curve cause I want to make things ramp up quickly in the short time span. Didn't have much time to properly play test most of the levels anyways. But hopefully its a fun hard!

@rodel77 Good eye! I forget what made me think of it, but I wanted easy to code enemies so the inspiration struck!
vilix64
23. Apr 2018 · 05:26 UTC
Cute animations, no bugs so far, a solid game! :slight_smile:
BenPeterson
23. Apr 2018 · 05:27 UTC
I liked the card mechanics, especially in pvp or in a solo game like dishonored or something

ui for cards and deck building was awesome

almost gave up on the first level until i realized you could shoot the capsules to remove them and you shouldn't touch the capsules cause they can kill you.

bonus points for having a game called "the magic gun" as well lol
DrunkardWolf
23. Apr 2018 · 05:30 UTC
Nice work :) really love the idea, has potential
🎤 Fanttum
23. Apr 2018 · 05:31 UTC
Thanks! @vilix64 I don't think I had any outstanding bugs when I finished so let me know if you find any!

Glad you stuck with it @BenPeterson ;) There is always a solution so hopefully you can learn the mechanics by banging your head around enough haha.
Pahlsoftware
23. Apr 2018 · 06:47 UTC
Love the concept of the game, it is really fun to play!
Danger Ranger
23. Apr 2018 · 07:27 UTC
Great game, fun to play!
Poroh
23. Apr 2018 · 08:58 UTC
Awesome! Have completed all levels and want more :)
Aaron Nemoyten
23. Apr 2018 · 09:12 UTC
That was fun. Adding the blue dudes was a great touch - it forces the player to be much more careful about how they play their cards. I do agree that the cards could use some more strategy/variety. Also - the grenades were really hard to hit with because their explosion is so small! Also - too much platforming! The bullet dodging, corner-peeking, SUPERHOT-type stuff felt way more fun to me than the platforming.
JeffChen
23. Apr 2018 · 11:24 UTC
I beat the game!Level 5 is pretty hard,i dead many times.It's very fun to play!But i still found some problems,front sight is too big,it made me hard to aim at enemies,and you shouldn't use R as restart key,you know,in other FPS games,R usually be used as "reload"
🎤 Fanttum
23. Apr 2018 · 12:40 UTC
Thanks for the feedback @Aaron Nemoyten Those were all things I had to think about a lot.
I wanted the grenades to be a bit more of a precision tool, but I think my level design made that almost impossible. I'm still pretty new to full 3D experiences and I think you hit the nail on the head. I was a bit to undeceive on how I wanted levels to go, and while I wanted a verity of types (some more platformer others more corner peaking) I deff didn't have time to make enough or give them the proper love they deserve.

@JeffChen Thanks for finishing! The sight isn't perfect, and I didn't want it to be too easy to aim haha. Was planning on either not having it at all, or having an option to turn off but didn't have time for the latter and thought it might be too unfair to remove outright.
The restart was another thing I thought long and hard about. I think of it as reloading the level, but maybe I should have had 'R' be shuffle and something else be reload.
JeffChen
23. Apr 2018 · 13:28 UTC
@Fanttum Yes,i think that will work.And jumping between platforms is always fun,haha
benbusby
23. Apr 2018 · 14:58 UTC
Awesome game! I really liked the concept a lot and actually had a lot of fun playing it. Although the platforming at the end of Level 5 is really difficult to get just right, especially with the high sensitivity. Just a minor gripe though, overall I think it was really well executed.
mAnimal
23. Apr 2018 · 17:03 UTC
Congratulation for finishing the game.

Nice easy style.

5th level is not so easy.

Some music is missing for me.
aaranos
23. Apr 2018 · 22:54 UTC
The jumping is a bit weird in how it works but otherwise a very fun game. The cards kind of seem pointless since you can just fire as needed.
Listonos
24. Apr 2018 · 00:02 UTC
Finished as well, got fairly into it so good job you made fun game. Agree with some others that the card part did not meant much in the end, just CDs.
Alex Ferbrache
24. Apr 2018 · 21:05 UTC
Fun game, I liked how the card mechanics sort of replace the ammo management mechanics in a normal FPS.
maesk
01. May 2018 · 20:40 UTC
Nice idea! I liked how finishing each level rewards you with cards to fill your deck. It's interesting to test each weapon carefully so you don't use explosives at the wrong time, and deciding which one to take to each level makes the experience better. Good work!