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The Shifting Rooms by WobbleBlocks

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made by WobbleBlocks for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

https://wobbleblocks.itch.io/the-shifting-rooms

We have uploaded a new version where the weapons are 50% off! called the On Sale version! Enjoy!

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Playable in WEB-GL. CO-OP.

CONTROLS:

KEYBOARD:

WASD: Movement.

Left Click: Fire Gun.

R: Reload.

Numbers 1-4: Buy things at vending machines.

Spacebar (Hold): Reset Time.

Q-E: Cycle Weapons.

CONTROLLER:

Left Stick: Movement.

Right Stick: Aiming.

Right Trigger: Fire Gun.

X: Reload.

D-Pad: Buy items at vending machines.

Y (Hold): Reset.

Right Bumper/Left Bumper: Cycle Weapons.

In this retro themed game, you are stuck in a shifting office building, and you always find yourself back in the starting room when you die, or run out of time.

Story: You've been casing this office block for a while now. As you break in, alarms go off, guards rushing around, and A strange man in a lab coat runs away. You grab the closet thing you can find, An hourglass. Odd. You find yourself in a small room, with a large, locked door to your left, with 3 padlocks on it. There is also a series of rooms to your right. You will have to fight your way through the rooms, get to the boss, and take his key. After each boss is killed, the journey will get longer and harder. Good luck.

CREDITS:

Aaron Mairs: Programmer/Music

Arthur Mairs: Story Writer/3D Modeller.

Zack Grimley: 3D Modeller.

Ricky: Dev Baby.

Link https://wobbleblocks.itch.io/the-shifting-rooms
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/the-shifting-rooms

Ratings

Overall 875th 3.217⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 788th 3.152⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1186th 2.341⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1217th 1.978⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 863th 3.152⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 726th 2.674⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 903th 3.071⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 16🗳️ 22🗨️

Feedback

PartySquadMember
03. Oct 2022 · 19:37 UTC
Fun concept of the game. The mechanics worked as advertised. I found it tough to see where the enemies were in some of the levels. This adds to the difficulty of the game which is nice. But even after knowing I'd have to run in and center myself to be able to see who I am shooting at, I was still finding it difficult to dodge bullets from separate angles. The challenge was nice, I just find it frustrating to die from things outside of my control.
ActuallyTheMoon
04. Oct 2022 · 04:54 UTC
I enjoyed this! I think the bullets could maybe stand to be a bit bigger, cause aiming is a bit hard, but aside from that this is a solid and fun shooter!
oozer
04. Oct 2022 · 05:20 UTC
Very fun game! Had me playing for many rounds until I figured inflation is just too hard to beat! why is everything so expensive :((
Arthur Mairs
04. Oct 2022 · 06:18 UTC
@oozer Capitalism is the real enemy!
C1913
05. Oct 2022 · 09:42 UTC
After the second boss I decided to take a break, but I will come back to this. That's how much I enjoyed it.
ubershmekel
05. Oct 2022 · 16:28 UTC
409 kills, 26 deaths, 37 fire extinguishers. Wow, I had a blast! I think I played for 30+ minutes. It was so fun to circle strafe around goons, and shoot everything up. The money was coming in so painfully slowly, I felt like I could never afford anything. I ended up buying 2-3 health, an uzi, a shotgun (sucks), a damage upgrade, and a rifle (best). I wish I could afford the bigger guns. Also, it was unfortunate that when I picked up a key, the money that was on the floor was not auto-picked up. Really good job getting these Doom and Diablo vibes into a game in such short time. Twas really fun and action packed. Thanks for the game.
Arthur Mairs
05. Oct 2022 · 18:03 UTC
@ubershmekel thanks for the long review! Yeah, we had a few oversights, like we should have made the money worth more at later stages. Also considering adding a second upload with unlimited money so people can just mess around with it!
merdeboi
05. Oct 2022 · 19:10 UTC
![done.png](///raw/e0a/z/52646.png) Nice game, enjoyed killing all the dudes, just need a little bit more money. I only took the UZI and damage upgrade, would take a long time to farm for better weapons :smile: Overall great experience, music made this much better.
theheheo
05. Oct 2022 · 19:17 UTC
Really fun and super impressive how much you manage to do in such a short time. Loved the aesthetic of the game, it looked really nice. Also felt really satisfying when I finally got the uzi.
someone
05. Oct 2022 · 19:37 UTC
Fun game, I enjoyed the shooting mechanics, but its a bit of a grind to get any of the upgrades. I only bought the uzi and one time upgrade.
I get quite a jarring stutter when the world resets, but that may just be the web version.
It could do with a way to mute the music after you start the game.
AntonioTheReis
05. Oct 2022 · 21:11 UTC
Great game. Maybe it's just me but I felt like money and upgrades are too slow to be achieved during the beginning. I feel like the game would benefit by giving the player a quicker insight into the upgrades system, get them real hooked you know? Overall a good time though, I like the gameplay loop and the randomized map.
🎤 WobbleBlocks
06. Oct 2022 · 05:44 UTC
We have uploaded a new version where the weapons are 50% off! called the On Sale version! Enjoy!
exaggegen
16. Oct 2022 · 17:54 UTC
rpg killed the last one with two shots
Senover Games
16. Oct 2022 · 18:09 UTC
This game is really hard! Sometimes the enemies were hidden behind open doors, that made it even harder. :grin: But I had fun nevertheless. The controls are smooth and I like the office aesthetics and the mysterious story. As a metal head I also appreciate the music. :metal: Played the download version, web version didn't load for me.
PoshDan
17. Oct 2022 · 10:57 UTC
I loved the 16bit era vertex jittering aesthetics in this one!