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Badass Inc
By deepnight
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| Category | Rank | Score | Count |
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| Overall | 2 | 4.35 | | |
| Graphics | 1 | 4.83 | | |
| Humor | 18 | 4.14 | | |
| Mood | 7 | 4.38 | | |
| Audio | 33 | 4.04 | | |
| Fun | 70 | 3.84 | | |
| Theme | 278 | 3.68 | | |
| Innovation | 546 | 3.12 | | |
| Coolness | 1566 | 44 | | |
Comments
bemmu
2015-04-20 02:28
Another gorgeous entry. In 48 hours this is looking like it could be the beginning of a commercial adventure game. Beautiful particle effects and the fading out scorching corpse after shooting an enemy is really cool. I like how to the camera follows the player with a delay.
Compared to previous games the game is pretty short, but that is understandable given how time consuming adventure game creation must be. Actually surprised you took this route again, I recall with Memento XII you noted the adventure part was more time consuming than you expected.
Fun references, nods to Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island at least?
How do you manage to make so awesome games in do little time!!!
mtanton
2015-04-20 02:54
This was great. Really nice way to break the fourth wall. Love the humor. Good game!
Great stuff, lots of polish and a very tight presentation. Why throw away the unconventional kill though? Also, I wanted to disable the toilet.
firecamp
2015-04-20 03:20
mmmm.... badass game ??! ho yes.
awesome entry. Loved it. The scanline effects, retro feeling, shooting style and Pn'Click revival. Awesommme !
ehtd
2015-04-20 03:48
Amazing graphics and gameplay, just not sold in the theme. For 48 hours it is incredible.
Amazing work. I'm blown away by the visuals and can't believe you pulled this off in 48 hours!
fserb
2015-04-20 04:28
Loads of fun :)
Heh, an awesome FU to the theme. Stop being so good at these :P
resty
2015-04-20 05:28
It's incredible. How can you do so much work in 48 hours?
I always look forward to playing your entry :) Awesome as per usual, you really nailed the blade runner visual vibe. Props!
Every LD I look forward to playing your entry, and for me this is the best one yet. Absolutely stunning artwork and gameplay that combines adventure games with light but satisfying action. Also I love cyberpunk and I would pay CASH MONEY for a 2-4 hr version of this.
Great game, as usual :)
amazing that this was made in 48 hours, well done.
ithildin
2015-04-20 08:55
Top game, as always. Loved the combat parts in the middle of classic point and click gameplay.
Congrats!
sanojian
2015-04-20 09:24
A subtle jab at the compo theme, very funny. Graphics are unbelievable. It was a bit linear, but that is understandable given the amount of time.
Amazing game, nothing to say. My only complaint is maybe that movement is a little slow, but then it wouldn't be badass :)
Had a laugh at the ending.
Crazy for trying an adventure game-esque thing in 48hr :p Art's gorgeous as always, game's fairly simple but combat system's great, hearkening back to Flashback/Another World.
Also pretty funny :p As good adventure game should be.
Absolutely top class. Loved it. You can't help but interact with everything, the writing is excellent.
Brought back many happy adventure game memories. Thanks man!
Amazing game!!
loved the fight scenes.
great humor.
thanks.
Really cool!
eregaia
2015-04-20 11:17
as always, awesome graphics. fan of motiontwin, in fact i came to know LD because of your news feed.
Fantastic ! I love the art and it's very funny ! Really good job (like at each edition).
yopsolo
2015-04-20 11:54
I really enjoyed this game, it's a cool idea to mix point and click with some real time fight !
split82
2015-04-20 11:56
Very cool entry. Badass graphics as always :)
remiv
2015-04-20 11:57
Cool, and beautiful.
I usually find your games being unbalanced between gameplay and content, but this one is a perfect match that I enjoyed playing a lot, nice job !
Would have like alt ending with choice, the current one shows a bit too much what I guess are your personal feelings wrt the theme :)
pierrec
2015-04-20 12:14
This one immediatly jumps into my Top 3 deepnight games list, with Time Pigmy and Corporate Soccer.
