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The Duellists

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Graphics144.41
Coolness1100
Fun453.80
Overall473.87
Mood1153.47
Humor1273.29
Innovation1613.59
Theme2333.51
Audio4192.77

Comments

twilightflandre 2013-08-26 03:01

Wow the graphics for this look amazing. The gameplay reminds me of the quickdraw minigame from Nightmare in Dreamland. The concept is fun and cute and is a more unique approach to the theme. Love it.

nizan 2013-08-26 03:05

Brilliant! Really polished - right down to the detail of shooting before the bell. It's great that it lets you do it, and then 'forfeits' you rather than, say, just resetting.

Could use a little more fanfare when you win overall (I like my fanfares...) but really, really good game. :)

(Oh and bonus points for interesting interpretation of the theme!!)

suese 2013-08-26 03:45

Great job. Nice and tight and simple.

omar_q8 2013-08-26 04:01

I enjoyed this A LOT, nice graphics, nice polish and pretty cool mechanics!

paidgeek 2013-08-26 04:03

Nice graphics and simple gameplay.

tortche 2013-08-26 05:14

The graphics and art is lovely. I think your opponent could of drawn faster though. It might work well as a 2 player game. Great work!

laserbeam 2013-08-26 05:16

Great polish, nice graphics, but it took a while to figure out what I had to do (even with the instructions).

rylgh 2013-08-26 05:34

GREAT job... so much polish. Love the silhouette effect when someone gets shot, love moving the cursor up to cock my gun...

bonsairobo 2013-08-26 06:05

I had a lot of fun playing this. I want a multiplayer version. Kinda like the divekick of shooters.

oldpeculier 2013-08-26 06:50

I love this so much that it's not even fair. Love the setting and concept. Clever play on the LD theme. And what an execution! Fantastic.

mclogenog 2013-08-26 06:51

This is a great use of really simple mechanics. At first I was leaving the box too fast to notice the text telling me not to, and I was confused by my shameless cheating. But then I figured it out and had a lot of fun with it :)

stevesalmond 2013-08-26 07:24

Love all the different characters, and the shooting mechanic is fun :D

tacospice 2013-08-26 07:53

Great graphics, great idea. Nice to see someone do another interpretation of the theme. Needs sound!

littlethor 2013-08-26 08:20

Great game! Nice graphics and original approach of the theme. Keep working on it with more challenging ennemies for example, and it could be an awesome game.

orangepascal 2013-08-26 08:30

awesome! :) really enjoyed this one!

rasmusrn 2013-08-26 08:37

Haha, you can shoot their hats off! Great little detail!

I really liked it!

However, sometimes they seem to miss completely even though had the cross hair over the head? Is this a bug or am I missing something?

farfromsleep 2013-08-26 09:11

@rasmusrn the shots have a random chance to scatter depending on how long you've waited to "steady" your aim (you can tell by the size/colour of the crosshair, big/red=huge scatter, medium/yellow = moderate, small/green=on target). Enemies have a similar random scatter, but based on their skill level, getting more accurate and faster with each round.

Waiting longer will give you a much more accurate shot but at the risk of being shot yourself. Shooting earlier is much more random, but can sometimes "panic" your opponent into completely messing up their shot (especially at lower levels).

teddy 2013-08-26 09:23

what a nice game you have made here! I like it! The first few times i played i turned around right away and shot them in the head XD. I lost the round, but won the war!

ludipe 2013-08-26 09:34

Simple gameplay, original and with beautiful graphics. I think that I saw a couple of "duelist" games being made for this Ludum Dare. It'd be even better with a faster game pace but I guess you have to stick to the "10 seconds" theme.

impmaster 2013-08-26 09:47

This was a pretty good game jam game. The graphics were pretty cool, and the gameplay was pretty fun. My one major problem was that it kept on suspecting me of foul play, and I didn't know why. Also, it didn't really meet the theme, cause the rounds were always less than ten seconds.

hypnohustla 2013-08-26 10:13

Lovely game! Simple, fun and addicting. What more can you ask? :)

farfromsleep 2013-08-26 10:22

@Impmaster: once you click on the icon to start the duel, you need to keep your cursor inside that area until your character makes their ten paces until you can legally fire. You can tell when it's time as a tone will sound and the cursor changes.

