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PushThemOut

PushThemOut: Online co-op game - https://silver3310.itch.io/push-them-out

Thank you so much for your reply! We are very glad to hear it because we've been actually reworking the whole graphics design a couple of times ahah (just to compare  how it was half a year ago for example :D  ), thank you :)

Push Them Out: online co-op

Hey folks, let me present you our online co-op game: Push Them Out!

Description

You and your friends (or AI) are in generated space. Almost everything wants to kill you so be careful. The way you protect yourself from enemies is either to run from them or to push them out.  

Google Play + Microsoft Store release

 Since my last release announcement and its promotion here, on Twitter, Reddit, among my friends I got the following feedback:

1. the game would be perfect for phones rather than for PC
   
2. it's quite difficult to understand what's going on without any hints or background history
3. if you download the .exe file then SmartScreen will warn you that "Windows protected your PC" which could scare some players

So, what have we done to fix this? 

• re 1: We introduced virtual joysticks so people can play this game with the touchscreen and successfully published it on Google Play 🥳
• re 2: Some tutorials hints have been added for both Windows and Android when the game session starts (they gradually disappear after some seconds)
• re 3: The PC version has also been published to Microsoft Store (it has certified the game and it's much easier to publish it there rather than on Steam)

Now you have 3 options to play the game and it doesn't really matter what option you or your friends choose because you will anyway play on the same servers 😉

• You can download the launcher from itch.io  and wait for it to download the latest version of the game (~300 MB): https://silver3310.itch.io/push-them-out
• You can download the latest PC version from Microsoft Store (~150 MB): https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/pushthemout-online-co-op/9nq7zpld6ws3
• You can download the latest Android version from Google Play (~100 MB): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Oinklancers.PushThemOut

Looking forward to your feedback!

Push Them Out

1.5 years ago me and my friends (graphics designer and sound designer) got interested in online game development. We wanted to create a simple but catchy game from scratch (meaning to create networking communication, graphics, music all by ourselves) and so we developed the following prototype:

Basically this agario-like game represents a pool/billiards, you can't shoot, neither your enemies can and the only thing you can do is to push each other out, basically that became the main idea of the game. 

But the thing is... it was hard to go further with this gameplay, although it was an interesting idea, it was hard to make it fun and challenging, so eventually we reworked the whole game design: first we added some collectables, because it was actually hard to push the enemies out, so we introduced another goal for players, then we added the ability to shoot (for both the players and some enemies) to diversify the gameplay, also we added lots of sources of danger such as asteroids, black holes, a final boss and so the game has become a pure action rather than just an unarmed pool, which is way more fun but we completely remade our game design which was initially set. See how much it has changed:

And what do you think? Was it a good idea to switch to the action genre? Or we should have continued to develop the idea of the pool? Looking forward to seeing your comments or any other ideas.

The game itself was published today on itch.io so you can check it out!

Hello the itch.io community!

As people who love playing co-op games (like Deep Rock Galactic, Helldivers, Trine, etc) and people who enjoy learning new things and creating we decided to learn how to make our own online co-op game from scratch. The idea was to create a 15-20 minutes game session (so it doesn't take too long) for friends to have fun, and each session should give a new experience due to randomness and world generation. We've been working on this project since the middle of 2021, refactoring the logic, graphics, music and now we think we are ready to share it with you. We hope you enjoy it :)

Description

You and your friends (or AI) are in generated space. Almost everything wants to kill you so be careful. The way you protect yourself from enemies is either to run from them or to push them out.  

Main features

• 15-25 minutes sessions to play solo with AI or with your friends
• 6 different zones with their own missions
• 3 servers: America, Europe, Asia
• Original soundtracks and SFX
• Original graphics
• Launcher that automatically updates new features

Agree! 🖐️