I wish it was longer.
I wish the puzzles were less straightforward.
I wish there were several endings (maybe they are but I didn't find them)
I wish the combat system was deeper
I wish a lot of things, and that only mean I would really love to play a "full-lenghth" game based on this. And by full lenghth I mean something like a 1 hour game instead of a 15mn game. You made this in 48h? It would take you a month to make something really great people would buy.
Great. :)
rnlf
2015-04-20 12:33
Cool looking game as usual! Sweet character design! Not much else to say. Fun ending.
Very detailed graphics as always, I don't really see the influence of the theme on the game apart from the far reference in the story.
Beautiful looking game as always. Liked the adventure game aspect just wish it was longer but did like that I had time to play it all the way through. Always impressed at how much you're able to get done in 48hrs.
rogberth
2015-04-20 15:11
Great experience. This is probably getting to the top 5 compo games =)
pauljs
2015-04-20 15:43
Vraiment très beau et très sympa après je trouve que l'interprétation du thème laisse à désirer mais vu la difficulté de ce dernier, c'est compréhensible.
tipyx
2015-04-20 16:29
You are a fuckin' ninja <3
hatsome
2015-04-20 16:58
Awesome polished game, reminds me of old Lucas Arts games like Monkey Island. Good job as always!
azurency
2015-04-20 17:27
Absolutely amazing !! Very nice graphics
elpaulo
2015-04-20 17:36
Man, the graphics... so awesome !
hexagore
2015-04-20 17:51
It goes without saying that your game is graphically incredible as always from you!
Loved the Lucasarts references too. Thanks!
sbarrio
2015-04-20 19:06
Loved it!
raggy
2015-04-20 19:22
Visually stunning!
headmade
2015-04-20 19:40
Holy Moses this really is an impressive compo entry. Really inspiring.
You're asking us to point out any English mistakes, so let me point out that in the first Textbubble there is a typo (should be his)
"What was is name again?"
drludos
2015-04-20 21:26
Oh my God... I'm astounded that you created such a polished, interesting and fun game is such a short time. Your art and music skills are more and more impressive, so are your game design skills, and now even your storytelling abilities.
I hope you'll turn this in a full-featured (maybe commercial) game - I really want to know what all those cops where doing here! :)
kedume
2015-04-20 21:46
You made it again. Great game. An adventure game this time. I love it.
I always look forward to your entries. This one doesn't disappoint! How do you do so much in so little time?!
celisoft
2015-04-20 22:05
Very good job ! And it works great in the web browser without that damn Unity Player ! The flying car reminds me the cars used in Syndicate on Amiga.
A really nice game. But I think it was a little to ambitious and came short to deliver its promises.
The graphics were gorgeous, it was funny and the end twist was a really cool touch !
Wow, I enjoyed this a lot. Funny, great art, good music. Some of the puzzles are a bit obscure - reminds me of old-school adventure games for better or worse. Great use of the theme. the game revolved around it, and I loved the twist at the end. Great job!
Wow just wow. I want more!
Very polished as usual. Love the gun play and cheeky humor.
Wow. This is fantastic. I love the adventure game feel combined with the gun play action. Looks great, plays great... it would be impressive if you made this in a week. Even more impressive that you made it in a weekend!
zimmy87
2015-04-21 09:19
pretty sweet game
Impressive mood, not my favorite genre of games, but I really enjoyed the action moments, I would have liked more of these! I liked the little funny details and as usual the game feels utterly polished!
kill0u
2015-04-21 10:35
Nice, as always! :D
A small typo: "Thank you-r- for playing" ;)
suese
2015-04-21 10:57
I can't figure out what to do but oh my hell what is your secret? I kinda want to cry and quit game dev forever when I see your entries. :---(
carduus
2015-04-21 11:41
Finished! i love the ending :D
A bit of action is always welcome in a point&click :)
I was surprised by the music mood, i was expecting a Deus Ex style but this one fits well with the character.
