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Way of the Gun

By vrld

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness292
Mood473.77
Humor573.69
Graphics654.01
Overall1033.65
Innovation1053.74
Audio1273.38
Fun2313.35
Theme5203.22

Comments

leafo 2013-08-26 06:05

This game is really great. I love the atmosphere. The dialog is great. My only complaint is that I got pretty far in but then got shot and the game forces you to start over. :(

losinggeneration 2013-08-26 06:23

Ditto. I'm also a bit hazy on how the theme fits in.

josefnpat 2013-08-26 06:56

As usual, your game is fantastic! I love the concept, and the game is filled with lots of fun tidbits!

Sometimes the names and they type of person they are overlaps with the "Stop Music" text.

http://i.imgur.com/Agrd1Ug.png

I reintroduce this fellow to his mother (who also happens to be a cheap whore), damage his gun, and he still manages to kill me! *Tsk*

vrld 2013-08-26 10:47

@losinggeneration: well, you have to banter with 10 seconds. it's a bit of stretch, but i didn't want to make a game about time ;)

@josefnpat: the game breaking bug is fixed now (i was told this is ok). the overlapping "stop music" button thing is annoying (that's what you get when adding this feature literally on the last minute, i guess), but it's possible to win the game without it, so no fix there.

lcarpentier 2013-08-26 11:37

I tried to play your game because it looks really good but my OS (Windows 7, 64bits) won't open it. "File version not compatible with the Windows version you are running" :(

xfxian 2013-08-26 11:38

Hey, I'm trying to start the windows version but get a "This app can't run on your PC" Error (Windows 8.1)

It seems that the executable is not a real exe but an archive?

ciaran54 2013-08-26 12:53

I tried to play your game because it looks really good but my OS (Windows 7, 64bits) won't open it. "File version not compatible with the Windows version you are running" :'(

berdinerdi 2013-08-26 12:54

I get the same error as "xfxian", on Windows 8 and getting a "This app can't run on your PC".

linuus 2013-08-26 13:08

Fantastic graphics and dialog! Nice to see some quality löve games out there! :)

linuus 2013-08-26 13:10

Fantastic graphics and dialog! Nice to see some quality löve games out there! :)


Also for the people who can't run it
Try downloading love2d here: https://love2d.org/
and then download the cross platform love file.

vrld 2013-08-26 13:10

@ lcarpentier, @xfxian, @Ciaran54, @BerdiNerdi: Repacked the game for windows and tested with Windows 7 64 bit. Not sure what went wrong before.

laguna 2013-08-26 13:12

This one is definiely fun to play!

lizzip 2013-08-26 13:13

Very good game, concept, graphics and audio.

cafeine 2013-08-26 13:18

Great atmosphere, good dialog, lots of interesting tidbits to find.

m110 2013-08-26 13:28

Very well designed! I liked the story too.

packsciences 2013-08-26 14:21

Innovative but not very fun.

omar_q8 2013-08-26 14:25

nice graphics and atmosphere, feels polished. i'm not sure where the theme fits in (10sec to shoot)? but i really like the interactions and the depth, maybe some of that depth can be applied on the game mechanics.

Amazing work though

zelun 2013-08-26 14:28

The game is not awesome, but it have a FEELING. I guess it is the atmosphere? The intro is so freaking awesome.

rfgpfeiffer 2013-08-26 14:28

user@host$ love --version

LOVE 0.8.0 (Rubber Piggy)

user@host$ love way-of-the-gun.love

terminate called after throwing an instance of 'love::Exception'

what(): Could not read file conf.lua.

segmentation fault (core dumped)

vrld 2013-08-26 14:43

@Omar_q8: I interpreted 'second' not as unit of time, but as the agent of participants in a duel. you face ten of them, hence: ten seconds ;)

@rfgpfeiffer: That... is very odd. I've never seen this error before. What OS (and Kernel version) are you running? Did you compile love yourself or did you use a binary release?

tobiasw 2013-08-26 15:27

Wow, that's cool - and totally not what I expected. (Which is a good thing!) I'm not sure how to gauge which options are right (and often they are so fickle, like "manipulate" - you don't have the slighest idea what's gonna happen), but that didn't deter my fun. I only wish I didn't have to start over each time - it kind of makes sense, I guess, but despite wanting to see what happens later, I got tired of starting again.

The music, sounds and graphics together complement the gameplay really well and create an interesting mood. And I love the atmosphere while the duel happens.

Regarding the theme though, what do you mean by "banter with 10 seconds"? Is there a limit?

I really like your entry - you did an amazing job there. Rooting for you to be in a top list!

