travel_game3 by DenpeccuR (itch.io)
Drive a car through three locations. Fight bosses and get thicker.
Good day, I created a simple small game (in general it weighs a little more than 2MB but in the archive it hangs 1.5MB)
This is a simple game in which we control a car and drive through three locations, in which we need to either hold out or destroy the boss.
If anyone is interested in why this game was made for jam and why there is a number 3 there, I can write it separately in this post
(warning: one of the users wrote that there is a virus in the archive, although I checked both the file that I have on my PC that I uploaded, and Kaspersky writes that everything is fine, if you have a more reliable and effective way to check what is wrong with the file, write)
доброго времени, я создал простую маленькую игру (вообще она весит немного больше 2МБ но в архиве она вешает 1.5мб)
это простая игра в которой мы управляем машиной и ездем по трём локациям, в котором нам необходимо либо продержаться либо уничтожить босса.
если кому то интерестно почему для джема была сделана это игра и почему там есть цифра 3 я могу написать это отдельно в этом же посте
(предупреждение: один из пользователей написал что в архиве есть вирус, хотя я проверил как фа1л что у меня на ПК что я выложил, и Kaspersky пишет что всё нормально, если у вас есть более надёжный и действенный способ проверить что с файлом напишите)
3 Likes
Been playing a bit, and I think the game’s fine overall.
There is a slight delay between moving horizontally and vertically. I know you cannot move diagonally, but the game stops you from changing direction for a half-second. It feels pretty bad to control. In addition, the “grid” that the game tries to lock you into is mostly helpful. For most of the game, I can work with this control scheme.
However, the helicopter boss feels quite difficult because now the “grid” actively plays against you. The helicopter’s shots don’t line up on the “grid”, so you can’t reliably get between them (without the game forcing you onto the “grid”, thus getting you hit). Frankly. I can’t get more than three hits on the helicopter before too many of its shots are “off-grid” and it’s no longer dodgeable.
Finally, I think you could halve the reload speed and the game would mostly play the same.
Also, is there a way to select which level to play? I keep playing through the whole game trying to get to the helicopter lol
actually, about the helicopter boss, I thought I fixed it, but it turned out to be a dog’s dream and because of that I posted this slightly buggy version
I decided not to implement level selection, everything goes lazily (if you lose, the game restarts), I could update it, fix the bug and maybe add music… but does it make sense? I treat many such games as a one-time product, in which errors are taken into account for future projects (for example, I refused built-in messages, since in Russian they seem to break, for some reason unknown to me, and sprites, although it takes a long time to assemble letter by letter, are more reliable)
in any case, thanks for trying this and I will try to improve my skills so that such games do not come out for me
Oh yeah, I still think the game’s good and fun. I don’t even really mind that there’s no level selection since it’s short anyhow. Reminds me of old NES or arcade-style games – while the gameplay is simple, it still keeps you on your toes.
It’s all good if you’d rather not patch the game (though you might wish to later release the character’s art sprites, since I suspect many folks won’t end up seeing them).
one person asked me about this, since it is not possible to pass the broken helicopter, I think I will post it, but later, and when exactly I do not know yet
good afternoon, I would like to apologize for the unplayable helicopter boss (which, as I understand, no one has passed), in connection with this I will post here art from the game
link to the artist of the art
https://vk.com/club223352538?from=groups
4 Likes
I’ve never been amazing at run and gun games, but I couldn’t even get past the first level. The main thing that turned me away was the movement appearing to be smooth but very clearly locked to a grid. You have to hold a direction long enough for the vehicle to move to the next grid slot, but if you let go too early you get kicked back to the slot you were in. Many deaths occurred due to that, plus having no hit points made it too unforgiving for me to want to continue.
I understand your indignation