Trail Of Pigs
(please let the game load a little bit! don't fear the black screen, the black screen is your friend)
TRAIL OF PIGS.
In a post collapse, post apolyptic world where everyone is against each other, two pigs try to stay alive. May the most ruthless survive.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
- Move with WASD or the ARROW KEYS.
- Hide with CONTROL. (SPACE in the HTML5 version) (Do this next to bushes for extra stealth)
- Shoot with LEFT CLICK. (You need bullets and they make lots of noise, be careful)
- Run with SHIFT. (You are wounded, running will slowly drain your health)
- Use the buttons with RIGHT CLICK. Heal with RIGHT CLICK next to your name.
Don't let you or your friend succumb to wounds or hunger, or you will die. Stop anytime to HUNT for supplies.
They'll usually try to check out the place where they heard the shot coming from.
Avoiding fights is always better.
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Made for the Ludum Dare 48! First Ludum Dare ever, and i'm hyped. I think this is my best game yet, it's the most entertaining to me, that's for sure. It's really hard, but i hope some of you can rise up to the challenge.
Game by Stopsignal
Music by Juanba
<3
(edit: new version with newer stuff. If you come from Ludum Dare, the old version is still there, though it is a bit buggy. Newer version has some more features though, so to be fair, don't use it, or if you do don't leave ratings! I'm happier with people just playing the game and enjoying it :)
The HTML5 version is ALSO newer than the LD version )
Troubleshooting: HTML5 version might run slowly with no WebGL enabled. If that's so, download it! It runs better and comes with screen fades, which IMO are cool!
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Development log
- TRAIL OF PIGS - Update!Jun 27, 2021
- TRAIL OF PIGS - HTML5 Version.Apr 30, 2021
- TRAIL OF PIGS - Finished version.Apr 30, 2021
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I came to this game from some Roblox copy, so sorry if that qualifies as a "you cant say anything" factor, but here are some Tips and Tricks if you wanna go through it!!
- Ammo isn't necessary. If you screw up a lot, sure, bring some ammo, but carry like, 2, not 3 or 4.
- SNEAK. Always. Go bush to bush to get to your precious loot. Some of the backpacks have bushes nearby enough for you to sneak, rush, right click, sneak back in and suck the loot out of the floor. You don't need to be ENTIRELY on it either, just close, that counts as being invisible if no one is too close.
- If there are many enemies, don't be afraid to shoot!! Shoot one of them and run in an arc, then run up, right and down onto a bush again. Enemies will go straight for the location you shot from and will search through that area, use that opportunity to loot EVERYTHING.
- If you're feeling a little heartless, killing kids will make their parents cry and drop their weapons, which will make the other pigs go straight to them. Beware, though, they usually favor checking the location of the shot first. Also, you can do this to unarmed pigs too! Sneak up VERY close to them and they'll give up on life, whining loudly to call for help, so you can do the whole distraction arc thing i talked about earlier
- The damage you take from running isn't time based, it's distance based. You can run forever in a short radius from where you started running and take, like, a single tick of damage. This SHOULD be useful to sneak from a bush to another if you're careful enough, I did it sometimes. It's also useful to reposition yourself during combat!! But you don't plan on getting INTO combat, right?
- Be patient. Sure, obvious tip, but some people just try to rush through every area. Chill up.
- The gun pigs take two shots to die. Also an obvious tip if you've seen one, but just make sure you're prepared.
- Don't be afraid to heal during a hunt. Healing outside of a hunt heals YOURSELF to full in one medicine use, which is awesome, but don't let yourself bleed out from running away from enemies just because you want that cool max heal. Don't overdo it either, your pig friend needs those too!!
- About the rifle jam glitch, sometimes it fixes itself when i take damage, either from running or from a stab, but you'll get better results betting on the running damage...
Those are all, I guess. Sorry for the HUGE wall of text, or for coming late, but I hope these can help at least 4 people. I've been playing this game nonstop, so give it a try! Don't give up so easily. Now, uh, chop chop, porkchop.
wait what roblox copy lol
Oh, uh, sorry for the wait, I don't have the itch.io app so there's no way I get notifs and stuff (if those even exist), but it's a game in Roblox called "Brother's Vow" where it uses literally the same concept, except with humans, and it's a duo game. Not really a copy, I just worded it like that for convenience
(Right now the game is closed for reworks if you wanted to check it out or something but they have a discord server)
I've tried playing this games several times and at first I find it pretty enjoyable but as the game progresses it becomes nigh-impossible to gather resources because they are surrounded by several enemies and even if I am at a distance and hiding, 6 enemies come straight to my location and kill me with no posibility of defending myself
I'm sorry but it's frustrating and makes it seem like the only way i can win this is download it and mess with the code so that i can mosdify certain values
This game is really good. I'm a big fan of Oregon Trail-likes, and this is one of the best. The impressionist art and SFX are amazing, and the gunplay is really frantic. One of the best jam games I've played.
this game is great
would likely recommend to friends in a random,unrelated conversation
10/10
I made it to the end and yet i fucking died
Is not being able to shoot after being seen normal?
You can shoot after being seen, but you can't shoot while moving.
