Zombie Rush 3: Escalation

quinn-patrick 2022-10-04 00:59

Absolutely love the music changing for the different weapons, and every track is a banger. Absolutely killer work there. The animations are a bit stilted, but the tilesets are pretty good looking. A clearer indicator of what each weapon was would be nice, since the pixel art can be a little abstract. Maybe text flashing across the screen saying "FLAMETHROWER" or something like that. After you figure it out, though, its pretty addicting. The crossbow is the clear winner for me. I do wish that the sword swung faster to make up for its short reach.

arthur-mairs 2022-10-04 04:29

Played this for longer than I was meant to! Super fun and the music is great. I really enjoyed the sword and the revolver! Well done to your team!

thatzniko 2022-10-04 05:30

Well done to everybody, the music is really cool. I would prefer a better UI but other than that it was funny!

fedir 2022-10-04 11:34

Would be great to play it in Web, or mobile) Good game)

demigiant 2022-10-04 13:49

Honestly didn't expect this to be so entertaining, it works really well!

lunkums 2022-10-04 13:54

Wow. I'm not kidding, this is probably the most original, refreshing, and fun game I've played so far. Excellent take on the theme, and the music and graphics are awesome (they're LOFI but in a good way ;D). Awesome work guys.

P.S. I don't know if the high scores are pre-set, but that was a fantastic inclusion!

keip 2022-10-04 13:57

@ lunkums the highscore is online and everyone who creates the times will be recorded on the places. with the times that are on it so far it is still difficult to get on it but doable ;)

jungle 2022-10-04 15:57

It is a very addicting game. Different weapons really set the fun of gameplay. Congratulations

iogannes 2022-10-04 16:02

gus 1 satr bc I cant play this game without dot net softs(

huskitch 2022-10-04 16:19

Fun concept

gorr 2022-10-04 18:04

Great game. Love it. Different weapons really feel different.

nobuna-no 2022-10-04 19:20

I'm really impressed! The weapons are satisfying and have all their own music. My hat is off to you!

attala 2022-10-04 20:36

Ahh, this was nice :) Simple, but the gameplay felt very rewarding. The music/sounds lifted the experience. I just felt like I could relax, get sucked in by the music/sounds and just kill a lot of zombies. Was wondering why the SWAT guys were fighting with the zombies, and then it dawned on me.. I must be tired :) Great entry!

firebelley 2022-10-04 23:05

Awesome game! Felt amazing to play. Nice work!

scottgoldsmith 2022-10-05 00:23

Great game, fun combat, pretty addictive. Reminds me of the old online games in the early 2000s.

picttarge 2022-10-05 00:27

Fabulous. Extra point for the highlander (+ music) really made me chuckle. Only niggle is the spawning on top of the player - comes as quite a surprise rush and can end the game quite rapidly. Loads of fun though :smile: [EDIT] Made the highscore board!

fuse-in-a-bowl 2022-10-05 03:06

The switching music was fantastic and the weapons felt powerful, I think the sound and the knockback really sell them.

The flamethrower feels like a bad roll, I struggled to live for those 10 seconds, maybe it could have a different purpose than low damage in a wide AoE? Or intentionally lean into the "bad roll" and give the player a longer warning window that they have to clear out enemies before getting a bad weapon and being on the run.

This was very satisfying. Good job!

coke 2022-10-05 09:33

9.5/10, You saved me from disapointed and boring, this game is so cool!!!

lonagi 2022-10-05 11:20

Well Done! I like this game. You made a game what I thought create too, so it had similar idea. There are great combat system, sound engine, good. I played your game with my friends yesterday. We were impressive!

maximen 2022-10-05 11:24

nice game

lunkums 2022-10-05 13:45

Is this built in MonoGame or SDL? If the former, what command do you use to build the project? Are you using NetBeauty to clean up the dir or have you set "--self-contained false" which is why .NET 6 is required?

joedev 2022-10-05 14:21

This was ace! Loved the music changes with weapon was really nice to help understand what was going on! Also the general game feel was great and leaderboards for a jam were a nice touch!

shuimen 2022-10-05 14:42

Impressed! I really like the music and audio when attacking. It works nice with fire pace. Niccccccccccccccce work!

sohei 2022-10-05 16:16

I couldn't launch on my old lil laptop. 8'-(

keip 2022-10-05 16:41

@sohei do you have a mouse? you only need the left mouse button to shoot. if it doesnt work: do you have ".NET6" installed?

sohei 2022-10-05 17:12

@keip oh! thanks for the hint!

