The Mail(gun) man by Kaijiro

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made by Kaijiro for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

Deep in the dark offices of the LudumDare headquarters, we heard you ... WHAT ? AGAIN ? A boring theme ? We can't allow this for an other LudumDare ! We have to warn the people that original theme are made to take risks (all themes are made to take risks but heh, let's be fun !).

Get on board the LDTruck and be the Mailgun-man ! With your minigun, shoot your leaflets to encourage to vote for original themes for LD54 !

Controls : Use your mouse to move the camera, left click to shoot leaflets.

Ratings

Overall 1144th 2.826⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1002th 2.935⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1113th 2.63⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 508th 3.978⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1036th 2.587⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 296th 3.587⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1129th 2.614⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 43🗳️ 0🗨️

Feedback

kromeboy
02. May 2023 · 11:24 UTC
Real fun game with an important theme :-D
Sean Atterbury
04. May 2023 · 00:19 UTC
This game had me cracking up. Fantastic job, I really liked the 3D design and I certainly did not expect a rail shooter! Good job!
Brusi
04. May 2023 · 19:35 UTC
Game was fun and funny :) Obviously a mailman's goal is to deliver as many packages regardless of the recipient!
A good implementation of the theme, and cute simple art.
chrissx2
04. May 2023 · 22:50 UTC
I thought that was pizza until very end :D.
Gametrodon
04. May 2023 · 23:29 UTC
The mini-gun is quite fun, but I wish I could tell when I was getting hits, either sound, or hitmarker, or something. It was definitely fun to shoot things though, I just wish there was better feedback.
Kitira
05. May 2023 · 11:52 UTC
Cool game! It wasn't always clear to me if I had hit or not, but mail-shooting with the minigun was the most fun anyway ^^
Camden Obertop
06. May 2023 · 15:25 UTC
this is a fun little rail shooter!
Zyrus
13. May 2023 · 09:04 UTC
RATATATA! >:D
Savidiy
13. May 2023 · 09:49 UTC
Funny. Perhaps it would be more fun to see a hit in the box - flying numbers, an increasing box or something like that. You can also add pedestrians or obstacles that prevent shooting.
Beeb GameCodeCompany
14. May 2023 · 19:31 UTC
I agree, I would've liked to see something that says you hit the mailbox. I also didn't reach any "Full Boxes" but I went twice and got my highest score. I think you chose the right music that fits the gameplay, nothing more hardcore then delivery papers with music like that lol.

![Score.png](///raw/4cd/84/z/5bc25.png)
MasterProject
14. May 2023 · 19:46 UTC
Yep, I agree with the others - I'd have appreciated if there were some feedback regarding whether I hit the boxes or not, and also making the scoring system a bit more clear. That said, considering this was one of your first forays into 3D games, this was a quite decent entry.
fabula_rasa
14. May 2023 · 20:34 UTC
Music is very much up my alley :metal: I really enjoyed your interpretation of the theme - made me laugh.

The game plays well, and I didn't run into any bugs. Could use a bit more player feedback. Some animation (simple flashing would already add a lot) when the mailbox is successfully hit, some pop-up when you manage to fill-up the box and such. If you felt particularly fancy, you could even add some obstacles - flying birds, grandmas on bikes etc. - and take away points for hitting those. But that's polish :grin:

![Screenshot_13.jpg](///raw/732/a2/z/5bc27.jpg)
okkolobr
14. May 2023 · 20:53 UTC
Thank you all for your feedbacks. The next three items on our todo lists were :
- the forbidden boxes, which would have remove points if hit
- feedback : having some floating point above the box and sounds when you hit it. little flag on boxes should have rised up when box filled up
- overheat of the gun
Looks like we were on the right track !
Grommit
14. May 2023 · 20:55 UTC
Forget snail mail, this is rail mail!!

![Screenshot_5.png](///raw/44e/32/z/5bc28.png)
LDJam user 242971
15. May 2023 · 01:38 UTC
Just fun and satifying shooting all those boxes. Reminds me of paperboy.