Hasty Heist by captainzo

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made by captainzo for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

"Hasty Heist" is a game in which you play a thief who has a list of 10 things to steal from a house in under 3min30.

However, you only have one slot in which to carry an object. Other containers can be found in the house to expand the storage space.

Will you be fast enough to pick up all the items scattered around the house and escape the police?

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Controls :

WASD/ZQSD : Move

Camera : Mouse

Left click : Pick-up

G : Drop last object

Made with Unreal. Made with the Unreal asset "Assetsville Town" Made with icons from Flaticon.

DISCLAIMER : ALL IS PURE FICTION, DO NOT REPRODUCE

Ratings

Overall 318th 3.824⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Fun 157th 3.956⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 404th 3.545⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Theme 314th 4⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 398th 3.891⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Audio 195th 3.813⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Humor 78th 4.048⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Mood 248th 3.903⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Given 42🗳️ 44🗨️

Feedback

alexis8
02. Oct 2023 · 22:12 UTC
bien joué les gars votre jeu est trop cool, faite gaffe par contre vous ne dite pas les touches au début du jeu Ducoup on sait pas comment drop sans tous essayez.
Bravo
Agnira
03. Oct 2023 · 13:27 UTC
Bien mais on ne peut pas poser son cerveau dans le monde de Cortex.
Congeesetador
03. Oct 2023 · 13:32 UTC
Another interesting take on the theme, the game was a bit hard to understand what you were supposed to do and the controls weren't clear, if you added the controls to the website and a description on the game it would help a lot for future plays, I also noticed the motion blur was really heavy and did hurt my eyes a bit so I had to move a lot slower to avoid that from happening, but overall this is a really wacky game and I love it!
🎤 captainzo
03. Oct 2023 · 13:35 UTC
Thank you very much ! Controls are in the itch.io but I agree that they must be in the game too.
Bredera
03. Oct 2023 · 13:54 UTC
Great take on the theme. Game looked great however it ran below 20fps for me which was not the greatest. Still fun run and grab game and a good entry :smiley:
Eryph
03. Oct 2023 · 13:55 UTC
Pretty good, and intresting. But i didn't understand how to get out before the end of the timer and just waited for the end, loosing sadly.

It's well polished and the idea of stacking thing on my back made me laugh. I wished it would stack every items instead of just "upgrade" items.

You could have paused the game with the list of items we should find before starting the timer, it could have make the player feel more like a thief planning home invasion :)

