RED to the past by Spaint

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made by Spaint for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

Year 2025. Communism has disappeared on Earth. The last loyal communist is hiding along with his dead spiritual leader. That communist is Razumovsky Egor Dmitrievich, a brilliant scientist who studies time travel. He plans to go back in time and save his ideology, going deeper and deeper into the past...

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Hello, it's our first Ludum Dare game! Original idea was to make three levels in different time periods, but well, here's at least one of them. We had a blast while making this game and got a lot of experience from it. Don't take the game's theme seriously, it was just a dumb idea with an easy setting that was fun to make, no politics involved :)

NOTE: Sometimes workers in the last zone get stuck and don't really want to work in a communist society, just gently push them or throw your sickle at them to help them remember their true life purpose.

Thanks to the people who helped to bring communism to the Stone Age with their assets:

Raptor model: Sketchfab

Rex model: Sketchfab

Character models: Unreal Marketplace

Tropical Jungle pack: Unreal Marketplace

Misc sounds: Freesounds.org, Zapsplat.com

Ratings

Overall 286th 3.926⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Fun 116th 4.037⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 470th 3.602⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1403th 3.236⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Audio 616th 3.528⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Humor 30th 4.307⭐ 59🧑‍⚖️
Mood 475th 3.833⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Given 63🗳️ 92🗨️

Feedback

CrumblyBread
26. Apr 2021 · 20:59 UTC
I love this thing, we need more games from this universe!
pedrocoden
26. Apr 2021 · 21:12 UTC
Nice game!
IAAndrei
26. Apr 2021 · 21:13 UTC
nice game
Szkocka
26. Apr 2021 · 21:41 UTC
Hi,
High quality game, would really love to see what would be possible, if the project was continued. Humor is great, at least for me(I`am Polish, so the soviet theme hits hard). Really good graphics too. Sadly it takes forever to fight the capitaloraptors. Otherwise great.
Love the game, keep it up.
denilseven
26. Apr 2021 · 22:20 UTC
At the end of the game, one of the guys just stood there, leaning against another guy without mining the stone. Because of him, I couldn't see the end. :pensive:
SmelJey
26. Apr 2021 · 22:21 UTC
Very fun game. Sound effects are amazing.
blobo
27. Apr 2021 · 03:37 UTC
Wow. Honestly this game looks so unbelievably good. 5/5 for humor! Outstanding job, ha!
![LD_com.PNG](///raw/b02/2/z/40318.png)
AmaiDonatsu
27. Apr 2021 · 05:15 UTC
cool! 10 dinosaurs from 10)))
kr0s
27. Apr 2021 · 07:22 UTC
Fun game, the raptors are annoying but killable if you draw them away from the pack. Nice humor.
guladam
27. Apr 2021 · 08:40 UTC
Dude, this is so good. Fun, Awesome-looking, funny, super polished, you got it all covered. Can't really say anything bad about it. :v:

5/5 stars. RED stars. :star: :hammer:

Freakin' capitalists :x: :money_with_wings:
Noctuaris12
27. Apr 2021 · 14:52 UTC
Dis iz gud gam comrad !

Seriously though I find the idea hilarious ! Would love to see the other levels !
Ricna
27. Apr 2021 · 15:53 UTC
Money, money, money! :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Really nice game! Well done guys! :clap: :clap: :clap:
fabula_rasa
27. Apr 2021 · 16:23 UTC
Totally 5/5 for humor :grin: Nice design and the raptor in a monocle really takes the cake! Everything worked well and shooting my sickle at the enemies felt satisfying.

I didn't like the music much, but that may be just me.

I experienced a strange bug. In the last area, I was fighting a small raptor, I didn't even defeat the boss yet (although I took a few pot shots at him with my sickle) and didn't lay my propaganda on anyone. But I just suddenly got a victory screen. Was my inner communism just so strong :laughing:?