My favourite Point&click is still Memento, but this one is very cool too! (you did not like the theme didn't you? xD )
curial
2015-04-21 12:25
This is... OMG.
kivano
2015-04-21 13:09
I have nothing more to add, this entry is gorgeous! I would love to play full commercial game! Graphic is outstanding, nice small plot and great mood.
I can't imagine how you managed to do this game in such a short time. Superb!
efux
2015-04-21 13:19
Great as always!
bpo_jeff
2015-04-21 13:32
This is amazing especially given the time limit! You nailed the mood. I liked the GUI/interface in general too, nice and straight-forward interaction with the environment. Great work! Would love to see this turned into a full game.
wow, very awesome. And especially since you've done everything in 48h O.o
Very impressive. I enjoyed it.
This is fantastic, I'm not the biggest adventure game fan in the world but I'm really liking this. It's a great mix of action, humor, and puzzle solving. I'd really like to see this expanded, it's really well done. Congrats!
androniq
2015-04-21 15:18
Beautiful game as usual. What can I say? Very stylish, funny and cool. <3
This is prolific for an LD game!! Love the Noir style of narration, what an amazing mood. You really captured the Blade Runner world's feel.
Very nice looking game and it made me laugh out loud.
Great graphics
fndy
2015-04-21 17:45
Amazing game!
gfm
2015-04-21 18:18
I'm speechless... This was simply awesome... How can you do all that in only 48h? .___.
Simply stunning. As always. Plays great, looks great, funny, original, just wow! I'd definitely pay for more episodes like this!
sputnik
2015-04-21 20:03
Awesome, as always
Perhaps not the best use of theme, but one of the prettiest games of LD32. Great work, great visuals, great mood, slightly awkward controls that could use some modernizing but otherwise brilliance as a compo entry :)
finlal
2015-04-21 20:45
You always make me think about what one man can do in 48 hours.
Awesome game! really liked the take on the theme and the graphics were just top notch. The assassin really made me laugh!
oparisy
2015-04-21 20:57
Sébastien, this game is great! The music is nice, I love the general atmosphere/look. Very nice particles and "glow" touches. Liked the non-politically correct cigarette and bowel humor too.
Being able to do flashback-like gunfights brought back good memories!
The story is enticing and definitely made me want to get to the end. I had a hell of a time finding the fuses, though.
kaa
2015-04-21 21:02
Best entry as usual :) Best from all sides, especially humor!
esayitch
2015-04-21 21:08
Fantastic stuff there... great use of the theme, great graphics, great music... a 5/5 if I ever saw one :)
This one is just jaw-dropping. Especially the art. It's just astonishing and unbelievable you actually made that alone in 48 hours. I have nothing to say more. Perfect.
That was visually breathtaking! Loved the music too :)
Great art and music as usual. Loved the style and future city. Got a Star Wars Coruscant vibe from it. Nice small adventure game with some action shooting in it.
yamzho
2015-04-22 09:46
That is awesome ! I wish I were that talented !
adreqi
2015-04-22 11:27
That's quite a badass game :p
Really beautiful, as always. Dark and bitter, like black coffee.
Next jam I challenge you to go ultra happy rainbow sweet.
I'll do the opposite, and make a dark brooding game! =)
Keep up the wonderful work, and please never leave Ludum Dare.
Awesome, as expected ;). A bit on the short side but a great experience nonetheless and I love the animation you did at the beginning.
Ludum-tek is such a bother with its unconventional method, right!
mildmojo
2015-04-22 17:26
This is so complete it hurts. Love the attention to detail, all the bits of description for environmental stuff that isn't core to the solution path. Art, effects, UI are all perfect. The setting and environmental art in particular is top-notch. So much mood. Mixing in a little gunfighting was above and beyond.
I don't even know what to criticize. Yeah, it's short, but so's the compo. Great vertical slice. This could turn into a series of vignettes where the assassin has to complete more and more unreasonable assassination puzzles which all end with a gunshot anyway.
