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Midnight Minigun

By jimmypaulin

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Fun1583.43
Audio2183.06
Mood2313.19
Graphics2593.42
Overall2963.26
Humor3162.70
Theme7282.46
Innovation7592.48

Comments

2013-12-15 12:39

i lek it fun geme well done. how can i be zomebie thouhgt?

jimmypaulin 2013-12-15 12:49

Cheers! Sadly get bitten and it's game over!

windwalkerranger 2013-12-15 22:28

Very nice! But I last two zombies were showing outside the borders and couldn't kill them :(

jimmypaulin 2013-12-15 22:34

Those crafty zombies! Heh, thanks I know they can sneak out from time to time; just have to suicide and try for a higher score ;) My best is 640 btw

jimmypaulin 2013-12-16 19:13

Hi @windwalkerranger, that er - feature - should be fixed now, thanks for pointing it out. V annoying not to be able to beat the game when it's deserved ;)

postmodestie 2013-12-16 20:22

Like the graphics!

jillytot 2013-12-16 20:24

Ah man, this felt good to play. THe sounds are good, and the feeling of the gat gun is well tuned.

teddy 2013-12-16 20:26

fun :)

jimmypaulin 2013-12-16 20:28

Thanks for the excellent comments! I loved making this game, LD is such an excellent community

wojworks 2013-12-16 20:32

Really good game. It's always fun to mow down zombies.

ocmu 2013-12-16 20:39

Nice shooter. It can be a little hard seeing who's human and who's zombie, but that's probably the point.

udellgames 2013-12-16 20:56

Good fun, short and sweet.

donutttt 2013-12-16 20:58

This is fun, a cool idea, miniguns are always cool. Great effort!

lordjosephdeburg 2013-12-16 21:00

Very nice. Really good zombie killer. Clever use of theme as a core mechanic! Nice!

hypnohustla 2013-12-16 22:11

Good old minigun... Gotta love it :) Nice little zombie slaying game. Extra points for choosing the right gun :)

jimmypaulin 2013-12-17 09:25

Thanks for the awesome comments! My favourite minigun scene of all time has got to be in PREDATOR when Mac tries to get even for Blaine's untimely demise.... "Contact!!!"

somepx 2013-12-17 14:16

Hey, a very fun entry! Reminds me of Cannon Fodder! ;)

jimmypaulin 2013-12-17 15:38

@ocmu Yeah I agree it's a bit difficult to tell sometimes, the game started off much brighter but I felt adding the gloaming darkness added to the atmosphere at the expense of clarity- I tried to strike a balance but it's not easy in the time ;)

jimmypaulin 2013-12-17 15:40

@somepx Thanks for playing! Yeah Cannon Fodder was one of those formative gaming experiences that stayed with me from back in the day ;)

badlydrawnrod 2013-12-17 20:04

I particularly enjoyed the sound effects. The gun and the zombie groans were excellent. The dark setting worked quite well. You put a lot of thought into this and it shines through in the game.

acp_ld 2013-12-18 04:36

well made, great atmosphere, not sure if it really fits the theme though

jimmypaulin 2013-12-18 07:33

@badlydrawnrod Thanks! The zombie groans are my 6 month old daughters little noises slowed down in Audacity, high five to fellow father -daughter team!

solluxx 2013-12-19 01:06

Great submission. I love the graphics but it might need to be scaled up a bit. Overall really fun and a cool little app

toureiro 2013-12-19 09:28

Took me a little while to figure out how to fire the gun (it sounded to me like it needed ammo) but once I did it was pretty fun.

gameproducer 2013-12-19 09:44

Wow. This is freaking awesome! The concept of shooting also humans is so simple... yet totally a game changer. Liked a lot! (Where can I buy this :D)

daredevildave 2013-12-19 10:06

Very nice. I'd like the canvas to have been a little bigger so that I could see what was going on a bit more. But good fun none the less.

roguenoodle 2013-12-19 10:13

Great entry! The slow movement and windup of the gun really added to the intensity. Made me realize that a minigun may in fact NOT be the weapon of choice at a zombie infestation. Who knew? ;)

peacegiverman 2013-12-20 00:54

Nice game, very well polished. I thought the humans were zombies at first, but got the hang of it soon.

glovecat 2013-12-20 10:25

Hard to save more or twenty uninfected human. Chalenging and funny game. OMG! Your 6 month old daughter is infected?? :P. Good job!

cesisco2 2013-12-20 13:32

It's very fun indeed, and well polished, but the window is a little too small for my eyes.Good job!

ps-i answered your question in the YOGO PATH comments.

dudsen 2013-12-20 21:10

Hey pretty solid stuff. The gatling feels rad! At leas i didnt fail in saving the humanity like in other games ^^

lolshouse 2013-12-21 04:07

So much fun.

jimmypaulin 2013-12-21 09:29

Thanks for the comments all!

