When all hope is lost, the World Police Organization sends SQUAD 13.
\nThey are tasked with the most dangerous missions.
\nSQUAD 13 is feared even by the most wicked evil terrorists.
\nThis is their story.
\n","source":"remvst/squad13","stars":18,"comments":[{"at":378808971,"author":"Ryan Tyler","login":"tyler6699","gh":50468,"url":"https://carelesslabs.co.uk","text":"Outstanding entry as always, really quite addictive, the controls are excellent.
\nCould be made into a larger game for sure!
\n","games":["The Fear Factory"]},{"at":378811008,"author":"A Doucheboard Warrior","login":"ghost","gh":10137,"text":"To be realistic, flappy bird is the only concept I can see. However the effects of the helicopter landing are making a score
\n","games":["13 Order"]},{"at":378814305,"author":"Santi Herranz","login":"santiHerranz","gh":961911,"twitter":"santiherranz","text":"I loved the gameplay, the presentation and the memories it brought back from playing Konami’s Super Cobra as a kid. Excellent work.
\n","games":["No Flight Zone 13"]},{"at":378819420,"author":"Jonathan Vallet","login":"jonathan-vallet","gh":5329099,"text":"24/26 prisoners, 30 crash xD\nI enjoyed this game, controls remind me old game I played on DOS whrn I was young.\nLoved the graphisms, parallax and different time of day. Explosions are really cool too.\nDuring first levels,every one introduce new mechanisms, it’s nice! But the 5 last levels are mostly the same, game should have counted a bit less levels (It as just 13 for being a little in the theme I think)
\n","games":["13 Steps to Escape"]},{"at":378824470,"author":"Lewis Nakao","login":"lewdev","gh":1469960,"url":"https://lewdev.github.io","twitter":"lewdev","text":"This game is insanely fun. It’s actually a very hard and unforgiving game but it’s very simple and rewarding. Fighting other heli’s is intense.
\nIt fits the theme where I’m very afraid of the 13 levels and anything I could collide with.
\nGameplay is simple but hard to master. Getting kills without the lock-aim system is so satisfying. Also taking out a helicopter is satisfying. Watching them go down is great. Rescuing a prisoner is hard in itself, but having enemies try to shoot you down gets callenging.
\nThere’s music and satisfying sounds.
\n","games":["13attle TanKs"]},{"at":378825579,"author":"Rob Louie","login":"roblouie","gh":5448110,"url":"roblouie.com","twitter":"rob_louie","text":"Solid, feels great, love the particle effects. Had a lot of fun with this one.
\n","games":["13th Floor"]},{"at":378837024,"author":"xem","login":"xem","gh":1225909,"text":"Amazing helico simulation, particles system and audio, reminds me old Choplifter games.
\n","games":["O HIII BAD SKATEPARK","EMOJIPHOBIA","GREAT PLUMBER 65"]},{"at":378848990,"author":"Cliff Earl","login":"Antix-Development","gh":17822130,"text":"Smooth stuff. I really like the graphics and particles!
\n","games":["Badluck Butter Chicken Goes To Outer Space","Badluck Butter Chicken Flies The Unfriendly Skies"]},{"at":378853959,"author":"Feenposhleen","login":"Feenposhleen","gh":7203381,"text":"Very funny tone! Laughed out loud when the super serious “world police” style intro text ended, and I immediately killed a hostage and exploded into a wall. The controls are pretty finnicky, but that’s part of the challenge. I like the silhouetted graphics and the color palette!
\n","games":["SUB13"]},{"at":378856992,"author":"Lakshman","login":"LakshmanKishore","gh":61258323,"url":"lakshman.vercel.app","twitter":"Lakshman007bff","text":"This game is very addictive to play!!\nI spent almost 30 mins to complete all the 13 levels on mobile phone!
\n","games":["Facing 13"]},{"at":378897545,"author":"Ryan Malm","login":"Rybar","gh":145812,"text":"Had a ton of fun playing this, its really challenging to shoot those bad guys! I really enjoyed the addition of rescuing people, since testing this one early on. Really great game.
