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Willy on a Wheel by POBIX

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made by POBIX for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

The world has gone into chaos. A zombie apocalypse has broken out and millions are infected.

Willy, a normal and boring old man, somehow got stuck on a giant wheel. Now he has to stabilize on it or he'll fall off and most likely be eaten. And if that wasn't enough, the government is firing missiles at his giant wheel.

Will you be able to survive the apocalypse?!

NOTE - leaderboards are not supported in web version

Credits:

Programming - POBIX, Somebody

Art & Animation - GoldenGold, OwenVanTable

Music & SFX - Somebody

Physics - Ofek Shilon, Somebody

Leaderboard hosting - http://dreamlo.com

Controls:

A, D - Move

Space - Jump

E - Buy item

Link https://pobix.itch.io/willy-on-a-wheel
Link https://pobix.itch.io/willy-on-a-wheel
Link https://github.com/POBIX/willy-on-a-wheel
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/willy-on-a-wheel

Ratings

Overall 241th 3.921⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 237th 3.895⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 426th 3.605⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 153th 4.184⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 528th 3.842⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 374th 3.658⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 226th 3.789⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 21🗳️ 14🗨️

Feedback

Transylvanian Blacksmiths
05. Oct 2021 · 10:32 UTC
The game is a bit hard but I love it! The art is simple but clean, it looks great ! One thing I thought it was a bit weird is that the menu art doesn't match with the in game art.
pk_c
05. Oct 2021 · 15:19 UTC
it's a pretty cool concept but need tweaking, it's really hard to not die after more than 5 second
Micheldever
05. Oct 2021 · 16:13 UTC
This was super fun! The game is pleasantly hard and the music is great. Squishing zombies was satisfying, I just wish I could say that I was squishing them intentionally! Loved the art too. Great work!
GoldenEvolution
05. Oct 2021 · 16:14 UTC
I really enjoyed this game, although it was quite difficult. I quickly figured out how to balance properly and had a blast. Great submission! I found it impossible to end up buying anything at the shop though
SkallyWags
05. Oct 2021 · 16:16 UTC
Love the look and feel of your game! I wish it didn't get so difficult so quickly.
shores
05. Oct 2021 · 16:19 UTC
It's challenging and fun! If I had to change something it would be making it a tiny bit easier to de-accelerate since if you go too fast now it's like a death sentence! Good game!
Alex-One
05. Oct 2021 · 16:20 UTC
Quite a challenge, but also very fun once you get the hang of it. Easy to learn, hard to master. Liked the sax part in the start theme and the low pixel artstyle.
Connor Magson
05. Oct 2021 · 16:20 UTC
Really fun and challenging game! Also very happy to finally see another C# Mono Godot game!! I love the art and the music most of all. I think I'd prefer it if you could buy upgrades when you died and you could slowly get stronger. Kind of in a rogue-lite style.
David Brož
05. Oct 2021 · 16:24 UTC
Fun game, quite hard but you can get used to it. Its somewhat buggy tho. I had it crash on me (browser version) and it forced itself maximalized all the time and that was annoying. I really like the menu music, that was some nice bass there!
Koolruz
05. Oct 2021 · 16:27 UTC
This was fun! In the beginning, I had a hard time figuring out that you were just trying to survive, which was counter-intuitive to me - I was treating it like an endless runner at first, trying to go as far to the right as I could, which led to me dying almost immediately as I fell off of a super fast-spinning wheel.

I also had a hard time actually using the shop - I never scored high enough to earn any upgrades. That said, the upgrades didn't feel necessary to play the game and have fun, so it's kind of a moot point :)

Overall, good job!
NemoStein
05. Oct 2021 · 16:31 UTC
AMAZING!!! It gets REALLY hard if you let the wheel spin too fast, but the play/death/reset loop is fast.
The art is very good and fits the theme well.
Aidan and seb
05. Oct 2021 · 16:33 UTC
Game is super hard, but very pleasing to play! Loving the art style, and general polish. Good work :)
LiquidFunk
06. Oct 2021 · 20:27 UTC
I really liked this, one of the funniest entries I've played so far. It gets so chaotic after a while!
Yorsh
10. Oct 2021 · 00:40 UTC
It's a bit hard for the first few tries. Otherwise the graphics and sounds are nice, it has a lot of energy. Cool game !
ache games
11. Oct 2021 · 05:40 UTC
Well done. Very unique game. In my opinion, it's very hard to control the wheel.
ardorugus
11. Oct 2021 · 11:11 UTC
Very hard, but the whole concept is fun. And I liked the music, thanks!
Talia
12. Oct 2021 · 07:45 UTC
I can only agree with the others that it is a little difficult to move on the tire. Unfortunately, I couldn't really try out all the mechanics, for example the shop. I still enjoyed trying out your game!
MTabasco
12. Oct 2021 · 10:11 UTC
The game is very difficult but I can't stop playing it! The graphics are pretty cool too. Well done!