Shootin' Iron
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
Welcome to Shootin' Iron! A game set in the old west, with a focus on gun-play.
Targets magically appear over the heavily romanticised, pixelated, western landscape. The closer to the bullseye you hit, the more points you get. Targets appear and disappear more quickly as the game progresses, and they get smaller and more numerous.
Instructions:
Left click to shoot. To aim, press and hold the right mouse button. The longer you hold it, the more accurate your shot, but watch out! You can only aim for so long, your stamina will have to be carefully managed.
You're armed with a six-shot revolver. Bullets must be reloaded one-by-one (press and hold the space-bar). Obviously, this takes time, and you cannot aim while loading. You'll have to keep an eye on your ammo and pick the right moment to reload.
Background:
What's a "Shootin' Iron"? It's what cowboys call their guns! ...according to Hollywood (this game is not meant to be historically accurate)
This game was built off the back of an idea I had during a game jam. While learning löve2d, I followed a tutorial which was a simple 'circle appears, player clicks circle, new circle appears' game loop. I felt it would be fun to recreate this and add a bit of gun-play to it, and a wild west theme.
It's my first completed game project, there's a ton of other features I'd love to add to it - if people enjoy the game, maybe it will get expanded. In the mean time, I thought I'd keep it small scale, so here it is!
I hope you enjoy Shootin' Iron! Comments and feedback are warmly welcomed. If you're a coder, feel free to have a look through my git repo, I'm by no means a Lua expert, so any insights you can offer into how I'd done things would also be welcomed.
The repo: https://github.com/AlexMannDesigns/Shootin-Iron
Credits and Thanks
The code for this game was 100% written by yours truly. However, I owe some thanks to a few others.
The fonts for the game came from here, thanks to the original authors, Christopher Hansen and Typodermic Fonts :
-- title font https://www.dafont.com/carnivalee-freakshow.font
-- text font https://www.dafont.com/duality.font
The gun sounds came from here:
https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-sound-effects-download/gun-shooting...
And thanks to everyone who tested it and provided feedback, suggestions and support, it was invaluable, you know who you are <3
Download
Install instructions
Windows: Download and unzip the linked file. Run "shootin_iron.exe"
Mac: Simply download, unzip and run the file
Comments
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Having played a couple of rounds, I can confidently say that this is one of the video games in history! And in recent memory as well.
Jokes aside, I was really surprised by the depth here. There's room for different strategies, and on the other hand there's some good potential here for some light arcade-style fun over some beers.
Really a small thing, but I liked the design of the gun in the title screen with part of it being golden. Really gave the whole thing an identity of its own, I think :)
Thanks Joonas, appreciate the feedback!
Great little game.. amazing graphics and feels SOLID to play.. we have our own little game we would love to get feedback from a fellow dev.. if u have time that would be great.. if not no worries.. good job man!