Delinquent Delivery by SJPixels

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made by SJPixels for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

Dusty Dan the sheriff has found himself delivering yet another doggone delinquent to the county jail. It's a long road ahead and unbeknownst to Dan, this prisoner has friends in low places...

Escort the paddy wagon to the jail without letting bandits break it open to free their amigo.

CONTROLS

Move: Arrow Keys

Attack: Spacebar

Dodge: Shift!

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CREDITS

SJPixels: Art and Animation

https://twitter.com/PixelsSj

LeGingerGamer: Programmer

William: Programmer

Brandyn: Music and Sound

Ratings

Overall 252th 3.895⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Fun 216th 3.849⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 778th 3.119⭐ 44🧑‍⚖️
Theme 653th 3.86⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 108th 4.453⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Audio 190th 3.895⭐ 45🧑‍⚖️
Humor 404th 3.405⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Mood 291th 3.854⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Given 35🗳️ 70🗨️

Feedback

delauraen
02. May 2023 · 01:25 UTC
Overall there's so much nice polish to the game, the moving tutorial, the heartbeat on low health, hit animations, sound design and art comes together well! Just wish there was more to play :)
tycoonbelle
02. May 2023 · 02:31 UTC
Great player intro, love the art
Alexander Tan
02. May 2023 · 02:32 UTC
I love it! It feels like those old fashion newgrounds games i used to play as a kid!
LDJam user 317693
02. May 2023 · 02:32 UTC
It's small, but what there is, is really fun. The art is super cool, too. Like the other comment mentions, very polished and the heartbeat is a cool detail. Good job!
guin36
02. May 2023 · 02:32 UTC
Delightful! The combo exclamations really made me smile :)
Quinnster
02. May 2023 · 02:33 UTC
Such a nice polished experience! I don't really have much to critique, however the enemies did respawn weirdly and I was kinda confused about that.
Jona Scheidig
02. May 2023 · 02:34 UTC
Short fun little game ^^
mikyll
02. May 2023 · 02:34 UTC
I just love everything of it, from how you implemented the tutorial to the gameplay, audio and graphics :smiley:

Just a thing or two: the "Play Again" button has no sprite on it and it seems like an oversight; also when you beat an enemy, the animation keeps flowing.

However overall I love it, it's extremely fun to play!
karkadan
02. May 2023 · 02:35 UTC
Very nice art style and music. Hopping around and punching dudes felt really nice
Squirrelsquid
02. May 2023 · 02:38 UTC
Lovely. Maybe a bit on the short side.
kgurniak91
02. May 2023 · 10:51 UTC
Pretty short but I loved the pixelart - really clean and reminded me of oldschool flash games.
LDJam user 4886
02. May 2023 · 14:52 UTC
Lovely beat'm'up! Short and sweet, nicely implemented. I love those sticker-like graphics!
BOPOHx
02. May 2023 · 17:55 UTC
WoW so cool! nice sounds, graphics! it was very interesting to play!!!
LDJam user 337828
02. May 2023 · 17:56 UTC
Really well polished, great job putting in so much care in such a short time! Would love to see more of it in the future.
LDJam user 43351
02. May 2023 · 18:46 UTC
I loved this so much. The combos punch combos are really satisfying, the bullets were fun to dodge, the art and animation was incredible. Very nice game, well done!
thewrath
02. May 2023 · 18:52 UTC
Well made little game with a good idea for the theme! Well done for making this directly with PixiJS! I really like the graphics and animations which give a very good feeling in the game. A small glitch allowing to walk in the sky enabled me to go to the end ;)
Legingergamer
02. May 2023 · 19:04 UTC
@thewrath This was done in Unity, Not PixiJS, I beleive the art was done in Aesprite, Me and Will did the programming and development, whilst Brandyn did the Audio :P
kid04
02. May 2023 · 19:25 UTC
This game looks neat! I love this animations! Fun game, sad that it's only one level. Great job!
Redfellow
02. May 2023 · 19:30 UTC
Cool game, give me a gun please
theArtifacts
02. May 2023 · 20:07 UTC
Great aesthetic. The gameplay was a little janky - I broke it by rolling at a diagonal. Looking forward to your next game!![broken.PNG](///raw/529/6/z/5acdd.png)
hammerfrenzy
02. May 2023 · 23:32 UTC
Enjoyed the sprite work and the BGM. The dodge roll was also pretty fun. Too bad Dusty Dan only brought his fists to a knife & gun fight, but that's a game jam for you I suppose. Good job!
Shiiigear
02. May 2023 · 23:37 UTC
Great short game!
I enjoyed playing it and the great designs make the game feels really polished. Congrats!
LDJam user 76491
03. May 2023 · 02:34 UTC
Really good visuals! It's indeed a bit short but very polished, the punches are satisfying not to mention the characters which are pretty unique. Good job!
Kosmik123
03. May 2023 · 15:17 UTC
Playing this game was actually so fun. The fighting mechanics are simple, yet create challanging battles.
I found a bug with audio. Once I was low on health I kept hearing the heartbeat for the rest of the game
UnitOfTime
03. May 2023 · 15:45 UTC
Wow! That was well put together. Everything is already super polished. It even has achievements :)
Pixelce
03. May 2023 · 15:46 UTC
The idea is nice. I expected it to be a little longer. Sweet graphics. Good luck.
ElisaGonda
03. May 2023 · 16:47 UTC
the first time playing it i accidentaly went to the sky dashing and all enemies from all "levels" came with me and we had a fight up there, it was kinda chaotic and creepy but the wtf feeling was funny. then i died and started again and went to the sky once more and dashed like theres no tomorrow and got the secret achievement which made me laugh cause i was like "i found a bug i should tell them" but when i read what it was about i felt so ashamed.. that was a very good detail. and then i actually finished the game as i should, killing those mf, although there were two of them that re-spawned and followed me until the end.