As for meeting the theme, the characters themselves are the theme, as there's ten of them and they're all "seconds", duellists appointed to stand in for their respective challengers. It's an old duelling term.

gus 2013-08-26 10:32

What can I say?
Best LD27 so far
Incredible graphics, nice sfxr-like sounds, addicting gameplay (can't stop playing xD), hilarious names and so on
Oh.. and unbelievably polished for 48h parameters, this is just amazing.
Definetely going to be checking your site from now on. :DD

morgawr 2013-08-26 10:42

This game is genius. Simply genius. It's so simple and straightforward and yet addictive. Graphics are gorgeous and gameplay is solid.

I didn't get audio to play though, I couldn't hear the bell (running Firefox on Linux).

gus 2013-08-26 10:55

Also reminded me of GunBlood
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/554695

And @Morgawr, The bell is amazing.

ithildin 2013-08-26 11:01

I love the graphics, the level of polish is top notch. As for gameplay, it's simple, fun and a clever use of the theme. The overall attention to detail that it shows makes it stand out (cheating, the hats...brilliant!)

Amazing entry :D

donan 2013-08-26 11:07

Awesome game. Graphics reminds me style of River City Ransom.

kaldrick 2013-08-26 11:09

I love this game. Only thing I miss is some kind of progression - XP earning, evolving your character ;)

ratalaika 2013-08-26 11:39

I really like! It's a nice idea and well implemented, but it's quite easy to win.

farfromsleep 2013-08-26 11:40

@Morgawr: I didn't have the time to test Firefox sadly, sound is tested working on Chrome though. Might be worth trying the GameJolt version in case it's an issue with my server. Native linux support will hopefully be coming for a later version.

kddekadenz 2013-08-26 11:50

That was fun! :D The graphics are looking good.
It's ways too easy, though.

bradleysmith 2013-08-26 12:04

Really interesting take on the theme.

titans 2013-08-26 12:09

A lot of fun, and beautiful sprites. The game looks great.

zedutchgandalf 2013-08-26 12:20

Sound doesn't work at all in Firefox on Mac, but it works great in Chrome...
Great game though :)

as3boyan 2013-08-26 12:39

I think it's too easy.

muznak 2013-08-26 12:55

Thoroughly enjoyed this, could have done with a couple more difficult enemies though. Excellent polish.

burhuc 2013-08-26 13:08

Smooth and fun gameplay, and nice graphics!

flamecow 2013-08-26 13:21

Wow, this is an insanely polished game. Really amazing job on this one.

latency 2013-08-26 13:48

Wow that art is amazing, also love the game, could be super fun if multiplayer, would love to see a post-compo version :)

yaguar 2013-08-26 14:44

I had this as second idea but it would never have been this polished and looking so good.
Great little game, love to see it with vs. Player in the future.

ncannasse 2013-08-26 14:54

Great graphics and neat gameplay. Would have like more content, does not perfectly fit the theme IMHO

nandor 2013-08-26 15:14

Nice game, awesome details, but where are the 10 seconds?

jaj 2013-08-26 15:20

Funny game, great graphics. The text boxes went away a bit too quickly sometimes.

zccc 2013-08-26 15:31

Very nice, love the graphics.

spiralcodestudio 2013-08-26 15:33

Love the art! They are so cute I can't kill them.
Concept is fresh too. Very short though.

zephyr89 2013-08-26 15:57

This is one of the better games i've seen in this contest. However one or to things stand to mind. The gunshots are far too loud. Head-shots are apparently the way to end everything as the AI is far too slow for anything else. Also when he AI does wizen up it kills with no exceptions.However I'm currently on my third play-though, so it's still awesome.

leafo 2013-08-26 16:38

Really cool game. Wish there were more levels/variation. Beautiful graphics and effects.

bufbot 2013-08-26 17:04

Very cool ! Amazing Graphics !

dooleus 2013-08-26 17:56

Fantastic art. The concept is fun and executed well. I would like to see either difficulty levels or perhaps an endless mode where you opponents get progressively harder. The accuracy mechanic feels a little unfair to the player, since the enemies don't seem to have a similar system.

The theme seems a bit loosely interpreted, but the 10 paces vs. 10 seconds actually feels fresh after playing so many 'finish the level in 10 seconds' games.

The sound effects are great, but the atmosphere could be greatly enhanced with a couple of short music loops - a title theme, a round end theme (possibly with win, lose,e and draw variations) and a game over victory/defeat theme would add a lot of character to the game.