\n","games":["Six And Seven"]},{"at":378898295,"author":"Aurélio A. Heckert","login":"aurium","gh":30254,"url":"http://aurium.one","text":"Flappy Bird and Moon Lander make love and their baby was weaponized to become this game.
\nBeautiful! Thank you for giving me this great time.
\n","games":["MineCSSweeper"]},{"at":378911169,"author":"Raptor Dev","login":"raptor0999","gh":74460924,"twitter":"Raptor_IndieDev","text":"Looks awesome, fun but very hard at the same time. Great mechanics and controls. I wanna say the controls feel loose in a way (esp on hard/normal) but I think they are supposed to and kinda have to really.
\nNO real score persay and wicked level design at parts, esp playing hard or even normal.
\nNo real 13 theme past the name and number of levels.
\nSound and music is eh.
\n","games":["Primonumerophobia"]},{"at":378932801,"author":"Javi Agenjo","login":"jagenjo","gh":393515,"url":"http://tamats.com","twitter":"tamat","text":"Very fun game, as last year. Loved the chaos in some moments, and the helicopter controls (they remind me my entry to the JS13K 2022 called EVAC3D).
\nNot much comments, just keep the good work!
\n","games":["Deep13"]},{"at":378945190,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"I found it very challenging to control the helicopter. I think it’s a fun game, but I didn’t have the patience to control it for long. Good graphics and nice music.I couldn’t see how it fit the theme except for the name of the squad?
\n","games":["Thirteen Terrible Stunts"]},{"at":378949053,"author":"Mohammad Jawad","login":"mhmdjawad","gh":22205462,"url":"https://pdemia.com/","text":"very cool game and one of my favorits and wanted to learn from but its really hard
\n","games":["The 13 Invaders","Cookie Maze 3d","Maze Runner vs 13","Tower Defence Walking 13s"]},{"at":378951940,"author":"Homer Dilpleu","login":"HomerDilpleu","gh":66157330,"text":"Controls are super interesting but hard to master, fortunately there is the “easy” mode !! The game is very polished and fun to play. Well done!
\n","games":["Unloved 13"]},{"at":378954709,"author":"Hogia","login":"Hogia","gh":2686337,"text":"This is kinda addictive, love the gameplay it feels very good
\n","games":["13 Seconds To Midnight"]},{"at":378960608,"author":"aselitto","login":"aselitto","gh":17676172,"text":"Fantastic Game, the controls feel perfect, the maps are challenging. It took me back to Atari days with way better graphics! Thank you for this game and great work!
\n","games":["Dekatria Mansion"]},{"at":378969968,"author":"Jonas Olmstead","login":"sanojian","gh":428082,"text":"I love the classic gameplay. The flying feels difficult in a good way. The particle effects from combat are great. Really fun entry
\n","games":["Wendol Village"]},{"at":378981332,"author":"Zark Attack","login":"Noah-Zark-22","gh":181499250,"text":"I enjoyed the movement and rescuing the hostages. I really liked the animations for the rescue. Solid music. I had fun!
\n","games":["Primonumerophobia"]},{"at":379026399,"author":"Leo Kuo","login":"leokuo0724","gh":40346834,"url":"https://medium.com/@leokuo0724","twitter":"leokuo0724","text":"Great entry! Although the game isn’t my usual genre, I was impressed by the atmosphere and how will it was built. The controls felt smooth and responsive, and the visuals were impressive for a 13k game! Overall, a well-crafted experience with attention to detail.
\n","games":["Templar's Final Stand"]},{"at":379062755,"author":"cykelkatalogen","login":"stefanforsberg","gh":358570,"text":"Fun! Loving the graphics here, bring me back =)
\n","games":["It adds up"]},{"at":379078271,"author":"Ben Fox","login":"BenjaminWFox","gh":9467046,"twitter":"benjaminwfox","text":"Really polished, reminds me of a cabinet arcade game I played as a kid. Would have really liked a level select screen so I could come back without redoing all the intro levels. Good on Mobile too except for the missing fast-down button. A little insulted when the game asked me if I wanted to switch to easy mode 🤣
\n","games":["SECTOR 13"]},{"at":379100149,"author":"Alex Delderfield","login":"AD-Edge","gh":3481465,"url":"www.delta-edge.com.au","twitter":"Alex_ADEdge","text":"One of my favourites from this js13k so far!\nTheres too many good things to mention here, from the polished controls and graphics, to the challenging levels. The missile combat is a lot of fun, and making a game this fun in 13kb is a real achievement.
