Age
19
Gender
Male
Location
England
Website
http://www.3kliksphilip.com
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Sundown Shambles
Theme to be judged: Horror
Sundown Shambles is a side view platformer RPG made by me in the space of 2 action packed weeks, for the Game Builder GAME MAKING Competition. Buy different melee and ranged weapons, including pistols, shotguns and flamethrowers. Hold two pistols at once and blast the enemies to Oblivion!
Play as a confused person who wakes up to find everybody horribly killed after you and your friends got hungry and decided to eat strange mushrooms. Which of your friends has carved a trail of destruction through the game? Who will stop him? Are YOU a zombie too?!?! be sure to play the game to find out, because you can't be too careful, what with all of these strange diseases around nowadays.
The Readme has all of the useful information you need to play the game, please give it a chance- don't bin it 
The entire game was made by me, several people playtested it but they're mentioned in the Readme, the credits... and here. Be sure to listen to the music, all of which was made by me. My first 10 songs ever, crammed into one game. God help us all.
PLAYTESTERS
Firestorm
Matthew Swithinbank
Mr 13A
Richard Hale
RustyK
Tom Randall
| KetchupMaster | Adam | Casual Gamer | |
| Gameplay (25 poss.) | 21 | 19 | 18 |
| Theme (20 poss.) | 15 | 15 | 14 |
| Graphics (20 poss.) | 16 | 10 | 12 |
| Sound (10 poss.) | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| Atmosphere (20 poss.) | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Judge's Personal Preference (5 poss.) | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Judge's Total (100 poss.) | 80 | 69 | 68 |
80 (KetchupMaster) + 69 (Adam) + 68 (Casual Gamer) + 5 (Bonus) = 222
222/3 = 74
Overall Score: 74
KetchupMaster's Comments
Adam's Comments
I was pleasantly surprised by this game. At first I wasn't too taken in by it, but I found little things pleasing, like pushing and pulling crates, and the nice water effect used. It also seemed to have a pretty solid engine, nice menus (title menu and buying/selling menu) Quite a lot of effort has gone into it. The graphics were reasonable, nothing outstanding, but neat, and set the theme nicely, the main character's animations/design could have perhaps been a little better, but the gameplay made up for that. I did find the controls confusing sometimes, using A,D,F,spacebar and the mouse at the same time etc.
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Just for the note, right clicking on the buy button will buy 10 ammo at a time instead of one.
This game was good! I like the gameplay alot. Nice game!
Thanks! So, what could be improved?
Powerups?
Well, you CAN buy 10 different types of weapons and you can upgrade your agility, strength and skill as the game goes on...
How far did you get through the game?
Graphics and storyline could have been better. I didn't really like the melee controls, because you were often running while swinging. Maybe make it where the enemies get knocked backwards? I would use less gradients, plus add more detail. On top of all of my complaints, I must say, it still is a very good game. Especially for being made in only 2 weeks. The beginning was a little unforgiving to new players, plus storyline seemed to much like those crappy Sci-fi channel original films. I'd keep working with it though!
Sorry to hear you didn't like the game. They do get knocked back- the faster you swing the more they get thrown back. Especially the bats, it's possible to knock them out of the screen area with a fast enough swing of the mouse. I don't think I could have made this game much better- possibly longer, but by the sound of it not many people got that far any way.
I agree, the graphics were very poor. I was rushed through the development process quite quickly but with more time I would have added more detail.
Still, I guess I've learnt stuff from this project. I really want to make a top down shooter like yours- it's really good!
People should play more of this game before criticising it since most suggestions for improvement are already in the game.
There are powerups as 3kliksphilip said. You buy weapons and level up your different skills.
You CAN knock enemies back with melee.
And 'graphics and storyline could be better'.. thats something you can say about every entry in this competition and we all know the quality of graphics and story in games that have a strict deadline are always worse, and i think the graphics are pretty good considering that.
This game IS the best of the entries here, you just have to play it for long enough to realise it.
3Kliks philip, I LOVED the game. I just thinks it could be worked on some.
"On top of all of my complaints, I must say, it still is a very good game."
I'd like to see a sequel. I'm just a bit of critic, that's all. Controls were still better than mine by a lot. High ratings just aren't my thing. (A 6/10 from me is like an 8 or 9)
So, what could I improve for the sequel?
Also, what did you think of the end? Do you think it's a bit depressing, the way that zombies ruled the world?