Spud

Category	Rank	Score	Count
Innovation	172	2.73	11
Fun	87	3.18	11
Theme	73	3.18	11
Graphics	178	2.73	11
Audio	168	2.20	10
Humor	57	3.00	9
Overall	127	3.00	11
Community	236	1.90	10
Coolness	52	11

djcsdy 2011-05-02 14:24

One screen wants me to press enter to continue, then the next wants me to press space. What were you thinking? That is really irritating.

I kind of like the fact that you get a different weapon each time. Some weapons make the game far too easy though. My level of success was generally determined by what weapon I started with.

The manual reload is not obvious at all. It took me a couple of tries to figure out that I didn't just have ridiculously small amounts of ammo. It'd be better if it displayed a message, or reloaded automatically, but I realise it's difficult to fit everything in.

It's hard to see what's going on most of the time. The graphics could do with more contrast.

adramalech 2011-05-02 19:14

I was hurrying to get the menuscreens in, so I just used different buttons instead of checking if a button has released yet.

I also didn't really have time for balancing, so yes, it's really dependant on which weapon you get.

Sorry that the reload was unclear, I figured I would just say r is for reload, and when people run out of ammo they try and press the reload buttons sometime.

You're right about the foggyness. I went a bit overboard with the dark foggy atmosphere and it compromised the visibilty of things. Maybe I'll look into it some other time when I'm rested enough to code and stuff.

Thanks for the great feedback! Really appreciate it :D

grungi-ankhfire 2011-05-03 19:16

Sorry, had your game on my "to-rate" list, but .NET4 on Linux is not working (using Wine). Too bad, but good luck anyway !

yrael 2011-05-05 05:19

Piercing Zombie Thrower = most epic gun ever.

Very cool game. I like the random weapon idea, it gets so mad sometimes (Heavy Fish Machinegun...)

adramalech 2011-05-05 11:49

Yeah, my favorite is the exploding fish thrower :D

the-jack 2011-05-06 06:59

I lack the appropriate video card :(

adramalech 2011-05-06 14:00

Ok, it's probably because I used XNA HiDef mode, so here is one with reach mode.
AKA This one should work for you!
http://mc.glutt.us/upload/spudreach.rar
Also, you can judge this one, because it's the original with only the render mode changed.

endurion 2011-05-15 06:15

The random weapon is a great idea :)
However the graphics could use some workover. The player is hard to distinguish, basically everything is shades of gray.

mwest 2011-05-21 19:14

Nice entry, well done!

the-jack 2011-05-23 02:53

Thanks for providing a different mode version!
Yeah this was pretty good. The flaming zombie gun was a bit op, managed to get 200 slain with that one.
Good work!