\nA neat addition as well, to have the score tweet at the end.\nThe only things I feel are missing are some kind of end boss (maybe a big boss helicopter), some weapon upgrades, and I think it would be perfect to have different damage modes, so a lower speed collision with a wall could make your helicopter damaged and smoking, and chaotic to control - just to give you that extra bit of fun and the potential to still finish the level even after a light tap on terrain.
\n","games":["The Anti-Poker Protocol"]},{"at":379184072,"author":"kennyfully1988","login":"kennyfully1988","gh":181469182,"text":"A solid game to play and difficulty scales well across levels while learning new mechanics! Well done!
\n"},{"at":379380636,"author":"John Edvard","login":"johnedvard","gh":656024,"url":"https://reitgames.com","twitter":"ReitGames","text":"The theme is not that well defined in this entry, but it sure is entertaining. Great visuals and effects.
\n","games":["Bubble Burst"]},{"at":379407495,"author":"Richard Chung","login":"gregwoodsfrontier","gh":80141657,"text":"Your game works on Apple Vision Pro. A plus for me.\nI like the dim sunset background on the back.\nThe helicopter feels ok to control and I will always land on the spot.
\nGood job on the game tho.
\n","games":["Wands of Triskaidekai"]},{"at":379412488,"author":"Cody Ebberson","login":"codyebberson","gh":749094,"url":"https://cody.ebberson.com","twitter":"codyebberson","text":"Amazing work, as always. I completed normal difficulty in 17:52, rescued 12 prisoners, 31 crashes. For whatever reason, level 8 was the one that tripped me the most. I’m always so impressed by how you’re able to create such compelling graphics with basic shapes. It speaks to your taste, the color palette and sizing is always perfect. Game feel was just right, perhaps a little bit on the difficult side for a game jam entry, but I imagine a skilled player could sail through. Impressive work, great job.
\n","games":["Phantomicus"]},{"at":379485434,"author":"Sami Heikkinen","login":"sz1521","gh":38181301,"text":"Nice controls and feeling with different day times and simple graphics.\nThe competence theme is not much exactly followed.
\n","games":["13th Guy"]},{"at":379490783,"author":"Markus Fisch","login":"markusfisch","gh":485246,"url":"http://www.markusfisch.de","text":"Oh that game is good! And so hard! ;) I would be a terrible chopper pilot :D That night level really got me!
\nVery very well done! This feels almost too polished for game that small! All these details! Lovely!
\n","games":["Lost City Of S"]},{"typ":2,"at":379572785,"author":"Christer Kaitila","login":"McFunkypants","gh":2111957,"url":"http://www.mcfunkypants.com","text":"this game is incredible, one of my very favourites in this entire year’s js13k. it’s so polished: the graphics are amazing, the levels are well designed, the movement is just right.. I love the propeller motion blur effect, particles, and sfx too. and I absolutely love and appreciated the difficulty settings which allowed me to enjoy way more despite my lack of skill! thank you for including an easy mode!!!! =) really fantastic work.
\n"},{"at":379724718,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"Wow what an amazing game, 13kb or not, this is really well made.
\nThe graphics were great, and very smooth. I liked the parallax effect as you flew along. The explosions were cool and I was glad the nearby explosions didn’t seem to affect my helicopter.
\nThe music was atmospheric, and the sound effects added to the overall experience.
