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A jam submission

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Submitted by Crimsoff — 1 day, 5 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Fun#3163.3453.345
Overall#4763.1613.161
Creativity#4773.2413.241
Presentation#6042.8972.897

Ranked from 29 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Preferred Name
Crimsoff

Newbie?

Newbie

Yes - I'm new to game jams!

How does your game fit the theme?
In my game, you must start a handcar on a railroad track to get away from enemies that are chasing you. If the handcar slows down you must start it again.

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Submitted

Simple but fun. Nice difficulty curve where I could learn the game and be wasteful at first but later on bullet management and accuracy becomes much more important.

Submitted

This game is really fun! I enjoyed the variety of upgrades, and I like that it's not too easy.

Submitted

Game had a nice mechanic. Wished the UI was a bit better so I can figure out how many bullets I have left and things like that, but otherwise, very replayble for trying to get a high schore.

Submitted

its a pretty good simple game

Submitted

Ooh, great fun, this one. It's tough without feeling super unfair, although it seems like the game will always  ramp up to the point where damage is unavoidable before too long. It feels like close attention was paid to the bandits shooting timing so that they don't just kill you instantly if they catch you on a reload, which is much appreciated.

Submitted

Definitely very fun! Simple mechanics, but lots of re-run potential. Definitely a lot of potential to add mechanics, which is great! The walking part seemed a little redundant, but the rail section was a lot of fun!

Submitted

Really good game with simple mechanics and replay ability. Kind of wish that my bullet had lines coming out of them so it would be easier to count when they are gone.But anyways, Great work!

Submitted

Really nice game, lots to think about and manage with the upgrade system and reloading. I would love to see more built idea on this like more weapons with more ammo and different enemy types in the future! Great job for your first jam! 

Submitted

Simple mechanics, but very entertaining and has a lot of replay-ability! I liked that you have to be careful when to reload because it might just be your last move. Which it was a few times for me xD Great Game! 

Is there any use in getting off the cart? It seemed to me I'm just easier pray for the wolves. 

I think if you add some more animations, enemies and maybe like tiny events or something this is gonna be amazing. Very well done! 

Submitted

Good gameplay! Its pretty difficult too with the amount of health you get. I don't think the moving on foot added much, I would drill it down to the train cart gameplay and maybe add an auto reload for quality of life! Otherwise excellent first game jam game.

Submitted

Simple gameplay loop with shooting, reload management, and upgrading as time goes by. I like your game.

Dismounting the cart doesn't seem to have much use, and spamming space bar is at most a distraction since there isn't a reason to stop moving the car from what I can tell.

Submitted

So... you have one guy running on a push cart. And you have a huge infinite posse. Just send 7 riders at him at the beginning and you win? This is like the Kung Fu algorithm in a western. 

That said, the game itself is fun and good usage of the reload mechanic / sound / animation. I liked it except the constant mashing of my left hand on space bar. 

Submitted

What a nice little retro game, its simple but kinda addicting. Fits the theme well, and has a lovely pixel environment to boot! Great job and congrats on your first jam!

Submitted (1 edit)

Really fun game! Kinda reminds me of dead rails from roblox! Great job for your first jam!

Submitted

Simple concept but elegant! Made me want to play a lot because of how easy it was to pickup and retry

the game is great, I just felt it needs a bit more of “marketing” it has good potential but it is not attractive to play, the banner is really rails lol. Also inside the game I feel I wanted more immersion, maybe different sound tracks or Idk, something to make feel the gameplay more alive. I liked the concept and for a newbie it was awesome, great job and keep up with the good work!

Submitted

Loved the concept! Played for about 15 minutes and could never get to 75kpx :((

Submitted(+1)

Neat game, like the roguelike elements. Made it to about 30km before I died. I especially love the UI that shows how many bullets you have as its very unique

Submitted

Hey this is a cool idea man!

This is a great first game jam game!

I would suggest with the mechanics you have trying to create more opportunities to get off your cart and have to do something

Submitted

Really fun. Agree with Nicholas. More of a western theme to fit the theme would have been nice

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