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A jam submission

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Defeat the mobsters with you slick shooting skills
Submitted by Bradley_Paquet, Michael Parrish (@PichaelMarrish) — 2 hours, 21 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#514.0624.062
Originality#544.1254.125
Fun#1103.5623.562
Presentation#1113.9693.969

Ranked from 32 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game represent "Slick"?
You need to be slick to shoot, reload, and twirl your pistol fast enough. Mobsters are trying to outslick you with their attire as well. Slick sound and transitions out of each room should make you say, oh that's slick!

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Submitted

Like others have said, it’s very challenging at the start, but I feel the payoff really outweighs that initial difficulty. The aesthetics are on point, and the game feels smooth overall. Really well done!

Submitted(+1)

Immaculate mechanic, so much room for style, especially after some QoL improvements and an improved difficulty curve. My main gripe was the gun position at the start of a round. I wish it either always started in the center or started wherever your mouse was, rather than snapping from the center to wherever your mouse is. Other than that, I had a great time. Amazing work.

Submitted

Stylishly slick! Loved having the replay at the end of each level

Submitted

The game looks very slick. I did not have much look, though.

Submitted

This is extremely unique, never saw anything quite like it. 
I dig the reloading mechanic

Submitted

very stylish, great art and unique mechanics!

Submitted(+2)

I fear any room with 4 ladies wielding dual pistols a little more now. good game

Submitted

Damn, this is an interesting challenge with a really creative setup. Very satisfying to play too, nice!

Submitted(+2)

You definitely read the assignment, this game is SLICC with 2 Cs!

I mean I'm really, really bad at it but it's giving SUPERHOT in the best way

Submitted(+1)

Definitely my favorite game of the jam thus far. It’s satisfying, stylish, oozing with charm, and seduced me into playing it for an hour straight to get all S (which I did, it became a lot easier once you realize that mouse placement persists between restarts so you can basically pre-aim one shot per room). Wonderful little arcade game, and basically the perfect game jam game.

Submitted(+1)

Hitting a bunch of slick shots in a row made me feel really cool. There is a kind of sudden difficulty spike, but still a fun challenge. 

Submitted(+1)

Unique game mechanic and very fun to play! The art and music are great too!

Submitted(+1)

I like the music and the visuals. Fun feeling like I can aim well and poo on these guys. Felt very slick. Good shit.

Submitted(+1)

Interesting mechanics and nice polished visuals. It's a lot to think about all at once, with the reload system, but I like that. The levels are a tad unbalanced though, I wanted to play more but I couldn't get past having to get 8 headshots in a row in 4 seconds. Maybe if there were another way to get more ammo? But it is definitely satisfying when you can pull it off!

Developer

Thank you for the feedback! The consensus seems to be that it's too difficult. I'm disappointed in myself because I designed the levels and should have foreseen that. But I fell into that trap where I played it so much and got so "good" at it, that I was worried it wouldn't be enough of a challenge. But the lesson here is to remember that most people will play these games for 2-5 minutes, so I need to design accordingly. 

Submitted(+1)

Pretty challenging, but that makes for some good fun. 

Submitted(+1)

The theme is spot-on—stylish and slick! The gameplay is fun yet quite challenging, but I still had a great time playing it.

Submitted(+1)

Phenomenal game! It was so hard i had to whip out my graphics tablet to aim fast

Submitted(+1)

The slickest there is ! It gets really hard I have a feeling I was close to the end, very fun and beautiful art !

Submitted(+2)

this game slick as hell

Submitted(+2)

The presentation and gameplay are SLICK. Finishing levels feels so good. Super slick way to reload a gun. Once I learned the mechanics I was sliding through the facility. Yall slick for this one!

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