Commander Ryckert - I made a Dan game. What have I done?

I don't know what possessed me to do this, but here you go: Commander Ryckert, in game form.

The captain's away!

Time to show the galaxy how a REAL problem-solver gets stuff done!

Every situation can only be solved by making a decisive choice:

Do you ATTACK... or give CHICKEN?

Make it so, Commander Ryckert!

Play/Download Link (WATCH OUT THERE'S MUSIC)

http://havochq.itch.io/commanderryckert

(Headphones recommended. If you want a different resolution, download one of the handy-dandy ZIP files and stretch the executable inside as big or as small as you want!)

Instructions

Choose whether to ATTACK or give CHICKEN to the ship/alien/crew/??? on the main screen, then click the appropriate button! Your score is based on how quickly you make the correct choice; wait for as much text as you need to make an informed decision, or throw caution to the wind!

Headphones

Seriously, be aware of what you are unleashing into the airwaves around you if you play this with speakers and not headphones. I made nearly all the audio, and I am by no means a sound designer or artist. Your ears have been warned. There is an intro song because of course there's an intro song.

Why

I honestly can't say! As seems to be a running theme when it comes to Giant Bomb fan games, I was overcome with inspiration and created this monstrosity. Good luck, have fun, and I am so terribly sorry.

Hearing Dan go "YEAH!" after every shot was amazing. And shooting Danny O'Dwyer and having Dan correct him with "not antics! DANtics!" was even better.

Jesus Christ. First Ash Wednesday selfies, and now this.

This planet, man.

This is pretty great.

Hahaha I enjoyed more than I should have. Just make a leaderboard of some sorts and port it to iOS and get it quicklooked. And you totally got me with the DUET thing...that's some clever stuff.

Dandandandandandandan... Uhh... I'm sorry, what just happened? I think I blacked out there for a second.

But seriously, that was pretty funny. Nice work!

Thanks for the kind words! :D

This is amazing good job man. Hopefully they'll play this on unprofessional Fridays?

God dammit that was awesome. Attack that fucking mayo.

I am a God among Dans.

Seriously though, great job! This is an awesome game, captivating in a weird way! I really like the voice work, too. Great job all around.

I had no idea what was going on.

Dan, dandandan, dan, dandan dan, dan, dan, dandandandandan.

YEAH!

YEAH!

Wow! That's really cool! Good work! :D

Incredible. It's like if Dan were a real person!

If you don't beat the high score in 3 minutes, does a giant, angry Jeff face come crashing down to destroy everything?

This was fantastic, Thank you!!

@havochq: This is great man! We're going to need to start a Giant Bomb game collection at this rate!

@voshinova: It's A.I. OL1 goddamit!

@quid_pro_bono said:

Doing the audio was incredibly humbling. I went from "yeah, that sounds doable" to "ohhhh I don't know ANYTHING" in like five seconds. I'm glad you enjoyed it, thanks for the feedback! :D

I really want them to play this on UPF. It's all sorts of magical.

This game/topic deserves a community highlight methinks.

Oh my goodness this is awesome!

That Dan dialogue was pretty spot on! Great job!

Needed more "BRAAAHPP!!!"

Dantastic job, duder! That was Danlightful. I look forward to Dan's reaction to this Dan. It'll Dan his Dan Dan a Dan Dan Dan. Dan Dan Dan? Dan Dan Dan; Dan Dan.

That's how I imagine Dan would talk in a Banjo Kazooie game.

@havochq: :O

The question is, what score will Dan get the first time he plays it?

Great stuff :)

Welcome to the Dan Ryckert fan fiction writer club. It's just me. It's not a good club.

The Mayo AI was the best

Holy shit, the voice work is so good. Great work, man.

That is so diesel!

That was dantastic!

Hah, that was great. Nice job.

Very well done. You really nailed it with those voice samples.

Wait a second!! That was freaking incredible. Great job

Dan.

i feel sick now. dandan dan dan dandan dan dandan dan, help me make it stop it will not leave my head.

@mattyhochs said:

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it! :D It certainly taught me a lot about Audacity and audio in general. It was also fun to trawl through the podcasts to find usable clips of everybody saying "Dan" - I was lucky Danswers came out when it did.

Video games are art.

This is beauty

I'm speechless. Kinda want this to be a full game now (like AAA $60 game).

It is accomplished!

Dan Crushed it.

What a beautiful thing *sniff*. Good work!

Reached out to Dan for a UPF segment... Hopefully!

@kirillorlov: Thank you so much! Fingers crossed! :D