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Bodyguard

By kodran

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1273.8958
Fun983.9158
Innovation2943.5758
Theme1424.0758
Graphics4203.5858
Audio4953.0857
Humor1773.5057
Mood3363.4553

Comments

rjerez192 2020-04-20 03:10

My colorblindness ir a really negative handicap jajaja. Loved the way everything kind of move, as in those drawing animated games.

nicksmaddog 2020-04-20 03:10

Great game! I enjoyed your take on the theme. The first round the description perfectly matched the VIP and I shot him because I didn't realize that's what the crown meant, oops.

martintale 2020-04-20 03:11

Further polish could turn this into a much better game ;) Maybe instead of text you give killers information as icons as it's easier to absorb information that way :)

a1gemmel 2020-04-20 03:12

I love the shaking graphics style. Gives it a cool hand-drawn feel. I laughed at "His own mother...". I failed when I wasn't sure what color "jeans" were. If I could give one critique, the game text wrapping words between lines makes the instructions harder to leave. All in all, I've learned that I should never be trusted with a sniper rifle and a walkie-talkie.

dreamer 2020-04-20 03:16

it's so funny. Very challenging

dob 2020-04-20 03:18

Very cool visual style and a creative idea. Very much in line with the theme. Success feels a little random, in whether or not you get a good enough Venn diagram hint early enough to do OK. The hidden clues were lost on me until I read the info here - I didn't really know who the VIP was, and I sure didn't know these other clues. If it had been hinted in some way in-game that there were other clues, that would have made it more of a puzzle. Nice work! Fun one.

rafael-pontes 2020-04-20 03:19

Nice little game you got there! The graphics are very pleasant. The gameplay is a mix of smooth and stressful! I like it! I got to level 3, but I'm pretty mentally tired from making my own compo game, so... Hahaha

jetthesimon 2020-04-20 03:19

Very cool aesthetic and loved the walkie talkie! Wish it was slightly faster paced. Also really nice game feel for the buttons and stuff. Nice one man :)

kodran 2020-04-20 03:20

@a1gemmel I realize now I guess it was an oversight: jeans can be any colour! When playtesting I got "His own mother said he has a square head" or something and I had to laugh. I definitely should have made the text wrapping split at full words. Thanks for the comment!

pulkit-garg 2020-04-20 03:21

I really like these kinds of games in which you have to guess the enemy from a set of characteristics... this game is like guess who but with shooting and the art style of the flash games era we all hold dear.

zzox 2020-04-20 03:21

I liked the vibe of this game, the hand-drawn style of the characters and walkie talkie and everything fit well with the music and the theme

pulkit-garg 2020-04-20 03:23

One thing which could have been improved was matching the dead body sprite with the actual assasin

drprettypatty 2020-04-20 03:37

cool idea and nice execution 👍 i lost on level 6 because some dummy ran in front of my crosshair ha. the graphics are super clear, and the sfx and visual fx do a good job of showing what's happening. there's kind of an exploit in that there's no penalty for spamming 'warning shots' in the corner, which makes it a lot easier. i really like the mechanic of keeping an eye on things while also trying to catch the next clue

forevertrash 2020-04-20 03:56

Super nice mechanics, cool 8Bit art bro! Made it to level 5, gave up but definitely kept me interested longer than most entries. Keep it up bro!

dan-one23 2020-04-20 10:42

Great game! I really like the art style.

kromeboy 2020-04-20 11:04

Good entry: difficulty ramp up at a confortable rate, and it become rapidly a moving where is Waldo with guns :-D

cammy 2020-04-21 06:22

Pretty fun! I really dig the art style. Clever mechanic, if a little slow for me.

afroant 2020-04-21 06:59

Awesome work! Great attention to detail. Loved the hand-drawn graphics, especially the text! I made it to...some level after 9. Thanks for sharing!

grizzliusmaximus 2020-04-21 07:38

Things I like in a game: Simple, great concept, aesthetic, and small file size XD. There's hardly anything wrong with this game I can think of. I'll give this a very good rating!

ricna 2020-04-21 07:43

I loved this game :) First game I really like, but the audio is annoying. Well done!

adamcyounis 2020-04-21 07:51

I really liked this one. It's not the most original concept, I've played games like it before, but i thought the execution was spot on, and I'd definitely play a version that was a little bit more fleshed out. Specifically, I'd love some of the difficulty come into play a little earlier, or have the game move at a generally faster pace. Waiting for text to appear made the play time a little longer than it needed to, so I wasn't captured long enough to see some of the more nuanced features kick in. I also played this on stream, so take that with a grain of salt. Overall, great effort. Thanks for the game!