@Toureiro - really useful comment, ta! Have added the word "HOLD" to the instructions. Thanks @sollux for the suggestion ;)

nelien 2013-12-21 18:10

Haha, that was awesome! Took me a while before I figured out not everything that moved was a zombie.... :D Oh well, I guess a bit of collateral damage is expected when the zombie apocalypse is nigh! The machine gun is perfectly tuned!

deadlypear 2013-12-22 02:24

Took me four tries until I figured out what I was supposed to do (hold down the mouse to shoot - there's a delay), but FUN once I got the hang of it. Had to refrain from shooting everything that moved and only shoot the zombies - ha! Scored over 800. Great eerie music and gruesome sounds - lots of atmosphere.
PS. Time lapse video of the process is a nice touch.

diptoman 2013-12-22 09:54

Really nice shooter, and the pixel art is top notch! And it's challenging with all the human/zombie mixing as well. A complaint would be the theme usage is pretty weak, but other than that it's a great entry for 48 hours!

daveloper 2013-12-22 19:12

Very well done, the """""game feel""""" was great. Shooting the minigun and killing the zombies was visually and aurally enjoyable. well done.

x70x 2013-12-22 21:28

pretty satisfying little pixel shooter. The audio was starting to grate on me though.

ultravisitor 2013-12-22 21:55

I think there is a bug perhaps with flash runtimes... When I click to shoot I hear an electronic typewriter and nothing happens. The arrow points towards some units and when I get close they kill me. I think that the gun is supposed to shoot but it doesn't. I bet this game is really fun when the gun works :D It looks great for 15 hours of effort as well.

spelchan 2013-12-22 21:56

Liked the mini-gun but found the size of the game-window to be too small.

xanjos 2013-12-22 22:03

Pretty fun top down shooter and the wind-up/delay before firing your minigun as well as the slow movement to simulate walking with a heavy piece of equipment was a rather nice touch.

davisan 2013-12-22 22:07

Great game!

jimmypaulin 2013-12-23 00:47

@doctorscientist It's no bug, you just have to HOLD left click to shoot ;) Please have another go I'd really value your feedback!

jimmypaulin 2013-12-23 21:55

@solluxx @daredevildave @cesisco @Spelchan YOUR WISH IS GRANTED!! I've added a 3X view option. Fwiw, I prefer it too !!

ultravisitor 2013-12-23 22:51

yes it does work. awesome. i have no idea what was going on before. it seems it was a case of PEBCAK

0x0961h 2013-12-24 13:57

I like it. Very simple and fun. :)

tobbez 2013-12-24 15:22

Like the ida since it creates some nice situations where you have to shoot zombies while they are close to humans. The grahpics, weapon and sound are pretty nice. The gameplay is not much, there is only really one thing in the game you can do and is not particularly hard. Would be nice with some boss or some other thing to add to the gameplay.

zatyka 2013-12-24 16:33

Wow. That was really fun and satisfying. Definitely one of my favorites.

xaychru04 2013-12-24 19:14

Really nice game, very smooth. I love the sound effect of the gun when it starts! Lovely mood, the gameplay is great too, though you could have added more enemies/bosses so it's less repetitive, but I enjoyed the game anyway, good job! :D

kalth-streil 2013-12-24 20:46

I died miserably :(
I liked it, very simple graphics and its funny. Great job :)

eni 2013-12-25 16:14

<3 for zombie games. I like the idea of only having a minigun that roots you. I'm really bad at this one though, I think my best score was like 95/1000. :P Works really well for what it's trying to do, only niggle I have is that the tree hitboxes might be a little big.

rocketduke 2013-12-25 21:18

Beautiful, addicting and fun! also one of the BEST gun sound i heard.

kgs0142 2013-12-26 05:55

Cool mini-gun!

mmickyman 2013-12-28 11:31

I liked it, simple and good.

van-noctar 2013-12-28 14:19

Hey! good sounds and graphics!! Zombies are funs :p

zkenshin 2013-12-28 17:45

Nice solid entry. Mini-gun felt nice and solid. Well done. :)

william_edwards 2013-12-28 23:28

There is something so satisfying about the sound of the minigun firing and spinning down :)

anvoz 2014-01-01 16:21

Cool game. You handle the minigun effects really well. Nice graphics and sound.

drludos 2014-01-06 02:11

Very Nice Little Game!

I like the graphics and the mood. At first I was like "easy game, I just have to kill everybody", then I figured out that not everyone was a zombie... Hard game (those zombies are daaaaamn fast), but very fun! Congrats on putting this in 15 hours only!

BTW, what kind of Flash framework did you use? Flixel?

rincewind_cz 2014-01-06 02:32

First time I just killed everybody.. :-D And it was still fun when I realized that's not necessary.. Nice game.

jimmypaulin 2014-01-06 09:03

@drludos thanks for the great feedback! Yeah I had trouble with getting the "humans turn into zombies" thing across- needs a little cut scene I think. I used the "Axel" framework by Arkeus

loxo 2014-01-06 20:52

Great game! I like the concept, especially the weapon warm up is nice. After seeing your post on the front page, I expected a much harder game. It's challenging to save as many people as possible, but it's not too hard to win. So I can't understand why people would quit after a few seconds without trying again. But I noticed a similar behavior with my game, many people played less than 10 seconds. Another thing I have to agree with your analysis: The space on the right hand side of the level seems wasted indeed. Maybe you should work with multiple zones/a grid and activate the movement of people and zombies only when the player enters the zone.

jimmypaulin 2014-01-06 21:40

@loxo thanks for the insightful comment and honest appraisal! That's a great idea re instancing, hadn't thought of that :)

jezzamon 2014-01-06 22:09

Nice! This game is fun! I like the delay with the gun, and how it forces you to change your tactics.

Too bad for those innocent civilians I murdered...

seconddimension 2014-01-06 23:19

Loved the graphics and the zoomed out view, nice work