\nThe levels got much harder on level 5 with the darkness and rain. Then on level 6 with the enemy helicopters too :)
\nReminded me of a cross between Thrust (caverns/gravity/enemies) and Volcano (helicopter saving people) from the BBC micro
\nOverall a really impressive game, my kids loved it too
\n","games":["rollermaze"]},{"at":379741205,"author":"Frank Force","login":"KilledByAPixel","gh":16227600,"url":"https://www.frankforce.com","twitter":"KilledByAPixel","text":"Very fun and polished. Great overall game feel! I love the use of ZzFX sound! A simple save feature to continue where you left off would have been a nice addition because the levels get difficult, I want to come back later and try again. Also lacking on theme gameplay integration. Overall an outstanding game, congrats!
\n","games":["DR1V3N WILD"]},{"at":379749578,"author":"Jerome Lecomte","login":"herebefrogs","gh":1383818,"url":"herebefrogs.com","text":"I don’t remember Choplifter being so difficult on Thompson MO5. Airwolf makes it look so easy…
\n","games":["SUP3RFR1GHT VR"]},{"at":379752026,"author":"Christoph Schansky","login":"DerBenniBanni","gh":5499976,"text":"Choplifter, Spacetaxi, Moonlander garnished with a hint of Flappy Bird.\nSprinkles on top with a bucket full of particle effects.
\nWhat an awesome game this is! Had much fun playing it.
\n","games":["Aargh! Triskaideka attacks!"]},{"at":379811484,"author":"IroncladDev","login":"IroncladDev","gh":50180265,"url":"https://connerow.dev/","twitter":"IroncladDev","text":"Amazing gameplay, audio, and sound.
\nI played the whole thing through, and had a blast.
\nGreat job.
\n","games":["Salvadoran Reclamation: MS-13"]},{"at":380071750,"author":"Benjamin Boyd Austin","login":"bbaustin","gh":18755168,"text":"This is challenging but really enjoyable! “Easy to learn, hard to master” type of game. The flying physics are really fun
\nNot sure how many people encountered it, but it’s nice that you give an alert to change the difficulty if the player dies too many times, haha
\nBy the way, I studied abroad in Murdavia, and it’s just as bad as you depict it in the game
\n","games":["PicoBuddy"]},{"at":380238000,"author":"Almar Suarez","login":"wololoa","gh":10622012,"twitter":"repunkgame","text":"A good redux of classic games with a great presentation (SFX and FX are amazing). I wish it added something new to the old formula of spaceship-chopper-needs-to-land-without-crashing, but other than that very well done!
\n","games":["DECK 13"]},{"at":380283091,"author":"Samuel van Egmond","login":"SamuelVanEgmond","gh":95985602,"text":"Choplifter, Woohoo!
\nFlappy Bird, Oh No!
Great atmosphere, light, dark, rain, storm, EPIC!
\n","games":["The King's Crowns"]},{"at":380340774,"author":"Fábio Santos","login":"fabiosantoscode","gh":1611595,"url":"http://frutal.pt","text":"I really liked this one!
\nI liked the mix of the hard flying controls with rescuing and fighting. I would have preferred to be forced to aim my missiles by tilting, instead of an auto-targeting thing.
\nThe graphics are great and the animation feels pretty smooth.
\nOverall a great entry!
\n","games":["Please Finish In 13th Place"]},{"at":380352472,"author":"Jack Le Hamster","login":"jacklehamster","gh":5171849,"url":"https://dobuki.net","twitter":"jacklehamster","text":"I think this is one of the most fun game I played in this jam. I kept wanting to get back to it.\nThe controls are a bit rough, but it’s part of the challenge.\nGraphically, this is gorgeous. And the gameplay is fun because it’s difficult, but you can overcome the challenges by becoming better. Great work!
\nOh and in terms of the theme… wait what was the theme?
\n"},{"at":380406987,"author":"Nik Lever","login":"NikLever","gh":47000827,"url":"http://niklever.com","text":"Simple physics works well. Fun to play. Effective graphics.
\n","games":["Steamshot 13"]},{"at":380411775,"author":"Michel Sabchuk","login":"michelts","gh":361492,"url":"http://turbosys.com.br","text":"I must admit I had to pick the easy mode :D
\nNice and polished! Congrats. Very fun game!