bytinggames 2022-10-05 17:26

@lunkums Thank you! NetBeauty really helped me out there. Yes the --self-contained variable was set to false, I changed it and now it's playable without .NET 6. I'm happy to hear you enjoyed the game :D

bytinggames 2022-10-05 17:35

@iogannes The Game is now playable without having .NET 6 installed. I would be happy if you gave the game a second chance :)

inokentii-best 2022-10-05 18:48

wow, ist very fun) this is a really interesting challenge

thedude3600 2022-10-06 00:16

This was a fun top down shooter! Tough, but fun! I think my best time was 1 minute 25. And as a bonus, the PC totally looks like Vegeta from the top, so the image of Vegeta running around shooting a bunch of zombies was pretty great! Good Job!

chillertyp 2022-10-06 14:27

Warum habt ihr denn keinen Browser-Build gemacht? Runterladen nervt... ich geb euch trotzdem ein paar Sterne. Die Idee scheint mir nämlich ganz cool zu sein.

bytinggames 2022-10-06 14:52

@chillertyp Not every game engine is able to run in a browser. Not wanting to download a game, is totally fine and understandable. But should that influence the rating?

plepletier 2022-10-06 15:59

Great game!!! The music changing according to the weapons is the detail that most caught my attention and that makes all the difference in the Mood of the game. The feedback of the shots is great, I want to always be shooting and killing zombies!!!! Really good! The only thing that really bothered me is that at times the zombies appeared inside me, not giving me time to dodge or even attack them.

lunkums 2022-10-06 16:22

@bytinggames I published my game through MonoGame as well, with the self-contained flag set to true. Some people were reporting issues with my build not running even when they had .NET installed (even though they shouldn't need .NET for the self-contained deployment). Was curious if you all had similar issues?

bytinggames 2022-10-06 18:14

@lunkums I didn't encounter that issue yet, but I mostly didn't release my games with the self-contained flag set to true. I tried your game and it seems like the same problem happens on me: It simply doesn't start. If you want, you can contact me at bytinggames@gmail.com and send me your discord name f.ex., I would be happy to help you find the bug, as I'm curious myself.

lunkums 2022-10-06 18:43

@bytinggames Sent

heine-hohenhart 2022-10-06 20:00

Very fun! A very simple concept but very well done, addictive, which makes you want to put a coin back in the machine at each try. Big love!

projectcolorball 2022-10-07 02:55

sda.JPG got killed by my own rocket XD nice game！（rate back plz！）

itshornunicorn 2022-10-07 11:51

I tried a couple of times to beat the best Julian's record. But I didn't manage it. It'so fun to play. A simple working concept, nicely done. Graphics is not perfect but it didn't bother at all. Very nice entry. god job

someone 2022-10-07 16:49

Fun gameplay. Satisfying weapons. Nice music. Great entry! Being spawned on top of was annoying, but at least it was clear where they would spawn.

keip 2022-10-08 00:50

@someone I think we have the spawn points with vines and more cracks in the ground and also still marked in red quite clearly marked :D

tatawanda 2022-10-08 08:42

Simple and nice! The music is cool and appropriate (I smiled at the highlander ref). The gun got the necessary oomphf. Nice entry overall!

jonasmg 2022-10-08 10:46

Very polished, really liked it and its very addicting :)

bootak 2022-10-08 10:58

This game is very addictive! I like the way mthe music theme matches your current weapon. Audio que on which weapon will be next is a great touch! It really helps. The game is fun and challenging, may be too challenging for me, 1:31 was my personal best :)

itskdog 2022-10-09 02:08

Fun little game. Liked the different music for the different weapons.

dimesto52 2022-10-09 10:33

interesting concept I just regret seeing the same weapon come back at the same time of the game

hora-timer 2022-10-09 11:08

Bem engraçado Nice! game

badcop 2022-10-09 12:03

I played this on stream! [Here's a link to the VOD](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1619345236?t=4h38m00s)

the weapons all felt really satisfying to use, and I like how they each had their own little theme music haha

wakobu 2022-10-10 20:49

Really strong entry! Great job for doing a separate audio themes for each weapons! Super mood and super gameplay!

ryusui 2022-10-11 02:48

Very simple but VERY well executed. There's a visceral satisfaction to all the weapons in this game. (I'll admit, I was a little concerned going from a rocket launcher to a crossbow, and then I saw AN ENTIRE LINE OF ENEMIES get wiped out in one shot! XD)

It's a snack-sized game, but it's very much a complete package!

ehon 2022-10-11 17:51

Admins, please ban this game from LD51, it's too addicting! (just kidding lol) The gameplay is PHENOMENALY addictive and satysfying to play, and the idea of "theme music" is so creative. Really good entry, keep up the good work!

animawish 2022-10-16 01:02

Cool game! Brought me back to the days of flash games, complete with the indeterminate amount of sequels. Loved how the music would change from gun to gun. Getting the pistol later in the game is as good as a death sentence :sweat_smile: Nice work!

asfdfdfd 2022-10-18 19:11

Great weapon feedback and sound change.