erebus 2020-04-21 09:26

Cool game idea! Thanks so much for bringing it by the stream!

terrykk 2020-04-21 16:19

really enjoyable, reminds of missions from some games like gta v or hitman 2

abdurrahman-khallouf 2020-04-21 19:44

his own mother tell me the assassin has a square head . lol this is really fun idea.. I think it can be improved. I suggest more stuff like wearing glasses and stuff.

also I wish you wouldn't need to restart after losing

northerndevguy 2020-04-22 00:32

Art and animation is really well done. Concept was really unique. Quite impressed with the simplicity of the art style and made you focus on trying to find the assassin. Great work.

twistashio 2020-04-22 00:34

Really like the visual art style. the movement gives the games ui more liveliness. The core mechanics are there and done well. It almost put you on the edge of your seat if you wait to long. I really enjoy this game and would definitely want more. I enjoyed the 8-Bit sound track although did get a little repetitive.

twistashio 2020-04-22 00:35

Well Done!

almighty-games 2020-04-22 00:36

I think the general concept of this game is very unique. The player is expected to sit back before taking action and determine who to target based on information given. The graphics (at a glance) may not look spectacular, but once you get into the game and start playing, you immediately realize that there's something special going on with the graphics... That is, everything is animated! Everything! I mean... EVERYTHING! Right down to the Font, icons and even the talk bubble itself is fully animated. This level of detail is very impressive, especially for a game jam. The music writing was good, but the 8-bit sound quality is never a good thing for me (being an old man with hearing problems). I would definitely play this game again when I have a little more time. I consider this to be a good candidate for the game jam. I hope to see you near the top. Good luck!

p-dude 2020-04-22 02:24

Definitely one of my favorite games of the weekend, and it's in the compo! I can't get enough of games like SpyParty, and this scratched that same itch. I enjoy that it just keeps going to, but I wish I could start on any level I wanted so after I get to level 11 or so I don't have to go through the first 10 every time. Would love to see this iterated on!

hkspadez 2020-04-22 04:41

cute litle game. had a lot of fun with it. good job!

zwodahs 2020-04-22 13:56

good job on the game. Really enjoy the game and got to level 8. Really hard towards the end.

I really enjoy the amount of focus needed for the game at the later stages

sneakycocoon 2020-04-22 14:01

haha you had me at "His mother tells us...". I think if you want to create a laid back hunting experience, it's a success, mainly thanks to the relaxing music. Is it intentional for certain lv to make a 50/50 call? I.e the number of clues given does not rule out all suspects.

masterpose 2020-04-22 23:06

This game remembered a lot of Minecraft and Gmod servers with the same type of game, it's pretty fun and with the programer art and the funny phrases makes the experience very great. Congratulations for making not only a kind off "port" for the gamemode in a full videogame but for making it even better and funnier

ursagames 2020-04-23 06:33

Hello! Your game was played during my stream!

If you happened to miss me playing the game, you can go to this spreadsheet to find what timestamp I played your game https://tinyurl.com/yau8hjzn

And then look in my latest videos and find your game being play (after the current stream ends) https://www.twitch.tv/ursagames/videos

mental-inaction 2020-04-25 06:54

I love how my first idea was the just shoot the VIP and the game let me do it. 10/10

This isn't the most original idea, but this is really well executed and a great way to kill time. I love that you were able to put in so many little mechanics and details, but it would've been nice if they were explained in game instead of on the game page.

Good call making the starting text advance faster at the start of each level after the first one. Little details like that always show how much you paid attention when designing the game.

marcmagus 2020-04-30 16:04

Thanks for bringing your game by my stream to check out! You can find the highlight at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/606399377

There were some very nice touches in the game. Given all the discussion, it would be fun to have a definitely-not-IP-infringing character with a striped scarf...

knason 2020-05-01 18:11

Nice graphics and good work on the randomized information about the assassins. I was to nervous and tried to execute the assassins a little to quickly (I think) which of course often led to failure, but I made it to level 3 :)

deathstorm 2020-05-11 11:02

Wow thats a cool game with a cool idea.

I really liked the search and kill feeling here.

Maybe a summary of the Hints would be cool or maybe it makes it "too easy"

But the sounds and graphics are really fit each other and overall a nice Game Well Done