PS: More like a "Master of the way of the money" :D

tobiasw 2013-08-26 15:34

And you just got your last star in the "Humor" category. The Xavier Xalbrain dialogue is priceless!

Oh god, and then Yeoman happened. And the credits.

kunzbe 2013-08-26 16:04

The talking part was really fun to play. There are quite some characters there ;) The one with the 'puffy face' etc :) fun

puzzlem00n 2013-08-27 02:07

I admit, I didn't play it all the way through, but I liked most of what I saw. It was a bit PG-13, huh? The shootouts were cool, even though it would be nicer if the shoot button was the space bar or something. And the talking scenes were well implemented, I might have to check the source some time. Awesome intros and graphics as well. So, yeah, good.

puzzlem00n 2013-08-27 02:09

Oh, and nice theme interpretation.

blackbulletiv 2013-08-28 05:08

Wow, I'm impressed. All around a well-polished game, with a great concept and graphics. The slightly dark/desperate atmosphere is very nice too.

_alts 2013-08-28 07:51

The duel at sunrise scene is just beautiful. Not at all what I was expecting from the name and title screen. I found the game a bit easy in that I could try pretty much every option, but I guess I'd rather have that than die and have to start over (beat it on second try after losing to second duelist).

kragnir 2013-08-28 10:07

I liked the game overall. The duels took too much time, combined with having to restart when you make a mistake it turned into a real problem.

GreyShock 2013-08-28 14:05

Good game! I miss some punishment (during conversations) or more complexity in the decision taking, but the mood and humor were great.

designernap 2013-08-28 17:42

Love the intro, good atmosphere and art style.

lpghatguy 2013-08-28 21:20

Hah! This is the best interpretation of the theme that I've seen. The dialog was fun and deal with the 10 seconds was clever.

bassarisse 2013-08-29 03:57

Wow, didn't expect that, very good! I just think that it takes too much time to try again when you lose.

gritfish 2013-08-29 14:11

I think this is the first game so far that didn't take "seconds" to mean time. Very clever take on the theme.

vaalen 2013-08-29 21:35

It's one of my favourite game ! Very cunning concept and good use of the theme. And there's a lot of tension during duels.

I noticed when the name of the offender is too long, it's hidden by the text "stop music" in up-right.

I tell it again but it's really a great game, with a lot of humor.

hbocao 2013-08-30 01:02

The art is awesome and you nailed the theme, man. It was very fun to play. I would love some way to save the progress. Maybe on a "easy" game mode where the current is the "hardcore"? Anyway, great entry!

theholychicken 2013-08-30 08:03

The writing is so funny I am playing it over again just to hire all the prostitutes XD.
Great work!

hypnohustla 2013-08-30 11:51

Nice game. At first I had no idea what I was doing and basically spent all my money on everything. But it had this tense feeling to it so I was compelled to try again. Manipulating people and bribing them was fun to do. Great entry :)

rpmoura 2013-08-30 21:05

One of the best entries I played for sure!

gloamgloazer 2013-08-30 23:45

Very well done, love how you incorporated the theme and some of the dialogue was brilliant.

teejay5 2013-09-01 04:48

10 SECONDSs wow i get it. Clever!

zephyr89 2013-09-01 07:41

Does no one check their before going out to a duel?

poohshoes 2013-09-01 23:04

Both windows and cross platform versions crash after the vrld screen :(

aceria 2013-09-02 09:05

The concept was unfortunately lost on me. It seems interesting enough though!

pierrec 2013-09-02 11:07

Woah! This is typically the kind of games I like! the duel scenes were a bit repetitive (and thus a bit boring) in the end but I love the managering before that. it reminded me a previous LD entry from deconstructeam : Ages of Irving.

diptoman 2013-09-02 13:13

Wow, great concept! Found the duels repetitive, though. And yeah, clever implementation of the theme, even though it's not too adamant . The dueling bit could've really used some more mechanics. Other than those, a great entry!

drkrunk 2013-09-02 16:21

Crashed after the splash screen:
OS: Window 7 64 Bit

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: way-of-the-gun.exe
Application Version: 0.8.0.0
Application Timestamp: 4f78fd8d
Fault Module Name: atioglxx.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.14.10.9655
Fault Module Timestamp: 4b86fe74
Exception Code: c0000094
Exception Offset: 0065625f
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

capro 2013-09-02 18:11

Great original game. I like it a lot!

hayawi 2013-09-03 03:36

great game, but I don't get how theme ties into it

bouyer 2013-09-15 03:42

Extremely well done and intelligent.

rawbits 2013-09-16 18:33

Oh, cool game and seems to be a unique idea. I don't really get how speaking or bribing counts though.

motty 2013-09-17 01:06

Spectacular.