Love the game, did anyone notice that you can pet your friend with rmb?
rmb?
right mouse button ("right click")
thank you, my companion will be getting all the pats
Is the gun randomly not shooting (even when you have ammo and after waiting a while to make sure it's not reload) a bug, or did you seriously make completely silently jamming a feature? Either way, unplayable. I need to be able to rely on my gun to shoot when and where I click, or have a way to check/unjam it.
hardest game i think i've ever played
true
Oh, and another thing- I assume you're working on other projects but there's a bit of a bug where you can still drop your items while dead.
also muh friend is so sad T~T
Man, thanks a lot for the kind words!!!! Stuff like this makes it all worth it :)
The game's filled with bugs, sadly- it was quite rushed because of the game jam. Also, i don't have the computer i made it in right now! I broke it. So waiting for it to be fixed!
However, i AM working on a new project! ;)
Man I love this game! I've figured out a lot of useful things, so here's a list of important stuff~
1. Stealth is, in fact, much better than open conflict- ESPECIALLY on "Survive" levels. Do not, at any time, use your gun unless you see the crazy pig(s).
2. Fear the crazy pigs. They got a gun AND you need two shots to take them out. I believe they're always in a building with a massive stash of resources just behind the corner, so if you REALLY need ammo, healthkits, and food, go for it. But make sure you have about 4 bullets before you go in there, god knows how many pigs there'll be inside.
3. Easiest way to take out crazy pigs is to lure them out by standing there (like a doink) and making them go outside. Then, find a bush and get down before he comes out to look for you and shoot them- it's a lot easier than running around like a crazy pig.
4. insert angry birds sequel joke here
so what happens after the pigs escape? where do they go?
Being from uruguay i can understand a little bit, hahaha
Thanks a lot for playing!!! Glad he could try it out! He got far!
i actually managed to escape, but where to?
sad that you can't be a cannibal
check the movie The Road for basically this, with cannibalism!
FINALLY BEAT THE GAME!! I love how at the start you are carefully hunting for items but on the last level, you have stocks of ammo & medkits and have to go guns blazing! This took me weeks along with changing strategies!
NICE
Damn, you've been playing that much, wow o:
Congrats dude!!! Or sorry, i don't know (? hahahahahah
Glad you liked it, happy holidays!!! <3
very interesting, it didnt specify what i was hunting, so i lost rather quickly when i found a large herd
really exciting game , btw i liked your games drawing style
Thanks, Snoayy!! That's a nice compliment <3
hey just a little question, what game engine was this game made on?
Gamemaker 1.4! The ol' reliable
I'd recommend it to anyone willing to start gamemaking! If you can watch Tom Francis's tutorials, even better
thank you, i love this game alot
This game is super difficult, but also super fun! I'm enjoying learning new strategies through trial and error, and panicking whenever I mess up, haha! Hoping I'll be able to get all the way through some day, my current record is getting to the second checkpoint.
My only issue is that for some reason, the downloaded version doesn't seem to have audio? Not sure what's goin on there, but at least the HTML5 version runs perfectly.
Thank you so much!!!! :)
i hope it's not Windows fighting me again. Hmmm, Using windows, right? My fear that using the older gamemaker builds might be getting slowly worse is true, hahahah
Yep, usin' windows!
New update btw, I've been able to make it to the third checkpoint thing. Would've survived it if I hadn't underestimated how many pigs there were there when I decided to just sprint to the end lol
Hah! if you want to go through peacefully you'll need to make an opening or a distraction, as it's quite impossible to got through undetected. It's easy to kill everyone when you've got a feel of how they look for you, but it's still really high stakes!
Also, an idea: On the death screen, show the roadmap of how far you've gotten, maybe with some special effects or of that sort!
That's brilliant, actually. Cool way to show the progress before death! Maybe even with something that shows your furthest point, hmm
Saving it for when i do the sequel!
Alright! I'll eagerly await the sequel then! :D
Is there a discord server for this game? Would be nice to know about some fun leaks or news! :D
Awh man, i thought i had already replied!
Not for now! I should probably make one for the games one day, but for now it's only this!
It'll probably won't be updated much: i want to re-do this game from scratch one day, actually. Not for now, though, many things to do before that!
Wow, is it just me or the game is loading super slow (or maybe my PC is too suck). The black screen made me scared
Hm, in any case, try downloading it! o:
This is one of the coolest games I've seen on this site. Normally I can't play hard games like this for very long before I rage quit, but this is so neat that I just have to finish it. This definitely has the potential to be something much bigger and better than it already is.
Awh, thanks! <3
I definitely plan on making a bigger version someday.
If you beat it, be sure to show us!!
how do i leave hunting
By walking to the right or to the left! Go towards the blue light. Some hunts don't have a blue light on the left, and you need to pass through to survive.
thanks!
when i go to play the game, my computer blocks it, should i click ignore?
Yeah, it's an issue I've always had with all my games, I guess windows doesn't like Gamemaker 1.4? If you feel weird about opening it there is always the HTML5 version, but don't worry, I can barely code a game in gamemaker, there is no virus risk with my games, hahahahah
i recommend adding a html5 version to itch, you can do that so it's playable here
it's there! i gues it's hard to see because the loading background is the same colour as the page background, oops
oh lol, yeah i think you should make it a non blending color, usually there's a play button, for some reasone this one autoplay
i'd better make it not autoplay, it's indeed a problem, hahahah
thanks for pointing it out!!!