Doctor Psycho by Kyrios

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made by Kyrios for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

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Doctor Psycho

Welcome to Doctor Psycho the game where you want to get the maximum points, but altruism might not get you far..

Have you ever wanted to become an ambulance driver ?

The goal is simple :

  • Bring the patient back to the hospital before the timer runs out while dodging people and other vehicles
  • Make as much point as you can when the insanity kicks in.

Once you starts tasting blood, will you refrain from feeling it again ?

| Controls | Keyboard | | ----------- | ----------- | | Move | WASD or Arrow Keys | | Turbo | Space |


Credits:
:computer: Cyril Monty (Kyrios) & Loïc Lachiver
:art: Thibaud Lacoste (Nomus)
:musical_note: Loïc Lachiver
:sound: David Boulle

Ratings

Overall 771th 3.5⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 314th 3.8⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 634th 3.425⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 545th 3.75⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 644th 3.725⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 404th 3.6⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 326th 3.625⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 640th 3.5⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 47🗳️ 13🗨️

Feedback

amkingTRP
06. Oct 2021 · 06:19 UTC
There's a good concept here. I really liked the GTA vibes that come in when you switch into psycho mode.

A few downsides that could be fixed given more time:
- I think the steering needs fixing as it didn't feel quite right (you're probably rotating by a fixed amount regardless of the speed), there's a few tutorials on youtube where they create an arcade style top-down racer in Unity and explain the steering calculations.
- The game seems to randomly end (unless I suffered damage I wasn't aware of).
- There doesn't seem to be a way to restart after a game-over. I needed to quit and reload the game.
- There's a few graphical glitches which are probably down to how Unity handles texture coordinates.
- A mini-map would be extremely useful. I kept going down dead-ends when following the arrow.
ardorugus
06. Oct 2021 · 13:02 UTC
Altruism won't work here (at least, now). Reminds the old top view GTA. But the physics is sooo unstable (if that's the case, though). Anyway, thanks, the music is not depressive (due Covid).
Sceef
11. Oct 2021 · 04:21 UTC
nice job
qazwsxedc121
14. Oct 2021 · 12:58 UTC
Good graphics and control, but I think the target is way too far from start, I've never reached the target.Maybe the map is too big?
Kirby
14. Oct 2021 · 13:37 UTC
great job, i very like the controls
Krjemelik
14. Oct 2021 · 14:48 UTC
Really cool game! Immediately I remembered how I played in GTA 2 )
+ Visuals, sound effects, animations are great!
- A little complicated and strange control, but you notice it only when you play for an classic ambulance
Well done!
mmisspelling
14. Oct 2021 · 18:07 UTC
Super fun and really cool mechanic, I honestly had a great time and replayed it a bunch of times ahahha. Nice job! Also the music transitions when the psycho mode hits was dope.
BlushingCrow
16. Oct 2021 · 01:06 UTC
Feels like a nice little love letter to the original GTA. I love the animation when you hit a person and the fly up - though my games ended very suddenly ["oh, i must have gotten -1000 points"] - I feel like this could have been telegraphed better.

Art and music were great, controls are far too slippery to be useful, sadly - being able to swivel on a dime as quickly as you do basically throws off any forward steering you had in mind.

Fix the controls and you have a winner!
epb9000
17. Oct 2021 · 04:19 UTC
Hahaha, I loved this, especially that music drop when you switch. The game-end of -1000 was a bit punishing since you could quickly rack that up smashing into a single car. So I mostly drove while insane.
kr4ft3r
17. Oct 2021 · 11:54 UTC
It is awesome that I get to play GTA 1 again, I remember trying to find a way to play it couple of years back but haven't came up with any answer.

Anyway, quite an achievement, with traffic, pedestrians, tire tracks, decently sized map and all (how did you do it btw, reused any code?). Swapping between two modes is a contrast that works well, and it satisfies both needs, to be a good driver and to just run people over. One grief is that when I'm meant to be careful, my instincts tell me that space is a break button, which leads to awkward though funny situations. Anyway thanks for providing me with that GTA1 feeling again.
Nomus
17. Oct 2021 · 19:12 UTC
@kr4ft3r thank you we love the feed back !Yeah the gta 1 feel is what we looked for and it's great that people felt it
We made everything during this jam, drew the tilemap for the entire map and made the car and every mechanics, we took a bit of inspiration from a video and changed it to have a better feel of weight due to the size of an ambulance
glad you liked it ! :)
DGSpitzer
17. Oct 2021 · 20:55 UTC
LOL I like the humor in this game