TORONTO THUMBS ORIGINAL GAME
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: DEERTASE
By Shaun Hatton - November 25th, 2009
On November 24, 2009, Downtown Toronto was abuzz due to a lost doe that had somehow found her way to the downtown core. After a standoff that lasted hours, involved way too many police and animal care workers, and resulted in stunned onlookers, the police tranquilized the deer (who wasn’t doing anything, really) and then tased it.
For some reason, I thought this would be a good subject for my first ever game, which I created in four hours and am publishing exclusively on Toronto Thumbs, right on this page. Keep in mind I’m not a programmer, so this is pretty basic – no pun intended. Maybe I’ll make another game in the future, and hopefully it will be better.
Have fun, and tell your friends about this one if they live in Toronto. They should get a kick out of it, or think it’s the worst thing ever.
UPDATE: Due to the great feedback already given, DEERTASE has received an update which includes:
- DEERTASE Original Soundtrack Recording download link (Easter egg)
- Revised TRNQ logic (less Nerfed)
- TALK works under certain conditions
- PET has certain consequences
Subscribe to this page's RSS feed to be notified when someone chimes in.
17 responses so far:Subscribe to the Toronto Thumbs RSS feed to be notified when new articles are published.
What’s the cheat code? I can’t beat the final boss!!
GOTY.
For the record, I did the MOCAP work for the deer. The problem is that Shaun actually used a taser on me just to get the modeling correct.
Hope no deer were hurt during production… I WON the game!! WOO HOOO!!!
Charming. Would have liked to toss a net like a pokeball.
@Jonathan L
There is a possible DLC Expansion Pack with more items.
Nice work! I had trouble figuring it out initially until discovering the Tranq is a hit-or-miss.
By the way, “You Killed the Dear” ^^
Bah, typos! Expect an update tonight.
I’m a horrible human being - I punched it to death!
I can’t wait for the unlock where you can be the deer.
Put this on a disc and I will gladly buy five copies. I liked it better before the tranq nerf, though.
The Duck Has Spoken.
Who needs MW2 when you have Deertase!
Loved this,
For your next game can you make TTC management simulator. Where the only way to balance the budget is to keep charging more for fare.
Full of win. For the DLC, add a demo screen so kids will be screaming to buy it when they see it idling on a Sega Genesis in the mall.
Thanks for all the feedback, everyone. It helps greatly!
@Jonathan L - A TTC Game, huh? Sounds like a plan.
If it’s a TTC game it will always be a plan, because they never actually ever implement anything other than fare hikes.
“You killed the dear” wasn’t a typo. Shaun was just trying to be endeering.