If you have no musical inclination, I may try to whip something up for you in the next couple days, as I really like what you've got so far and would be happy to collaborate, if you're interested.

Well done!

dooleus 2013-08-26 18:00

Just saw your explanation of the theme in another comment, changing my 'theme' rating to 5. Got to love that wordplay. :)

legacycrono 2013-08-26 18:09

The art is wonderful. The game was a bit lacking, it's too easy and short. Still, nice work!

diogomuller 2013-08-26 18:35

Funny, great idea for a short game. The graphics are great, and the characters have a lot of charisma, great work!

valgriz 2013-08-26 18:56

Not bad, it's pretty fun.

adventureislands 2013-08-26 18:58

Nice pixel art! Took me a moment to figure out to keep cursor on enemy to decrease spreading. Otherwise this was well done! great shooting mechanics.

khopa 2013-08-26 19:05

Great game, it's as simple and effective, as a gun shoot :D

refreshcreations 2013-08-26 19:10

Yeah! This game is really good fun! I love the attentiion to detail with the shots in some cases, I won't spoil the bit with Jack the bastard of course. Sound effects gel well with the look, nice character designs, really fun little game!

proc 2013-08-26 19:19

Shooting their hat off is both satisfying and annoying. Good fun game.

neekobus 2013-08-26 20:12

Nice graphics and mechanics.
A bit repetitive after some duels.

cubertoy 2013-08-26 22:12

Well executed, good concept, nite graphics. A good game !

xhunterko 2013-08-26 22:54

Pretty graphics. Although it may have ran too slow for me. That, after paying attention to the instructions, it felt like I had no idea what I was doing.

theholychicken 2013-08-26 22:57

I had a lot of fun playing this! The little details like shooting hats off really counts!
To make it a little harder, I only count a win if the opponent got his shot off before being killed.
I don't think I've seen this duel game mechanic anywhere before, did you come up with it?

farfromsleep 2013-08-26 23:37

@Dooleus: I was thinking of some music stings along those lines, but ran out of time to do anything decent. I'm fairly musically inclined but would be interested in hearing your take on it.

@theholychicken: it's not copying anything that I'm aware of (there may well be something similar I've missed, or something I've played in the past that I've since forgotten about, but I think it's fairly original).

I'm taking on board the criticism here for the next release version. It's too easy to cheese the duels at the moment, so I'll definitely be adjusting that a bit. Players can't currently misfire, but I think I'll re-jig that so they have a moderate chance to with a red crosshair, diminishing as the crosshair narrows. Return fire needs to be a bit more random as well.

Planned additions include a betting system and "skill shots". With the betting system, you can pay to have enemies miss their shot, or take a bribe to throw matches yourself. You'll also be able to wager money on the outcome of each round. Skill shots will let you earn a 2x cash bonus for making a specific non-lethal shot on your opponent (randomized each round), at the risk of leaving your duellist open to return fire. I want to try and encourage a bit more strategy in the gameplay rather than just aiming "centre mass" and hoping for the best.

The new main gameplay mode will probably be an endless duel mode with character permadeath, where the objective is to reach a set cash target with at least one character left standing, still using a starting team of five.

Other features possible down the line include a light upgrade/levelling system, a roster of duellists to hire from and persistent injuries from non-lethal wounds that can heal with cash or time.

sasoridama 2013-08-27 00:07

It is really fun! For such a small game it is pretty intense. A multiplayer version would be really enjoyable if it were possible.

bipolarmike 2013-08-27 00:26

I've played a lot of shooters, but this felt very gruesome, very real, for some reason. I didn't want to kill my comrades... even if they are on the other side of the team.

Anyway I loved every bit of it, it's very well polished for such a short development period, I hope you can expand this into something even better! Have you considered a mobile version?

seconddimension 2013-08-27 00:33

This is so cool, I played it for ages. It's very satisfying to win a duel with a headshot. I knocked a guy's hat off once too. Whole game is finished off with fantastic graphics too, nice work

loolpolo 2013-08-27 00:35

Wow, really good game! congrats!

flyingbear 2013-08-27 00:35

Nice, simple game and some great graphics. I love being able to shoot the hat off the other dude's head.

blopit 2013-08-27 01:20

So simple yet so much fun!

