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Broken News by Noobot9k

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made by Noobot9k for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

A game about a boy running a newspaper route on his unicycle and dodging traffic due to lackluster cycling infrastructure.

It is recommended you play in full screen. You may need to scroll down using the scroll bars on the side of the player to access the fullscreen button. If you have trouble playing the HTML version here, go to the itch.io links below to play

Version 1.1 was released after the jam deadline and includes features that were cut last minute, bug fixes, and balance tweaks based on player feedback. • Added a rare golf cart with dogs driving it. • Added proper animations for the dogs. • Added a warning when a car is about to come on screen. • Fixed a bug where you could get shoved out of the map. • Adjusted difficulty early in a run to be less brutal for new players. • Smaller bug fixes.

Link https://github.com/OfficialGamersIncorporated/Broken-News
Link https://pc-hris.itch.io/broken-news
Link https://pc-hris.itch.io/broken-news
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/broken-news

Ratings

Overall 527th 3.625⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 272th 3.775⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 880th 3⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 136th 4.35⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 615th 3.65⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 136th 3.921⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 755th 3.342⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 30🗳️ 12🗨️

Feedback

CharlesE
02. May 2023 · 01:01 UTC
Nice game, I like the art work. The movement feels really solid.
BottledWehr
02. May 2023 · 01:07 UTC
Good bit of fun, reminds me of a game I used to play on a plug and play console that had a bunch of oooooold games on it, good work!
Batony Robson
02. May 2023 · 01:09 UTC
It was complicated for me to stay alive for at least 15 sec, some cars are so fast and there is no time to react because of you are too close to the left side of the screen. Monowheel on the highway if funny)
eieio
02. May 2023 · 06:30 UTC
Really fun to be pushed to multitask this hard! That dog keeps getting me tho. And I like the art work!
Ixil Miniussi
02. May 2023 · 11:22 UTC
Fun idea, liked the aesthetic as well and the "shift" animation. The sudden gore is a nice touch as well same for the cars crashing into each other, adds to the general chaos going on. One thing I took some time to understand the journals were being sent towards the pointer, maybe a different pointer could've helped communicate that, otherwise that's a pretty complete and self-contained experience.
NutvillageGames
02. May 2023 · 11:46 UTC
Really fun game! It has really nice graphics & audio and it is was really fun to multitask between dodging and throwing the paper. The only thing is that after a while it gets repetetive. But for a game made in 72 hours it is very good!
AstroCookie
02. May 2023 · 14:38 UTC
A gore monowheel paperboy remix! ^^ Two suggestions: it feels a bit complex to use keyboard and mouse at the same time, keyboard only would feel more natural. And cars come in so fast it's really difficult to react. Maybe some speed adjustments for the cars, on displaying indications for incoming vehicules? Kudos for providing a web version! Well done!
Procok
02. May 2023 · 14:48 UTC
I somehow got stuck outside of the camera view and couldn't come back xD
I love throwing paper at people and causing accidents, but it gave me negative points. :(
Fun game :D I like the sound effects and the graphics even though they are a bit too washed out or too light(?).
Lot's of content and quite polished, well done overall.
Stevi60
05. May 2023 · 00:59 UTC
Nice little game! I didn't get too far because I ran over so many times but I really like the concept. Having to throw newspapers while dodging incoming traffic is actually pretty fun lol.
I really like the mix of 3D and pixel art. The only real downside for me was the fact that I didn't quite know who to throw the newspaper to in the first place, it was a bit hard to see the people on the side walk.
Chucks Feed and Seed
08. May 2023 · 03:59 UTC
Fun and simple. The blood effects were a nice touch, and the gameplay loop is fun - having to think about both dodging cars and hitting targets is a challenge. Nice game!
3ggplant
08. May 2023 · 04:08 UTC
Really liked this game. It's got just the right amount of things to multitask with a good amount of variety with the car behaviour. Pretty interesting that you have to play with the cars to get rid of the dogs, while also keeping an eye out on things to throw papers too. My only complaint is that the colour palette being so limited in contrast makes everything blend together which makes it quite hard to see the people to throw papers to.
LDJam user 336851
08. May 2023 · 07:45 UTC
Love the 2.5D aesthatics the newspaper on the end is also very funny
Pouyan ShekariKiani
12. May 2023 · 10:15 UTC
Awesome game, it got pretty crazy real fast lool, dogs chasing me then getting hit by the cars and stuff, one time i saw a car on top of another car and they were on fire, or something like that. i dont know if that was a bug or a feature lmao but it was pretty cool. i got to 233 score but couldn't finish it.
jk5000
12. May 2023 · 19:05 UTC
A hard, but also a really funny little game. Well done.
epb9000
13. May 2023 · 18:22 UTC
That was hilarious, only got 60 points, but at least I took a few dogs with me. Muhahahahaha
luthwyhn
13. May 2023 · 21:13 UTC
Fun game, love the graphics except that I got sad when the dog exploded
Sebhulhu
13. May 2023 · 22:31 UTC
Fun game :-) I cannot count the times I was run over by a car now :D