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Life Is Nuclear

By valden

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall623.9334
Fun274.0335
Innovation3373.3935
Theme4093.4535
Graphics2453.4835
Audio174.0933
Humor323.8833
Mood493.7731

Comments

jani-nykanen 2018-04-23 09:59

I love that graphical style, but also the music! Also, the game concept was personal.

tomeks 2018-04-23 10:03

Interesting concept, and it brings me the memories the 90s. There rewind mechanic was probably tricky to implement. I think there is some problem with the audio, it seems to stacking after restart.

valden 2018-04-23 10:20

@TomekS Thanks ! It looks like the audio stacking bug comes from Game maker that doesn't stop audio when restarting the game on the HTML5 target.

pixels-everywhere 2018-04-23 10:50

'Use esdf to move' I like your attitude, who needs that crappy wasd stuff am I right? but on a rela note, this is a good submission. I like it better than my own XD

zoglu 2018-04-23 10:58

@Pixels Everywhere : no everyone has a QWERTY layout and having to shift might be tedious :wink:

Had a lot of fun there, the Nuclear Throne-style shooting is very well reproduced. I wish the game would become harder or feature more enemy types after some time. The music also sounded like Sans boss fight in Undertale to me, which helped me think about the meaningful consequences of my horrible shooting actions. Poor b's, you will be remembered forever :cry:

valden 2018-04-23 11:02

@zoglu You are correct ! The music is a mashup between the themes of Doom's First level and the Sans's boss fight. Thanks for the feedback !

spthiel 2018-04-23 11:46

Really great. I really like the attitude of the game. Reminds of Undertale, LIS and Cave Story (all great games) btw is there an end?

valden 2018-04-23 12:04

@spthiel Thanks ! Unfortunately, I didn't have time to add more than one randomly generated level, so the games loops once you reach the end teleporter.

useless 2018-04-23 12:11

this is great! love the minimalist artstyle and the humor! reminds me a bit of my game too.. :D

bcvery1 2018-04-23 12:26

This style *works*! Had a flashback to playing Dwarf Fortress. Loved the little messages from the enemies, good job

mat1er 2018-04-23 12:46

It's fun, but it's sad there's only one kind of level. If you do more, I'll happily play it again!

eggshelldog 2018-04-23 15:06

the music really fit your game! So b are not going to do anything special to me? Or am I not killing enough b? 🤣

chaseplays 2018-04-23 17:00

Nice work! I liked the ASCII art style a lot, and the gameplay's fun as well. The music was great, and fit the game well! The rewind mechanic was interesting, but I think the level design prevented it from being used in a lot of interesting ways. Otherwise, I had a lot of fun with your game. Great job!

radical-dog 2018-04-23 17:05

If you die, the music doubles up.

Solid idea, basically a three-joke game but they're good jokes so it gets a pass. You could certainly squeeze some Undertale references etc in if you wanted!

minirop 2018-04-23 18:09

First game I see that uses ESDF and not non-portable WASD. good job on that. I found the "story driven" part to be set back (and that you don't have time to read text when there are gazillions of B abound you). Yet, it's a nice Nuclear Throne demake.

nilstastic 2018-04-23 18:41

pros: excellent graphics and solid gameplay! Also enjoyed the humor =)

cons: nothing that i can think of

All in all, one of the best entries I've played (so far). =)

derek-volker 2018-04-23 19:46

THIS IS SO MUCH FUN! THAT THAT YOU b BASTARDS!

caeonosphere 2018-04-23 21:47

Great music, and a satisfying feel to the guns... if only I wasn't running out of ammo all over the place! I also would have liked more gameplay impact from either the "text-based" or "story" parts of the idea. But I did play for quite a while, so you definitely did something right...

abraxas-interactive 2018-04-23 23:00

Super fun, the controls are great. Killed so many b's. b will not archieve his goals for sure.

benbusby 2018-04-23 23:43

0/10 not enough hurricanes...in all seriousness though, this was great. The rewind mechanic was really nice and the gameplay and music were both great. I wish it were a bit more difficult, but I suppose even if it were I think I'd probably just rewind every time I screwed up. Really nice overall though!

marchmain 2018-04-24 02:28

I'm not very good at this kind of game, but I held on to my last 1 hp for a remarkably long time . . . . (maybe a bug? if so a bug that made my afternoon!)

lerg 2018-04-24 15:17

I sense strong Toby Fox vibes here, heh. Really great music and gameplay duality. I was a pacifist long enough for b to find cure for cancer.

lerg 2018-04-24 15:17

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nusan 2018-04-25 13:41

Very nice game ! I like the shooting and the weapons feel right. The rewind power was not very useful as the game did not get harder. Also I run out of ammo very often, so having ammo pack to pickup without killing b's would have been good, instead of rushing to the teleporter. The art and music is perfect for the game. I just miss a final boss where every b's killed would come back to kill you as a consequence.

diffty 2018-05-04 00:04

Man your entry is so good!

It feels great, it's funny, the AI is credible, there's even a few weapons...

The only thing I could say is the lack of ammo, and the fact you can basically run through the level right to the exit. I guess it's a way to end the game with ammo, at least.

One of my fav entries of LD41 right now <3

Peace \_|....|\_