ianmartin 2013-08-27 01:52

Great fun! Sound didn't play on my PC, web version. Not sure if the later duels were harder, didn't seem like it got more difficult. Liked that you can tie. Too much fun to cheat, lol

farfromsleep 2013-08-27 01:58

@Zero0Kelvin it seems to have trouble with firefox especially, Chrome should work okay (or the native windows version). I'll try and get that fixed for the next version. It gets a little trickier as it goes on, enemies draw a little faster, miss their shots a lot less often and can't be panicked into firing early as easily. It's a fairly steady increase, but I suppose even at level 5 it's still pretty easy.

nerlin 2013-08-27 02:46

An awesome, simple and interesting game. That game shows how Ludum Dare looks like with the top sides.

borden 2013-08-27 03:17

Holy crap. First 5 star from me.

h_double 2013-08-27 03:35

Sound didn't work for me on the web version, otherwise this is terrific, love the artwork.

surrealix 2013-08-27 03:45

I just had to play a fellow duelist's game ;). The graphics are very well drawn and the game seems well polished. The death/shooting silhouettes work well and the sound effects fit with the 8-bit theme. I'd love to hear a fanfare when you win too! Well done.

kevinzuhn 2013-08-27 04:13

I am incredibly glad that you can shoot the hats right off your opponents. Not that I ever did it on purpose, but I could never be too disappointed in a loss against a hatless enemy.

syradinegames 2013-08-27 05:01

Excellent game. Took me two reads of the summary to understand the play on the theme, but when I got it, it made me happy. Cheers

supersammy7000 2013-08-27 06:14

this is a amazing game please make more

kirbytails7 2013-08-27 07:15

Head shots AND hat shots? Love it.

ironyinteractive 2013-08-27 07:21

I quite like what you did with this. Rather unconventional, but nice use of Ten "seconds" ;) The graphics are great, although I'm not sure if it's just me, but there didn't seem to be any audio.

designatius 2013-08-27 07:54

Nice work, the graphics look really great!

valerien 2013-08-27 07:56

Nice work here, I think it only lacks a little bit of snap during the aiming phase (see Call of Juarez 2 for reference), but it's quite interesting overall, suits the dare well.

lcarpentier 2013-08-27 07:59

I got no audio on webplayer. Also, I would have enjoyed having the choice of shooting in the leg or trying to talk my way out of this :D. This is one of the #LD27 games I enjoyed the most. Well done sir !

designernap 2013-08-27 08:11

Great little game! Love the style and feel. Superb work!

zappi 2013-08-27 08:13

Beautiful!

fullmontis 2013-08-27 08:37

Love it! Very fun! And getting an headshot is strangely satisfying, so you may have something there.

mrx 2013-08-27 08:55

That was pretty fun! good suspense building as you waiting to shoot! I'd say maybe look at adding movement like ducking jumping, could add a lot of challenge, moving target.

tanser 2013-08-27 09:15

Incredible game! Nice graphics, good sounds and the texts were just amazing. :)

bneutral 2013-08-27 09:30

Interesting take on the theme. Had to download the game to get sound.

infernet89 2013-08-27 09:46

I played the webversion with Firefox, and no sounds at all showed up.. After that, really nice art-style, i loved how it becomes when you kill someone!

farfromsleep 2013-08-27 10:05

The Firefox audio problem seems to be coming from GM's new audio system requiring a WebAudio-capable browser to work correctly. I'm trying to hack something together using the legacy audio system but it's not too pretty so far. For the moment your best best is trying it in chrome or downloading the native windows version (it's a vanilla zip, no installers or anything). Apologies to anyone having trouble.

bombjack 2013-08-27 10:09

My current favorite :) Very fun !

rawani 2013-08-27 10:17

NICE Game Play
check out our Roguelike Game

dancingflame 2013-08-27 11:08

Good pixel art. I love the game mechanics, it's simple but fun. nice work :)

mekuri 2013-08-27 11:14

Great game! I really enjoyed the fact that it was possible to shoot before the bell rang, nice touch. I had a lot of fun playing.

finnegan2100 2013-08-27 11:18

Such a great game. Graphics look super, controls are easy to understand the first time around and a good challenge!

truiton 2013-08-27 11:46

Great job, fun to play :D
The graphism are top

nickw 2013-08-27 11:52

Overall A fun simple game hehe, I kept goin out of the box and just blasting them XD

beardbotnik 2013-08-27 12:08

Great game! Loved the graphics and the concept. Though it did take a little while to figure out how exactly the whole thing worked, and I dont know if it's a bug or what, but is there supposed to be audio? It says to keep the cursor in the box until the bell rings, but I never heard anything. Might be due to play the web version, not sure, but it was a little confusing but I was still able to win just by waiting until both players turned. Could be good as a 2P game, and if it maybe had some intense music.

sengi 2013-08-27 13:15

Can't rate it less then 5, its stunning! I could play this all day long)

tigerj 2013-08-27 13:26

I really like your controls and concept. the art looks good too.

