Bullets & Babies by David Bohan

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made by David Bohan for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

​While out on reconnaissance for your platoon, you come across a baby... out in the middle of a war zone!

Get the baby back to base ASAP... and make sure he doesn't get hungry!

Screenshots:

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Controls:

WASD/Arrow keys : Movement

Mouse and Left Click : Shoot

Tips:

Check the meter at the bottom of the screen to see if the baby is hungry. If he is, grab a bottle to keep him alive!

Ratings

Overall 795th 3.669⭐ 61🧑‍⚖️
Fun 406th 3.754⭐ 61🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1635th 3.079⭐ 59🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1004th 3.759⭐ 60🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1311th 3.568⭐ 61🧑‍⚖️
Audio 626th 3.56⭐ 60🧑‍⚖️
Humor 592th 3.411⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1350th 3.327⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Given 63🗳️ 89🗨️

Feedback

OooohManGames
20. Apr 2020 · 14:49 UTC
Really cool game! The idea and implementation is super cool. Only issue I found is that screen moves rather slow. It would be cool if camera moves further when user enters top of the screen.
Good job, cheers! :D
sledzik
20. Apr 2020 · 14:53 UTC
Good job
Artylo
20. Apr 2020 · 15:00 UTC
Really nice! The screen scroll is very slow for a one-shot-one-kill shoot-em-up, so maybe either increase that as the player clears enemies, or have it locked onto them. It is also really easy to lose the baby in trees, as they have more depth the closer they are to the bottom of the screen, obscuring the baby.
BlipBloop
20. Apr 2020 · 15:06 UTC
Fantastic art and audio! Good work, this was fun
peterfiftyfour
20. Apr 2020 · 17:42 UTC
That was pretty cool! Like the pixel art and music is neat
Ankix86
20. Apr 2020 · 18:07 UTC
Nice Work! fun to play!
erkoply
20. Apr 2020 · 18:22 UTC
Trying to juggle caring for a baby while also doing some casual murder is just a recipe for fun!
Fedora
20. Apr 2020 · 18:35 UTC
Really cool game, reminds me of Ikari Warriors for the NES.
MarcoMing
20. Apr 2020 · 18:41 UTC
really cool concept, it was a bit hard at first to keep those babies alive ahah. Really enjoyed it, well done! Great pixel art and sound as well
Shiroy
20. Apr 2020 · 19:00 UTC
it is very funny game in pixels style. Good Job :) But i think that screen moving more slowly than it should
joonamo
20. Apr 2020 · 19:27 UTC
Great music and I'm happy to see the baby-dropping mechanic from Yoshi's Island in another game! It was pretty fun to play, but I think the screen should have moved a bit faster and the enemies should have walked around.
AndideBob
20. Apr 2020 · 19:32 UTC
A fun game and I apprechiate that you made a little intro cinematic. It is a bit slow paced for my taste, but a pretty solid auto-scroller. Well done!
Euforia Games
20. Apr 2020 · 23:35 UTC
Quite intriguing gameplay! Love the art.
Izokia
20. Apr 2020 · 23:57 UTC
A really nice concept and smooth movement. The baby dropping mechanic really added a little something to this "endless runner" category. I had a lot of fun playing!
🎤 David Bohan
21. Apr 2020 · 00:07 UTC
@izokia Thank you for playing! I really appreciate your feedback, but I wanted to tell you that this isn't endless - in fact there's a boss at the end of level 1 :^)
Drachmor
21. Apr 2020 · 00:48 UTC
YES, another milk game! I have also made a milk game! I really really like your interpretation of the jam theme :) The gameplay is also solid, and the visuals are really nice. The baby's scream sound effect... I can still hear it in my head lol. The cutscenes were a cool touch. Really nice stuff
NanoArch
21. Apr 2020 · 04:20 UTC
I like this game, It looks very nice, and is satisfying to play as well.
Simin
21. Apr 2020 · 05:06 UTC
I don't know what else I could say that hasn't already been said. It's a fantastic game! I want to give a nod to the art style and sound. It really sets the mood and brings the experience up from a good one to a great one for me.:)
Bredian
21. Apr 2020 · 10:34 UTC
Nice graphics and sound, fun overall, but I find AK-47 bonus usless. Since enemies die from one hit, and there are not so many of them I don't think that increased fire rate will do much, in this game you rely on your positioning and aim, not the fire rate of your gun. Other than that - good entry.
Joe Bustamante
21. Apr 2020 · 14:11 UTC
This was pretty fun! I think trying to keep a baby alive in the middle of a warzone is a pretty clever take on the theme. It feels good to shoot guns, and the graphics and audio are great - the particle death effects are a great touch. Would be nice to have more varieties of enemies or perhaps more on the screen at a time. Also was kind of frustrating getting shot by enemies that were still a bit off screen. Really good overall though!
Ekin
21. Apr 2020 · 16:01 UTC
Really cool game! I really like the idea! Great work. :)
Rodrigo Denúbila
21. Apr 2020 · 17:30 UTC
Nice game, liked a lot your idea.
Some improvements I can suggest are that the initial text could be written more fast, and the camera could follow the soldier.
But overall is a good game. Good job!
WIDOSOFT
22. Apr 2020 · 01:05 UTC
Neat shooter with an unusual theme! My only complaint is the milk meter might obscure your character if you hang around that part so you might wanna bump the bottom screen limit up a bit.
rkhadder
22. Apr 2020 · 06:48 UTC
Fucking love this game
Scott Steffes
22. Apr 2020 · 07:01 UTC
Excellent combination of mechanics to make for a challenging but fun experience. I liked how the music changes when you're getting low on milk. Well done!
Bongooo
22. Apr 2020 · 07:05 UTC
Just played! very nice! Probably I will tweet about this in the next day on this page https://twitter.com/Free_IndieGames !
Kayahr
22. Apr 2020 · 07:10 UTC
Intuitive game play, works quite well. Nice graphics and sound. Addicting game, nice work! Possibility to switch to fullscreen mode would be a useful addition.
Taddl
22. Apr 2020 · 17:37 UTC
Nice game. It would be nice if the text boxes instead of skipping revealed the full text when you click the first time. Also I found myself waiting a for the screen to scroll a lot, would be nice if you could accelerate it by walking up.
Zyllen
23. Apr 2020 · 02:43 UTC
Nice game! it is fun to play
marcusnystrand
24. Apr 2020 · 22:41 UTC
Very nice shoot em up! A bit hard I think but I came a little bit longer each try. Nice flamethrower animation :)
GOD COLO
25. Apr 2020 · 16:24 UTC
I love the pixel art of this game! Also dropping the baby when you get hit once is a really great idea!
Greato Jobu! :smile: ![Capture.PNG](///raw/430/13/z/33347.png)
TheDouche
25. Apr 2020 · 20:45 UTC
Haha, neat game! I really enjoyed playing it! :D
Wheffle
25. Apr 2020 · 20:47 UTC
Pretty fun straight-forward game. Not bad! The cutscene words appeared a little too slowly at the beginning, but that's a very minor complaint. Nice work!
JoeShanahan
25. Apr 2020 · 21:00 UTC
What if Yoshi's Island was a top down shooter? :wink:

It seems a bit more like the baby is the one keeping YOU alive here, but I found the game fun anyway. It would've been nice to see how long the powerup was active for, so I could know when it was going to run out!
zoarfy
25. Apr 2020 · 21:01 UTC
Hi I just finished playing your game! It was fun and had a really great gamefeel!

The shooting felt really good, and I like how you're able to snipe enemies from far away. The AK power up was also a lot of fun to use.

I like the mechanic of the baby dropping when you get hit - funny and fun!

A couple suggestions for improvement if you were to continue working on this after the jam: I found the auto scrolling to be a bit frustrating, especially when I have a meter ticking down that I have no control over. I would also suggest placing a few more enemies - I would say it erred on the side of a little easy. The most fun parts were definitely when there were the guys who would repeatedly shoot at me!

This was really fun, and unique - congrats on submitting!
Martinitron
25. Apr 2020 · 21:03 UTC
Great game, really enjoyed it! The end screen didn't seem to show me my final score and that's pretty much my only complaint.
Meme_310
25. Apr 2020 · 23:34 UTC
HAHAHA I loved it. I played several time to keep baby save but I died. I like the shoot way. movement was good. I liked that I should care about many things. really cool. GOOD JOB
MaggardJosh
26. Apr 2020 · 01:27 UTC
Pretty solid auto scroll shooter. Like others have said it was a little slow (even the text in the beginning is pretty slow and clicking skips it instead of advancing it like I expected.) but I liked the concept and your take on the theme. Good work!
JMad
28. Apr 2020 · 21:39 UTC
I had a blast! I died at the bit where there are toooons of enemies, my baby got stuck and starved. Sad day. Not sure if it's a bug, but it didn't show my score. I imagine baby starving makes the score fall down to 0?
Great job there :)

Like previous comment, I skipped the text at the start because I thought clicking would make it appear faster.
Blue Pin Studio
29. Apr 2020 · 09:50 UTC
Thanks for checking out my game! I managed to play yours as well, great job! I really liked that instead of health you have a baby, so when the player gets shot, the baby falls on the floor and you have to pick it up. I felt that the screen scrolled a little bit too slow at times, but overall very solid submission!
tobiasw
05. May 2020 · 01:34 UTC
Baby rescue success! I had to retry this until I got it.

I pretty much only have three nitpicks:
- The machine gun often doesn't do much right when I pick it up. I wish I could use it later. But I guess that would add another button.
- It's a bit slow in the beginning. I wish I could speed it up.
- Props for adding a boss, but... it was super easy.

It was a bit weird in the beginning that I could get fired at out of seemingly nowhere because the scrolling hit an enemy who miraculously couldn't see me a second earlier despite me standing right in front of him. I wonder if a delay might help here, but... I'm not sure if it is completely necessary, as it just meant that I will stay back a bit, and it added a ton of tension.

Apart from that: Simple but servicable graphics, music/sfx work well, and cutscene in the beginning and end - cool.

I had loads of fun. Really good job, folks!