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Kidnap Equation

By koro-games and pe4Q07

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1903.7924
Fun1493.7724
Innovation314.0924
Theme824.2024
Graphics1744.1524
Audio1
Humor324.2123
Mood564.2524

Comments

filgreen3 2025-10-07 09:59

Great game! I have some problems with catching all characters, but they look cool! Also drifting was fun while looking for targets!

kristinamay 2025-10-07 15:11

I lol'd when it gave me a trolley problem after the first one. I drove around for ages and couldn't find the second guy, and it wouldn't even let me kidnap random people! So, I got stuck after 1. I wish I could drive backwards faster because I wrecked into curbs/walls waaaaayy too often. But overall, I'm a fan! Good vibes, good work!

khton 2025-10-07 16:35

A very unusual concept! The cute and beautiful graphics create a great contrast with the dark, criminal theme. My only note - I wish there was a way to run over the children.

blackcat508 2025-10-07 17:29

I really like the vibes and the art style! I'm sure this is a skill issue but I had a really hard time finding the right people lol

klausklapper 2025-10-07 17:33

So I love the theme here, the graphics, audio & soundtrack are well done and consistent. But oh boy did I suck as a ~~kidnapper~~ sercret agent. My target clearly got towards the other end of town by the time I was anywhere near their last location, and apparently driving in a shady truck at night is enough to get instantly arrested.

I did start just abducting random people to let out my frustration though :p

bangkerpow 2025-10-07 17:54

I really like the gameplay and the style. Sometimes I got frustrated I couldn't find the guy I was looking for so I just nabbed someone with similar features and it worked. I could be blind however.

solidhinken 2025-10-07 17:59

This could've been a GTA mission! Cool idea, nice mood and visuals!

koro-games 2025-10-07 18:03

@bangkerpow @kristinamay @blackcat508 @klausklapper @filgreen3 @solidhinken Thank u guys for feedback!

**I'm rushing to check out your games!**

PS Do you have any ideas on how to simplify the target search? Should we increase the number of people on the streets? I really don't want to show *the big red arrow*

rabbitdit 2025-10-07 18:13

Graphic and theme are impressive!

klausklapper 2025-10-07 18:24

@koro-games Unsure of how far targets are moving. If it's more than 1-2 blocks, maybe update their "last reported" location ever so often?

damyyr 2025-10-07 18:29

I looove this ! Last raid is indeed a challenge, but I think that the difficulty for backward driving plays a big role here.

Without adding a big red arrow, maybe having a more forgiving police would work ? It's weird to phrase it like that, but: you could probably be able to kidnap people without other freaking out so loud about it. I feel like increase the number of people will make the game harder because capturing the wrong person will be unforgiving.

Very nice idea, very nice execution, very nice polish. Great job!

vladcfg 2025-10-08 11:17

I liked this game; it’s moderately challenging because the objectives move a little from their assigned spots while you’re on your way, and you really have to move around the area without drawing attention. I also really liked the shader — it’s awesome and makes the graphics in this game very pleasant. 41242.bmp

ciphereo 2025-10-09 06:02

I really like the artistic style of this game!

eugenik 2025-10-09 15:47

Very nice game! :D.

rogaven 2025-10-10 19:46

The graphics are cool! I wish the car were a bit more responsive when turning.

thiefviolinist 2025-10-11 17:42

Nice game, i love artstyle and atmosphere overall. As i understood 2 regular endings are when u say yes/no after 3rd catch and secret is when you prefer to save 1 human several times(game kinda glitched when i did that so im not sure)

pe4q07 2025-10-11 21:33

@ThiefViolinist you are right! We added the 3 option to have a real, not fake, choice of the dilemma Thank you for kind words!

fusionnist 2025-10-14 03:20

This is actually awesome all around, wow!!!

darianifakina 2025-10-23 16:51

Like it!!!