My only suggestion is to add an indicator other than sound for when to move the cursor out of the box.

Fun game thanks for making!

davisan 2013-08-27 14:48

wow, very polished and solid gameplay.

sebb 2013-08-27 15:22

Jolly good fun, i really like the graphics :)

p4nurge 2013-08-27 15:26

My first thought for the compo was actually to use 'seconds' in this sense but I couldn't think of a way to do it. This, of course, is the way to do it! An excellent little game with great graphics and audio and a really satisfying duelling mechanic. Superb!

matthewvermaak 2013-08-27 15:33

Well done! I even shot the hat off one, nice touch :0)

nezzhil 2013-08-27 16:21

One of the most solid games that I played in this LD. Stuning graphics, really fun mechanics and all the little touches are welcome in a time restricted competition like these.

krides 2013-08-27 16:22

This is one nice duel simulation right there. Good job!

vile-smile 2013-08-27 16:25

Very nice! I thought it was funny when the hats flew off.

minionstudios 2013-08-27 16:41

Great game! everything works fantastic... Make more!

ellipticaldoor 2013-08-27 17:58

Nice gameplay mechanic and art, simple and fun idea.

jijaweb 2013-08-27 18:02

Nice graphics. Cool gameplay and idea. I had fun with this. Great work.

almax27 2013-08-27 18:13

Great idea, awesome graphics. Good job!

angrygeometry 2013-08-27 18:21

i thought this was good! very polished, a good concept well executed. cool game.

thomassand 2013-08-27 18:25

Nice game, nice polish, efficient concept, 100 % great job

phocker 2013-08-27 18:47

wow -- that was a great game -- fun and great graphics -- great job!

meta87 2013-08-27 19:42

Wow this awesome! Sweeet graphics and really well executed.

zlowrance 2013-08-27 20:02

Liked the mechanics. Great spin on the duel game :D Also the art is great.

keithe 2013-08-27 20:02

Very solid game! I really like your dueling mechanics. I've played a few dueling games this LD but this one had the most unique implementation. Also very nice art. Great Job!

psychomonster 2013-08-27 20:24

nice game... is it like cheating, if i leave the box before the bell rings?

tobiasw 2013-08-27 20:27

Wow, this looks astoundingly good. Gorgous pixel art and a lot of polish - at first I thought this was a jam entry, no kidding. And the attention to detail - I just shot of somebodies hat. There are gravestones from the past rounds in the background. I love it.

The sounds are perfect. It's a pity there's no music though! If you can't make some yourself or if you're in a hurry, you could use a generator like http://abundant-music.com. It's super-easy to use (after a few minutes of reading the tutorial) and has a surprisingly high quality.

The gameplay is fun too! It took me a while to understand that my aim gets steadier over time, but then I won a lot more - I was wondering why I shot the ground when I was aiming perfectly.

I love it that you actually made a "Round tied - both duelists fallen" condition. I was like WHAT HAPPENED there, haha :D

Superb job! And: Congratulations on finishing your first LD entry!

rezoner 2013-08-27 21:11

Great use of.... everything

eggdestroyer 2013-08-27 21:55

Excellent realisation, graphics and polish !

flod 2013-08-27 22:00

good graphics - good idea - but which bell should ring? or is there no sound at all?

martin_monosys 2013-08-27 22:32

Very nice, once you understand what is going on...
Really cute graphics, good job!

sephiroth87 2013-08-27 23:50

Nice art, and great use of a different kind of seconds, but it'd probably increase the difficulty a bit, it wasn't very challenging

boneloaf 2013-08-28 01:48

Fun game, wanted to see the shot characters collapse to the floor when dying.

stryphe 2013-08-28 02:04

Great graphics, nice use of the theme! I really enjoyed it!

oxysoft 2013-08-28 04:41

Astounding graphics, great gameplay

noahc_ 2013-08-28 05:20

Really enjoyed the over all mechanic of the game. Amazing amount of detail in the art as well! Thoroughly enjoyed it!