Only a couple of typos I could see (since you asked):
"You notice a woman perfume" <-- "woman's perfume"
"washbassin" => "washbasin"
"cigaret" => "cigarette"
"what its name again" => "what is its name again"
"shitiest" => "shittiest"
Ecellent! I already forgot when I've rated LD games as 5 starts. But you done perfect job now! Because I don't like quests at all. But your one hangs me for hour. Like the humor. It burns, really =)
Ahh I was kinda expecting a bit more from you, the gameplay isn't that fun: combat being pretty simplistic and puzzles basically solvable by clicking on everything. The dialogue is hilarious though, and everything else is absolutely perfect so all in all I really enjoyed it.
Also neat take on the theme ^^
Also, since you asked, here's your typo: "You usually prefers a very direct approach." :P
wooltech
2015-04-22 19:29
Brilliant. Looks and sounds great and it's very well polished. Great concept with plenty of room to expand.
Awesome game as always!
You're too good :|
wan
2015-04-22 23:49
Great game! And, by the way, I like a lot the end ^^
Amazing ! ♥
awesome!
polegar
2015-04-23 09:27
Wow, so impressive ! I had a really great time finishing it
goutye
2015-04-23 10:00
Great game. I was stuck with the medicine a long time. I already control the doors but nothing happened. The doors were still the same.
jhell
2015-04-23 10:25
Very impressive visually but very short. Congratulations on the atmosphere, very well done. I would have liked a darker tone to the sounds and music though. The polish is incredible.
ouro17
2015-04-23 13:53
Great entry! I love the game, well done!
greytram
2015-04-23 19:59
A great entry, as usual!
Loved the combat system and the graphics are way cute.
gigitrix
2015-04-23 20:48
Beautiful and hilarious. Polished to an amazing degree. Fantastic job.
perecil
2015-04-23 21:39
As usual, you rocks! I'm jealous :D.
Great looking game.
Pretty badass, no way I can discuss this. Excellent!
I came for the glowy beveled pixels. I stayed for the atmosphere and clever dialogue. You definitely loved the theme this time haha. It was short but sweet!
Great mood, looks great, and plays well. My only gripe is that in the end you don't actually kill him the way you spent the entire game setting up, but that's a very minor gripe.
cdgugler
2015-04-25 03:30
Incredible graphics! I love this game genre, and although the game is short it was really enjoyable.
Great job as always. This style of game works REALLY well for you, I think. Props for a great idea and great execution.
01101101
2015-04-25 09:37
This take on the theme would definitely deserve an extended game, with a few more levels of unconventional assassin sillyness :D As for the rest, I'm still amazed at how much you can produce in 2 days. Might be the first time the mood and story of an LD game made me curious enough to want more...
coban31
2015-04-25 13:39
Juste parfait.
jhrrsn
2015-04-25 19:19
I love your art style! Looks super good. Well-written, too. The mix of adventure game with action/shooter worked really well. I'd definitely like to see more of that world. Good job!
Absolute amazing!! Beautiful pixelart!
Very well done!
zaibakk
2015-04-25 20:02
Very cool! Bravo!
Awesome game! The art style is cool and the story is really funny. I also liked the gun fight.
Amazingly well done!
Amazing art. And a lot of content for 48 hours. Good stuff.
Amazing work as usual !
phi6
2015-04-26 16:28
Fantastic, what an inspiration
slowfrog
2015-04-26 20:47
Amazing art, animation and mood. If you can do that in two days, I guess you can make a full game in just a few weeks.
Beautiful game! You are a boss for making this in 48 hours, sir! I'd love to play more of this. Probably one of the best games i've played this ludum dare. Congratulations and keep up the good work.
camlang
2015-04-27 09:41
Nice entry and the theme is rendered well. Also loved the shooting mechanic.
ludipe
2015-04-27 13:39
You always make really amazing games. The art and the music were completelly amazing, and the mix between point&click and action games was clever and fun.