Great job !
Arthur Othy-Gares
03. Oct 2023 · 14:18 UTC
It's a great first Ludum Dare. Keep going !
Bastian Bresson
03. Oct 2023 · 15:34 UTC
Didn't quite get it. I kept going into minus space (0/-12 for example).
Fiora The Purple
03. Oct 2023 · 15:36 UTC
Really cool idea! love the concept of playing as a thief and dashing straight to the second floor!
Moving was hard, and so was picking up things. I got caught by the police, which was a fun twist!
Please try our game and let us know what you think. Thanks!(●´З`●)
JOZGames
03. Oct 2023 · 15:42 UTC
5 fps here xD
ldkuba
03. Oct 2023 · 15:45 UTC
Pretty cool game. Fun and complete. I love the music! On the bad side, the low fps and motion blur made it difficult to look around esp. when I had more bags on my back.
Edom Games
03. Oct 2023 · 15:46 UTC
Interesting game but unfortunately I was getting really low FPS :(
MaksimJ
03. Oct 2023 · 16:05 UTC
I really like the idea of the inventory. The only confusing part was when I expanded it to 2 and 3 slots, both times I didn't notice it expanded, I just thought I picked up an item. I also really like the effor put into the mini cut scenes and stuff, great effort!
🎤 captainzo
03. Oct 2023 · 22:32 UTC
@bastian-bresson yes we are actually fixing this sorry, thank you !
@fiora-the-purple thank you for your return !
@ldkuba @edom-games yes we are fixing this too, sorry but thank you for your return !
@maksimj thank you for your return !
Mathkarma
04. Oct 2023 · 07:00 UTC
One really good game, the inventory system is really cool tho it's probably possible to win without even looking at the list.
🎤 captainzo
04. Oct 2023 · 08:49 UTC
@mathkarma Thank you for your return ! Yes it's possible but you have to be really lucky xD
kazuyuki
04. Oct 2023 · 12:40 UTC
It’s hard to believe it was completed in three days, greate game
LDJam user 302659
04. Oct 2023 · 13:14 UTC
Very fun game, nice theme
🎤 captainzo
04. Oct 2023 · 13:31 UTC
@kazuyuki @leiggarfeed Thank you very much for your return !
HolySparks
04. Oct 2023 · 19:19 UTC
Fun game and nice use of theme. I think the whole environment is great: if feels real enough, with a wide diversity of stuff there, it's just fun to play in and explore. Just gotta say that the basketball and some item in the bathroom spawned under the floor. I managed to pick the ball but for the other iten I had no luck
Watoo45
04. Oct 2023 · 19:45 UTC
@holysparks Thank you for your comment and sorry, it's an issue that should be fixed in the updated version!
Cradac
04. Oct 2023 · 21:09 UTC
Really fun game idea! It took me a trip to realize that I had a list of what to steal and didn't just need to beat a highscore. I'm not so good at remembering lists like that so the gameplay mostly was me picking up everything in my way and dashing back to the van to drop everything. I think to this was made harder by the fact that items are not where you expect them in the house.
Oscar Berry
04. Oct 2023 · 21:32 UTC
It looks cool and makes me really want to play.
Unfortunately, the lack of help for the controls and, above all, the lags prevented me from playing. It would be good to try to optimize the game.
LDJam user 314224
04. Oct 2023 · 21:46 UTC
Good and fun game, i like this idea for use of theme !
GG the team !
There is so much diversity in assets :o
Qaolin
05. Oct 2023 · 07:46 UTC
That is one similar game to ours :D
Dijkstra
05. Oct 2023 · 11:32 UTC
I'm thoroughly enjoying this game, it's an enjoyable experience! Good job!
CacaDePerro
05. Oct 2023 · 15:18 UTC
you're right, its simular to ours game haha, great minds think the same :D
Golovco Adelina
05. Oct 2023 · 16:33 UTC
reminds me of an old game i used to really enjoy. interesting take on the theme with limited space being the house you’re robbing lmao. great partake in the challenge!
EgorMnc
05. Oct 2023 · 19:26 UTC
nice game
ThunderChief
06. Oct 2023 · 03:50 UTC
Interesting game, nice !
Darkmax14
06. Oct 2023 · 14:33 UTC
Enjoyed playing your game a lot, the frantic search for items was really fun
Jordan Neff
06. Oct 2023 · 14:42 UTC
Neat game! I like the theme tie-in with the inventory space and looting. As a heads-up though, you need to remove yourself from the graphics category :exclamation: since you used asset and icon packs meaning the majority of the game graphics were not created by you for the jam. It would be unfair to all of the teams and artists who did spend a lot of time during the jam creating wonderful art :art:
Watoo45
07. Oct 2023 · 12:40 UTC
@jordan-neff Thank you for your comment, your right it's not fair, how do we do that?
AmunOnra
09. Oct 2023 · 19:41 UTC
Nice idea on the theme, great graphics and cutscenes! The mouse sensitivity was a bit to high for my taste and the FPS dropped a little low which made controlling the character quite hard when there many obstacles in one room.
LDJam user 375578
18. Oct 2023 · 07:36 UTC
Not bad, this is not the first time I’ve seen 3D on Ludum Dere, but at least this one will be more enjoyable
ScaryTreeGames
18. Oct 2023 · 07:38 UTC
Hah, the game is very exciting. It fits the theme of the current game jam. I felt like I was in the shoes of a thief. Cool!
Tetracold
18. Oct 2023 · 08:28 UTC
the game is decently fun, the way the theme is implemented is nice.

I am not gonna give a rating on the graphics since they are Unreal assets

The game can be fun especially when you are trying to get the objects as fast as possible while trying to increase your storage so you can carry more. there's decent variety with the objects. I also thought that the game over cutscene is kinda funny.

It would be nice if the motion blur would be tuned down. I have encountered quite a few objects that clipped though the floor though my runs.

I even softlocked myself by climbing here.
![hasty heist.PNG](///raw/b44/b5/z/6068a.png)

Game's pretty fun tho!
Nan Kang
19. Oct 2023 · 08:06 UTC
very cute game. Initially, I didn't figure out how to drop the item until I quited and found the control page on the menu. Maybe mention use G to drop item at the dropping area would be better?