diptoman 2013-08-28 05:37

The staying inside the box thing was confusing at first, took me a while to figure out what it meant. :P
But other than that, this is an excellent entry, really polished! Graphics is amazing!

lordhellmax 2013-08-28 05:47

Very well done, great polish in so little time :D

epiphane 2013-08-28 05:52

Fun game, I liked the story and the simple mechanics. A little tricky when the box sometimes appears up in the sky, not sure what that's about... I thought I had to click it for the longest time.

stevecochrane 2013-08-28 07:51

Well-designed gameplay with difficulty that felt just right for me, and the graphics are incredibly polished. I like how the names and text complemented the setting too, it's consistent throughout. One of my favorites so far, nice work!

patrickgh3 2013-08-28 07:53

Very fun! And charming graphics. I loved the flavor text.

rennfarnell 2013-08-28 08:52

really liked the simplicity and polish

crazi456 2013-08-28 09:08

Great artwork. Very solid gameplay, good job!

jimanzium 2013-08-28 10:19

This game is awesome fun, took me a few rounds to figure out which side I was on but after that I had great fun. Very good job

pickensincorporated 2013-08-28 10:30

Fun, polished, and nice to look at :D Could have been harder though :)

laguna 2013-08-28 10:31

Wow! Sweet graphics and an absolut great idea! Like it! Sound could be better but serves pragmatically. Some Background Music would be great.

pixlwalkr 2013-08-28 11:20

One of the best that I played, really enjoyed it. The graphics is also great. Imagine if you countinue developing this game!

larzan 2013-08-28 11:41

Haha, love it! Also toyed with the idea of this type of second.
A well made game, great grafix, simple but addictive i have to say :)

lcarpentier 2013-08-28 11:56

You're featured on Indiestatik Highlights :) Congrats !

capro 2013-08-28 13:05

Fantastic!

farfromsleep 2013-08-28 13:12

@lcarpentier: Wow, that's really cool, thanks for the heads up! I notice they mentioned the difficulty again, ah well.

The next version should be designed to give quite a bit more challenge. Not faster necessarily, but there should be a better balance of risk/reward with the new scoring systems and a longer-form game where permadeath of a team member is a much bigger deal.

With the all the attention this has been getting I've decided to go ahead and develop this one as far as I can take it and see how it goes. There should be a new non-comp version within the next few days with a lot more game to it.

sithdown 2013-08-28 13:31

Very polished :)

aglushakov 2013-08-28 14:15

Very nice game!
The idea is similar to mine. But this game was polished very well unlike mine. :)
Great job!

mironix 2013-08-28 14:21

Fire in the hole sir! - splendid!

namrog84 2013-08-28 15:12

Quite awesome, I enjoyed it a good bit!

mrodrigues 2013-08-28 15:22

You could have explained where we should shoot to earn points

fgielow 2013-08-28 15:27

The best entry for 48 hours i have see so far.
Very well made.

sebastian 2013-08-28 15:34

Very cool! Difficulty needs a bit of adjusting of course, but I see you're already on to it. Excited to try the post compo release!

madk 2013-08-28 17:02

Awesome idea!

zkenshin 2013-08-28 18:21

Really great game. Had fun with it. :)

dekart 2013-08-28 18:28

Very good game, simple yet challenging!

lesterpig 2013-08-28 19:00

Really beautiful game, but the gameplay is a little bit too simple ;) Good work !
Oh, and I need music :(

zammy 2013-08-28 20:49

Really good game! Deserves all the attention it gets! :)

daanvanyperen 2013-08-28 23:14

I just love that style of pixel art. Entertaining lock and load mechanic, very tactile.

christinaneofotistou 2013-08-28 23:21

Are these people randomly generated??
This is such an awesome gem of a game!

Top marks all around.
++++extra marks for including women, I'm so tired of games revolving around only guys.

