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Badass

By sos

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall153.99
Fun103.99
Audio163.94
Humor14.58
Mood403.68
Graphics544.07
Theme1933.38
Innovation3622.87
Coolness101320

Comments

perry 2012-08-27 01:42

Impressive amount of content in this for 48 hours. Well done.

aquasheep 2012-08-27 01:51

Nice! Great theme, creative relation to evolution, and fun gameplay. Also nice graphics and scrolling textures. Good stuff all around!

panzermancer 2012-08-27 01:59

Ummmmm... evolution!

That was actually really fun and silly.

nedortgames 2012-08-27 02:06

Excellent can`t believe you made this in 24hrs

nedortgames 2012-08-27 02:06

48hrs*

nimphious 2012-08-27 02:17

Though the game's theme wasn't really about evolution (although it was about procreation which is related) the game's levels evolved over time. The humor was also brilliant!

timtipgames 2012-08-27 02:36

Funny graphics, great sounds. I'll take the relation to the theme as "somewhat observable on a meta-level"

matthias_zarzecki 2012-08-27 03:06

Nice work! Now I can live out my in-utero-hipster-punching-fantasies!

davidwparker 2012-08-27 03:40

Ok, so that was really funny. Didn't really need the language (to each his own), but it was really well made. As far as gameplay goes, it's basically spam "x".

k1net1k 2012-08-27 03:43

Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries

masterbaldwin 2012-08-27 03:47

Excellent!!

gabeochoa 2012-08-27 03:49

Great job, levels were great transitioned nicely.

gregdevice 2012-08-27 03:50

Fun to play, amazing amount of work!

mclogenog 2012-08-27 03:53

Kind of like a mix between McPixel and Brodyquest. (Not a bad thing!) I wish mashing X wasn't such an effective strategy, though.

jacic 2012-08-27 03:56

Sos presents: Mash the X key as fast as you can!

Hilarious, as expected from Sos. :) My only complaint is that it's short. Maybe this could be the next McPixel? ;)

Oreganik 2012-08-27 03:57

Absolutely the best thing I have seen in a long time. So good. So good.

codesavage 2012-08-27 04:05

Quite fun, nice look, and the humor is great. The only suggestion I would make is to give the player a period of brief invulnerability when you get hurt, as it's very sad when you get trapped in a large mob and go from full health to dead in 3 seconds. Great game though, really has that Sos feel to it.

echa 2012-08-27 04:20

Ahaha. Great!

qualityassurance 2012-08-27 04:34

Hilarious!

kato9 2012-08-27 05:29

Totally awesome / utterly ridiculous / very funny. Ok, I'll admit I wish there was a little more depth to the combat, but overall very enjoyable.

drabiter 2012-08-27 05:48

5 stars for Fun, Humor, and Mood!

The game maybe repetitve, but darn it. Just smash the X and watch hipsters get exploded! :D

turkwise 2012-08-27 05:59

i have no idea what i'm doing but i like it

sev_inf 2012-08-27 06:05

Awesome!

kinokochan 2012-08-27 07:44

Loved it! I saw some of your in-progress sprites earlier, and was curious to know where you were going with them.

The number of stages was pretty satisfying, and the different backgrounds and transitions kept the game feeling fresh. Nice work! :)

kendja 2012-08-27 08:32

Great work. Really impressive.

jezzamon 2012-08-27 08:39

Winner for humour? Amiright?

madflame991 2012-08-27 09:03

+ f***ing hipsters!
+ nice graphics and animations
+ really effective audio
+ I played it just to see what was coming up next

- kinda short

xk 2012-08-27 09:18

Great, incredible artwork for 48 hrs!

jokerden 2012-08-27 09:20

F-cking funny and awesome! Like It!

eyehawk 2012-08-27 09:25

Hilarious! I played it right to the end of the rainbow :) One thing that would improve the game would be to vary the game play somehow, perhaps have combo attacks or shooting?

bablo 2012-08-27 09:42

Wow, that was awesome. :D Gameplay might be a bit dull, but the ever changing setting and story keeps it going. Good job!

