Time to Deliver the Mail to Robots by Shooting Them With a Letter, Somehow! by spudboy

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made by spudboy for Ludum Dare 53 (COMPO)

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a.k.a. TTDTMTRBSTWALS

You are THE MAIL CARRIER! Deliver the mail with extreme discretion! Your gun is a letter, somehow!

A first-person shooter.

Ratings

Overall 66th 3.944⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 10th 4.333⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 226th 3.25⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 168th 3.947⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 88th 3.974⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 85th 3.722⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 17th 4.184⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 101th 3.694⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 16🗳️ 23🗨️

Feedback

kykypy3o8
01. May 2023 · 14:48 UTC
Mail shooter, this is GREAT! good and funny idea, nice graphics, boss fight just sweet:D This is be more cool, when you shoot to robot, he would react in some way to the damage
LDJam user 178793
01. May 2023 · 16:25 UTC
Really cute visuals, I love what you were able to achieve in such a short time. The enemies look great and I had a good time with it. Nice work!
Mals
01. May 2023 · 17:03 UTC
Loved it! I wanted to hate it as it barely squeaks into the theme, but I loved it anyway. I'm just a sucker for running, gunning, and collecting stuff. That 4th postcard was devious!
Batisdark
04. May 2023 · 21:59 UTC
Found all 4! Boss fight was epic and that last phase took me by surprise ;)

Really good responsiveness on controlls (except for jump, but you really need it only in one place and not as vital), perfect sounds. Totally enjoyed this game and would love more :]

BTW... That name length... combinded with "do not ship" folder... hehehe
Pincushion
04. May 2023 · 22:00 UTC
The boss fight was super cool. Loved the phases. The postcards were a really nice addition. I replayed to get them all. The robot art and sound was very cute. I enjoyed this.
Firespike33
04. May 2023 · 22:07 UTC
Not bad. I like the level design and hunting for the postcards. The main issue for me is that due to the enemies never moving, they don't pose a threat and can largely be defeated by peeking around a corner and shooting them. Some kind of audiovisual feedback on hitting the enemy is missing. A way to adjust look sensitivity would have been good since it's a bit low by default.
LDJam user 301151
04. May 2023 · 23:49 UTC
teriffic game, great artstyle and audio!
Phyrocast
05. May 2023 · 22:10 UTC
Great game! Really hard to find that last letter! That final boss tho, truly breathtaking work
🎤 spudboy
06. May 2023 · 17:01 UTC
@firespike33 Haha yeah. Moving enemies and enemy damage feedback were two things I cut after realizing how much I was biting off having never made a first-person shooter from scratch before. I do kind of regret not adding the feedback but I was working right up to the wire and didn't feel like I had time 😅

Still, thanks for playing 🙂
H3X
06. May 2023 · 20:32 UTC
cool game, i like sound and art design
yoanndeplo
06. May 2023 · 20:42 UTC
Yeah, I won! But I have only found 3 postcards. :cry: The enemy shoot sound is cute. Good job!
BorderDestroyer
07. May 2023 · 01:34 UTC
I loved everything about this game! I actually really liked the graphics of it all in all! The only gripe I have is you have to ALT+F4 out of the game, but other than that, it was really good!
LDJam user 271014
07. May 2023 · 01:56 UTC
Great compo! The difficulty and overall length felt just right. I replayed it to find the last postcard. Well done!
LDJam user 277954
07. May 2023 · 04:53 UTC
What is to be delivered is novelty.
kierogi
07. May 2023 · 05:11 UTC
I really like the drawn 2D in a 3D shooter. The robots were cute and I felt bad killing them especially as I could cheese the angles a fair bit. Good sounds and level design. The story was an excellent frame. I had fun!

If you don't mind saying, what was the sound effect for shooting?
🎤 spudboy
07. May 2023 · 06:05 UTC
@kierogi Sound effect for the player shooting was me dropping a large tape measure on my desk, put through some distortion filters in Audacity, overlaid with me making a popping sound with my mouth. I felt pretty good about that one :)
binroot
08. May 2023 · 03:29 UTC
Handwritten text in videogames is just so authentic! Love it!
LDJam user 303624
10. May 2023 · 00:20 UTC
This was so fun. I had a hearty chuckle when I realised it was just a shameless FPS in disguise xD
Sound design and art was just wonderful, loved the destroyed robot physics, and that ending was glorious! Had a great time with this one:)
burnedkirby
11. May 2023 · 12:07 UTC
Thankfully this works with Wine on Linux. Fun FPS, and there was no issue with volume because of the silly shooting sfx for the robots (even if there were a bunch shooting at the same time). Good work! (That Final Boss fight certainly was something.)
Kitira
11. May 2023 · 18:03 UTC
This was soooo much fun! Unfortunately I missed a postcard - have to play it again right away ;D The shooting sound of the robots is so cute. ^^ And the boss fight is awesome ;D I really enjoyed playing it!