Thanks for this!

paulmcgg 2013-08-29 00:11

Nice take on loading your pistol. Game had a nice feel, good job!

mtrc 2013-08-29 00:42

Wonderful! Enjoyed it so much, great idea and, a-heh, execution.

epiplon 2013-08-29 00:49

Awesome entry! And I can cheat, hahaha!

voxplacitum 2013-08-29 01:24

So nice looking. You are so speedy! Also a really good game.

klianc09 2013-08-29 11:54

"Ok, ten steps away. One, Two, Thr... *BLAM* AAAARGH Traitor! Cheater! *dies*"
So much fun :D

everblind 2013-08-29 13:43

I like the "kunio-kun" style art <3
Cheers and congrats :)

lekochen 2013-08-29 16:21

Great pixel artwork, love it!

mventurelli 2013-08-29 17:18

Really cool graphics!

thegamemaker 2013-08-29 20:11

Awesome game!

edocentrique 2013-08-29 20:26

Very good, long time I haven't play something like this

tigro 2013-08-29 21:21

One of the best games submitted in this compo, surely one of those with great potential for further updates. Absolutely gorgeus graphics, nontrivial theme interpretation and simply fun to play. Magnificent work, sir :)

le_john 2013-08-29 23:23

Awesome art, simple but very cool concept. I didn't wasted my time. Love it !

disease 2013-08-30 03:41

Great game, pretty challenging for how simple it is. I loved all the different things that could happen depending on where the bullets went. Great job and it looks like you are going for an all-time high in the Coolness rating!

gagapete 2013-08-30 05:11

Very well done. Had to disable sound due to sitting in the train so a visible indicator should be implemented.

cakemonitor 2013-08-30 09:01

I really like the look and feel of this game - great work! It's frustrating to lose when I had the cross-hairs spot on target but my bullet randomly goes wide then the AI takes their sweet time and scores a perfect head-shot (when I lose a game I like to know that it's my fault and not the game engine). But overall a really good game.

kibertoad 2013-08-30 11:42

elegant solution to classical duel in game form. been thinking about something like this since Dishonored, but your version is better than everything I came up with so far. this could make a great coffee break multiplayer game.

deammer 2013-08-30 14:20

This is by far the best taking on dueling games i've seen in a while. Make it multiplayer?

zerkruemler 2013-08-30 15:52

Nice idea and cool graphics, I like it.

ashdnazg 2013-08-30 15:59

This game is so well made I'd never have guessed it's a Ludum Dare entry!

farfromsleep 2013-08-30 16:19

Thanks again for all the feedback everyone, I'll be sure to get to your games soon too (for anyone I haven't got to yet) :)

Next version will be live this Sunday with a bunch of new stuff, you can find details and a comparison screen of the old and new versions at http://farfromsleep.com/?p=1238

otus 2013-08-30 17:17

The game looks gorgeous, and the duel mechanic is very cool.
I also like how each duelist has his/her own name :)

Very solid, polished work here. Congratulations on an amazing game! :D

kristof 2013-08-30 23:01

Cool, event though the idea is simple, the gameplay is surprisingly fun. Took me a couple of rounds to understand the mechanic though. The texts where kind of fast.

hbocao 2013-08-30 23:24

Oh this is just great. Pretty graphics and cool mechanics!
I need this on mobile! Right now! DO IT. :)

farfromsleep 2013-08-31 02:52

@hbocao there's an android version coming :). iOS maybe later in the month.

spitfire87 2013-08-31 12:14

Fantastic. Simple, fun and polished 48hours entry.

xrm0 2013-08-31 12:27

Very very very nice

gfm 2013-08-31 13:33

I really shouldn't try playing HTML5 games on firefox... it seemed that your games was slow, but when I played it on chrome it ran greatly. :)

Nice and well polished game!
And the graphics ares great!

gfm 2013-08-31 13:33

I really shouldn't try playing HTML5 games on firefox... it seemed that your games was slow, but when I played it on chrome it ran greatly. :)

Nice and well polished game!
And the graphics are great!

awesomesauce 2013-08-31 15:54

Really nice work. Graphics were great and reminded me of simpler times..haha.

krasse 2013-08-31 18:03

Nice one!
I liked the game mechanics when I figured it out :)
The graphics was great.

codexus 2013-08-31 19:41

Nice graphics!

porglezomp 2013-08-31 21:17

I love that you can shoot their hats off! So great!

porglezomp 2013-08-31 21:21

Haha! Won 2, Lost 2, Tied 1!

pickensincorporated 2013-08-31 23:22

For some reason I also really like the sprite for Ariel Fischer - that focused look makes me laugh, and I think an entire game is required for her.

redo 2013-09-01 15:57

Love the art. The sounds are great. Simple and clean.
Excellent Job!

brmassa 2013-09-01 18:22

Great Game! Very addictive.

