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« on: November 05, 2009, 01:56:24 PM » |
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I made a completely original and groundbreaking new game called Left 4k Dead 2. It's the sequel to Left 4k Dead, and has slightly different graphics! You can play it here: http://gamejolt.com/online/games/action/left-4k-dead-2/1006/(oooh, burn!) |
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John Nesky
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« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2009, 02:00:15 PM » |
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Oh, I remember this game! It's awesome!  But this time I'll also remember who made it. |
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Notch
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« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2009, 02:04:09 PM » |
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But this is a completely different game from that one! Honest! Also, it's satire.  |
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Cerogravian
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« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2009, 02:46:49 PM » |
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Hehe, great fun  Got me going quite well when I finally got swarmed and eaten |
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« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2009, 03:20:23 PM » |
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I actually really enjoyed this. Plus I thought the visuals were just awesome  ! |
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LeFishy
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« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2009, 02:50:11 AM » |
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I love the whole darkness thing. I remember loving the whole darkness thing in the original too.
Is this a satire of sequelitis in general or l4d2 specifically. Because I for one am pretty impressed with how different l4d2 feels.
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« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2009, 03:33:44 AM » |
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I think it's a satire of the whole boycott debate. Maybe.
Satire isn't good satire when you don't know what it's satire of. I think.
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« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2009, 05:52:09 AM » |
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oh wow, I found out about left 4k dead 2 from this thread on tigsource instead of your actul blog Notch, which I frequent about 20 times a day. I'm glad you have other projects going at the same time as minecraft, you always develop quality fun stuff  I got to level two on my msi wind laptop, not the greatest platform but I'll try on my gaming PC later. Have you got any other projects on the go? |
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Notch
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« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2009, 11:48:32 AM » |
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Good satire is like good art, the more angles it has, the better it is.
I've got one more project on the go, but it's slightly secret still.
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TheZeke
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« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2009, 10:02:07 PM » |
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I wouldn't call it "completely original and groundbreaking" it's more "tried and true with a new twist". The basic game mechanics are common (geometry wars, super smash tv ... basically any top down shooter) The game is awesome, don't get me wrong. I've spent over an hour on it, which is more than most flash games  I love the line of sight mechanic, it really makes this game. My only big problem is the "click happy" effect. Your machine gun runs out of ammo pretty quick, and having to click once per bullet gets very repetative. If you changed it so that you could just hold down left mouse button and have the pistol shoot again and again it would be much more enjoyable to play Overall, great stuff. The 8bit style works great |
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« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2009, 11:43:12 PM » |
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I wouldn't call it "completely original and groundbreaking" it's more "tried and true with a new twist". The basic game mechanics are common (geometry wars, super smash tv ... basically any top down shooter) The game is awesome, don't get me wrong. I've spent over an hour on it, which is more than most flash games I love the line of sight mechanic, it really makes this game. My only big problem is the "click happy" effect. Your machine gun runs out of ammo pretty quick, and having to click once per bullet gets very repetative. If you changed it so that you could just hold down left mouse button and have the pistol shoot again and again it would be much more enjoyable to play Overall, great stuff. The 8bit style works great Hint: Press "R" to reload your machine gun xD Even with my machine gun, I found myself wandering out into the unforgiving open... bad mistake. So yeah, never made it long enough to see if there was a level 2, and so on. |
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« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2009, 11:56:31 PM » |
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Good satire is like good art, the more angles it has, the better it is.
I've got one more project on the go, but it's slightly secret still.
Are you saying Picasso sucks? |
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Notch
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« Reply #12 on: November 09, 2009, 02:56:26 AM » |
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I wouldn't call it "completely original and groundbreaking" it's more "tried and true with a new twist". The basic game mechanics are common (geometry wars, super smash tv ... basically any top down shooter) Absolutely, this is satire. Last year, I won the java 4k compo with a game called Left 4k Dead. Now that Valve's re-releasing Left 4 Dead under the name "Left 4 Dead 2", I'm re-releasing l4kd as l4kd2. ;-) On a more serious note, one thing I learned when doing this is that mover/shooters like this only work well with a mouse if the player always is in the middle of the screen. Otherwise your aim will change when you move and the camera pans around, and that's just horrible. |
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TheZeke
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« Reply #13 on: November 09, 2009, 01:57:12 PM » |
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"Hint: Press "R" to reload your machine gun"
*facepalm*
dammit and i was hoping to accomplish things today.
Oh wells
I've got zombies to kill!
BTW the satire is great. And you're right on about the aiming and shooting mechanic. Are there multiple levels? If so then I just really suck at this haha
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Notch
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« Reply #14 on: November 10, 2009, 03:05:46 AM » |
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Yeah, there are. Find the red room ("safehouse") to advance to the next level.
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Melly
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« Reply #15 on: November 10, 2009, 07:13:48 AM » |
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Also, it's satire. Never explain yourself. |
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« Reply #16 on: November 10, 2009, 07:17:30 AM » |
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That's funny, I never realized that there were levels in the game. Too many zombies to kill. No time for looking for "safehouses". I'll make my own dang safehouse! *BLAM*
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Notch
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« Reply #17 on: November 10, 2009, 07:48:16 AM » |
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Also, it's satire. Never explain yourself. How do you mean? |
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