mokujin 2012-08-27 10:20

this game makes me laught xD

ointment 2012-08-27 10:37

This reeks of a Sos game. But it's a good thing.

nosfer 2012-08-27 10:38

really funny, nice gameplay, humor, fast paced action :)

pohycz 2012-08-27 10:50

Wow, i laughed when playing it. Well done! :)

jeroenimooo 2012-08-27 10:52

AWESOME game! To bad i can't rate :/
The sound was really cool, the theme was added in such a cool way! overal 4.5/5 stars

pansapiens 2012-08-27 11:13

Love the art style and audio. With some development this has the potential to become the most epic beat'em'up since Double Dragon.

andrew-2 2012-08-27 11:31

Finishing level 2 was the best part.

polegar 2012-08-27 11:45

Wow ! Really nice graphics, fun and good audio. We need more of badass adventure :) !

luck-of-the-day-games 2012-08-27 11:47

Pretty good game

surreal_whale 2012-08-27 12:07

Graphics and audio were great, gameplay was a bit basic but still fun. Loved the humour, survival of the most badass!

citiral 2012-08-27 12:21

Haha, this was great, from the gameplay to the graphics to the humour.

michax 2012-08-27 12:27

My favorite as for fun, humor and art! Great!

tobiasnl 2012-08-27 12:53

Haha awesome. Fuckin' hipstersss. Nice art music and sound. Gameplay was not really that special, but it did the job. Well done Mr Badass.

bytegrove 2012-08-27 13:20

Your games tend to brighten the day. xD
Awesome characters, cut-scenes and music.
I haven't really gotten the hang of a solid strategy yet though, it often feels like there is no resistance at all from the hipsters, but sometimes they surround me and I get stuck in an eternally looping hurt-animation(can't even jump). I'll just have to practice on how to be more of a badass I guess. :P

benw 2012-08-27 13:21

Fuck yeah!

folis 2012-08-27 13:27

This one is an awesome entry, even though your games are always weird, Sos. I like it!

cappelnord 2012-08-27 13:39

I just smashed buttons but had the laugh of the day! F***ING WALDO!

covebit 2012-08-27 13:41

GO SOS GO SOS

davidllanos22 2012-08-27 13:50

Fun and weird game! Love the fuck you waldo! :D

asfdfdfd 2012-08-27 14:00

\(^_^)/

gfm 2012-08-27 14:12

Friggin' awesome!

Though I the game is really simple, it's really fun to play... and the graphics were really well made!

papygaragos 2012-08-27 14:37

I will remember this entry for a while!
The pacing of the levels and cut-scene is awesome!

cornedor 2012-08-27 14:38

Als always a great game :)

spectrenectar 2012-08-27 15:06

Hahaha I loved it
And beat it of course.

th3dz 2012-08-27 15:07

Very good! Could have used some variations in gameplay but overall really good.

ghostid 2012-08-27 15:30

Great game!
The only thing that I found a little flawed was that I was able to complete most levels by just pressing "x". Anyway Had fun playing! Great game! :D

playvue 2012-08-27 15:56

This was hilarious and awesome! Great job!

tigerj 2012-08-27 16:02

I really liked your game. I like the backgrounds a lot too. I didn't notice the arrow keys moved and was just hitting X. you should consider adding the movement keys explanation to the entry post in addition to jump and attack.

igor-silva 2012-08-27 16:52

WOW!!!Great the human evolution

aaronflippo 2012-08-27 16:56

Nicely done! Love the humor and the theme.

vigrid 2012-08-27 17:38

Do I need to comment? It's Sos. Won't make sense. I LOL'ed and loved the controls.

nostradamon 2012-08-27 17:45

That's pretty cool. However, pressing X quickly gave me an esay win.
The graphics are excellent!

biped 2012-08-27 18:07

Love the retro games and good interpretation of theme.

thecowfactory 2012-08-27 18:20

This game is freaking funny, it would be even cooler if it had weapons, more attacks, or combos. I guess you only had 48 hours though.

