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Screw them

By rac-games, Knorz, Jeb, hybitous, DaniE, step4, WeKri, McBeutelwolf, Alina Burgert, Jshrrmnn and Healbeam

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall7493.1444
Fun7272.9845
Innovation7542.8544
Theme7593.0943
Graphics4793.5748
Audio4313.1843
Humor1883.5743
Mood6253.1842

Comments

zsolt 2018-12-04 14:50

Nice game I like the art style.

johnnyginard 2018-12-04 14:57

Love the cinematics! XD

me-fame-u-game 2018-12-04 15:03

Well this game was okey, if you think about the fact that the game was mostly done by first semesters. However the game really had no real purpose without a story line. You just drive around and kill some cows ... A small counter how many cows a left or something like that would have been nice! Also the camera was buggy for me and zoomed me in after sacrificing my first robot mate, which made the movement raycast very buggy aswell. But keep up the good work and I'm already trilled to see how much you guys have advanced in the next ldjam. Greetings from an IT student of the "Hochschule" Munich!

ashdnazg 2018-12-04 15:12

I really liked the menu track, I actually stayed and listened to it until it repeated itself. With the intro starting immediately afterwards I started being excited. And then the intro stopped...

As you said in the description, this could've been amazing with slightly altered priorities.

Your graphics are superb, the munching your allies animation is excellent but then the audio is entirely missing. Next time with a team of 10-11 people, you just take one of them half a day before submission open [sfxr](http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html) and forbid them from doing anything other than sound effects!

The fact that you had awesome music but it was in the menu and not ingame is nearly criminal! I hope I don't come across as too critical, it's just that it's obvious you guys are insanely talented and I know you can do waaaaaaay better than this.

hybitous 2018-12-04 17:41

@ashdnazg We resolved the issues with most of the SFX today. If you want to play "Screw Them" with all the MOOs we created, you can do so here:

https://rac-games.itch.io/screw-them-version-with-sounds

sam-minh 2018-12-04 20:02

This game is hilarious, from the opening trailer to the cow-hydra enemies you come across. The animations and sounds are amazing. My camera was locked in a very low position which made it very hard to look around. I also did not get what disassembling my robot friend actually did.

rac-games 2018-12-04 20:56

@sam-minh You are absolutly right. There is a need for a mini-tutorial. Disassembling lets you Level up, go fast,do more damage and also heals you completly.

sickdot 2018-12-04 21:33

Good job! It is a really good game overall :)

arvejeitor 2018-12-04 21:38

That little robot looks so cute!, amazing job!

gamers-blood-entertainment 2018-12-04 22:40

This was super cool! Quite simple, and yet incredibly cute!

zuzupd 2018-12-04 23:05

Nice intro and graphics, I especially like robots and cows. Unfortunately, after a while, I forgot why I killing all those cows and disassembling robots. The presence of a goal would be useful. I also had some problems with the camera and control after the first disassembly. But overall it's a nice first Ludum dare entry!

rumor 2018-12-04 23:28

Wow, cute game fellas. Really dig the art style, and the humor is great - that grinning face indifferently scavenging its robot kin for parts? Adorable.

I didn't read any of the disclaimers going in and managed to figure out scavenging restored health and how to attack, but didn't see any real feedback on whether I was doing the right thing. How many cows do I have to defeat, and what's my progress? I also started to get stuck a lot as the game went on. It wasn't clear whether this was a mechanic (did my treads wear out?) or a navigation bug. But considering where you're coming from and everything you put into it, I'd say good job overall!

rac-games 2018-12-04 23:56

@rumor Thank you ... Navigation is really messed up. We do know why, but did't have any time to fix it :(

mza 2018-12-05 13:44

Comments are regarding jam entry:

The intro scene is very charming so is the artstyle. Animations are well-done too.

Sometimes, the game starts zoomed out then once it zooms in - it stays zoomed in - so I cannot see more of the map. Game could do with a few more sound effects also.

toonteamj 2018-12-05 15:25

I played the post-jam version.

I love the title screen song! Best song ever. Make it a ringtone.

The gameplay was fun, but I had trouble aiming, so I just spammed the area attack the entire time.

I'm not sure I like using the mouse to navigate, but I may just be too used to WASD.

I did scavenge a little boi for parts, I'm not sure if that gave me any benefits. Did it restore my health or something?

Aside from the learning curve, the game was really fun. Add a good story mode and you've got a game!

ursagames 2018-12-06 03:25

Your game was played on my stream ( twitch.tv/ursagames ) for the second day of Ludum Dare streams - you can find the timestamp of your game here: https://goo.gl/N2rkr8

yaroslav-kravtsov 2018-12-06 09:49

The best part is when you leave the city and see the pandemonium of cows. So sad that after a few minutes of play controls get broken and I can't move. Also didn't get how to defeat final bulls.

echo-team 2018-12-06 17:49

Cows with lightsabers XD

dzmitry-pukhouski 2018-12-06 17:54

Loved the music all the way! :)

aphid98 2018-12-07 02:42

Good game! Cows with lightsabers is my kind of humor :laughing: It was kind of annoying to not be able to rotate the camera, and because I couldn't really see in front of my player, I couldn't move forward. Music was great! Overall, it was en enjoyable game. Well done!

aeveis 2018-12-07 06:33

Had fun! Congrats to some first-time jammers! The world is very big, I had fun exploring some of it. It didn't seem I needed to upgrade as cows would die very easily before me, but maybe I needed to to kill the black cow I found. I did have trouble moving though- sometimes I would get stuck and I wasn't sure why. Keep up the good work!

flcx 2018-12-07 08:11

Funny theme, and nice graphics.

I am not sure if I was doing something wrong, but whirlwind attack seemed overpowered. No cow was able to get even close to me. :) And I felt no need to use directional attack, nor I had a need to sacrifice my mates for repair.

But still, great job on the game and the intro. :)

sharpstudios 2018-12-07 08:40

I like the art style. Great Game by the way!

fizzhog 2018-12-07 12:27

Spent so long listening to music on title screen ran out of time to play game - sorry. No, I did play. Impressive achievement in such a short time. Agree that the whirwind is overpowered. Some instructions needed.

kobeb 2018-12-08 11:13

nice art style, smooth controls. Good job!

rodrigo-denubila 2018-12-11 03:48

Funny game. It's pretty simple, but I liked to play it. Good job!

lukel 2018-12-11 15:25

hah great cinematic, but it doesnt lead to game (Have to press skip) :( . Got trapped a couple times behind buildings and trees, abit fustrating, i think wasd movement would have helped this. Still fun game to play, nice art style, feels quite polished.

appix 2018-12-15 02:58

the Art is great!welldone!

ryjcio 2018-12-25 23:35

Oh man, that soundtrack kills xD

I have fun playing it, but didn't hook me in. It seems to be a little buggy and I have problem with how camera works.