Kidnap Equation by koro.games

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made by koro.games for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

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Catch the citizens of the litle town and deliver them to the mysterious agent. Do not worry: you are an agent yourself! Though goals of the management are subtle you are the good guy. For sure.

🎮 Controls

| Key / Action | Description | |---------------|-------------| | W / A / S / D | Move around | | Space | Grab a person | | Left Mouse Button (LMB) | Proceed in dialogues |

Web version: korogames.itch.io/kidnap-equation

(itch.io version has bug & difficulty fixes)

Ratings

Overall 190th 3.795⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 149th 3.773⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 31th 4.091⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 82th 4.205⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 174th 4.159⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 32th 4.214⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 56th 4.25⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 14🗳️ 22🗨️

Feedback

filgreen3
Oct 07th · 09:59 UTC
Great game! I have some problems with catching all characters, but they look cool! Also drifting was fun while looking for targets!
kristinamay
Oct 07th · 15:11 UTC
I lol'd when it gave me a trolley problem after the first one. I drove around for ages and couldn't find the second guy, and it wouldn't even let me kidnap random people! So, I got stuck after 1. I wish I could drive backwards faster because I wrecked into curbs/walls waaaaayy too often. But overall, I'm a fan! Good vibes, good work!
Khton
Oct 07th · 16:35 UTC
A very unusual concept! The cute and beautiful graphics create a great contrast with the dark, criminal theme. My only note - I wish there was a way to run over the children.
BlackCat508
Oct 07th · 17:29 UTC
I really like the vibes and the art style! I'm sure this is a skill issue but I had a really hard time finding the right people lol
klausklapper
Oct 07th · 17:33 UTC
So I love the theme here, the graphics, audio & soundtrack are well done and consistent. But oh boy did I suck as a ~~kidnapper~~ sercret agent. My target clearly got towards the other end of town by the time I was anywhere near their last location, and apparently driving in a shady truck at night is enough to get instantly arrested.

I did start just abducting random people to let out my frustration though :p
BangKerpow
Oct 07th · 17:54 UTC
I really like the gameplay and the style. Sometimes I got frustrated I couldn't find the guy I was looking for so I just nabbed someone with similar features and it worked. I could be blind however.
SolidHinken
Oct 07th · 17:59 UTC
This could've been a GTA mission! Cool idea, nice mood and visuals!
🎤 koro.games
Oct 07th · 18:03 UTC
@bangkerpow @kristinamay @blackcat508 @klausklapper @filgreen3 @solidhinken
Thank u guys for feedback!

**I'm rushing to check out your games!**

PS Do you have any ideas on how to simplify the target search? Should we increase the number of people on the streets? I really don't want to show *the big red arrow*
rabbitdit
Oct 07th · 18:13 UTC
Graphic and theme are impressive!
klausklapper
Oct 07th · 18:24 UTC
@koro-games Unsure of how far targets are moving. If it's more than 1-2 blocks, maybe update their "last reported" location ever so often?
Damyyr
Oct 07th · 18:29 UTC
I looove this ! Last raid is indeed a challenge, but I think that the difficulty for backward driving plays a big role here.

Without adding a big red arrow, maybe having a more forgiving police would work ? It's weird to phrase it like that, but: you could probably be able to kidnap people without other freaking out so loud about it. I feel like increase the number of people will make the game harder because capturing the wrong person will be unforgiving.

Very nice idea, very nice execution, very nice polish. Great job!
Vladcfg
Oct 08th · 11:17 UTC
I liked this game; it’s moderately challenging because the objectives move a little from their assigned spots while you’re on your way, and you really have to move around the area without drawing attention. I also really liked the shader — it’s awesome and makes the graphics in this game very pleasant.
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Ciphereo
Oct 09th · 06:02 UTC
I really like the artistic style of this game!
Eugenik
Oct 09th · 15:47 UTC
Very nice game! :D.
Rogaven
Oct 10th · 19:46 UTC
The graphics are cool! I wish the car were a bit more responsive when turning.
ThiefViolinist
Oct 11th · 17:42 UTC
Nice game, i love artstyle and atmosphere overall. As i understood 2 regular endings are when u say yes/no after 3rd catch and secret is when you prefer to save 1 human several times(game kinda glitched when i did that so im not sure)
pe4Q07
Oct 11th · 21:33 UTC
@ThiefViolinist you are right! We added the 3 option to have a real, not fake, choice of the dilemma
Thank you for kind words!
fusionnist
Oct 14th · 03:20 UTC
This is actually awesome all around, wow!!!
darianifakina
Oct 23rd · 16:51 UTC
Like it!!!