aaaalso movements are so smooth and animation is cute, loved those punches. sound effects are also great and the enviroment was on point, its a really cool game, i would definitely play more levels with more difficulty if added!
Legingergamer
03. May 2023 · 21:25 UTC
@unitoftime and @elisagonda I'm glad you found the achievement. I added it a few hours before the end because I was tired af :P Always fun when people notice the small details, we're really proud of what we got done, we realised why people don't make Beat'em'ups in game jams, they are surprisingly complex to make
digital bacon
04. May 2023 · 10:21 UTC
Very nice, love the graphics and the Western-theme music. Very well done!
nsadie
04. May 2023 · 16:48 UTC
Nice art and good atmosphere! Was fun, even though the controls were sometimes a little wonky, especially the dash allowed me to go into the air or out of the screen.
big-cow
04. May 2023 · 17:09 UTC
Best graphics of the games I've played so far. The gameplay was simple but still had depth, which the different enemy types requiring different tactics.
SmDaniels
04. May 2023 · 18:03 UTC
Game is good, music and animation very nice! I think bullets can be faster. Perhaps the possibility of shooting would make the game even more fun. Very nice anyway!
BadPiggy
04. May 2023 · 20:12 UTC
Really wish this went on for longer since I did get into the groove of bashing bandits

However, I feel like the characters really needed shadows or something so that I could tell the distance between them. It's because the game kinda suffered from the problem that most beat-em-ups have, which is that it's hard to tell if you're on the same line as the enemy or close enough to it to punch the enemy.

Also, while the animations for the player were amazing, I feel like the enemy's animations didn't have feedback for when an enemy died. The feedback for normal hits was good, but there wasn't really anything for an enemy's death.

None the less, it was damn fun while it lasted and the presentation as a whole was cool. Really good entry overall
MAR Zockmeister
04. May 2023 · 21:51 UTC
Quite fun to play, the first beat'em I played here :smiley: Would be cool to have some weapons - or maybe the come later and I did not make far it enough?
ScrapMetal
05. May 2023 · 04:15 UTC
Super appealing art and animations!! Holy crap! You even got a 3-hit combo anim in there?? Geez.

Also love the theme :cowboy:

This was super fun right from the start. I love the brawler style while trying to escort the wagon. A very unique take on the theme. So great.

Even though I totally sucked at it (even tho I tried many times), I had a lot of fun. :smile:

The only feedback I would have (and these are super nitpicky):

- I struggled with the dodge roll a bit. I couldn't just hit a button and dodge and the direction influenced. It felt like I had to be hitting an arrow key AND shift to even do the move at all. It was such a useful move, I had to use it, but it usually got me killed more times than not.
- The hit detection on attacks felt pretty specific. If I was too close to an enemy, it completely whiffed the hit.

Again, these are crazy nitpicky. Especially for a jam. What you accomplished is killer! Love it!
Jesaipo
05. May 2023 · 09:21 UTC
Hellow !
Nice little game! Beat them all game is always cool. Your ennemy are cool.
Just 2 things :
- Rool make you leave the map, i manage to skip a level with it ( not intentionnaly)
- Knive guys have an hit animation but it still hit you, so you don't see it coming, hard to doge. And the hit animation look like he is lock by the dmg
Nice entry
shimmerscale
06. May 2023 · 22:52 UTC
Fun game! Love the artwork and audio :)
T C
06. May 2023 · 23:42 UTC
Nice work. Sick art!
misscafeina
15. May 2023 · 14:50 UTC
I liked it! Very nice graphics :)