I bow to you sir ^^
flickta
2015-04-27 14:56
Beautiful!
zkenshin
2015-04-27 17:42
Really enjoyed the graphics and the audio, and quite a humorous entry too. Nice job. :)
erkberg
2015-04-28 09:45
Awesome all around, amazingly polished, beautiful graphics and nice gameplay too. This is the best entry I have played so far.
One little thing I noticed: The sounds were pretty loud compared to the background music.
Gorgeous! Very polished pixel art! Interesting story! And awesome combination of action element and the exploration element!
5 star!
p4nurge
2015-04-29 10:34
You hit the mood of the three influences you cite exactly. And add some badassery of your own! The story is darkly funny and I'd love to see more of the character.
Graphics and sound are just amazing for 48 hours, gameplay is great. One of my favourites so far for sure!
Very nice and well rounded game.
Nice mood graphics and sound.
I got stuck after poisoning the food :(
5 for everything! Easy to control, decent puzzles, awesome atmosphere. I love it ^^
mase
2015-04-29 16:36
The polish is just on a whole 'nother level. The monologues are charming as well. Amazing work.
runvs
2015-04-29 17:29
Ho-ly shit.
That was awesome from beginning to the end.
You definitely have to continue this.
You rock deepnight. You took me back to the past when I had 10 years and played LucasArts games all day long. Thank you.
alvivar
2015-04-30 04:37
Beautiful, the laser firing mechanics feels great.
shaunjs
2015-04-30 18:09
Really pretty!
Took me a while to notice the blue particle effects were designed to draw my attention to interactive objects, a nice tough though! I'm not sure the combat worked particularly well, it was very well presented and nice looking but it felt fairly RNG dependant on whether a dude would instantly shoot when vulnerable or instantly move back to a defensive position after shooting and so on. It's great that you added this much variety in such a short time but I think this was the weakest part of the actual gameplay.
The puzzle solving was pretty simple, there's not a massive amount of 'game' here but what is here is very, very well executed!
Maybe you mean "Room service", I'm not sure what Groom service is, if not an intentional joke. It adds character, so I think I would leave it. (〃⌒∇⌒)
Fantastic game. ･ᴗ･
That pixel art! Dividing each pixel like that... Wow....
ajopart
2015-05-03 09:38
Nothing to say except : AMAZING
The pixel-glowing effect looks awesome!
10/10, magnificent!
camilleh
2015-05-05 00:46
Gives me a Bladerunner feel, amazing graphics and audio and very fun!! Well done!
The retro graphics were really cool and I liked how it was kinda a point and click style game. The ending was pretty funny.
I'm really amazed how stuff like this can be made in 48h...
Nice humor, awesome visuals, and it's a point and click. Perfect... Bordeaux rules once again
alexrose
2015-05-06 12:31
Gorgeous as always, and a fun take on the adventure game. Enjoyed the combat system and thought the actual inventory/interaction system was great, along with some awesome dialogue and a neat idea.
I'd love to see you take something like this further.
namide
2015-05-06 13:54
Very well job.
I very much appreciate the ambiance, graphic design, the gun fights and the humor!
Hilarious, and awesome! I love adventure games. This was a great flashback to the days of Lucas Arts adventures. Well done. I was disappointed at the conventional kill at the end...
tughan
2015-05-09 12:50
Great polished artwork, was pleasent to look at. You might want to cut some dialogues off though :)
druid
2015-05-09 14:41
Totally ultimate entry... All 5 for this masterpiece!
tmpxyz
2015-05-09 15:46
Really a pro's work
wilsk
2015-05-09 17:12
Looks fantastic and very well put together. Thanks!
A five-star compo entry. Magnificent visual, a bit repetitive audio, usual frustration of adventure game.
embalaje
2015-05-10 11:12
Brilliant style and great humor. Also the character design is interesting and funny.It´s a great game!make it biggerr!
Is this number one good game? Yes! Amazing.
ruerob
2015-05-10 16:31
Awesome graphics!!! Great game!
sorlok
2015-05-11 03:30
Really great game, excellent dialogue (and not walls of text!), and nice fight mechanics (for the genre). Great visual style too; great job!
Very impressive. I very much like the art style.