\n","games":["Thirteen Truco"]},{"at":380474734,"author":"Benjamin Brown","login":"benjamin-t-brown","gh":1266353,"url":"sdip.blogspot.com","text":"On top of polished gameplay, this has excellent graphics and tone. Those explosions are epic!
\n","games":["XIII Days To Save The Kingdom"]},{"at":380496083,"author":"Igor Khotin","login":"invider","gh":5694089,"url":"http://www.ikhotin.com","twitter":"chaostarter","text":"Very distinct and consistent style, super-polished gameplay, and great replayability. This game has everything any js13k game wishes for.
\nI enjoyed playing it, though it takes some time to master - my kid controls the helicopter so much better than me. And he still plays it, which tells a lot about replayability value. Levels were hard for me, but totally fine for my kid - so that’s my skill issue :)
\nIt is hard to say what can be improved here. Destructible landscapes would be a nice touch, but not in a 13k game :)
\nGreat job!
\n","games":["Liminal Gap Runner"]},{"typ":2,"at":380496392,"author":"Jupiter Hadley","login":"Jupiter-hadley","gh":97069389,"url":"www.jupiterhadley.com","twitter":"Jupiter_Hadley","text":"This is a really fun game! I love the animations, the story, and the general gameplay. Really well done!
\n"},{"typ":2,"at":380501577,"author":"Richard Davey","login":"photonstorm","gh":164476,"url":"www.photonstorm.com","twitter":"photonstorm","text":"While playing this game, my wife came into the room and said “You seem to be swearing quite a lot, is everything ok?”, “It’s just this bloody game!”, “Well, could you play something else? You’re scaring the dog.”
\nAnd she was right. But first, a little context. This is essentially a vector styled version of Choplifter. Pilot the helicopter around the 2D side-scrolling landscape, scouting out the little green prisoners aimlessly stood on the most precarious clifftops and drop a ladder down so they can climb aboard. Collect them all and make your way to the landing pad. If you’re lucky, and you don’t land upside down (like I did), hit the sea (like I did), hit a mountain (like I did), get shot out of the sky by an enemy chopper (like I did) or just rage quit in frustration (like I did), then you’ll rescue all the prisoners and move to the next level.
\nThe game does make some affordances. You can toggle it into ‘easy’ mode, which makes for slightly smoother physics and less aggressive baddies. If you die to much on Normal mode, it handily suggests you do this. You can also shoot - which honestly, is great fun. The missiles arc across the sky in a beautiful trail, exploding on impact with enemy soldiers, the landscape and, more often than not, the prisoners you’re meant to be saving.
\nGraphically it’s stunning, too. Simple vectors, yes, but they work so well. The animation is good, the backdrops great, the rain effects, the lights, the sun. Just everything is coherent and works together, as does the sound and music.
\nMy only major complaint? Next to nothing to do with the theme beyond having 13 levels. Although that does appear to be very common with lots of the entries this year, so I won’t hold it against it too much.
\nSo there we have it folks: Squad 13 - dangerous for your sanity, your pets, your relationships if endured for too long and probably significantly harder than flying an actual helicopter. Damn good fun, though :)
\n"},{"at":382581840,"author":"VincentBounce","login":"VincentBounce","gh":64386272,"twitter":"VincentBounce","text":"It’s so pleasant to play with the beautiful sunset, and the automatic outgoing scale to rescue people, I love it!
\n"},{"at":384172845,"author":"Individooms","login":"Individooms","gh":91382756,"text":"Thanks for the fun game\nThanks for the fun game
\n"}],"results":{"theme":{"rank":104,"min":1,"score":2.35,"max":4.2},"innovation":{"rank":48,"min":1,"score":3.08,"max":4.47},"gameplay":{"rank":1,"min":1,"score":4.29,"max":4.29},"graphics":{"rank":10,"min":1,"score":4.29,"max":4.76},"audio":{"rank":12,"min":1,"score":3.85,"max":4.34},"controls":{"rank":7,"min":1,"score":3.94,"max":4.24},"primary":{"rank":11,"min":6,"score":21.79,"max":24.47},"label":"Overall"}}