Zombie_Plan 2012-08-27 18:22

That. Was. AMAZING.

I laughed the whole way through. You're a fucking champion.

jediman 2012-08-27 18:24

The controls, art and humour are great! xD Although it is very easy and I thought it could've had a bit more variety :) (I can't stop playing it xD!).

emveyh 2012-08-27 18:26

Funny, cool graphics, awesome sound but repeatedly pressing just one button is kinda boring :/

vidar 2012-08-27 18:57

This is amazing!

nate427 2012-08-27 19:26

Fun, Artistic, Funny, great in every aspect! Good job, Sos!

zeh 2012-08-27 19:35

Ah, hierarchy in the animal kingdom, my favorite topic of Discovery Channel documentaries.

Of all the mammals appearing in documentaries, the humans have to be one of the most curious when it comes down to that topic. The dominance hierarchies are subtle and somewhat contrived, often inconsistent between different groups, and subject to numerous influencing parameters.

Also interestingly, each tribe or clan wants to exert its own dominance over other groups, in a sort of meta-hierarchy. It is not surprising that recently recognized groups, like the American Hipster, has a low ranking position in that scale. Whether bound to us by biology or by cultural factors, we always want to find a group to pick on.

Through the use of interactive mythology, this piece exemplifies the complexity of the issue pretty well. The storytelling acumen is fragrant here, and by putting the player in the seat of the aggressor - the alpha male, in its eternal quest for control - it raises the question of whether perpetuating the hatred is a worthy quest, as it is one without an end.

Great audio; very uplifting. Voiceovers are top notch. Beautiful graphics. Controls somewhat confusing. Missing hipsters with fixies. My best rated game on LD #24 so far.

hirsch 2012-08-27 20:27

I enjoyed this game, the nice tune and the wonderfully done graphics. Also good, is that you can press y instead of z (many games in this compo don't allow this :/)
I think it was just a bit too fast to recognize all details in the background ;)
+ The badass reminded me of Duke Nukem :D
Altogether: Well done & 'It's time to kick ass' :)

someguy22 2012-08-27 20:27

How many times per second can YOU hit the "X" key????

josriley 2012-08-27 20:32

Great job. Lot's of fun. It's not super complex, but you found the identity of the game and made it central.

levelbylevel 2012-08-27 21:25

Really enjoyed everything about this game!

dakowta 2012-08-27 21:32

One of the best games iv played so far

testsubject06 2012-08-27 21:35

It was a little "Mash X as fast as you can"-y but it was a fun game anyways.

ollie 2012-08-27 21:41

Like others have said, a bit button mash-y but I think that's fine for this style of game. Some of the art was really cool and it feels like a pretty complete 'thing'

digital_sorceress 2012-08-27 22:38

Pleasant art style and good humour.

brassawiking 2012-08-27 22:41

Can't miss a game with a name like that =) Great fun!

zatyka 2012-08-27 23:01

I loved the audio and the style of this game.

pixelulsar 2012-08-27 23:21

It was funny and related good to the theme. I liked it, even if for me gameplay just consisted of tapping the X key.

razorquick 2012-08-27 23:41

A lot of fun :D amazing jingle. nice VOs :D

amoaeba-junior 2012-08-27 23:53

Awesome Idea/Art/everything really just perfect!!

jwolf 2012-08-28 00:03

Pretty fun! Can be a bit tricky if you get juggled off-screen.

vilya 2012-08-28 00:57

Brilliant! The birth scene had me laughing so much I could barely keep playing!

cakencode 2012-08-28 01:30

Seriously hilarious. I love the sound effects and the blips of "F-ING HIPSTERS". I think this could be taken a little bit more over the top (lol) and had some more stereotypically hipster things pop up here and there. It was amazing though, great graphics and was a lot of fun.

shayl 2012-08-28 01:57

love this one, hilarous

davidemo89 2012-08-28 01:59

Haha this was fun!

