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The Capitalist Fireman

By guillaume-gomez, Aurélien Montero and Florian93

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall10162.8738
Fun9652.7538
Innovation6483.0138
Theme7613.0837
Graphics8253.0438
Audio4923.1137
Humor4243.0135
Mood9372.7536

Comments

camcam 2019-04-30 11:29

Very Fun Game and the sound is fun ! but the player is so slow

noahw 2019-05-02 17:58

Loved the concept and and the design, and the Capitalist Fireman is a cute lil guy. It rarely felt like there were enough fires going on that I had to decide who to save though. Maybe if instead of a time limit, you had a limited amount of gas in your fire extinguisher?

justswn 2019-05-02 17:59

I like the idea - and the mustache :) Maybe the player movement should be smooth instead of step by step. And the idea of decision making could be improved if you had an indicator where someone needs help - currently I just helped everyone I saw

vlad-dae 2019-05-02 18:01

Love the art style! Very satisfying look. Sound is good too and complements the feeling :smiley:

Maybe make the character a bit faster?

yinian 2019-05-05 11:03

Lovely graphic design, I like this style very much, but why can't change the direction of the water gun?

sver 2019-05-05 11:32

Very nice! I especially love the cheerful music!

xmpt-luke 2019-05-05 11:43

Really enjoyed this one. Continual movement rather than tile-based would have been nice, but it was a cool idea for the theme and a fun, arcade-y game to play through.

guillaume-gomez 2019-05-05 11:46

thanks you for your feedback :heart: . I changed the controls in the postMortem version (link in the description)

attala 2019-05-05 12:11

Nice game. I agree with other comments about movement. Fun little game idea though. Well done.

413x 2019-05-05 12:17

Game was nice to play. Wasnt paying attention to my karma the first time. But the second time i scored 3850 because i was doing some good things at the end of the game :D. But i think karma is the way to go for a big score. Is the option to shoot 2 buildings at the same time a hidden feature?

2019-05-05 12:46

Really fun concept! I like the idea of having to make choices between people.

I'd like to be able to move the player a lot faster (saw you updated that in the PostMortem version); also, when I start dousing a building, the timer continues going down for the resident. I'd love if that timer stopped so that rather than trying to estimate if I have enough time to put out the fire, I can just get there in time and be set.

I was also able to extinguish a building from its side.

I think I got a pretty good score, but the game automatically reset before I could screenshot it. :( I think it was 4750?

Cool concept, and the music and SFX are really fun too!

roitchie 2019-05-05 12:56

I like this a lot. The music and art work are all really great. It's a more unique take on the theme than i've seen with a lot of other games. I agree with others that the movement is a bit slow, but you have fixed that since. It wasn't always clear where the buildings that were on fire were. A minimap or some other indicator might have helped. With a bit of polish this could be a really good game.

weine 2019-05-05 15:51

I liked the premise and the graphics style. The slow movement was a bit annoying though. I think it would also have been more interesting if it was easier to make strategic decisions, like if there was a minimap with all the fires on. Right now i barely had time to put out the fires I could see, which made any strategy moot.

xsoodx 2019-05-05 15:57

Really cute game. An indicator for a nearby off screen fire would be nice. Also this may be just me but the tile by tile movement of the camera made me a bit disoriented. A smoother camera movement would be a good idea imo.

sleepystudios 2019-05-05 16:10

Like others have said, movement was sluggish so it was hard to get around. The only other thing was the 3D sound was a bit inconsistent so I'd go to the left expecting there to be fire when actually it was above me.

drskort 2019-05-05 16:31

Very nice game :) I think smoother movement could have made the game more fluent. Also it was sometimes very hard to find one burning building. It would also been maybe more interesting if some people would give u negative karma. A pixel font could also maybe work better with the game ^^ The idea was very good and I had fun playing it. The music was pretty good but the sound effects were a bit too loud and kind of annoying :D Great game after all ^^

dorkulon 2019-05-05 17:52

Very fun idea! Cute mood for sure. I loved the character. Would have wished for less clunky and choppy movement and indicators around the screen for where the fires were happening. Fun little game, though and great job!

argon 2019-05-05 18:34

Nice and fun game, but I found quite frustrating that you can only extinguish in the upward direction...

shunaky 2019-05-16 14:59

It's a cool game, but there are some issues and improvements that you should look into it - The tile movement is a little wird as you go fast to the next and then stop, and then rush to the next, and stop... Maybe making it a little more fluid? - Extinguishing in only 1 way is kinda frustrating. - There should be some visual hints about where are the fire for you to extinguish, for now is a lot of guessing.

The game has a good mood arount it and it is fun to play, if you improove those things I just said it would be great ^^