dreamteam 2013-09-01 22:32

I totally said, "YES!" when I shot the hat off. Great work! I love being able to cheat. Lots of little fun things to find. Graphics are pleasing and the theme is represented well. Good work all around!

megashroom 2013-09-02 01:10

Simple, polished and humorous, well done.

purplescape 2013-09-02 03:34

Cute setup. It's simple and fun, I played several times!

matthias_zarzecki 2013-09-02 07:51

Lovely reaction-game! The names are great. (they reminds me a bit of my own game :P)

yakka 2013-09-02 10:46

Great idea. I would appreciate a longer game with more challenge but this one is already very good :D
Audio didn't work for me :-/

pierrec 2013-09-02 10:57

I would have love detonation sounds, and some suspense music, but it's already a great entry!

rhy3756547 2013-09-02 11:05

Nice work! Love the graphics, I thought the gameplay was a little too easy though. It's a fun idea and I see you're already working post compo to improve it, which is great!

manuq 2013-09-02 11:53

I laughed a lot when I blew the other character's hat. Great game.

misfit 2013-09-02 13:24

Very polished and gameplay is awesome. Best entry ever!

jorqell 2013-09-02 15:05

Great twist on the theme, and otherwise extremely good game also.

darkshadow 2013-09-02 16:51

Just brilliant, great concept and thoroughly enjoyable!

recursor 2013-09-02 18:43

Nice. I would love to see more rounds available with the opponents getting faster. The rounds that I played were all very easy, but it is still quite fun.

miltage 2013-09-02 19:41

Marvellous!

vaelzan 2013-09-03 05:26

Nice. Short and simple, but quite a fun little distraction. Nicely polished, fantastic graphics, and the tone and setting were very nice too. Well done!

vikingpotato 2013-09-03 06:04

Nice and simple game! i love pixellated art so i gave it full on visuals :D
great job with the audio too!
pretty tough to beat the game with a trackpad, will try again with mouse

markusfisch 2013-09-03 18:51

That is a very cool little game which is actually not that easy as it looks. Well done!

murilo 2013-09-04 00:55

Lovely art! I like the simple mechanics too! Good job, man!

jomomomo 2013-09-04 19:07

Bravo -- very cool shooting mechanic.

lokarunith 2013-09-05 11:40

Very cute graphics, at first it was a bit hard but quickly I got the hang of it.

adamharte 2013-09-06 00:12

Awesome game. A good challenge. Played it for quite some time.

dudsen 2013-09-06 20:54

What else can be said? Well played sir. Very cool stuff!

ratking 2013-09-08 10:39

The graphics and the whole idea are really great. I love the little characters.
What I don't get so far is why I have to put the mouse into the '!'-Icon before shooting and when the cross hairs is green and yellow. There is very much around a game, that would be otherwise even more simple and pure.

farfromsleep 2013-09-08 15:47

@ratking the point of keeping your cursor in the '!' icon is to simulate not being able to see your opponent, to prevent you lining up the shot in advance before your character turns to fire (this is also why the icon's in a neutral position in the centre of the screen). The 'load' icon randomly appears either above or below the cursor to introduce an element of controlled chaos that can potentially throw you off instead of it being an exactly repeatable process.

The cursor narrowing and becoming more accurate as you wait is to introduce an element of gambling into the mix. You can shoot first and risk misfiring or your shot going wide, or hold your fire as long as you can for a more certain shot. The whole design is built around the idea of taking an educated risk at the right time, and it's something later versions of the game will build on even more.

cosr 2013-09-08 16:04

Fun game, with a nicely non-standard interpretation of the theme. It took me a while to get how the accuracy worked, and even once I did I found I mostly shot quickly and inaccurately anyways and just hoped the shot was close enough to target, because standing and waiting for a certain shot just felt kinda oddly slow for a pistol duel to me.

I liked the use of a mouse gesture to cock the gun, that had a nice feel to it.

saschanarr 2013-09-10 15:28

Great one. Love the mouse-mechanics and graphics!

urth 2013-09-10 22:18

Loved it and i hope to see it commercial soon.

aquilicoco 2013-09-11 14:17

Awesome game!

xaychru04 2013-09-13 17:48

Wow, the graphics are beatiful, and the game is fun. I just don't see where the theme goes here, but anyway, good job! :)

rincewind_cz 2013-09-17 00:57

Nice! I really like the graphics and gameplay seems well polished too :-)