frcouceiro 2012-08-28 03:00

Ahah. You have the need of playing this! Nice work. Loved the sounds and the level transition ;)

yoni 2012-08-28 03:06

Made me laugh! :)

airdeck 2012-08-28 04:41

Hilarious, loved the Waldo cameo

mappum 2012-08-28 05:04

"Fuck you, Waldo"

This was really enjoyable, and the explosions were quite satisfying. I actually lolled at the riding the ATAT part.

raptor85 2012-08-28 05:06

dont know if i can really add anything that hasn't already been said, lol. It's basicly "mash x to win" but even despite that it still manages to remain awesome and compel you to finish it. The transitions, humor, and everything else is just fantastic, theme is a little weak though, since it kinda seemed it was just about one guy getting older and stronger which is kinda a stretch.

vladp 2012-08-28 08:49

Great game!

dedhedzed 2012-08-28 13:59

Everybody go home, Sos just won the internet forever.

Also, thought for you: Everybody in this world BUT for 'Badass' is apparently a hipster, which makes them... the mainstream? And thus no longer hipsters? 'Badass', being the only one of his kind, is therefore the MOST hipster, and should surely beat himself up?

...I'm thinking too far into this, aren't I?

zeh 2012-08-28 14:11

Zed: I dare say you are right. This is a multi-layered game, and you just uncovered a new one; it's what makes this game a masterpiece. I'd boldly say we're just starting to see its genius. The different levels of interpretation are the gateway drug we need for a review of our very selves as members of society, and our contribution to the wellness of humanity.

amidos2006 2012-08-28 14:35

LooooL that's incredible game :) I love it :)

qaterknan 2012-08-28 15:37

I love your voice!

incredible-ape 2012-08-28 23:52

Bringing the funny as always. Stylish graphics, catchy music, funny voice-overs, ridiculously simple but rewarding gameplay, what's not to like?

I did think the music obfuscated the dialog a little too much though which was a shame because what I could make out was hilarious.

Another thing is, from an art perspective, I thought that pale grey-ish off-white color was kind of over-used. It got especially confusing in the last desert-y area where the background sand dunes perfectly matched everyone's skin tone. Speaking of, the Badass should definitely have been more tan, to better fit his character and to help differentiate him visually from the Hipsters.

travischen 2012-08-29 01:09

HILARIOUS

whilefun 2012-08-29 02:17

Very funny! Clever concept. The gameplay was a bit "smash x to not die", but the humour definitely made up for it. The space level was the best...haha. :)

hamster_mk_4 2012-08-29 05:39

I kept getting beat up in school by that swarm of hipsters. This game is very true to life.

fhoenig 2012-08-29 05:41

LOL

gaeel 2012-08-29 07:42

What the actual fuck? Loved it, completely stupid, braindead button-masher!

My girlfriend is begging me to stop playing, but I just have to kill those hipsters!

pierrec 2012-08-29 11:24

It's almost a one-button game cause tou can finish the game just by pressing x I didn't even tried to jump ^^
This is a pretty solid entry!

saturnyn 2012-08-29 11:47

Simple but brutally efficient !

pereubu 2012-08-29 12:27

f***ing mindblowing game D:

robotic 2012-08-29 12:37

Didn't really like the gameplay, but that's obviously the only thing I could barely criticize : best humor so far, the theme is perfectly exploited and in a dynamic way, the different levels are always surprising and full of good ideas, and it already has some cult punchlines. What's not to like ?

bender 2012-08-29 18:58

Like always, SoS = FUCKING SUPER AWESOME CRAZINESS. You silly bastard :D <3

zx81 2012-08-29 19:29

LOL! I was AT-AT riding on the rainbow...
The game is awsome! Had a good fun!

m-gryko85 2012-08-29 19:46

Oh my god, so much fun! Crazy Awesome!

kibertoad 2012-08-29 20:39

Hilarious and fun, quality Sos release!