![Screenshot_1.jpg](///raw/732/a2/z/40bcf.jpg)
🎤 Spaint
27. Apr 2021 · 16:31 UTC
@fabula-rasa CapitaRex probably died from heart attack while fighting such a loyal communist :hammer_pick:
Thanks for the feedback!
Omaewander
27. Apr 2021 · 16:37 UTC
Ahhahahah also weird
Vincent ABEL-GRIMALT
27. Apr 2021 · 17:08 UTC
love the humor, love the settings ! love the defeated Capitalism ;) lot of stars ! reds one ;) good job comrades
Eugenik
27. Apr 2021 · 17:32 UTC
Omg! This game is wonderful
Thiradil
27. Apr 2021 · 17:58 UTC
Such a fun and weird game, an impressive work for 2 developpers, great graphics too. Dont take this game's theme too seriously and you'll find a solid entry.
2rek
27. Apr 2021 · 18:46 UTC
Killing capitalist can be tedious sometimes but good things in life are not easy ;p
oc1d
27. Apr 2021 · 19:05 UTC
Easy to understand, nice and fun! :)
Krebzor
27. Apr 2021 · 19:24 UTC
xD damn capitalism was nothing!!! actually I'd love more enemies at the end it got pretty easy in the final battle!! Really great, graphics and everything.
Dazrow
27. Apr 2021 · 19:25 UTC
карл мАРКс на максималках :D
Ommadawn
27. Apr 2021 · 19:34 UTC
Nice ! Loved the 3D and raptors design haha, nice job tovarich, gameplay was a bit repetitive at the end but still satisfying :hammer_pick:
WobbleBlocks
27. Apr 2021 · 19:34 UTC
i enjoyed this a lot! hell yes to communism!
_pilcrow
27. Apr 2021 · 19:37 UTC
Very fun hahaha
SaraFilipa
27. Apr 2021 · 19:48 UTC
Dude yes. This was awesome!
ezgoodnight
27. Apr 2021 · 19:49 UTC
based
LordSylvestrion
27. Apr 2021 · 19:57 UTC
This game is absolutely beautiful. I had a very damn good laugh and loved destroying capitalist raptors.

Honestly, more focus on destroying communist dinosaurs is what we need, and maybe an easier time recruiting people to your cause after they've just seen your prowess! Who wouldn't want to join the guy who just beat some dinosaur in with a hammer and sickle.

Great work!
Bogurodzica
27. Apr 2021 · 20:06 UTC
"My address is not my house, my address is soviet union!". I destroyed the capitalism as "Soviet Serious Sam" and killed évery capitalistic dinosaur on my path. I wish you would add some capitalistic puzzles to solve, like in portal or talos :D
hijomo
27. Apr 2021 · 20:37 UTC
The raptor tycoons were great. Good game design. I had fun.
mpetrus
27. Apr 2021 · 21:32 UTC
Good game, congratulations !!! I had a lot of fun
nyanpierre
28. Apr 2021 · 00:09 UTC
just ... wtf ? x) but its nice game ! Great work !
tomz_best
28. Apr 2021 · 16:32 UTC
express for 3 days
Ru_mey
28. Apr 2021 · 17:49 UTC
I loved it! I had fun, great job!
GameDevTraum
28. Apr 2021 · 18:03 UTC
Hey! Thanks for rating my game, yours is hilarious xD, very nice models and textures, easy to understand. The final battle was very easy but it's understandable because of the deadline.
Really nice game! :D
🎤 Spaint
28. Apr 2021 · 19:27 UTC
@gamedevtraum Actually you're supposed to battle boss by recruiting workers, but there's a bug that lets just outright kill him with sickles if you want so :D Now there's multiple ways to get trough the game, i suppose, brute path and charisma path.
Makse
28. Apr 2021 · 20:07 UTC
Funny!
Dom De Re
29. Apr 2021 · 23:24 UTC
Very quirky premise, well made for 72 hrs!
PxlDev
03. May 2021 · 19:19 UTC
This is just somethin else. Nice!
Yaroslav Kravtsov
03. May 2021 · 19:28 UTC
COMЯADES!
xk_the_name
04. May 2021 · 18:11 UTC
Подвиг народа!
Blanks
06. May 2021 · 16:03 UTC
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