McFunkypants 2012-08-29 20:58

Holy shimoley this game is fast action goodness, funny and cool. As always, you are pretty awesome. Pure silly fun in the best possible way.

ragzouken 2012-08-30 15:54

Nice concept :D Love the voice acting! I found that after being surrounded, I couldn't really fit in a jump since I was stunblocked, and even when I could it didn't really help at all.

thurig 2012-08-31 06:07

It is so perverse, it is fun.

orni 2012-08-31 09:05

huge fun!
never had more fun for bashing one button for two minutes, well done
(nice music!)

danilo-bezerra 2012-08-31 21:44

Hahahaha!! Impressive, Badass!!

switchbreak 2012-09-01 15:50

Press X to badass

saguaro 2012-09-03 23:59

What's not to love?

mohammad 2012-09-04 00:43

Made this game...LIKE A BADASS YOU ARE!
Great game! Got fun to the part i was fighting the source of hipsters. Keep it coming!

munkeebacon 2012-09-04 06:29

This game is awesome! the art is great.

erephy 2012-09-04 18:41

I was dying of laughter when I heard that "F*** You Waldo!"
Amazing game!

juaxix 2012-09-04 20:17

There are things that never changes and we nerds are not alone xD
There is another game in #LD24, here:
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-24/?action=preview&uid=12398
And this is so hilarious, still laughing, you guys have an undreamed touch of humor :)
5 of 5 ,for sure!

elliotfiske 2012-09-05 01:41

Hilarious game, although I get punished for things I don't quite understand, and the controls are basically one button (and occasionally a semi-useful jump). I don't know how NOT to get surrounded and jumping doesn't always help... still that just kinda contributes to the game's overall hectic feel and funny graphics/theme.

juaxix 2012-09-05 11:32

Hey, can you explain, how are you doing the scroll of the background elements please?
~~~~ Bg.as ~~~~~
override public function update():void
{
this.scroll_factor = Q.scroll / (id + 1);
scroll+=scroll_factor;
if (scroll > 320) scroll -= 320;
sprite.frame = id+Q.phase*4;
}

override public function render():void
{
var s:Number = scroll;

//sprite.frame = 3;
//s = (scroll * .25) % 320;
sprite.render(FP.buffer, new Point( -s, 0), FP.camera);
sprite.render(FP.buffer, new Point( -s + 320, 0), FP.camera);


}
~~~~~~~~~

sos 2012-09-05 12:57

This code is so awful, why did you show it to me! o.o

Also, this isn't exactly the place to discuss that! Catch me up on #ludumdare IRC channel. ;)

free_napalm 2012-09-06 18:40

There are two developers whose games I will check every LD: Deepnight, who amazes me by gameplay and graphics, and Sos.
Sos' games are just too fun and well-made to miss.
So is Badass, which has great graphics, great sound and a random Waldo cameo. The gameplay could be more defined, but that's what the hipster would ask for.

alvivar 2012-09-08 13:41

This game will probably win in the fun category. Funny evolution concept. Awesome everything, congrats!

joekinley 2012-09-09 09:43

Do I need to say more? Fun game, awesome work once again Sos. You rock.
What I liked most? ... hard to say. I guess the overall picture.

pjchardt 2012-09-11 01:57

A stretch on the theme but a fun game. Nice work!

yapikom 2012-09-11 19:14

...so great. Just so great everything.

You can win the game by mashing x without even looking though. But deeper combat may take away the awesome essence of the game.ยจ

Great job.

Cheers and hugs <3<3<3

commanderstitch 2012-09-11 23:30

Sos, hilarious and awesome. I was astounded as the levels kept going and going. YOu must have been drawing forEvR. :D

misfit 2012-09-12 14:20

Fun game with great parallax scrolling.

eld 2012-09-12 14:31

I enjoyed this in the weirdest way possible! D:

johnfn 2012-09-15 07:33

Alright, so it's just a button masher, but that doesn't stop it from being the funniest game ever. Excellent work on the graphics, by the way.

gamblore 2012-09-16 23:58

Funny, I like the transitions between areas (waldo, cat, etc.).

samoojamies 2012-09-18 11:44

Shame that i'm too late to vote but have to say that this is hilarious! Making fun out of hipsters is always fun.